WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue men's basketball team will face Arkansas in a charity exhibition game on Oct. 28, at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The two teams are expected to both be ranked in the top 20 when the polls come out in October. Arkansas is coming off a season that it went 22-14 overall with an appearance in the Sweet 16. Purdue went 29-6 a year ago and won the Big Ten regular-season and tournament championships.
The game will not be part of Arkansas' season-ticket package and proceeds from the game will go to the United Way to assist with relief efforts from tornadoes that ripped through Arkansas last spring. Reserved seats in the lower bowl will be $20 and reserved upper-bowl seats are $15.
Tip time, broadcast information and complete ticket information, including dates when tickets will go on sale, will be announced at a later time.
Purdue hasn't faced Arkansas since the 1983 NCAA Tournament – a 78-68 Razorbacks victory.
With this exhibition game announced, Purdue will now face #8 Gonzaga, #11 Arizona, #14 Arkansas, #22 Alabama and Xavier, with the possibility of facing #1 Kansas, #6 Tennessee and #10 Marquette, in the non-conference portion of the schedule. The rankings are via ESPN's Way-Too-Early top-25 rankings.
The two teams are expected to both be ranked in the top 20 when the polls come out in October. Arkansas is coming off a season that it went 22-14 overall with an appearance in the Sweet 16. Purdue went 29-6 a year ago and won the Big Ten regular-season and tournament championships.
The game will not be part of Arkansas' season-ticket package and proceeds from the game will go to the United Way to assist with relief efforts from tornadoes that ripped through Arkansas last spring. Reserved seats in the lower bowl will be $20 and reserved upper-bowl seats are $15.
Tip time, broadcast information and complete ticket information, including dates when tickets will go on sale, will be announced at a later time.
Purdue hasn't faced Arkansas since the 1983 NCAA Tournament – a 78-68 Razorbacks victory.
With this exhibition game announced, Purdue will now face #8 Gonzaga, #11 Arizona, #14 Arkansas, #22 Alabama and Xavier, with the possibility of facing #1 Kansas, #6 Tennessee and #10 Marquette, in the non-conference portion of the schedule. The rankings are via ESPN's Way-Too-Early top-25 rankings.