FAYETTEVILLE -- Sam Houston State's Jason Hooten isn't among the 32 basketball coaches who vote in the USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll, but he endorsed Arkansas after the Razorbacks beat the Bearkats 90-56 Thursday night at Verizon Arena.
"I don't ever look at the top 25," Hooten said. "But I can't believe those guys aren't in it."
The Bearkats have played one team ranked in the current Associated Press and USA Today polls, losing at No. 4 Baylor 79-45 -- the same margin Sam Houston State lost to the Razorbacks.
"I just think they're solid, they're athletic, they're deep," Hooten said.