FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas released its 56-game baseball schedule for the 2016-17 season Thursday.
Early March matchups against Arizona, Nebraska and Oklahoma State in the Frisco College Baseball Classic highlight the nonconference schedule, along with an April 25 game against Kansas State in Kauffman Stadium, the home of the Kansas City Royals.
Arkansas opens the season at home Feb. 17 against Miami University in a three-game series. The Razorbacks play at Memphis on April 18, then host the Tigers the next day in their annual game in North Little Rock at Dickey-Stephens Park. The March 10-12 Rhode Island series at home is a replacement for a planned series with Pacific, which paid $10,000 to break contract.