Kentucky's Jack "Goose" Givens led the scoring for the Wildcats with 23 points as they downed the Razorbacks 64–59.

Future legends such as Corliss Williamson, Lee Mayberry, Todd Day, Oliver Miller, Jamal Mashburn, Tony Delk, Ron Mercer, Antoine Walker, Tayshaun Prince, Derek Anderson, Nazr Mohammed, Mark Pope, among many others would pay for these two historic schools throughout the decade.

As the 1990s faded into the 2000s, Arkansas would fall from National prominence after the university fired their National Champion head coach Nolan Richardson amidst controversy where Richardson claimed he was being mistreated by the University of Arkansas due to his race.

Arkansas too would return to prominence with the hiring of Head Coach Eric Musselman in 2019, though to a lesser extent, only making the Sweet Sixteen 3 times under his leadership.

An additional game of note was the March 2, 2024, matchup where both teams scored 100+ points in regulation as the Wildcats won 111–102.

[8] Throughout the 2024–2025 season, Arkansas and Kentucky fans would harass each other incessantly on social media leading up to the February 1, 2025, matchup in Rupp Arena.

[12] The night prior to the game, the Staff at Rupp Arena forbade students from camping out until midnight.

The line of students before the game was so long that Rupp Arena staff had to open the gates an hour earlier than usual,[13][14] and students attempting to breach the arena gates resulted in police being deployed to reorganize the crowd.

Arkansas and Kentucky shared two hall-of-fame head coaches: Eddie Sutton and John Calipari.

6 college basketball team in the nation before being upset in the Southeast Regional by Villanova in the 1988 NCAA tournament.

With John Calipari's departure from Kentucky, he took with him 3 players with him: Zvonimir Ivisic, Adou Thiero and DJ Wagner.

Additionally, Calipari was able to flip three of his Kentucky commitments to Arkansas: Karter Knox, Johnuel “Boogie” Fland and Billy Richmond[18].