44. Sidney Moncrief

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Sidney Moncrief is a Basketball Hall of Famer and a member of the legendary “Triplets” who led Arkansas to the 1978 Final Four. We start our conversation with the five-time NBA All-Star about what he’s most proud of in his career (3:25), what growing up in Arkansas was like and how he started playing basketball. We talk about how he ended up at Arkansas with Eddie Sutton (16:06), and how Sutton helped unlock the Triplets’ potential (23:40). Moncrief tells us what made him a great defensive player (37:35) and even shares a hilarious Michael Jordan story (40:16). Finally, we talk about what it was like to get the call that he was heading to the Hall of Fame (46:50).

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0:00.0	Basketball Hall of favor, Sydney.
0:02.0	Country!
0:07.0	When people ask me, what am I most proud of?
0:10.0	And I say how the triplets impacted race relations when we played at Arkansas.
0:16.1	And how people looked at African Americans during that time of 1978 or 1979. Welcome to the Hog Pie. I'm Bo Mattingly and this episode is made possible by our friends at
0:44.8	Core Brewing Company, Rockin Protein, First Security Bank, and Sarah's in Resort.
0:51.2	Sydney Moncrief has always wanted to make a difference. He wanted to help change how people
0:56.2	outside of Arkansas perceive the state he grew up in.
0:59.6	Their impression of Arkansas was so negative and so low, It was like, oh you're playing basketball,
1:05.4	you have shoes on playing. Huh, that's unusual. So he decided to be a razorback and
1:10.3	ended up uniting a state still dealing with the aftermath of the Little Rock
1:14.6	crisis 18 years earlier. Along with Ron Brewer and Marvindelph
1:21.6	Moncrief helped lead the Hogs to the 1978 Final Four.
1:26.0	That didn't just change the trajectory of Arkansas's basketball program, it allowed people of all
1:34.4	backgrounds to rally together through a common love for the razor bounce.
1:38.6	Moncrief would go on to have a Hall of Fame NBA career with the Milwaukee Bucks.
1:45.0	He was a five-time All-Star, two-time defensive player of the year, and made five all-MBA teams.
1:52.0	Not bad for a kid who barely made the team in junior high.
1:55.6	I say 15 players on the team. I was coming in at number 14. From barely on the team
2:02.3	to the basketball hall of fame and a man who has strived to make a difference both on and off the court
2:10.6	Well Super Sid what have you been up to since stepping away from basketball?
2:15.0	Yeah, we're doing a lot, especially in the state on diversity and inclusion.
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