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Anderson stresses growth, despite foe

FAYETTEVILLE -- There seems little doubt Arkansas Coach Mike Anderson will improve to 30-0 in exhibition games when the Razorbacks play their final preseason tuneup against Emporia (Kan.) State at 7 tonight in Walton Arena.

The Hornets, an NCAA Division II team, were picked in a preseason coaches' poll to finish 11th in the Mid-American Intercollegiate Conference -- two spots below Central Missouri, which Arkansas beat 87-60 in the Razorbacks' exhibition opener.

"It's a team that probably on paper you say, we outmatch them, out-talent them, whatever," Anderson said. "But hopefully our guys have the mindset of going out and competing and getting better.