338. Hoops Newcomer Special: JJ Andrews
The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly
Sport & Story
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
A part of a series of exclusive interviews with men's basketball's newest arrivals, Matt Zimmerman sits down with Arkansas native and McDonald's All-American JJ Andrews to talk about what it truly means to wear the Razorback jersey. Andrews opens up about growing up in Little Rock, the influence of his father, former Razorback great Sean Andrews, and the moment he realized basketball could take him to the highest level. He reflects on winning state championships, back-to-back Peach Jam titles, and the lessons his family instilled that have kept him grounded through national attention and rising expectations. Andrews also discusses the bond already forming with Arkansas' loaded freshman class, his defensive mentality, his excitement to play for Coach Calipari, and why winning matters more to him than stats or accolades. The conversation gives Razorback fans an early look at the maturity, toughness, and homegrown pride that make JJ Andrews one of the most anticipated players to come through Arkansas in years.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome into the Hogpot. I'm Bo Mattingly and this episode is made possible by our friends at South by Northwest Hospitality. |
| 0:11.0 | Hi, I'm JJ Andrews from Little Rock Christian Academy and I am a small for it. |
| 0:16.0 | You know you have to be excited. |
| 0:18.0 | Since I was young, it's always been an inspiring thing that's to you when my dad did as a Razorback. I mean it's special. What it's going to mean for you going on that floor, Bud Walton representing the racer rack? I can't even fathom it right now whenever they announced that I had signed here. When I went at half court, I looked around, I was like, it's just a sea of red and white. It's everywhere. And everybody's cheering |
| 0:37.5 | and I'm like, I can't imagine playing in that. When JJ's out there, what kind of player |
| 0:42.3 | will they see? The McDonald's games, I was picking up 94 feet, letting them know that JJ Andrews |
| 0:46.2 | was there. What's your goals as a Razorback? First and foremost, when a national championship. |
| 0:51.1 | We all have goals and that's the win. That's the ultimate goal. |
| 0:57.8 | Hey. the national championship. We all have goals and that's the win. That's the ultimate goal. Hey, Hogg fans, it's Bo Mattingly. And before this episode, I'd like to ask a quick |
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| 1:33.0 | All right, here we are with JJ Andrews. We are so excited that you're here. Our fans kind of had to |
| 1:39.9 | worry a little bit early in the recruiting process. We didn't know we were going to get it done. |
| 1:43.9 | I was like, man, Sean is not going to let that young man go anywhere else but being a Razorback, but knowing your dad, he'd let you go where you want to go. So I know it was your choice, but you made a lot of Razorback fans happy, and we are so excited that you're here. I know you have to be excited. I mean, I'm totally excited. |
| 2:18.3 | I mean, since I was young, it's always been an inspiring thing to see what my dad did as a Razorback. And then, like, you know, just knowing what it means to be a Razorback to these fans and to the kids here, I mean, it's special. It's nothing like I've ever seen before being a Razorback fan myself. and then now being able to participate in playing sports here playing basketball it means the world to me well that's really good and we've heard |
| 2:24.3 | about you for so long when did you know like sixth grade fifth grade seven when did you know |
| 2:31.1 | not that you were going to be a razor back but when did you start start figuring out? I'm a good basketball player. I'm a great athlete. I'm strong. I'm tough. I'm going to be able to go to some big time college if I want to. When did all that start getting into your mind? I think I really started working hard, like my sixth grade year. That's when I really put my mind to it whenever a you started getting serious but like when I really like realized that I could take it to another |
| 2:55.1 | level was when I got my first offer um and I was playing at a team camp and then I got my first |
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