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The Razorbacks have Daniel Gafford and a bunch of youth

The pressure on Mike Anderson to win big in Fayetteville seems to ebb and flow on a near daily basis. Currently it feels as though Anderson is doing right by Hog fans. But give the Razorbacks a slow start to the season and the quiet, unassuming, mannerisms of Anderson’s sideline demeanor might begin to quicken as the pressure to maintain and expand upon the past few seasons of relative success.

What Nolan Richardson achieved in the mid-90’s is becoming a further and further distant memory for general college basketball fans, and what Anderson has provided is a level of consistency which may not be what many had in mind when he returned after pulling Missouri out of the doldrums.