FAYETTEVILLE -- The University of Arkansas announced its baseball schedule Tuesday, but nonconference road series against USC and Texas were just appetizers.
The big news is that for the first time in that sport the Razorbacks are playing in-state schools.
Arkansas -- the flagship school of the UA System -- is playing the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in games at Baum Stadium.
Arkansas will play UALR on April 2 and UAPB on April 16.
Those baseball games mark an end to Arkansas' long-standing policy against scheduling in-state schools in any sports.