John Calipari won his debut as Arkansas coach when the 16th-ranked Razorbacks held off a second-half rally by Lipscomb and pulled away for a 76-60 victory.

The John Calipari era begins in Fayetteville on Wednesday night when the Arkansas Razorbacks host Lipscomb. Arkansas has only one scholarship player back from a team that finished a game below .500 last year, yet the Razorbacks open this season in the Top 25.

Sporting a burgundy blazer, Calipari navigated some tense moments with his new team as he began the fourth head coaching stint of his college basketball career. Lipscomb, which was picked to win the Atlantic Sun, led 17-12 early as Arkansas worked through some early jitters.