The 2023-24 Arkansas basketball season is set to officially start Monday against Alcorn State after unofficially starting with a head-turning win over No. 3 Purdue in a charity exhibition game at Bud Walton Arena.
If fans weren’t already excited for the upcoming season, the upset victory certainly should have them fired up by now. Even though both head coaches and several players talked about the environment being closer to a tournament game than a regular exhibition, the win still won’t show up on the Razorbacks’ official record – though it could put a positive spin on the opinions of the national analysts early in the season.