Arkansas baseball schedule features 12 NCAA Tournament teams, three CWS participants
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A 55 regular-season contest for the 2023 season, including 10 conference series as well as a pair of road trips to Globe Life Field and Dickey-Stephens Park, are on tap for reigning Southeastern Conference champion Arkansas in 2024.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A 55 regular-season contest for the 2023 season, including 10 conference series as well as a pair of road trips to Globe Life Field and Dickey-Stephens Park, are on tap for reigning Southeastern Conference champion Arkansas in 2024.
The Razorbacks, led by three-time SEC Coach of the Year Dave Van Horn, are scheduled to play 12 teams that advanced to the 2023 NCAA Tournament and three teams that participated in last season’s College World Series.
The Hogs posted a 4318 overall record in 2023, winning their fourth overall SEC championship and their second in the last three seasons. Arkansas is the only SEC program, and one of just two teams in the country along with Southern Mississippi, to record 40 or more victories in each of the last six full seasons.
Arkansas begins its 2024 campaign inside the friendly confines of Baum-Walker Stadium, hosting James Madison (Feb. 16-19) in a fourgame set over Presidents’ Day weekend. It will be the first ever meeting between the Hogs and Dukes.
Following the seasonopening weekend at home, the Razorbacks head to the College Baseball Series (Feb. 23-25) at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Arkansas will go up against Michigan as well as two 2023 NCAA Tournament teams in Oklahoma State and Oregon State during the three-day showdown at the home of the Texas Rangers.
After its trip to Globe Life Field, Arkansas returns to Baum-Walker Stadium for a 12-game homestand. The Razorbacks kick off the homestand with a midweek match-up against Grambling (Feb. 27) before welcoming in Murray State (March 1-3), Central Arkansas (March 5), McNeese State (March 8-10) and 2023 College World Series participant Oral Roberts (March 12).
The homestand concludes against SEC East foe Missouri (March 15-17) in the Hogs’ first conference series of the season.
Arkansas’ non-conference schedule also features midweek games at home against two instate foes in Arkansas-Little Rock (March 26) and Arkansas State (April 2) as well as against two 2023 NCAA Tournament teams in San Jose State (April 9-10) and Texas Tech (April 1617).
The Razorbacks will clash against in-state opponent Arkansas-Pine Bluff (April 23) at Dickey-Stephens Park, home of the Seattle Mariners’ Double-A affiliate Arkansas Travelers, in North Little Rock, Ark., before concluding their midweek slate of games against longtime foe Missouri State (April 30-May 1) at Baum-Walker Stadium.
In addition to Missouri, Arkansas’ SEC schedule features home series against reigning national champion Louisiana State University (March 28-30), Mississippi (April 5-7), defending national runner-up Florida (April 2628) and Mississippi State (May 10-12). The Hogs will hit the road in conference play to face 2023 NCAA Tournament teams Auburn (March 2224), Alabama (April 12-14), South Carolina (April 19-21), Kentucky (May 3-5) and Texas A&M (May 16-18).
The SEC Tournament (May 21-26) returns to Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Ala., for the 25th season in a row and the 27th time in history. The SEC led all conferences with a recordtying 10 teams in the 2023 NCAA Tournament as well as a nation-leading three teams in last season’s College World Series.
