Per NCAA rules regarding a foreign tour, Arkansas will hold 10 days of practices prior on campus prior to departing for Europe.Īrkansas is coming off back-to-back NCAA Elite 8 appearances. In addition, we will take this opportunity to learn from and about different cultures and just have a greater world view in general.”
Third, this trip will help set the tone for this year’s team as they continue to learn our system, learn each other’s games and learn about their teammates as people. Second, the ability to play others, not just scrimmage each other, will be critical for this team with so many new faces.
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“First, we will get 10 extra, full practices to prepare for the trip. “We are so excited to have this opportunity,” head coach Eric Musselman said. Before that, Arkansas played in Italy prior to the 2012-13 season.FAYETTEVILLE – University of Arkansas men’s basketball program will get an early start to the 2022-23 season as the Razorbacks will play a total of four games on an 11-day trip to Spain and Italy from August 6-16. The last time the men’s program played in Europe was in 2016 when the Razorbacks traveled to Spain (Madrid, Albacete and Barcelona) to play four games in 10 days. And then a Baylor road game, knowing that in that Challenge we’ve played really well at home over the last four years or whatever, maybe longer than that I guess, and struggled a little bit on the road.” And we know how they kicked out butts last year in Tulsa. “If you look at Maui and the field of Arizona, Cincinnati Creighton, Louisville, Ohio State, San Diego State, Texas Tech, you’ve got the game in Tulsa against Oklahoma. “It’s random, but I’m sure when the SEC schedule comes out they’ll be some really challenging games. I think when you’re able to make two Elite Eights, you’re going to end up with some non-conference games like we have. “The schedule’s going to end up being pretty hard,” Musselman said. In addition the Hogs will play Oklahoma and three games in Maui making for a tough non-conference portion of the schedule. In addition to this trip, the Razorbacks will face Baylor in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. I think the 11 new guys - although Anthony (Black) just got here - have done a great job of bonding on their own away from the coaching staff.” I do think this team has become really close in a really short amount of time, especially with the thought that there’s only two returners. “But certainly getting on an airplane, traveling that far, knowing that the basketball, once we got on the trip will be very, very limited. This is our first Friday where the entire team is here. And we’ll continue with that theme on Fridays to try to do some unique non-basketball activities now that we’re all together. I think the guys have been over to my house maybe three times already. “We try to do a lot of stuff bonding-wise in a short amount of time. I think it’s going to be great for that,” Musselman said. Musselman feels this time together will be a good for team bonding as well. Musselman welcomes 11 new players to the team with only Davonte Davis and Kamani Johnson back from last year’s squad that reached the Elite 8 for the second year in a row. It forces you to have a lot more stuff in schematically knowing that you have four games coming up. So I think it’s really good for a lot of different reasons.” It’s really good for the coaches to get play different rotations and look at different combinations. “But it’s good for everybody to get some chemistry on the floor. One with Arizona State when we went to China and then at Nevada, we went to Costa Rica.
But the games will be really beneficial as well. “The 10 practices leading up to the trip will really be beneficial to us. “Obviously the amount of practice times that you’re able to do,” Musselman said. On Friday, Musselman met with reporters to discuss the trip. The fourth and only game in Italy will be Aug. Then in two days the Hogs will play a game in Madrid. The first game will be in Valencia on Aug. The team will depart Fayetteville on Aug.
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