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The University of Arkansas has produced some excellent teams and the basketball team of the university is no different. Arkansas Razorbacks is a NCAA Tournament winning champion team which has also won six Conference Tournament Championships and twenty two Conference Regular Season Championships. The team had a near miss to the championship in 2008 when they lost to the University of North Carolina and strive for a better performance every new season and come better prepared for it. Hoping to have a fortune like the 1994 NCAA Tournament, fans buy Arkansas Razorbacks Tickets with excitement because they know that they are up for some excellent entertainment.
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Sports teams of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, are collectively called the Razorbacks or the Hogs. The University has a total of 19 varsity teams, with 8 men’s teams and 11 women’s teams. These teams participate in total of 13 sports. The Razorbacks compete in the NCAA’s Division 1. They are also members of the Southeastern Conference in the Western Division. The Arkansas Razorbacks are named after the feral pig, hence the name hogs. The official logo has the image of a running hog. They are the only team in the US with a porcine nickname.
The men’s teams participate in football, basketball, baseball, cross country, tennis, golf, track and field. The women’s teams participate in basketball, golf, soccer, cross country, gymnastics, swimming and diving, indoor track, outdoor track, softball, tennis and volleyball.

There is an interesting story behind how the University adopted the nickname of Razorbacks for its sports teams. In 1909, the University’s football team finished their season with a remarkable 7-0. They had allowed only 18 points on defense while scoring 186 points on offense. Hugo Bezdek, a Hall of Famer and head coach, described the team’s spirit “like a wild band of razorback hogs”. The University in the very next year, 1910, changed its nickname from Cardinals to Razorbacks. Later, under the leadership of Frank Broyles, head coach, the football team was awarded the National Championship by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Football Writers Association of America in 1964. The Razorbacks, who were ranked number 2, played the most significant game in 1969. They played against top ranked Texas Longhorns. Some commentators and avid college football fans have described this game as historic. Even President Richard Nixon attended the game. Although, the Razorbacks lost, they played with the same spirit of “wild band of razorback hogs.

The basketball team of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, became a team to reckon with in 1970’s. Under the legendry coach Eddie Sutton along with superstars like Sidney Moncrief, Ron Brewer and Marvin Delph, collectively known as “The Triplets”, the team made it to Final Four. In 1994, the basketball hogs won the NCAA Tournament under the head coach, Nolan Richardson.

The track and field Razorbacks have been coached by John McDonnell for over 25 years. Under his guidance, the team has won 40 NCAA Championships. This remarkable record includes 11 cross country, 10 outdoor track and 19 indoor track Championships. Further, under McDonnell, the Razorbacks have won 38 out of 40 SEC titles, along with 37 South west Conference Championships. The Arkansas Razorbacks have completely dominated this sport with 5 wins of National Triple Crowns. Along with Razorbacks, University of Texas-El Paso is the only other team to have ever won the National Triple Crown.

Longhorns of the University of Texas historically have been the rivals of Arkansas Razorbacks. However, ever since 1990’s when the two rivals were placed in two different conferences, they meet rather infrequently now. Recently, an old rivalry with Texas A&M University has revived. Since the Razorbacks fall in Southeastern Conference, a football rivalry has developed with LSU Tigers of Louisiana State University. The game between these two giants usually decides the SEC Western Division Championship. The winner of this championship game takes home a gold trophy called the “Golden Boot”. However, this rivalry is not just confined to football, the two are rivals in baseball as well. The two, for the past many seasons have been at the top of the NCAA attendance standings. Wildcats of the University of Kentucky and the Arkansas Razorbacks are rivals in basketball. The two have competed for national championships on annual basis.

The University’s original mascot was the Cardinals but it was changed to Arkansas Razorbacks. There are several mascots for the Arkansas Razorbacks. Tusk, a Russian boar, resembling a wild Razorback hog, is the live mascot for the University. Tusk attends all home football games. At all other athletic events, Big Red, infamously called the “Fighting Razorback” is the mascot. Sue E, another mascot, is a female hog, famous for changing her dresses. Especially for the kids, Pork Chop is always there to entertain. However, the running hog remains the favored logo of the Arkansas Razorbacks.

With 19 teams participating in 13 sports, the Arkansas Razorbacks have something for every avid sports fan. So get your
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Every game season, Bud Walton Arena on the campus of University of Arkansas is brimming with basketball fans of the team to watch Razorbacks win the title. Among the cheering of the fans, the Arkansas Razorbacks play to their full potential and put up an excellent sport. College football fans look up to Razorbacks to present a game like the 1994 season in which the team won the NCAA Tournament championship. There’s no stopping ‘the Hogs’ when they come in the same field as their opponents and so Arkansas Razorbacks Tickets will show you a thrilling game which no fan should miss. d” mascot.