324: Nick Pringle: Built Through Adversity
The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly
Sport & Story
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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In this week's episode of The Hog Pod, we sit down with Arkansas forward Nick Pringle for a candid conversation about his journey to Fayetteville and the mindset behind his role with the Razorbacks. From being cut as a kid, to JUCO and now playing for John Calipari. Pringle opens up about setbacks, belief, and the people who shaped him.
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| 0:00.0 | Maybe one thing that Cal has said to you along the way. |
| 0:05.0 | We hear all about Cal and all the guys that made about $6 billion in the NBA, you know, and that makes sense. |
| 0:11.0 | Great coach relationship, great players. We got a guy struggling right here, and he means just as much to you. |
| 0:17.0 | Last week, you brought me in the office, you know, just showed me a lot of clips of me going |
| 0:22.6 | out the boards, being aggressive, scoring, some stuff from South Carolina, some stuff |
| 0:27.6 | here, just putting me in a frame of mind of you're still him, you're still this type of person, |
| 0:32.6 | just go out and do it, be yourself. |
| 0:35.6 | I'm just happy that he's, you know, |
| 0:37.6 | continue to allow me to go through what I am |
| 0:39.3 | and still believing in me and knowing that it's going to come |
| 0:42.6 | around eventually. |
| 0:44.0 | I'm just ready to show it. |
| 0:53.1 | Nick Pringle's journey to Arkansas has been somewhat complicated. |
| 0:58.0 | I had to Pringle and Nick throws it down with two hands. |
| 1:01.4 | But it's been shaped by adversity, growth and a relentless belief that his best basketball is still ahead. |
| 1:08.4 | Yes, I've been struggling, but my mindset never changed on how I feel, how I want my teammates to perceive me, and how I want them to believe in me. |
| 1:18.6 | My job is to go out there and give my all for them to help them do what they need to do because I know the type players they are. |
| 1:27.8 | As we hit the stretch run, Pringle sees the potential inside this Razorback team and the work |
| 1:34.2 | still left to do. |
| 1:35.6 | We're showing that we can be one of the best teams in the country, but, you know, we still aren't |
| 1:40.4 | satisfied where we are because we know we're a lot better. |
| 1:43.2 | I mean, a lot happening to do with, you know, just consistency. His impact doesn't always show up in the box score. Screens, steals, energy, the thankless work that helps others shine. You gotta be selfless with it, man. You can't really care how the stats sheet look. You're gonna to have those guys that's able to score, |
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