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What was that?
What?
I have no idea what that is.
Can you guys hear me?
What just happened?
I don't know.
Are we on the air?
I don't know.
I don't feel like we are.
Rick, are we on the air with that horn that just went off?
Yeah, we're on the air.
All right.
It sounds weird on my and maybe we can get Austin in here.
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I feel like I sound like I'm in a tin can right now.
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okay, because it doesn't sound good in my ear.
You know what?
It sounds like when we used to do and then the old building with those Bob Barker microphones.
That's what you sound like right now.
We sounded good until that horn.
That horn did something.
What happened on the horn, Rick?
What was that horn?
I don't know.
I had nothing to do with the horn.
It sounds like you had something to do with it, but I thought somebody was having a birthday
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I've back from vacation.
Welcome back.
It was one week and it's been one week since you looked at me and I'm really glad that
you're here right now.
We're excited.
You got to see maybe two of the best college games all season.
So I'm kind of jealous what you did in Washington, DC this past weekend, but I think the horn
was to welcome you back to the airways today.
Mario, do me a favor.
Go outside with Austin and tell him what's wrong with them looking at each other.
We have a very capable group going here.
So Mario doesn't have the urgency at all.
No, Mario is dressed.
We're meeting with our boss today.
And Mario is saying he's on easy pace.
I'll tell you what, people are telling me, Rick, this sounds weird.
So let's do this.
Let's take a break and let's just take an early break and come back and hopefully we
can have it fixed.
All right.
Good with you, Rick.
Sounds like a plan.
We're going to take an early break.
We'll be right back.
KSR.
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Welcome back.
This Kentucky sports radio, 8.9288287, the text machine is 772745254.
No idea if this is better or not.
What do we think?
It sounds a little better, but still, it's still terrible.
But you know what?
This is going to be what it is because this is our heart radio and this is the way it
goes.
We are back after vacation and ready to rock Ryan.
So back what I was saying, thank you very much for filling in while I was going.
I did two days, drew did two days and then Billy did a day and did a great job.
I heard he did a great job.
I was glad to, I'm always proud of Billy and you know, Jack Nick, thank you to them for
coming in as well.
And I want to thank the folks here at I Heart for being ready when we came back drew.
That's exactly how all things go.
Well, the first day you were gone, I hosted it.
I had to do the first segment by phone without a co-host because we had technical difficulties.
So it's been, it's been a, it's been a great time.
Well, all right.
The national championship is tonight, right, portal starts at midnight tonight.
And since I was gone, I wrote down like a million topics a bit because I have a lot to
say.
We were gone for a long time.
I do want you to notice I came in today with a Michigan hoodie because we have to have
Michigan win tonight as much as I enjoyed watching Yukon beat Duke live in person.
We have to have Michigan win tonight.
We cannot have Yukon win seven titles in 27 years.
So Michigan who hasn't won a title since what, Romail Robinson in 1987, 89, 89 over
Seaton Hall.
You're exactly right.
We need them to win tonight.
I don't even particularly like Michigan, but I think if you're a historic college basketball
person, which those of us that love UK are, we need a victor.
If Connecticut wins, if there's seventh title, that's more than Duke, that's more than
North Carolina.
And breathing down.
More than Kansas.
I mean, seven in 27 years is kind of an amazing thing.
The Yukon situation is an unbelievable situation.
So in the last 27 years, Drew, they've made eight final fours, but they've won seven of
them.
Yeah.
That's amazing.
Or well, they've won six.
They will have won seven if they win tonight.
They've also though during that time drew, missed the tournament nine times.
Some early exits, even when they made it.
It's so weird.
And it's crazy that in that spans since 99, I mean, they have seven to our one.
I mean, seven in that window is nuts for anyone with three different coaches.
That's it.
Three different coaches.
I mean, they haven't won tonight.
So let's right now.
They have six.
Yeah.
But they could, but they very well could win tonight.
I mean, there are six and a half point underdog.
I people are acting like it's certain they're going to lose.
I feel like there are cockroaches that does not.
I mean, I don't know how you can say certainly they're going to lose.
They're not intimidated by anybody.
They've proven that and you know, Rick Patino's got to be sitting back saying, man,
I just destroyed this team in the big.
I mean, that goes to an 11 win Marquette team right before the tournament.
That's right.
I forgot about a Marquette team that only won 11 games beat them just before the tournament.
I mean, that's, that's crazy.
Now, Michigan, on the other hand, there are people saying that if they win,
it's one of the greatest teams ever.
I don't buy that just for the record.
I mean, they're storming through the tournament.
So in that respect, it's very impressive.
They could have like one of the great tournament runs of all time,
but I'm not willing to yet say that they are, you know, the best, one of the best teams of all time.
Maybe not one of the best, but one of the best to watch.
I mean, they're fun to watch them 90 points of game.
They're, you know, throwing alley hoop dunks and scoring every which way they are.
To me, they're fun to watch.
Well, I want to preview that game a little more as we get closer,
but let's talk about kind of where Kentucky is.
All right. So since I've been gone, we have announcements on players,
which I think a lot more will come tomorrow.
But we have announcements on player Jasper Johnson, Brandon Garrison, transfer.
Right.
Uh, not a surprise on either one of them, what are we going to say?
And Jalen Low had a low that it, I think happened.
Maybe that happened the weekend that I left.
Any of those three surprises?
No, I, we fully expect to Jalen low to leave because they're pursuing other point guards.
Jasper, I expected him to leave.
Couldn't go away with it for him this year.
Brandon was the one guy I thought maybe because Pope loves him so much.
It appears maybe might stick around.
I grew the Ryan of the three.
I could have seen Brandon Garrison coming back, but I didn't expect low or Jasper.
I think when we played the percentage game, we had Jasper at one.
I had three.
Yeah, that's true.
Yeah, a little more faith.
But I think we all believe he needs a fresh start somewhere.
I, I'm not surprised.
I mean, Jasper John, well, let's start with Jalen low.
I think Kentucky has just decided that he can't be the certain starting point guard.
Not even because how he plays, I just think a durability slash fit part of it.
You know, there's been a lot of talk about sort of chemistry and all that.
And I want to get to that when we talk about the behind the scenes thing.
But I do think certainly early in the year, the Jalen low, it just, it just wasn't working
from a chemistry perspective on and off the court.
I think that got better actually as the year went on, but it just didn't make sense
to bring him back and be the certain starting point guard.
And if you're Jalen low, you're not coming back to back up somewhere.
Yeah.
So like basketball guys may say low is such a ball dominant point guard.
It just didn't work with what post.
But I mean, to be fair, he only played like four games.
I mean, I do think when you make broad judgments about how he played, he only played
a handful of games.
So that would be hard to know.
But I also understand why you wouldn't want to rely on it.
So he's got Jasper Johnson.
I'm sad to see it, but it just didn't work out.
It just didn't work out.
And I don't blame anybody, but it didn't work out, right?
Isn't that the takeaway?
Yeah, I mean, you know, they're saying that made people thought in his head,
maybe he'd want to give it a redo it Kentucky to prove he can do it.
But I just think he's best suited with the fresh start somewhere.
Popes offense with all the ball movement.
Jasper's more of a guy that kind of needs to be in control a little bit and go get his own
buckets like Jalen Lowe in some ways.
I mean, Jalen Lowe's maybe more of a traditional point guard.
Jasper's more of a score, but it's the same issue in some ways, right?
That in this year, and I worried about this going to the season, but he just
doesn't have the size to go into the SEC.
And you know, he can't even get to his own spots.
Can't really defend.
We got to later in the year, he couldn't even bring the ball up the court.
So I just think a reset would be good for him over on, you know,
there's no, there's people that have been very critical of him.
But I think 99% of the fan base is rooting for him in his next stop.
You obviously huge fans, supporter of the kid, knowing him a long time,
were you sad to see the news?
Or do you think it's the best?
I was sad because it just didn't work out here for him.
And I know he wanted it to and he's family wanted it to.
He just didn't work.
He's recruited to come here as a two guard, got forced to be at the back up point guard.
I want him to succeed somewhere.
I think I think there's bigger and better days ahead for that kid.
I got disgusted by some of our fans.
What they were saying online after he announced he was transferring.
I mean, it's it's embarrassing.
Has some of our fans reacted to that?
I agree with you.
I feel like I keep saying I want to talk about that, but the online thing is a
different at some point we have to say we've got to stop acting like 30,
50, 100 people online is the representation of the fan base.
I'm kind of tired to be honest of a big blue nation being like,
well, there's a hundred loud people online.
So Kentucky fans, you're never going to be able to get people online to be nice.
Correct. Right.
Like that's just not going to happen.
That's how we live today.
That's how the world is today and the social media platforms.
That's a whole other issue that like to me is a big issue in society.
But it stinks and it does stink for Jasper, especially a Kentucky kid who
wanted to play here.
And it seems like an awesome kid.
It stinks.
It didn't work.
But it also didn't work.
And I don't, I mean, am I wrong?
No.
It didn't work.
He's one of those guys I wish could do a do over.
I think I don't disagree with you.
Yes, maybe it could have worked in a different scenario.
Yes.
Yeah.
But it didn't work.
It didn't work.
And I hate that me too.
I hate that it didn't work.
I wanted it to work, especially with that family.
Yeah.
We wanted it to work.
But it did.
Now, Brandon Garrison, two years, I think I think people will remember him more
fondly because of the last couple games, right?
On the net camp.
Yeah, I mean, I was there, the Santa Clara game.
And then one of the SEC tournament games wins in like, like, we'll have some
good memories of him, right?
It was BG time occasionally.
That was just the BG experience.
I mean, going back to his first year at Kentucky, he had some amazing games.
At Oklahoma, he was like guarding everybody, guarding all five spots.
When he first got benched for Merino this past season, he played his best game
coming off the bench.
So he had his highs.
I just think Pope invested too much in him and kind of believed in him more than
Brandon was capable of being consistent.
Like, Pope brought that guy back to start.
Pope thought he would be the start.
And you have to remember what Brandon's role needs to be a bench game.
Pope envisioned this team B.
I think was Jaylen Lowe at the point.
Uh, Otago away.
Modi Abate and Brandon Garrison and then someone at the three, maybe Chandler, I mean,
at times I think he thought Noah might need that person.
Yeah.
Right.
It didn't end up working out, but he thought Garrison was going to be a starting
center and Garrison just Ryan didn't improve enough.
I think for that to make sense.
So honestly, I think it's better for him and for the team that he's probably in the
portal too.
Like you said, though, my memories of him will be nothing but great now because that
what happened in the end of the tournament.
Well, yeah, I really, I kind of hate to see the guy go.
So let me ask you a question.
If Ryan lemon was in charge of the roster, yes, because you've already said you wish.
Do you ask what we have to do over and you wish Brandon when your memories are great.
Would you just keep everyone?
Like if you were the GM, would you keep this entire roster and basically run it back without
O.A.
and Aberdeen and add two people?
Well, I got to add two dudes.
I got to get dudes because I mean, we had two dudes.
And we weren't losing them.
So if you had two dudes and we weren't good, but I'm going to get two better dudes.
You can get better dudes than us.
Yeah.
Or take away.
I'm worried about fun and better than those two.
No, but I do think that's important to like think about it.
This team didn't work.
If you brought these guys back, it wasn't going to work.
And actually, I guess we could even say our top four dude with low and quaintons and then
O.A. and Aberdeen.
Those were our four top dudes who lose all four of them.
And that quaintons didn't play.
I mean, I, you know, with Garrison, whatever they paid, it was in the millions.
If he's coming back, you have to sit him down and be like, we're not paying you a fraction
of that.
And you're the seventh or eighth man.
In that case, we'd love to have you back.
But in Brandon's side, he can't accept that because he could probably go out and get
better.
Yeah.
But I don't think UK can, you can't run this back.
You can't look what happened, but you saying like you want to run it back.
Well, I feel a fondness for these guys, for sure.
I feel a fondness for Brandon now after what he did in March, man.
I don't know why I just do, but I get it, but you have to make decisions like you can't
just go, this didn't work, but I feel a fondness.
So I wish it worked.
If you're the GM of the team, are you bringing these guys back low, Garrison and, and
Jasper?
Are you bringing them back?
It's a, it's, you, this is not, to some extent, this is not a touchy feeling.
We all, like if it's touchy feeling, we all want them back.
We would all love to see all these guys do, but you have to decide whether you're bringing
these guys back.
I don't disagree with any of Pope's decisions here.
Do you?
No.
Okay.
So you do agree that we should have gotten rid of.
From a coaching perspective, I'm just saying, yeah, just my personal beliefs are that I
would, Brandon would come back and be our reserve off the bench, that guy, not, not a starter.
We had to go get a big man starter with, with Malachi, Brandon's our guy off the bench.
Yeah.
Well, I, I think Drew's right.
That wasn't going to happen.
So, so now, who's, we don't know about Noah, that's the, I didn't have even heard his
name mentioned.
I mean, I don't have great scoop on the whole team or anything, but I've heard a little
bit about each person.
I've not heard a peep about, I haven't either, have you?
Have you?
No, nothing.
I have no idea if he's thinking about coming back or not.
I mean, I think these guys, if, if they're, the good thing about the portal entry, having
been two weeks after the, remember last year, what wasn't like that, the portal is already
open.
This guy's no now, or at least very close to no, I mean, if someone's definitely leaving,
I think we're going to find out tomorrow, yeah, I think so, because they're going to
have their name in the mix.
Exactly.
They're going to want to be like early on getting the mix.
So like, Noah, I think we know tomorrow, let's just go through, do you think he comes
back?
No.
You said, but you don't know.
Okay.
What about you?
I'll say yes, because I've just made up a scenario where he wants to keep wearing the
jersey and he'd make more money here than anywhere else, but you know, if he wants to go
get shots and play a lot of minutes, he doesn't need to come back, because I don't think
that role is going to be there for him.
I have no idea, but I'm just going to guess, no, but it's a complete guess, uh, Diabata.
By the way, I, well, I have a strong opinion what I think this is, but go ahead.
I don't think he's coming back.
I have no idea, but I just feel like he's going to probably just chase a bag and get money
go somewhere else.
I think Diabata is a ego is strictly negotiation.
I think it's going to be, I think that's probably going to happen one way or the other today.
I think UK would like him back.
I think he probably would like more money than UK wants to pay right now, and it'll just
be whether or not they can get an agreement.
That's simple.
And we'll probably know tomorrow.
I kind of agree with that.
If you'd asked me in January, I'd heard he was really interested in the second year.
Of course, if it's still up to come down the negotiating table, but now I think Pope
with all these guys has to look out and be like, look, we paid you.
A lot of money last year.
And you're probably not going to get that dollar amount this season.
And if they want to agree to run it back at a lower rate, then you'll see it.
But I don't think many of them will agree to do that Chandler.
That's a tough one, man.
You know, if he's thinking about going back home for a couple of years and playing, do
we have any proof that he's thinking about going back home beyond random internet accounts
saying it?
I don't think I don't expect him to leave.
I don't think they could afford him.
He's here.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Like, why do people think, again, can things change?
But what is the evidence that he's not here?
Like I just keep people keep saying, well, his wife or the, how do people know that?
I don't know.
Like, what are you talking about?
Also, if you want to play basketball for your life, you're not going to be living at
home.
Ever.
They're going to be bouncing around.
I mean, I will tell you, when I was in DC, all the national people think the Chandler
deal is done.
Like that.
He's here.
A couple of people asked me, like, you know Chandler's back, right?
And I said, well, I haven't heard that.
And they go, yeah, his, I mean, they were like, his people all say his back.
So I mean, I would love for him to say that publicly.
It would be nice, wouldn't it?
But I don't know where all the angst online has come from Chandler.
I kind of tried to research yesterday.
Why do people think he might go to BYU?
And I think it's just because he's Mormon.
Like, I don't, I don't know that there's any other evidence beyond that.
Is there?
I'm saying BYU, he grew up a fan of Utah, like the Utes.
So like, maybe you look at the Utes, but they can't pay.
I mean, Kentucky's going to take good care of Chandler.
I mean, he's going to be a big piece of next year.
And I think he trusts Pope and everything that's happening.
So we think he's back.
I would be pretty surprised.
Marano.
I'm going to look at you because you have acted like you knew that you have had been like
sneaky snake dancing with Marano all year.
I think he's back.
Yeah, I think something.
So you haven't been that confident before?
Maybe, but maybe right before you left or you know, I think I'd heard where things were
going to happen.
They're going to keep him.
They're going to make sure they keep him.
Okay.
So I think what's going to happen with Marano, he will enter the draft to go through the
combine, but with every intention of retouch coming back.
So unless he went to the combine and was told you're a lottery pick, he's probably back.
So I think people should expect him to go through the draft process.
And I think with the expectation, he'll be back.
And if he and assuming he comes back to college basketball, I think he will be playing.
I agree with that.
And I think you should go through the process.
We saw for years, guys, do that and come back.
I mean, away.
It is just did it last year.
So I think Marano should do that.
I don't hope fans won't overreact to it because I don't think he'd get the feedback.
He'd want to leave right away.
I expect him and so I do think people should prepare themselves for that amount.
Okay.
But don't jump on.
And that's good though.
But that's good.
I think it is unless all of a sudden, he's a lottery pick.
I expect him to be back.
So Marano Chandler, Mason Williams, who I'm going to admit, I know nothing about except
that he's my Williamson.
And I don't know, I've never seen him.
I don't know who he is.
I'm glad we have another Williams that we need a lot of Williams's most popular last
name in America.
As you would know, if you went to Matt Jones trivia, all I didn't know that yeah, top 10
last names in America, it's like Williams, Jones, Smith, Rodriguez, Garcia, what were
the others?
Do you remember?
Huh?
I was Williams, Jones, Smith, Garcia, Rodriguez, and then we're five more.
But anyway, Williams is actually number one now, and you know what, by our roster, what
about Cam Williams?
Don't know.
I know Kentucky wants him, but I think it's completely up in there.
I think that's the one the people around the program are the least clear about.
I think that will honestly be determined today.
Today is a big day.
Today is the day that as I understand it, the guys that are on the roster now, it's like
a, you make a deal or not today.
And really, I think that's Cam Williams, uh, Modi Abate and Trent Noah.
I don't have a sense of what Trent Noah's situation is.
I do think when it comes to Cam Williams and Modi Abate, Kentucky would like to have those
guys, but it's going to be about if the two sides can come to an agreement.
And they may like to have Noah too.
I just haven't gotten, I don't know about Noah.
I just don't know.
And uh, Williams and even Diabate with the position they play, they're probably looking
at Pope like, hey, are you getting tired, Stokes or not?
Like, Cam Williams is probably going to leave if they load up on the wing and go get
to go get a star.
So I mean, Cam, especially probably has to fill out what UK is going to have in front
of him and how much I'll have to compete for that job.
So I have a, I feel confident that Marino Chandler Mason Williams, I haven't, he's Hawthorne.
He's a name that hasn't come up in my eyes.
He, I assume he, I don't know if he could be looking around and talking, what about
Yelp?
Yelp.
I haven't heard anything about Yelp.
No, if I had to guess, I'd say he's leaving.
I would guess.
I don't think you can run it back with him as a starter.
So it's like, I said with the other guys, it's like, hey, man, if you want to be second
dude off the bench and take a pay cut, we'd love to have you.
What's the story about him playing basketball against a group of students?
Yeah.
It's not a good look.
They were yellow Vitch Hawthorne and Potter went to the Johnson Center and lost his
opinion.
But were they trying?
Well, that I don't know.
I don't know why they said it.
They said it in a microphone.
Just don't tell people you lost.
We never would have known.
It's a dude from the colonel.
Yeah, but they admitted to losing to the colonel sticks his nose into things.
Who is that?
It looks like he's like 13, but he's always interviewing people and being like, he'll
like come up to person.
Be like, are you pro choice or pro life?
Do you like nerd gummy clusters?
So like, whoa, those two questions have nothing to do with the reporter.
I wish our players would have just not admitted that though.
So they admitted they got me.
Yes.
That's the Johnson Center.
Yeah, keep that one to yourself.
All right.
We'll tie.
Okay.
Catch up.
Hopefully this is sounding good.
Rick is it?
It sounds pretty good.
All right.
We'll be right back.
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So while I was gone as well, we had a documentary about the UK basketball season, right?
The least important thing, but the one that I heard, at least from you all, is that they
showed my apartment, my old apartment and my correct about it.
They did.
It's good.
I've been redone since you live there.
So that was my apartment on the documentary.
It's definitely been updated since you live there.
So that so apparently where Colin Chandler lives now with his wife with his wife, that's
where I live that your old place.
So now I feel like we can say this, right?
Can we say this now?
Yeah.
So I lived there for a while.
And then I got replaced by Oscar, not Oscar, great for them.
Yes.
Yes.
Oscar Comes.
They moved Oscar Comes in there.
No.
I left and then Oscar Sheeblay lived there for a year, about a year and a half maybe, wasn't
it?
And then I didn't know what happened after that.
And you all told me in the documentary that now Colin Chandler lives there.
I've known all year that Colin lives there.
Why have you never told me I have told you this, I have told you one time.
Yeah.
For some reason it didn't process.
So Colin Chandler's in my whole place.
So how did it look on the doctor's look clean, did have all the mirrors, mirrors were there,
but they've hung some pictures.
Oh, I didn't do that.
Yeah.
Maybe looks like someone might have run a vacuum.
No, stop kitchen.
Look good.
But yeah, it goes right up.
It has so many mirrors.
I didn't see 300 pairs of shoes on the floor.
Place looks good.
Looks real good.
Well, I know.
I don't want to see any of this apartment complex.
Yeah.
Wow.
So that was.
So for people who don't know that apartment complex, Drew has lived there.
Doron Lamb, because Drew got his old mattress.
I lived there.
Then Oscar replaced me and then now Colin Chandler is there.
And if you want to go way back when I lived there, Rodney Dent lived a couple doors down.
Rodney did live there.
Okay.
What's going on over there?
Like going on across from the Applebee's, yeah, but well, that's exciting.
So tell me about the documentary.
I've seen clips online, but I haven't gotten to watch the whole thing because I was in the
airport flying when it was on good.
It kind of gives a person who's not a Kentucky fan.
It gives you an idea of what being a Kentucky fans all about.
You know, the lows, you're pretty low.
The highs are pretty high.
My big takeaway was at Hogan's Aga series where they showed the fans booing our team and
how Pope kind of almost got choked up talking about it after the game.
So I saw that clip with Todd Harris worldwide, Todd Harris yelling at the guy.
Go get him.
That's part of the whole dog.
I mean, first of all, you all have heard us on this show over the years, talk about worldwide
Todd Harris.
And you're like, probably like, who's worldwide, Todd Harris?
And we said, you know, he's worldwide because like worldwide West, he's everywhere.
He's everywhere.
Well, he ends up in the documentary because the guy booing worldwide, Todd Harris is on
the floor, challenging to a fight.
He's saying, get out of here if you're not going to, you know, he was like, bring it on.
I got a quarter zip, I have a quarter zip.
You want some?
We need more Todd Harris is like that.
Keeping the fan base in check.
It did.
He did.
He did.
I actually thought though, Pope, the clip I saw where he was talking about fan negativity.
I actually thought he gave a really good answer because he was basically like, obviously,
we don't like it, but they care.
And that caring is important.
Which I think is exactly what you should say.
Yes.
I don't think fans should.
We said that at the time.
I think booing is bad.
At the same time, it was a unique situation.
All those fans that gone there, they lose by 35.
I was there and it was expensive to go.
Yeah.
And so, but I liked, I think Pope handle that answer actually very well.
But I also can't lie that I laughed that were why Todd Harris is on their screaming.
Get out of here.
If you're not going to cheer, get out of here.
You know, we know Todd.
We talked to him all the time.
He's never mentioned that that he got in a screaming match.
I didn't know he was going to be on CBS until I mean, he probably didn't think that that
was going to end up on the documentary.
Was there any news that came out of it?
Was there anything that like, did they, what do you say about the Louisville thing?
If you're a Kentucky fan that sat down to learn something, you didn't get anything.
Yeah.
I mean, they blew right over the Louisville game.
Pope is an interview talking about it.
He kind of doesn't, he gave the same answer he did then just kind of said the guys were
too hyped too early.
They just, I mean, I feel like they were like, fight John with fans, but we knew that
at the time.
He said that then.
If you were looking for some real answers, it didn't have anything.
They didn't really have anything.
No.
What did was anything good from the Santa Clara?
Like a celebration.
I enjoyed that because it showed Otega and his mom embracing after the game.
Oh, that's cool.
That was kind of cool.
The Otega angle with his mom.
They did a couple times.
A really kind of cool.
But after the Santa Clara game, they got to have a moment back.
Is there anything where to watch it?
I watched it on, because I didn't watch it live.
I watched it on Paramount app.
Oh, is it on Paramount Plus?
Yeah.
I just pulled it up on demand.
I didn't record it.
I'll go watch it.
I just see how my apartment is.
Yeah.
There's also Michael and Malachi on the couch.
You could tell they're setting up the LSU games.
It was cool going back in time.
They were talking, but then they go straight into Baton Rouge with the, with the Malachi
Lateners shop.
That was cool.
Tom Leach was interviewed a lot.
Tom did a good job.
But overall, like if you sat down like, I'm going to get some answers about this year.
If you were tuned in all year to what was going on.
You didn't learn anything new.
Okay.
It was pretty good though.
I would love this.
I'd like to see it and see what, see what that's like.
Now, the other thing, um, so you understand I, I went to the do, went to the Duke Connecticut,
all those St. John's, all those games in DC on, I was there on Sunday.
Then like the rest of the week, I was doing some things, but I was just pretty chill.
And then I'm sitting there on Thursday eating lunch, and you know, I always have my phone
and I was like, I'm going to have lunch.
I'm having lunch with a friend, turn it upside down.
And then I turned it over and, you know, had like 10 phone calls and I'm like, what is
this?
And then I see that a tweet has gone out about me and Myron potentially taking a job
at ESPN.
Right.
What was weird is it didn't feel like UK fans had seen it.
It was like media people.
And then I think later that night, maybe Oscar retweeted it.
That's when the Kentucky fans and that's when the Kentucky fans, huh?
But like I had dealt had to deal with the day of it where it didn't feel like Kentucky
fans.
Did you all see it?
I don't think I saw it till that evening.
I had people send it to me.
You kind of like, hey, what's this?
But it wasn't like an overwhelmed like my phone didn't blow up.
I mean, just a few people texted.
That was a really weird thing because I've never had that happen.
We're like something gets out and I had no idea that it was coming.
So then of course, like everybody's right.
So I just wanted to say I didn't say anything about it because really there's nothing to
say.
Right.
Like, I think that story said that we were like leading candidates for this job.
I don't know.
I mean, if they say so, I don't know.
I mean, we've had conversations with ESPN and you know, we'll see.
There's nothing that there's nothing I can really say.
It was one of those like, oh, well, no one told me so I don't know.
I don't know.
I was with you.
Now, what I can say with confidence is no matter what happens with that or within the
other particular job.
By the way, I've been up and considered a lot of jobs over the last 10 years, including
with a number of companies that you know and I just have decided not to do it or maybe
they've decided not to do it.
So, but the one thing I can tell you is this show will continue with me on it.
No matter what, no matter what I decide to do or what someone asked me to do will still
be doing this.
Now, could it change in terms of time of day?
Yeah, it could, depending on what happens.
But it will still be around and it will still exist and it will still have me on it.
But I know I've had since Oscar tweeted it, 500 people write me and go, are you going
to say something?
I don't really have anything to say because the story said I was the leading candidate,
but doesn't mean you have the job.
And I found out I was the leading candidate from the story.
You think ESPN leaked it out to somebody?
I have no idea.
I mean, it didn't come from me.
I know that.
It did come from my mind.
I would very highly doubt it came from Marin because Marin is at the final four and he
all of a sudden, he gets people like and he, he was, where's this coming from?
Marin.
He was trying to write about Dusty.
I was like, did you say it?
And I was like, no, I thought you said it.
So anyway, we'll see.
Well, after Oscar's tweet, yeah, like Drew said, we got a bunch of people asked us worried
about what would happen to this show.
This show, well, the real reason I'm bringing this up is that I do think it's important
for people to know this show will still exist.
I did hear through the grapevine that like Louisville media was like dancing that this show
was going to go away.
Well, you're going to have to stop dancing.
There are no more dance.
I mean, you can dance if you want.
We will still exist.
And if you're not careful, we'll come up against you.
Yeah, watch your time slot.
Remember, like y'all avoided this time slot over the years.
Well, we'll just come to you if you want because that could be what ends up happening,
depending on what time of day you're on.
I feel like we can probably just knowing you eliminate a six AM KSR morning drive situation.
I think that's fair.
Just just knowing you a little bit.
It's fair to say it won't be on before this.
I'm not a big getter upper early in the morning.
So if you're if you're trying to guess, I can be fair to say it won't occur before tonight.
We're all behind you.
We support you.
There's a great could be a great opportunity for you and Myron.
We'll follow you wherever you go.
If you go to one in the morning, two in the morning, six in the morning, we'll follow you along.
Well, that's nice of you.
Is there you speaking for everyone?
I'm speaking for everyone.
I think we were in person.
I know.
I will say we did a jury.
We did a zoom.
I wanted to tell everybody myself what was going on.
And we zoomed the whole KSR group.
And it looked like Ryan was going to poop his pants.
I'm just worried.
Ryan had a look of terror.
Why didn't you just because we didn't do that till Friday?
Why didn't you just call?
You seemed so I could tell on the call.
You've got my phone.
Yeah.
I didn't want to bother you on vacation.
I know we'd talk when you came back.
I've just said to say my prayers.
Can I tell you my favorite part of the zoom?
Yes.
When Ryan had to leave early to do a radio hit and he couldn't turn off the zoom.
Remind me of the old Periscope.
That was great.
That was great.
And he just yelled.
Let me ask you a question.
Let me bring Rick on.
Shannon's out this week.
Rick, if you were on a zoom call and you needed to leave,
what would you do?
I'd probably say I need to go poop.
That was not what he needed to do.
Rick, would you say though, like, I'm going to go and let's say you couldn't get the zoom
to turn off.
What would you do?
Well, geez, make a sign and put it in front of the computer and say, we'll be back in
a few minutes.
OK.
Here's another thing.
Just turn your phone off.
That's what I ended up doing.
I couldn't find that Ryan was just like, how do I get out of here?
What do I do?
And I was like, just exit the phone call.
And you're like, I don't know how to just turn the app off.
Like you were, you were freaking out about how to get off the, you literally any phone
call.
You can just hit the power button.
I thought on the zoom color, there'd be like a red button.
There is.
There is.
It says.
It wasn't there.
I had your five faces on my screen and no other place.
It was a throwback to the Periscope days for the long time.
KSR people.
It turned off your Periscope and you would just be hitting your phone.
Oh, that is true.
I guess I did that.
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It is Kentucky Sports Radio 8 5 9 2 8 0 2287.
If you have questions, the text machine is 772 7745254.
I'm glad to answer more comments, kind of get people back in the text machine, flow
one person writes Matt, what players do you think from the portal are interested with
us?
I honestly don't know.
We, I'm going to have conversations this afternoon, where I think by tonight, I'll have
a better idea of who's Kentucky is going to happen.
You know, I haven't gotten to have those, but I'm, I think I'll have them tonight.
So I think I'll have a better idea.
The only person I know, and I don't know if he's entered the portal yet, has the kid
from, I'm Syracuse entered the portal.
The point guard.
No.
I haven't seen it yet.
Freeman.
Yeah, Donnie Freeman.
I don't know if he hasn't entered the portal.
I mean, I didn't say that.
Big one just said the portal during the break, though, to watch the Blackwell, Blackwell.
Yeah.
Kentucky wants him, but so does everybody.
Yeah.
So I think like Duke's going to want him, um, I don't know if we, I don't know if we'll
get it, but I think the, the kid from Syracuse, I, I'm fairly certain they're, they're very
interested in him.
Freeman.
Yeah.
And Blackwell, there's, you know, all the internet rumors are spurring, saying Kentucky's
prepared to make him a rich man.
If he wants to come here, now, I mean, he still has to make that decision.
That is one to watch.
He might be the best guard in the portal now.
Yeah.
He would be, he would be your, he, what, I don't, I just, I just, he Freeman's name this
morning.
What, what position is he playing?
He's more like a guard forward, big forward, getting shoot.
That's what I want.
Can are there people that can shoot?
No, he can't really shoot.
Well, good.
That's what we need.
And then Kate Lewis is in the portal.
He can't really shoot either.
But I know a lot of players want him.
Yeah.
He shot 56% from the free throw line.
That's crazy for a guard playing 56% from the free throwers starting every single game.
I'm out.
Kate and Lewis.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I'm out.
So I do think I'll have a better, a better idea on that stuff, on that stuff later.
One person writes Matt, I listened to you yesterday on your show with Myron with Tim Welsh.
He sounded like you all fought the whole time.
No, but that was unique doing a show with that guy.
Yeah.
I liked him a lot.
He's a nice guy, but he's like, I couldn't tell for a long time if he, if he liked
me, just argumentative a lot.
No, I just think like he's a coach and you know how coaches are like they take up for
coach.
Like we had to argue.
I would encourage everyone to go listen to the last 10 minutes of our one yesterday.
Okay.
We're talking about Geno R.E.M. and Dawn Staley.
And I went back and listened to it this morning.
And it was a little more tense than I realized in the moment.
In the moment I thought like we were just playing around.
And then when you listen back to you're like, oh, okay.
But we had a good show.
We interviewed, I interviewed Jim Calhoun yesterday.
Oh, wow.
Wow.
That's on hour three.
And he said, like he said a word that you can't say on the radio, but he said it.
Really?
Yeah.
I mostly don't surprise me from him coming from.
He never does interviews, but he likes Tim.
So he did it.
And so I interviewed Jim Calhoun, Karam Butler.
Like we had, we had all kinds of people.
But go back and listen to our Geno Dawn Staley comment.
By the way, what'd you think of that?
It was a bad look for Geno.
I thought he came across as a sorry whiny loser.
So did I.
What's wrong with you, Geno?
Like he kept whining.
I was watching the game live.
And when he did that third quarter interview, I was like, dude, yes.
What is up with you?
And then at the end, by the way, have you seen the clip from the other side?
You can kind of read their list.
Well, you can read their list.
Yeah.
Dawn Staley sitting there going,
I will kick Geno's ass.
And I believe she would believe it.
Yeah.
She put money on her and that.
I wouldn't mess with that woman.
Would you?
No, I'm all in on Dawn Staley on this side.
Geno and of all people, I shocked me coming from him.
And then he apologized to the staff, but not her.
I mean, that was our argument, me and Tim Wells.
He was like, well, he apologized to staff.
And I said, yeah, but he didn't yell at the staff.
He yelled at Dawn Staley.
Yes.
You didn't say her name.
And he was like, well, that includes this Dawn Staley.
I was like, come on, Tim.
Tim.
And he didn't, he's not going to, he didn't want to criticize him.
And so it was, you know, he was a sore loser.
Geno, obviously, one of the, maybe the best women's college
coach of all time, but from here on out, and I hear his name,
I want to think of him yelling at Dawn Staley.
He had my jersey wish to Anton.
Well, your own player to the jersey.
Yeah.
I was all for Dawn Staley.
Me too.
I kind of wanted to fight.
And she was like, oh, she would have killed him.
She was like, she said, I will kick his ass.
Like, it's ten times.
Yes, yes, she did.
I met, you know what, Myron said on the show?
Myron said, Geno's lucky that they, that they held Dawn back.
Because there were some people that would have come out of the crowd
without a social security number.
That's right.
I was like, okay.
South Carolina, I wouldn't mind listening.
But I'm like, Geno, I hate listening.
Look at people, why?
You've won 12 titles.
Yes.
And when he beat her last year, it's all this big hug and this love felt.
It's always like that.
So when he get his butt kicked, you know, he's throwing a fill.
And when they win, oh, you're a great team when they lose, you didn't shake my hand.
Yeah.
And what was he mad?
They didn't shake the hand before the game.
And you mentioned it after the game.
But then didn't it come out?
They didn't shake hands.
They didn't shake hands twice.
They didn't shake hands twice.
They didn't shake hands twice.
He didn't even know what he said.
He didn't know what he said.
He didn't know what he said.
I'm all in for Geno.
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