{"id":430993,"date":"2024-10-09T15:29:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T19:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=430993"},"modified":"2024-10-09T15:29:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T19:29:47","slug":"arkansas-unveils-new-look-basketball-court-with-vintage-logo-ahead-of-john-caliparis-1st-season","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/arkansas-football\/arkansas-unveils-new-look-basketball-court-with-vintage-logo-ahead-of-john-caliparis-1st-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas unveils new-look basketball court with vintage logo ahead of John Calipari&#8217;s 1st season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arkansas has brought back the Slobbering Hog.<\/p>\n<p>The Razorbacks unveiled the new-look court with the vintage logo on Wednesday via social media.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_430995\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-430995\" class=\"wp-image-430995 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GZdu-qfa8AA1E0N.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GZdu-qfa8AA1E0N.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GZdu-qfa8AA1E0N-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GZdu-qfa8AA1E0N-610x343.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GZdu-qfa8AA1E0N-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GZdu-qfa8AA1E0N-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GZdu-qfa8AA1E0N-225x127.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-430995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RazorbackMBB\/status\/1844065909230748004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@RazorbackMBB on X<\/a> (formerly Twitter)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Slobber Hog was an Arkansas basketball logo used under Eddie Sutton and Nolan Richardson. It was featured on the court at Bud Walton Arena until 2008 when it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wholehogsports.com\/news\/2024\/oct\/09\/slobber-hog-logo-added-again-to-arkansas-basketball-court-at-bud-walton-arena\/?sports-college-razorbacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">replaced with the official Razorback logo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Arkansas AD Hunter Yurachek used the Slobbering Hog&#8217;s popularity as a way to fundraise for the program&#8217;s NIL collective. That got John Calipari to chime in on the old logo.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Since I got on campus in April I\u2019ve had many bring up the Slobbering Hog in Bud Walton! Razorback fans have a chance to make that happen now! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BakEUe1uu7\">https:\/\/t.co\/BakEUe1uu7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Calipari (@CoachCalArk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoachCalArk\/status\/1841653016564293914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Razorback fans met Yuacheck&#8217;s challenge. The Arkansas AD shared that a late 6-figure donation and proceeds from a Justin Cole Moore concert helped get the total over the finish line.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">HOG YEAH! Thanks to a late six figure donation, + <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinColeMoore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JustinColeMoore<\/a> concert $ + an incredible number of Razorback fans donating what they could; we have hit our $500K goal to match our $500K donation to hit $1M mark in one week. Center court logo added this morning as promised. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SYny7MKCNh\">pic.twitter.com\/SYny7MKCNh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hunter Yurachek (@HunterYurachek) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HunterYurachek\/status\/1844065364948443310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The first game to be played on the new-look court will be Oct. 25 when Kansas visits Bud Walton Arena for a charity exhibition.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Vintage vibes in the air <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w7yuazcbKP\">pic.twitter.com\/w7yuazcbKP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arkansas Razorbacks (@ArkRazorbacks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArkRazorbacks\/status\/1844066699508908354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arkansas basketball brings back a popular retro logo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":193079,"featured_media":430997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","tags":[],"class_list":["post-430993","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_types-news","series_tags-hoops","teams-arkansas-football"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/430993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/193079"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}