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The Razorbacks have Butler on Friday and a potential second round matchup against Purdue or Cal State Fullerton. What do those teams look like? You may have checked out a couple of Purdue’s or Butler’s bigger games this year. I highly doubt you’ve tuned in for any Big West basketball, but you never know. Here are some quick facts about all of these teams, with the Hogs included for reference.
Arkansas
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Record: 23-11 (10-8 SEC)
Points Per Game: 81.1
Points Allowed: 75.5
Rebounds Per Game: 34.8 (-1 margin)
Tempo: 69.6 (60th in NCAA)
Best Wins: 95-93 (OT) vs. Tennessee, 91-82 vs. Auburn
Worst Losses: LSU (twice), 75-78 at Miss State
Projected Starters:
- Daryl Macon 6’3” 185 lbs. 16.9 ppg/3.9 apg/43% 3PT
- Jaylen Barford 6’3” 202 lbs. 18.0 ppg/4.0 rpg/44% 3PT
- Anton Beard 6’0” 185 lbs. 9.6 ppg/3.1 apg/0.9 spg
- Adrio Bailey 6’7” 217 lbs. 4.0 ppg/2.6 rpg/0.7 bpg
- Daniel Gafford 6’11” 234 lbs. 11.9 ppg/6.2 rpg/2.1 bpg
Butler
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Record: 20-13 (9-9 Big East)
Points Per Game: 79.1
Points Allowed: 72.8
Rebounds Per Game: 34.0 (+1.3 margin)
Tempo: 67.8 (189th in NCAA)
Best Wins: 101-93 vs. Villanova, 67-66 (OT) vs. Ohio State (at PK80)
Worst Losses: 83-87 vs. Georgetown, 68-75 (2OT) at St. Johns
Projected Starters:
- Kamar Baldwin 6’1” 170 lbs. 15.5 ppg/4.8 rpg/3.1 apg
- Aaron Thompson 6’2” 190 lbs. 4.3 ppg/3.2 apg/1.1 spg
- Paul Jorgensen 6’2” 185 lbs. 10.5 ppg/3.2 rpg/35% 3PT
- Kelan Martin 6’7” 220 lbs. 20.8 ppg/6.2 rpg/36% 3PT
- Tyler Wideman 6’8” 240 lbs. 9.4 ppg/5.1 rpg/69% FGs
Purdue
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Record: 28-6 (13-3 Big Ten)
Points Per Game: 81.1
Points Allowed: 65.6
Rebounds Per Game: 35.0 (+2.5 margin)
Tempo: 67.2 (219th in NCAA)
Best Wins: Michigan (twice), 89-64 vs. Arizona (Battle 4 Atlantis)
Worst Losses: 73-77 vs. W Kentucky (Battle 4 Atlantis), 53-57 at Wisconsin
Projected Starters:
- P.J. Thompson 5’10” 185 lbs. 7.1 ppg/44% 3FG/85% FTs
- Carsen Edwards 6’1” 200 lbs. 18.5 ppg/3.9 rpg/41% 3PT
- Dakota Mathias 6’4” 200 lbs. 12.4 ppg/4.1 apg/4.1 rpg
- Vincent Edwards 6’8” 225 lbs. 14.5 ppg/7.3 rpg/39% 3PT
- Isaac Haas 7’2” 290 lbs. 14.9 ppg/5.6 rpg/62% FGs
Cal State Fullerton
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Record: 20-11 (10-6 Big West)
Points Per Game: 73.2
Points Allowed: 70.0
Rebounds Per Game: 35.1 (+1.9 margin)
Tempo: 69.5 (97th in NCAA)
Best Wins: uhhh, 71-55 vs. UC Irvine (Big West Championship)
Worst Losses: 64-83 at UCSB, 42-84 at USC
Projected Starters:
- Jamal Smith 6’3” 165 lbs. 4.0 ppg/2.5 rpg/1.9 apg
- Kyle Allman, Jr. 6’3” 175 lbs. 19.4 ppg/1.2 spg/43% 3PT
- Khalil Ahmad 6’3” 185 lbs. 15.3 ppg/3.8 rpg/32% 3PT
- Austen Awosika 6’3” 195 lbs. 7.3 ppg/3.7 rpg/2.7 apg
- Arkim Robertson 6’9” 230 lbs. 5.4 ppg/4.3 rpg/65% FGs