University of Arkansas Athletic Director Hunter Yurachek was asked Wednesday if he sensed the SEC s scheduling debate would reach a conclusion this week at spring meetings.
Bud Walton Arena has “served us well” as home of the Arkansas Razorback basketball teams since it opened 30 years ago, but it is now “somewhat tired and in need of renovation,” University of Arkansas Athletic Director Hunter Yurachek told the University of Arkansas System board of trustees Tuesday.
Fifty years ago, the Samuel Vaster High School Pirates took small-school basketball in Arkansas by storm and won the Class B state championship, eventually earning the right to take on long-standing power Little Rock Central in the finals of the second overall state tournament the Arkansas Activities Association conducted.
Coach Sam Pittman said University of Arkansas Athletic Director Hunter Yurachek followed his own advice when he rebuffed an effort from Auburn to hire for their vacant athletic director role in recent weeks.