Who knows who?

Arkansas Coach Dave Van Horn might not have a closer friend in the head coaching fraternity than Texas A&M’s Rob Childress, who was his assistant at several stops on their way up the ranks. Van Horn also had Aggies assistant coaches Will Bolt and Justin Hutchins as players on his Nebraska teams that made College World Series appearances in 2001 and 2002.

“I say it every year, I really don’t like coaching against Rob and Will and Justin,” Van Horn said. “Really, it’s business. It’s business when we play them. We just play, so I don’t get any more fired up really about any team. I just want to hopefully win a series and move on, to be honest with you.”

Van Horn said he has detected similarities in their coaching styles.

“They think they’ve got me figured out too,” he said, grinning. “You’ll see them pitch out at certain times because maybe there’s a tendency to hit and run on those counts over the years, so usually I won’t, just to see if they will. There’s a lot of that going on. Bottom line, we just know each other pretty good.” who have thrown the last five weekends: junior righthander Blaine Knight (7-0, 2.77 ERA), junior southpaw Kacey Murphy (5-4, 2.57) and sophomore righthander Isaiah Campbell (3-5, 4.76).

Knight (7-0) has a 2.77 ERA and has allowed 61 hits and 17 walks to go along with 66 strikeouts in 681/3 innings. He has the highest win total and best ERA among the three SEC pitchers who remain unbeaten in 12 or more appearances and 40 or more innings pitched, ahead of Ole Miss’ James McArthur (5-0, 4.09), Georgia’s Chase Adkins (5-0, 4.12) and South Carolina’s Eddy Demurias (4-0, 4.22).