WATCH: Kenny Payne previews the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) – The Arkansas men’s basketball team is getting ready to play in the first round of the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament.

The Hogs will face off with a familiar foe in the 16-seeded South Carolina Gamecocks.

The Razorbacks, who are the 9-seed, still remember that rough loss to South Carolina at the beginning of the month where they fell to the Gamecocks 72-53.

Hear what associate head coach Kenny Payne had to say about facing off with the Gamecocks once again in the video at the top of the page next to the headline.

The Razorbacks will face off with South Carolina on Wednesday at noon on the SEC Network.