FAYETTEVILLE — Mike Anderson, in his mind, has an idea of which players will assume key roles this season as Arkansas' opener against Texas in El Paso rapidly approaches.
But first, the Razorbacks will cap their exhibition schedule Friday night against Southwest Baptist at 7 p.m. in Bud Walton Arena. The final preseason tuneup will be another opportunity for players to prove their effectiveness and value in the lineup to Anderson and his staff in a game-like situation.
Through the team's Red-White game and exhibition win over Tusculum, Anderson added that he is still searching for guys to make up his core group, presumably around All-SEC forward Daniel Gafford and guards Jalen Harris and Isaiah Joe, who led Arkansas with 18 points on 5 of 8 from deep last Friday.