Basketball roster switches.

Meanwhile, John Pelphrey and his staff embarked on some spring cleaning of the roster. By press time, the Hogs had already added three players in the spring--point guard Julysses Nobles from Jackson, Miss., and prep school forward Glenn Bryant, who would enter the fall as freshmen, junior college transfer Delvon Johnson--with a fourth a strong possibility. And that's to an already signed class of three from the fall.

Arkansas had no seniors in 2009, and only two scholarships available, if everyone stayed put. Obviously, they won't stay put.

Michael Washington, the 6-9 rising senior post player, opted to test the NBA interest without hiring an agent, but we would be surprised if he returned. Brandon Moore, a 6-9 freshman forward, is headed elsewhere. At press time, the speculation was that Andre Clark, another 6-9 freshman, was leaving.

The questions then will be, which of last fall's three signees may end up in prep school for a year, or will another current Hog depart?

While some may wonder why Arkansas would let its two 6-9 first-year forwards go, they will be replaced by at least one veteran from junior college, maybe two. And, fans only have to recall the only period of the season where Arkansas appeared tough on the inside: when Marcus Monk, a 6-4 football player who had been out of basketball for four years, made a one-month appearance on the court. No one else ever stepped up to fill the role of garbage man inside when Monk was declared ineligible. Some of those type traits, especially on such a young team, should have been evident among the youngsters if those traits for this level of play existed at all.