Arkansas unveils new-look basketball court with vintage logo ahead of John Calipari’s 1st season

Arkansas has brought back the Slobbering Hog.

The Razorbacks unveiled the new-look court with the vintage logo on Wednesday via social media.

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 replaced with the official Razorback logo.

Arkansas AD Hunter Yurachek used the Slobbering Hog’s popularity as a way to fundraise for the program’s NIL collective. That got John Calipari to chime in on the old logo.

Since I got on campus in April I’ve had many bring up the Slobbering Hog in Bud Walton! Razorback fans have a chance to make that happen now! https://t.co/BakEUe1uu7

— John Calipari (@CoachCalArk) October 3, 2024

Razorback fans met Yuacheck’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.

HOG YEAH! Thanks to a late six figure donation, + @JustinColeMoore 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. pic.twitter.com/SYny7MKCNh

— Hunter Yurachek (@HunterYurachek) October 9, 2024

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.

Vintage vibes in the air pic.twitter.com/w7yuazcbKP

— Arkansas Razorbacks (@ArkRazorbacks) October 9, 2024

Andrew Olson

Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.