FROM THE VAULT: Sidney Moncrief

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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FROM THE VAULT

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	Hey Hog fans, it's Bo Mattingly.
0:01.7	Thanks again for listening and for your continued support of the Hog Pot.
0:05.8	It means we get to continue telling these amazing stories
0:09.4	about your favorite Arkansas athletes coaches and moments.
0:13.4	As we prepare for a new Razorback athletic season,
0:16.6	we decided to dive into the vault and look back at some of our favorite episodes.
0:21.4	This week features an Arkansas legend and five-time
0:25.0	NBA all-star, Sydney Moncrief. Now this special vault episode of the Hog Pot. When people
0:34.0	basketball Hall of favor,
0:38.0	Sydney.
0:40.0	When people ask me, am I most proud of and I say how the triplets impacted race
0:50.3	relations when we played at Arkansas.
1:19.9	And how people looked at African Americans during that time of 1978 or 1979. Welcome into the Hog Pot. I'm Bo Mattingly and this episode is made possible by our friends at Vold Vision, Saracen Resort, and South by Northwest Hospitality.
1:27.0	Sydney Moncrief has always wanted to make a difference.
1:31.0	He wanted to help change how people outside of Arkansas perceive the state
1:34.9	he grew up in. Their impression of Arkansas was so negative and so low. It was like, oh you're
1:40.8	playing basketball. You have shoes on playing.
1:43.5	Huh, that's unusual.
1:44.5	So he decided to be a razorback
1:46.7	and ended up uniting a state, still dealing
1:49.3	with the aftermath of the Little Rock crisis 18 years early.
1:55.0	Along with Ron Brewer and Marvin Delft, Moncrief helped lead the Hogs to the 1978 final four. That didn't just change the trajectory of Arkansas's basketball program.
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