- Arkansas storms back to beat No. 12 Kentucky in Rupp Arena and John Calipari leaves town with a huge win over his former team.
- Who saw this coming? Arkansas leads 87-75 with a little more than a minute to play and fans in Rupp Arena are headed home.
A fire alarm could not have dispersed this crowd faster.
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) February 2, 2025
- After the quick burst put the Hogs in front early in the 2nd half, they’ve maintained it, leading Kentucky 69-60 at the under-12 timeout.
- Can John Calipari get a win against his old team?
- The late rally comes up short for the No. 9 Golden Eagles as No. 25 UConn picks up a big road win.
- A fast start out of the locker room has the Razorbacks up 55-47 at the first timeout of the 2nd half.
- A really fun first half, tons of shot-making on both sides. Arkansas goes into the locker room with a slight edge.
- As Kentucky has cooled off a bit, the Razorbacks have taken advantage.
- John Calipari’s Arkansas team leads UK 40-39 late in the first half.
- The Wildcats have hit 7 of 10 shots overall and 4 of 4 from deep.
- Wild and fast start as UK takes a quick 18-12 lead over Arkansas.
- John Calipari is making his return to Rupp Arena as his Arkansas team is in town.
- Naturally, fans let him hear it.
- Red Raiders pull off the road upset despite missing leading scorer JT Toppin for almost the entire game!
- Chance McMillian hit a pair of free throws to put the Red Raiders in front 82-81 and then Houston turns it over on the other end as J’Wan Roberts travels beneath the basket
- It’s remained tight throughout.
- And with under a minute to go, we’re tied 80-80.
- No. 2 Duke blows out its rival to win its 15th straight and improve to 11-0 in ACC play.
- Kon Knueppel leads Duke with 22 points. Cooper Flagg adds 21 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists.
- North Carolina actually cut the Duke lead to 79-63 after going on an 18-2 run.
- But with under 3 minutes to play it doesn’t look like it’ll matter.
- Houston’s J’Wan Roberts can’t connect on a highly contested layup in the final seconds of regulation.
- We’re getting a fresh 5 minutes of action.
- Texas Tech’s Darrion Williams knocks down a 3 to knot it at 72-72 with 26 seconds to play!
