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PORTLAND, Ore. — One day following its 94-88 win over High Point at Moda Center, the Arkansas men’s basketball team traveled to Sacramento, California, on Sunday ahead of its Sweet 16 matchup.
The fourth-seeded Razorbacks (28-8) will face top-seeded Arizona (34-2) on Thursday at SAP Center in San Jose, California. The game will tip off at 8:45 p.m. Central and will be televised by CBS.
The Wildcats advanced to the Sweet 16 with a 78-66 victory over Utah State on Sunday in San Diego.
Arkansas has Sunday off and will practice at the NBA's Sacramento Kings facilities on Monday. The Razorbacks are staying at the Hyatt Regency on L Street.
“We’re going to watch the game and get a bunch of recovery and treatment and all of that,” said Arkansas forward Malique Ewin, who had a 14-point, 12-rebound double-double against High Point. “It’s going to be a chill day for us as we watch a couple films and break down what we did bad and what we did good in this game that we just played with High Point.”
Arkansas coach John Calipari and assistant Kenny Payne sat courtside Sunday for the Kings' 126-122 victory over the Brooklyn Nets at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. The Kings were led by a season-high 32 points from Malik Monk, the Arkansas native who played for Calipari at Kentucky.
Fresh off defeating High Point on Saturday night in the NCAA Tournament, Arkansas men's basketball head coach John Calipari is sitting courtside for today's Sacramento Kings vs Brooklyn Nets game. pic.twitter.com/oxJE06FiZF
— Kevin John (@heykevinjohn) March 22, 2026
Sacramento is 120 miles northeast of San Jose, which is on the south side of the Bay Area where the Razorbacks played their Sweet 16 game against Texas Tech in San Francisco last year. Arkansas also played a regional in San Francisco in 2022 and defeated top-seeded Gonzaga before a loss to Duke in the Elite Eight.
The Razorbacks are expected to drive to San Jose on Tuesday. The team will go through an open practice and have media interviews Wednesday, the day before the West Regional begins.
In addition to Arkansas and Arizona, the regional will include second-seeded Purdue and 11th-seeded Texas. The winner of the regional final Saturday will advance to the Final Four the following weekend in Indianapolis.
The Razorbacks chose to remain on the West Coast rather than make the roughly 1,600-mile flight back to Arkansas on Sunday, then a similar flight to California on Tuesday.