Arkansas’ upcoming Bahamas exhibition trip will be available to watch live, with all four games at the Baha Mar Summer League streaming on FloSports, the school announced Friday.
Veteran announcer Chris Sylvester and Arkansas’ Matt Zimmerman will handle the broadcasts.
Fans who want to follow the Razorbacks will need a FloSports subscription, which costs $29.99 per month. The service can be canceled after the exhibition run ends.
Arkansas’ first game against the Bahamas National Team on July 31 is already linked for viewers, and anyone new to FloSports will need to create an account before selecting the monthly plan. The site defaults to an annual option priced at $149.88, so viewers looking only for these games will need to switch to the monthly plan before entering payment information.
The exhibition tour runs from July 29 through Aug. 4, with Arkansas playing four games at the Baha Mar Convention, Arts and Entertainment center on-site at the resort. The schedule is set for July 31 against the Bahamas National Team at 6 p.m.
CDT, Aug. 1 against Carleton University at 5 p.m. CDT, Aug. 3 against Toros del Valle at 5 p.m.
CDT and Aug. 4 against the University of Calgary at 11 a.m. CDT.
Along with Arkansas, Cincinnati, South Carolina and Valparaiso were announced as participants in the 2026 Baha Mar Summer League.
John Calipari said the trip matters because of how young this Arkansas team will be.
"We will have one of, if not the, youngest teams in the nation this coming season," John Calipari said. "With [ Billy Richmond ] being the only player back from our program with significant experience, we felt like we needed a trip like this to build chemistry on and off the court.
"Not only that, this will also be a great chance for our fans to experience a great destination like Baha Mar, while getting a first chance to see this year's team in live action on the court."
New NCAA rules now allow college teams to take a foreign tour every year, after the previous rule limited those trips to once every four academic years.
The first opponent, the Bahamas National Team, will be made up mostly of national team players from different age groups. NBA players such as Buddy Hield, VJ Edgecombe, Eric Gordon or Deandre Ayton will not participate.
Carleton University, based in Ottawa, Ontario, enters as the defending Canadian national collegiate champion. The Ravens finished 27-9 overall and 17-5 in Ontario University Athletics play last season, then won the OUA title and advanced to the 2026 U Sports Men's Final 8 Basketball Tournament. Seeded sixth, Carleton beat Laval Rouge et Or 85-69 in the first round, TMU Bold 58-52 in the semifinal and Bishop's Gaiters 78-75 in the final to claim the program’s 18th Canadian Men's Basketball National Championship.
Toros del Valle is a professional team from Cali, Colombia, competing in the Liga WPlay de Baloncesto. The club won the 2026 Apertura title in June, beating two-time defending champions Los Paisas de Medellin 3-1 in the best-of-five championship series. Toros del Valle finished the regular season 12-2 and outscored opponents 1104 to 824.
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