PROVIDENCE — St. John’s raced past Omaha in a 30-point opening-round March Madness win. And Arkansas survived Kansas and could be hitting its stride at the right time.

Now we’re ready for the matchup that most of the country wanted to see: Rick Pitino vs. John Calipari. If history tells us anything, Saturday’s game at the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence could go to the wire.

Game time is set for 2:40 p.m. between No. 2 St. John’s (31-4) and No. 10 Arkansas (21-13). The two programs have only played each other twice and split the two meetings. St. John’s won, 68-65, on March 16, 1985 and Arkansas took the second matchup, 80-74, on March 20, 1993.

Here’s what Pitino and Calipari said about the matchup during Friday’s media day. And here’s how to watch the game.

Follow along for live updates from March Madness.

First half (5:40) – Arkansas 24, St. John’s 24

Two quick dunks from Ejiofor and Luis forces an Arkansas timeout.

First half (6:10) – Arkansas 24, St. John’s 20

St. John’s is shooting just 22% from the floor. Luis (1-9) is going to need to heat up if St. John’s is going to make a run in this first half. Brazile was called for a flagrant and Ejiofor made one free throw.

First half (7:58) – Arkansas 22, St. John’s 14

St. John’s held scoreless for over six minutes as Arkansas is holding to a 20-14 lead. Pitino’s gone into his bench with Wilcher only playing four minutes so far. Luis a,so sat for a stretch between media timeouts. Wilcher and Richmond both have two fouls.

First half (11:42) – Arkansas 18, St. John’s 13

St. John’s is killing Arkansas on the offensive glass (seven offensive rebounds) and it’s awoken the Red Storm faifthful in Providence. This feels like a home game for St. John’s. Ejiofor is up to nine points.

Knox opened with an and-one finish inside after the first media timeout.

First half (15:55) – Arkansas 11, St. John’s 6

Davis has five points at the first media timeout and drained a pullup 3-pointer to give the Razorbacks an early advantage. Arkansas certainly doesn’t look like they are the underdog in the opening minutes.

Arkansas starters:

Johnell Davis, D.J. Wagner, Karter Knox, Trevon Brazile and Jonas Aidoo.

St. John’s starters:

Simeon Wilcher, Kadary Richmond, Aaron Scott, RJ Luis, Jr. and Zuby Ejiofor.

This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Live updates from March Madness between St. John’s vs. Arkansas