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The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

45. Jimmy Whitt Jr.

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Jimmy Whitt Jr. is not your typical college basketball player. We sit down with him to talk about everything from his play on the court to his journey off it, starting with how he ended up at Arkansas and what led to him transferring (2:13). He tells us how he ended up transferring back to the Razorbacks (7:55), and about his unique play on the court (15:00). We talk about what it’s like to play for Eric Musselman (19:14) and how he thinks his teammates would describe him (26:30). Finally, we get some thoughts from him on this year’s squad (28:05).

Transcript

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pretty surreal how life is like comes full circle.

0:03.0

Surprising news coming out this afternoon as Jimmy Witt

0:06.0

announces he's returning to play basketball under Eric Musselman.

0:09.0

Then it started to resonate in my head like, oh wow, you could go back to the school you started and like do all the things you wanted to do all the things you talked about doing

0:18.7

a euro step and a finger roll 30 for Jimmy Witt.

0:23.0

Just see everything come full circle and then look back at it,

0:25.9

let's say 10 years from now and think like, wow,

0:28.5

like I actually got that opportunity to do what I wanted to do. Welcome to the Hog Pive. I'm Bo Mattingly and this episode is made possible by

0:46.6

our friends at Core Brewing Company, Rockin Protein, First Security Bank, and

0:51.6

Sarra's in Resort.

0:53.0

Jimmy Witt Jr. is not your typical college basketball player.

0:57.0

Most people would look at the numbers and think Isaiah Joe Mason Jones, the best players for the Hawks this season.

1:02.0

I beg the difference Jimmy

1:03.8

Witt Jr. he really runs this offense at a high level. In reality there's a lot

1:09.2

that's unique about the Grad transfer senior. At 6-3, he's supposed to be a guard,

1:15.0

but his time spent in the paint is more like a big man.

1:18.0

Looking to run, lead to the basket blocked by wit.

1:21.0

He has an uncanny ability to grab rebounds despite being the third

1:25.8

shortest player on an already undersized roster. He's relentless going to the

1:30.6

offensive class. Great play.

1:32.5

That woke the crowd up in the bud.

1:34.5

There's his incredible mid-range game,

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