The 2024-25 Arkansas basketball season should be a memorable one. Legendary Hall of Fame coach John Calipari leads a group of young players and transfers on a quest for an immediate, deep NCAA Tournament run.
The team is already set to make a bit of obscure history, though. The Hogs took to the floor Wednesday night in its win over Lipscomb without a native Arkansan on the team. Officially, every Razorback team since 1947-48 has had at least one such player active, according to HogStats, that gleaming repository of Arkansas basketball history. However, unofficially, it’s a very safe bet that this will be the first time that’s ever happened in program history dating back to the inaugural 1923-24 campaign.