John Calipari had a wild quote about Arkansas’ schedule

John Calipari’s Arkansas Razorbacks are in for a ride in the coming 2026-27 college basketball season.

The Razorbacks have a seemingly testy non-conference schedule, which Calipari discussed while speaking on stage at SEC Basketball Tipoff ’27.

“Our schedule’s ridiculous. Why I opened the season with Virginia, I must have been on crack,” the 67-year-old Calipari said, via Courtney Mims of FOX16 Sports. 

Arkansas will actually start its season with a game against the Arkansas Pine Bluff  Golden Lions on Nov. 3 at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Ark., before facing the Virginia Cavaliers at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 8.

Calipari then rattled off some of the other games on tap for the Razorbacks against notable programs.

“Then you go Michigan State. What? Then you go we’re going to go play in Phoenix, play Arizona. Indiana, way better than I thought. We’re playing them in New York. Then we play an easy one, North Carolina in the Dean Dome. What?”