After seven days of rest, Oklahoma will battle a team whose start mirrors the Sooners. OU faces Arkansas on Saturday after having a conference bye earlier in the week. Both the Sooners and Razorbacks picked up their first SEC wins in their last games.

Adou Thiero, who followed Calipari from Kentucky to Arkansas, had five points in the final minute to end the team's five-game losing skid.

Arkansas basketball has a long way to go before it can become considered a national powerhouse again, but the Razorbacks took a small step toward that goal on Wednesday night. John Calipari and his Razorbacks pulled off a thrilling come-from-behind 68-65 win over the Georgia Bulldogs at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville,