FAYETTEVILLE, AR — Louisville basketball has a showdown with several familiar faces in this year's ACC/SEC Challenge .

Pat Kelsey 's No. 6 Cardinals (7-0) face No. 23 Arkansas (5-2) today at Bud Walton Arena — the programs' first meeting inside the Basketball Palace of the Midwest since Dec. 21, 1996. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:15 p.m.

The Razorbacks are led by a longtime thorn in UofL's side, John Calipari , who hired Kenny Payne as his associate head coach after he went 12-52 across two seasons at the helm of the Cards.

Louisville spent Thanksgiving week beating up on Eastern Michigan and NJIT at the KFC Yum! Center . Today's game marks the beginning of the toughest stretch of its nonconference schedule .

Arkansas entered Day 1 of the ACC/SEC Challenge at

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