Foster, now retired from coaching and living in Fayetteville, is excited to see a second renewal of the rivalry on Tuesday night at Walton Arena.
Arkansas, now in the SEC, and Houston, a member of the American Athletic Conference, played their SWC finale on Feb. 7, 1991 at Houston's Hofheinz Pavilion. They also played in North Little Rock at Alltel Arena in 2011, but this is the first time they have met on campus.
Foster, an Emerson native enshrined in the University of Arkansas Sports Hall of Honor as a 1960s All-SWC basketball player and baseball first baseman and 29 years as a college basketball coach, was an assistant to Hall of Famer Eddie Sutton when the Razorbacks introduced Houston Coach Guy Lewis and his Cougars to SWC basketball on Jan.