The head coach was Nolan Richardson, serving for his sixth year.
The team played its home games in Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
This was Arkansas's final season in the Southwest Conference.
The Hogs won their third straight, and final, SWC regular season and conference tournament championships.
Arkansas was the #1 seed in the Southeast Regional of the NCAA tournament, and defeated Georgia State, Arizona State,[1] and Alabama, before losing to the Kansas Jayhawks in the Elite Eight.