Duke vs. Arkansas live updates, score, game analysis and highlights

One of the biggest nonconference games of the 2025-26 college basketball season will take place Thursday when No. 4 Duke faces No. 22 Arkansas in the CBS Sports Thanksgiving Classic. This will mark the second consecutive year that the Razorbacks play on Thanksgiving on CBS.

This matchup will feature some of the best freshmen in the country on the same court. The headliner of this game is Duke forward Cameron Boozer, who is a projected top-three pick in the 2026 NBA Draft. On the other side, Arkansas has two potential lottery picks in Meleek Thomas and Darius Acuff Jr.

Duke is off to a 7-0 start for the first time since the 2021-22 campaign, while Arkansas is 5-1 in Year 2 of the John Calipari era.

Keep it locked here as CBS Sports provides you with live updates, highlights and analysis as Duke battles Arkansas in the CBS Sports Thanksgiving Classic on CBS and streaming live on CBSSports.com, the CBS Sports App and Paramount+ Premium.