2025-01-15- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

Podcast Summary: KSR - Hour 1 (January 15, 2025)

Host and Crew:

• Matt Jones
• Drew Franklin
• Shannon "The Dude"
• Ryan Lemond (occasional contributions)

Location:

• KS Bar and Grill, Lexington, Kentucky
• Broadcast Challenges: Technical issues with audio equipment intermittently disrupting the show.

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1. Opening Remarks and Game Day Atmosphere

The episode begins with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin setting the stage at KS Bar and Grill on a notably cold Wednesday morning. Matt highlights the day's special—dollar wings—and acknowledges the audience's dedication, noting many listeners endured the chilly weather to attend the previous night's game.

Matt Jones [03:03]: "It's a Wednesday. Dollar wings today. Throughout the rest of the day, you can get come on out and see us."

Shannon "The Dude" joins in, sharing her experience of navigating a walk to Kentucky games in the frigid weather, adding a personal touch to the show's atmosphere.

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2. Game Review: Kentucky vs. Texas A&M

Overall Performance and Key Takeaways

Drew Franklin initiates the game analysis by expressing optimism about Kentucky's recent victory over Texas A&M, a team ranked 11th nationally. He appreciates the defensive effort, rebounding strength, and the ability to grind out possessions despite offensive struggles.

Drew Franklin [04:10]: "Great game last night for Kentucky... the most encouraging to me of any of the games because we won."

Shannon commends the team’s physical play against A&M, highlighting the defensive intensity and the effective handling of trash-talking opponents.

Shannon "The Dude" [05:47]: "We have lots of fun. Kentucky's going to win that most scenarios, but we've worried about teams like A and M... a lot of trash talking."

Player Highlights

• Jackson Robinson: Drew and Shannon discuss Robinson's on-court aggression and possible underlying tensions with opposing coach Buzz Williams. Drew speculates about unresolved issues that may be driving Robinson's "snotty" demeanor.

  Drew Franklin [06:20]: "They clearly have something going on."

• Lamont Butler: Despite multiple injuries throughout the season, Butler's resilience and defensive prowess are praised.

  Matt Jones [08:06]: "He got kicked in the face... probably loaded up on some Advil this morning."

• Travis Perry and Ansley Almanor: Their contributions in scoring and defense during critical moments of the game are noted as pivotal to Kentucky’s win.

  Shannon "The Dude" [08:46]: "Travis Perry, that was a Huge."

Coaching and Strategy

The hosts analyze Coach Mark Pope's approach, particularly his emphasis on defense and rebounding. Drew appreciates the shift from previously struggling offensive performances to a more balanced and defensively robust game.

Matt Jones [09:23]: "These guys have learned how to win a game now that tells you how good this team can be."

Crowd and Atmosphere

There is a discussion about the Rupp Arena's crowd engagement, with observations on noise levels and crowd behavior. Matt notes the improved energy and vocal support compared to previous games.

Matt Jones [13:43]: "I was gonna say that you could tell you could hear the crowd at times."

Officiating Concerns

The hosts express frustration over perceived missed calls, particularly a goaltending incident that was not reviewed despite its apparent clarity upon replay.

Drew Franklin [20:00]: "Why wouldn't they at least look at it?"

Shannon adds that technical fouls were inconsistently applied, possibly affecting the game's flow and player behavior.

Shannon "The Dude" [21:36]: "He was just talking trash to a guy that clearly he has some kind of history with."

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3. Technical Difficulties During the Broadcast

Throughout the episode, the crew faces intermittent technical issues, leading to brief interruptions. Drew and Ryan attempt to manage these glitches humorously, maintaining listener engagement despite the challenges.

Drew Franklin [12:03]: "Well, when we were… When did we go off the air?"

Ryan Lemond [18:08]: "We'll have somebody else try to fix the problem in the meantime."

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4. Audience Interaction: Callers' Feedback

Listeners call in to share their experiences and opinions about the game and the show's coverage.

• DJ from Henderson: Praises KS Bar and Grill, appreciating the welcoming environment and the quality of the venue.

  DJ [29:53]: "What? You know, definitely recommended if you get down that way..."

• Jacob: Highlights improvements in crowd noise and overall game atmosphere, noting enhanced engagement in recent games.

  Jacob [29:53]: "But during the bad calls, like the goaltending... Boos were just outrageous."

• Kevin: Shares his confidence in Kentucky's ability to maintain leads and secure victories, reflecting a positive shift from previous seasons.

  Kevin [31:35]: "The past three or four seasons, when… they got up big..."

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5. Team Analysis and Future Prospects

The hosts delve into Kentucky's season trajectory, emphasizing recent victories as indicators of the team's potential to handle tougher opponents in upcoming tournaments. They discuss the significance of defensive wins and the importance of player development moving forward.

Shannon "The Dude" [19:34]: "This team has learned... how to play these games, grind it out type of games."

Drew Franklin [32:53]: "This was the game that was like the second round game where if you're not careful, you could drop it."

They also critique the Arkansas team, outlining a bleak outlook based on their performance and upcoming schedule challenges.

Drew Franklin [34:15]: "They get down, then they come here... they really do stink."

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6. Off-Topic Discussions and Personal Anecdotes

In addition to game analysis, the crew shares personal stories and humorous interactions related to their work environment and listener experiences.

• Art in the Bar: Drew discusses a painting he purchased from a listener to enhance the bar's ambiance, sparking ideas for future creative activities among the hosts.

  Drew Franklin [22:23]: "Look at this painting up here we got last night… that's really good."

• Relationship with Coach and Media: The hosts express frustrations with media personalities like Seth Greenberg, reflecting on strained relationships and the impact on team perception.

  Shannon "The Dude" [44:52]: "Jeff Goodman took a shot at Seth Greenberg just 20 minutes ago."

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7. Closing Remarks and Upcoming Highlights

As the show wraps up, Matt and Drew preview upcoming episodes, special features, and giveaways. They also remind listeners of schedule changes due to Martin Luther King Day and the inauguration, ensuring the audience stays informed about future content.

Matt Jones [16:27]: "We got a great episode coming up. Picks in all the sports…"

Drew Franklin [47:29]: "If Perry keeps playing at this level, getting Creesa back is not as important."

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Matt Jones [03:53]: "There's cold. There's bitter cold."
• Drew Franklin [05:47]: "Shannon, it was one of the most jawing I've seen of any game."
• Shannon "The Dude" [09:39]: "Let you play 12 to 15 minutes a game backing up as a guard."
• Drew Franklin [19:46]: "They haven't won another game this year by defense. That's really the first one we want."
• Shannon "The Dude" [21:48]: "He was just talking trash to a guy that clearly he has some kind of history with."

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Conclusion

The January 15th episode of KSR provides a comprehensive and passionate analysis of Kentucky's recent basketball performance, interwoven with personal anecdotes, listener interactions, and candid discussions about team dynamics and media relations. Despite technical hiccups, Matt, Drew, and Shannon deliver insightful commentary, reflecting both enthusiasm and critical perspectives on the team's journey.

Transcript

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[Ryan Lemond]

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[Ryan Lemond]

This is Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Now here's Matt Jones.

[Drew Franklin]

Welcome everyone, Kentucky Sports Radio. Wednesday, January 15th on a bitter cold day in Lexington, Kentucky. We are at the KS Bar and Grill. It's Wednesday. Dollar wings today. Throughout the rest of the day, you can get come on out and see us. Will open 11. Already got some folks here. Probably most of these people went to the game last night and got up in the bitter cold this morning. You give a shout. Clark's puppet shop phone line. That's 859-280-2287. A Vision Auto Glass text machine, 772-774-5254. In this edition sponsored by the TJ Smith Law Office. If you call TJ he'll make them pay. It is, I can't remember last time how cold I felt it like it was this morning. I mean, it's really cold out there. Like they, like you wouldn't think there's a big difference between 25 and 15, but there is.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, there's cold. There's bitter cold.

[Drew Franklin]

No, no, don't say we. Don't say but cold. I mean, like you got we. You don't need to say the, you don't need to say body parts when you do the cold. But it is very cold.

[Shannon The Dude]

It's very, very cold. I have a little bit of a walk to when I go to Kentucky games. So that was fun last night. And then our reaction was in the cold last night.

[Drew Franklin]

So I've been, you know, you stood outside after the game.

[Shannon The Dude]

We did. How I, you should watch it, everyone. I won't say it was our best work. We were very snotty and very cold. But yes, it is frigid out there.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, it was. Yeah, it was nasty weather last, last night and today it's supposed to get better, though. I think it's probably tomorrow like in the 40s before it gets freezing cold again. So hopefully some of this ice will, will melt. Great game last night for Kentucky. I mean, I think I said on the postgame show, I think it was one of, I mean, it's not the best team we've beaten, but it may be the game that was the most encouraging to me of any of the games because we won. Not really playing all that well offensively. You know, so far this year, every game we've won, we've played really well offensively. And at least in three of the games that were really good, you know, scored over 90 points. This was a game where I don't know that we ever really played great offensively. We had a little run with Jackson Robinson making. Making shots. But in general they had to grind it out, right? I mean, it was possessions being ground grinded out. This was the best defense that I think Kentucky's played all year. Certainly the best rebounding they've had against a good team all year. Lead total rebounds to me is a misleading stat. But they only gave 11 offensive rebounds. And I think if you go back, six of those were like just random balls that just went in weird places. So if you're talking about just getting beat for rebounds, only happened four or five times against the best offensive rebounding team in the country. Drew. I thought it was just an excellent performance. And you know what? You win by 12 against the team that came in ranked 11th in the country.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, it was great to see them beat a team like that. We know if somebody wants to run with Kentucky and Kobe and Jackson are making shots, it's not. We've lots of fun. Kentucky's going to win that most scenarios, but. But we've worried about teams like A and M. They get very physical with them. I know I got a laugh last night. Someone on Twitter said this A and M wrestling team is pretty good at basketball, but that's kind of how they were playing a little bit early on. Also a lot of trash talking. You know, we wanted. Carr said we need to find our nasty. I think A and M might have woke him up a little bit because that was the most jawing I've seen of any game. But I just like seeing Kentucky have that fight against a team that really likes to muck it up a little.

[Drew Franklin]

Clear Jackson Robinson. You know, I mean, we talked on the pregame show. I kind of threw out there that I'd been told Jackson Robinson had this game circled and kind of had like a little thing. And then, you know, Buzz Williams was said before the game, oh, Jackson is a great kid. We got a great relationship. We talk all the time. I don't know, maybe that's like he sends texts and they're not returned because it didn't look like to me that they're. They have a good relationship. It was, you know, you jaw at him once, get a technical, and then he did it again at the end of the half. And I thought, man, there's gotta be something there. They clearly have something going on.

[Matt Jones]

There's something going on there. Some story behind the scenes that we don't know yet. Maybe it'll come out, I don't know. But I love seeing that kind of fight in Jackson. Robinson, you know, be a little cocky. I think we need that from him to kind of carry us the rest of the season.

[Drew Franklin]

I. Yeah, I loved it. I love watching him play like that. You know, if you were to draw up a team, if you were to say, okay, what's the makeup of a team that would give Kentucky the hardest time? Probably you're looking at Tennessee and Texas A and M, like, that's. Those are the rosters that are probably built to give us the hardest time, this group. And now you've beaten one of them. And the Tennessee team, which looked really good offensively at the beginning of the year, now not as much. So I feel better about those games, but this. I actually think these two wins at Mississippi State and Texas A and M are two massive wins for the season and give you room to down the road. If you drop a game like you did at Georgia, it's okay.

[Shannon The Dude]

And if you had told me before the game, Lamont Butler would have six, Kobe Bray would have five. I wouldn't have parlayed those two together. But that aside away didn't have double digits till the last seconds, I would have thought, well, there's no way they could win that game. Those three guys have been such big scores. Barely getting into double figures with oa, and they still pull it off. Just doing everything else.

[Drew Franklin]

They, you know, Lamont Butler got hit just about the most ways you can get in the world. I mean, he got hit, you know, he hurt his ankle, he hurt his knee, he hurt his shoulder. He got hit in the head. Like, I mean, that dude, he. He got absolutely beaten down, but still, I thought played great defense and kept coming back.

[Matt Jones]

Got kicked in the face that one time he was down on the ground. I mean, yeah, the guy probably loaded up on some Advil this morning. I'm sure he's a little sore. When he woke up this morning, I.

[Shannon The Dude]

Liked, well, I don't like that he had to go to the back and get checked out. That was concerning. But while he was in the back is when Travis Perry came in and hit a big shot and completely, you know, lifted them up. Butler was in. Travis Perry, that was a Huge.

[Drew Franklin]

A couple threes made them both thought he played good defense. Ansley Almanor there in the first half when they really needed points, you know, I mean, in the first half there was a time, I think with eight minutes to go, we only had like 16 points or something. And nine of them were Travis Perry and Ansley Almanar. You know, they had. They kind of lifted the. Lifted the team up during that period. Brandon Garrison had some good moments away, played good defense. Carr was clearly hobbled, but did all right. I mean, that really was kind of, Pope said afterwards, a gritty, like, piece things together win. And I think that's true.

[Matt Jones]

You know, Kentucky's got the oldest team we've ever had, and yet they have learned how to win these grind it out type games, you know, these games like we had against Clemson and Georgia and earlier where we kind of struggled playing this kind of way. These guys have learned how to win a game now that tells you how good this team can be.

[Drew Franklin]

Then you had Buzz Williams. Did you like the vest, Shannon? What you think of. What you think of the look there from Buzz?

[Ryan Lemond]

You know, that's pretty much every game he wears that three piece suit. I think he looked good.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I mean, that's his thing. Now, I don't know who that assistant coach is. He has on the sideline that looks like an English professor. Yeah, I mean, I thought Buzz dressed a little over the top, that guy. I mean, if you saw that dude on the street. Of all the professions, you wouldn't guess basketball coach, would you?

[Shannon The Dude]

No. You're turning a paper into that guy for the end of the semester. That is a professor. I can't believe Buzz lets another three piece suit that looks better than his on the.

[Drew Franklin]

That's what I was gonna say. He keeps his jacket on so he actually looks better than Buzz.

[Matt Jones]

And then the hair, all the hair is magnificent.

[Drew Franklin]

And then, you know, who knew that you could like have plays, I guess. I mean, I guess you could know, but like, they run plays to rebound. All free throws. They got two of them.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, they did.

[Drew Franklin]

So it feels like that dude, you know, he got probably too much airtime, but it feels like he might be good at his job.

[Matt Jones]

Jimmy Dykes was so ready to talk about that. And then the guy didn't do it the first couple free throws and they finally did it so he could. Jimmy Dice could talk about how they try to steal a possession by making a rebound on Jim.

[Ryan Lemond]

Jimmy got the telestrader out just to circle the guy. Like, here he is.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, yeah. Can we can we talk about Jimmy Dykes for just a little bit? Did he. Did he take a gummy before he came on the. On the air? Like, he was a little. I mean, you guys were at the game, so you may not heard him, but he was. He was on one last night. Well, you didn't hear him either, Drew.

[Shannon The Dude]

Well, I can add. Last night's the most I've ever gotten text about a Jimmy Dyke's game.

[Drew Franklin]

So I knew something was. I don't know if he was like, you know, let's just say this. I'm not like, tell him I'm not the PR police and I don't work in HR for espn, but Jimmy Dykes, I take out of my lingo the English or whatever language he speaks for Kirk Crease. Like, that was one of those lines. He was like, kirk reason. Whatever language he speaks, saying, blah, blah, blah, like, you know, speaks English, man. Like, he's not. He's not over here. He doesn't have a translator. That was a. Kind of a weird thing to say, didn't it?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Generally, I really like Jimmy Dykes when he was commentating the UK game, but last night, yeah, you know, he talked about.

[Drew Franklin]

For what's happening here.

[Ryan Lemond]

You just dropped off the air. That's what just happened.

[Drew Franklin]

Are we back?

[Ryan Lemond]

You're back.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, when we were. When did we go off the air?

[Ryan Lemond]

About 30 seconds ago.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, great. Well, then you missed.

[Ryan Lemond]

You got the new equipment, right?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, this place is falling apart. I mean, I just got new headphones, and they have already broken.

[Shannon The Dude]

They're a week old, if that.

[Matt Jones]

Not even a week. This our first week of using them.

[Drew Franklin]

Literally. It's art. They're already broken, and I just got them a week ago. I heart.

[Ryan Lemond]

They'll say, the bosses are in town. Now's a chance to air your grievances.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I need to air my grievances. Anyway, so we're back now you're saying.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, yeah. You're talking to me.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I was talking to you a minute ago, and you didn't say anything.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's because you weren't on the air.

[Drew Franklin]

All right, shut up. All right. You're in one of your moods. Okay. So anyway, he was. He was a little out of control throughout the game, but I'm glad we got the win. How was the crowd?

[Shannon The Dude]

Good. We've had some great ones this year. I'm not putting it in the great category. It had moments like there were a few, like the Amari Williams foul. That was some of the better booing I've heard in Rupp Arena. But overall, I don't think it was the fastball. It was. It was a good pitch, but not the fastball.

[Drew Franklin]

Everybody might have been cold. You know, I sit up there at.

[Shannon The Dude]

The top end zone and mo here lately they've had their back to the very, very top this game. There are a few rows of bleachers.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't care about. Well, I'm just a handful of rows.

[Shannon The Dude]

I'm just comparing it to past games to let you know that it wasn't all the way to the T top as it's been a little bit.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I just meant noise. I'm just talking about noise. If it sounded. Actually sounded.

[Matt Jones]

It did.

[Drew Franklin]

It sounded better on the broadcast, which once again shows that when they have it on the SEC network, something's wrong with their sound because it was a lot louder on the TV broadcast than it normally is. I was gonna.

[Matt Jones]

I was gonna say that you could tell you could hear the crowd at times. Like when Travis Perry hit the three. You could hear how loud it got. And I don't know how you don't do the away, away, away on those back to back dunks. That was the perfect time to get it going.

[Drew Franklin]

Somebody text me and said there were people doing it.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, Mario said he last night.

[Drew Franklin]

But we just. But it still can't get the. The whole crowd I saw. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg was right behind the Bish. How'd he get those seats? He wanted to see good basketball. You know, I mean, he. If I was. I'm surpri. He texted me and said he was coming and I was like, I wonder what the Louisville fans will say. And then I didn't realize he was going to be directly behind the bench.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, there were several times they took a shot at Coach Pope. And there's Craig Greenberg.

[Shannon The Dude]

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[Ryan Lemond]

Okay. All right. We'll have somebody else try to fix the problem in the meantime.

[Drew Franklin]

All right. 859-280-2287. Go ahead and call in. Let us know about the. What you thought about the game. So what I was saying before we got so rudely interrupted by bad technology is that going forward, Drew, this game makes me feel better. One of the things I was thinking going as we get into March is okay, if Kentucky draws Duke or if they draw Tennessee or they draw Auburn or whoever, they play these tough teams in the tournament, I feel like we can beat anybody. But then there's also going to be a worry if we play Wisconsin in the second round or if we play a random team, Texas Tech, that we might lose by 10 if we're not ready. This was a game that was kind of like that. That I think is like the second round game where if you're not careful, you could drop it. This was a game like that to win.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah. And you can go back to when Pope first built this roster. We knew there would be SEC games that just aren't good for their style of play. And I think Mississippi State and Texas A and M are two of the teams that a lot of people had in their mind, and they went out and won both of those games. I mean, obviously you dropped Georgia. It's not perfect. But to show you can win games of physicality against teams that don't score a lot and don't want to run with you, that just shows that they can play to other styles and be versatile and still going to win.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I think earlier in the year Kentucky may not have been able to pull that game off at Mississippi State or win beat Texas A and M, but they've learned, like I said earlier, how to play these games, grind it out type of games that may be in the 60s or 70s. I now feel a lot better about how our team can do it.

[Drew Franklin]

I do. It's the first game they've won all year with defense. First game all year that you can say, okay, we won that by locking them down. We won that by rebounding. We hadn't won another game this year by defense. That's really the first one we want.

[Shannon The Dude]

And Pope pretty much said that. He was like, I was having nightmares about ball screen defense at Christmas, wondering if we'd ever get it fixed. We go into practice, they collect the data, do whatever they got to do, and they collect. They resolve the problem, and we're moving on to whatever else needs to be fixed.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, the overall, I thought it was good. You know, everybody loves to talk about officiating. I want to say I thought that was a pretty well officiated game. They missed the goaltending. That was. I don't understand what the rules are for reviewing goaltending because that, like, they didn't even look at it. Yeah, like, he went. His hand went through the basket. Name. Look at it. I don't get that. Why wouldn't they at least look at it?

[Matt Jones]

I don't know. This came up one other time in the last couple years where there was an obvious goaltending, but they didn't even go to the. The monitors to even check it out. So I don't know what that really is.

[Drew Franklin]

Maybe somebody's got to say go to it. But his hand went through the basket. So I'm really. I was surprised he didn't even look at it. I understand not seeing it in real time. I did. Excuse me. I didn't think it was goaltending in real time, but then it was obvious on the replay.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah. And I mentioned Rupp. Wasn't that electric Moments like that when we got a replay. Jackson's technical. Few little moments throughout the game. Usually booing is when it really took off the technicals.

[Drew Franklin]

I. These refs have got a. Calm down. Okay. I mean, the technical on A and M was stupid, too. Like, it was. That was a dumb technical. And then the technical on Jackson. Robinson was stupid. And the problem with officiating is once they gave the stupid technical on A and M, they feel like they have to give the stupid technical on Kentucky to make it even. And both technicals are dumb. Like, let them play. I mean, when Jackson Robinson shoots a three in the corner, the bench is yelling at him. Why, when he makes it, can he not yell back? Right, so the dude on A and M, what did he get the. He got it for? Like, he took a charge or something? Is that how he ended up getting it?

[Shannon The Dude]

They had one when their bench went onto the court early.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

Who celebrating a dunk when A and M, their whole bench went kind of.

[Matt Jones]

Onto the court, and Sermons already warned them once about it. Then they did it.

[Drew Franklin]

So they got it. But didn't they call one on us or. I mean, they called the Robinson one, so they got. They called the one on the bench.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, we lost the guys again. Yeah, they called the one on Jackson Robinson for talking trash to. To Buzz Williams, which, again, to Matt's point, I think, man, it has become soft with all these technical fouls that are being called for weeks. I mean, come on. You can't. He was just talking trash to a guy that clearly he has some kind of history with. I didn't like that one. You're back. Go ahead.

[Drew Franklin]

Were we gone again?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, but. Go ahead.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, well, we also don't know what. What you heard there, so let's just go to the phones. 859-280-2287. What's up?

[Ryan Lemond]

Let's go to DJ.

[Drew Franklin]

DJ, what's going on? DJ? Hey, I was just calling in to tell you guys that we stopped down there to the bar the weekend of the Florida, and we're from Henderson. Been trying to get down there for a while, and it was awesome, man. Like, 10 out of 10. What? You know, definitely recommended if you get down that way and you can't get into Rub, get into ksr. Well, thank you very much. That's very kind of you. I appreciate it, sir. And I. And your check will be in the mail. Okay, we'll send you one. Appreciate the game. It's all good, man. I appreciate it. Speaking of the. The bar, look at this painting up here we got last night. So Montana Pruitt, she wrote me and said, look at this painting. I did. And I was like, man, that is a pretty amazing painting. And then I said, you know, what if I just bought it from you, could we put it in the bar? So I bought it from her, and I actually think that's really good. Like, she painted all the players and the banner. She did not leave space for the next banner, which is the only complaint I would have about it. But it now will hang above us.

[Shannon The Dude]

Here, Drew came up with a great idea with this because it is very good. I think we need to have a night where me, you, Ryan, we get canvases and we sit here and we try to paint her painting because it's so good. Look how good that is. I mean, imagine we do a smaller version and we hang ours maybe in the bathroom or in the back hallway. We think maybe a little art night at KS Bar. We all try.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't think you understand how bad I am at art.

[Shannon The Dude]

I do. That's the point of this exercise.

[Drew Franklin]

I would not be able. I wouldn't be able to paint the UK logo, much less Mark Pope's face.

[Shannon The Dude]

Hers is so picture perfect. I just think we need to bring it down a little bit with our attempts.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, well, I do like the addition of it to the bar, but it is, you know, are we on a pace where people are going to kind of remember this team to the point that they'll want to have paintings of it? Like, do you think this team, this kind of group of unknowns that when the season started, not one person new. Do you think we're going to continue on that?

[Matt Jones]

I think so. Because, you know, we as a fan base, we love the boogie John Wall team because they kind of made basketball, Basketball back to us again. We love the Unforgettables, those guys who kind of brought us back after the probation. So, yeah, I think this team right now surpassing expectations, they continue to play this way. They may be up in that level.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. But it. What's weird is with the Unforgettables, there was the connection of so many of them being from the state of Kentucky. And then with the Wall Cousins teams, it was this overwhelming amount of talent that we just hadn't seen a dude like John Wall here in forever. This one's a little different. I mean, these are like. I mean, they're role player guys in general. And I think the fact that they're all like that, Drew, is in part why we like it so much that.

[Shannon The Dude]

Their coach has a ring from an all time favorite team. And then, of course, you got a Western Kentucky representative. You got an Eastern Kentucky representative.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

And there's just so much that pulls people back in. I noticed last night, you know, in later years with Cal, even when they're winning, you know, weeknight, you'd leave early, up 10, you'd get out. That game took 2 hours and 40 minutes. At the end, Kentucky got separation. People knew it was over. When the buzzer ended, I think every butt was still in their seat. And there was a go big blue chant around the arena. And then of course, we know they stay for Pope. That's just changed so much in that building. Like people don't want to go home.

[Drew Franklin]

I totally agree. And I also noticed watching Travis Perry last night, even though he's from your part of the state, he looks like he's from my part of the state. Travis Perry looks like he's from the mountains. And Trent Noah actually looks like he's from your part of the state. So the eastern Kentucky, it looks like the western Kentucky because I know when I was sitting there looking at him, I was like, okay, that may say Lyon county, but he looks like breath at county in the way. Just the haircut and everything.

[Shannon The Dude]

We're not so different on each side.

[Drew Franklin]

That's true. I agree. We'll take a break and be right back. This is Kentucky Sports Radio. TJ Smith, personal injury attorney. Call tj. He'll make him pay.

[Ryan Lemond]

Now more of Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Here's Matt Jones.

[Drew Franklin]

Welcome back Kentucky Sports Radio. Here at the KS Bar and Grill. It is Wings Day fighting through some technical difficulties, but Matt Ryan, Drew Shannon is in studio. We figured out there's like some Internet problems. So if we drop out, Shannon will just take you through until we come back. I like how many people are here and also working. I'm not going to tell your businesses that you're also working, but that's okay. No, no, you feel free to work. I'm just saying if you feel like this is important enough to come in work, then I consider that a compliment.

[Shannon The Dude]

It's good. Something's working here.

[Drew Franklin]

That's, that's right. We have to note Kentucky wins. Game ends right after Arkansas goes to Owen. Four loses at on the road to lsu, worst team in the conference beats them. I don't know how much the game you all saw, but just think about every road game of the last five years that he was the coach and you saw it, right? They got up big then they didn't score forever. LSU hit shots they probably don't normally hit and they win.04. They play at Missouri Saturday. Missouri just won at Florida. So you got to think that's going to be now. Missouri looks like they might be good. I mean, I watched the Field of 68 show last night where they talk about all the games. They talked about very well about us. They talked about Indiana, which we'll talk about later. But then when it got to Arkansas, Randolph Childress, who I think is a pretty good Announcer Randolph Childress just said they stink. He just said they stink, period. They stink and they stink, Drew. They really do.

[Shannon The Dude]

They really do stink. We knew there was a chance they wouldn't be good. I didn't have this scenario in mind. I didn't think that they would miss the tournament. And it now looks like unless they turn it around and get some big wins because they have opportunities ahead that they will not be participating in March. And when they. Honestly, when they cut to the bench and I just saw those assistant coaches that I wasn't really fond of when they were here, and I just thought, you know, you took them there. This. This is exactly what we thought would happen. And it's happening just even worse.

[Drew Franklin]

It might. All right.

[Ryan Lemond]

I guess the guys dropped out. We'll see if we can reconnect with them in a minute. But to their point, I mean, are you guys back now?

[Drew Franklin]

I guess. I don't know.

[Ryan Lemond]

You're in, you're out. I never know if you're on or not. I think they're out again, but I mean. Yeah. Arkansas 04 right now to start the SEC. The next game they have up on Saturday is at Missouri, who, by the way, just went on the road and beat Florida last night. So if, you know, you're an Arkansas fan and you were laughing at Kentucky because Caliperi came to Arkansas, you took all the players from the roster last year. Now how do you feel? I'm telling you, they are not happy down in Arkansas right now.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Okay. I don't know. We can't. I don't know what we're gonna do here.

[Ryan Lemond]

You're gone again. But, you know, Tyson. Tyson Foods that sent send us some chicken and was trying to troll us at KS Bar and Grill. I think now would be a good time for us to maybe sen a little care package down their way and maybe troll them a little bit since they. They had their. Their fun with us when the. The whole season started with Caliper and everybody. Let's go to the phones. Let's take some phone calls here. Let's go to Jacob. What's up, Jacob?

[Drew Franklin]

Hello? Can y'all hear me?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, we got you. What's up, man?

[Drew Franklin]

First time caller, longtime listener. I just wanted to say I was at the game last night. I took my buddy and Drew said it wasn't loud, and I can say that it wasn't towards the first half.

[Shannon The Dude]

But.

[Drew Franklin]

But during the bad calls, like the goaltending and there's a couple just, like, walks, they didn't call. We Let him know, like the booze were just outrageous. But I loved it. And go, cat.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. I mean, for the crowd that I guess, you know, earlier in the year we were kind of critical of, I will say it seems like RP arena has been rocking the last few games. May have all started with that fan that was standing up and got threatened with jail time if he didn't sit down. It seems like ever since then though, crowd has been loud. I think there is something to be said about what Matt talks about with the, the mic placement for the crowd. You know, it's just louder on different broadcast. But, you know, the last few games, I have no criticism whatsoever for the crowd at Rupp Arena. It's, it's been a great atmosphere. Let's go back to the phones and talk to Kevin. What's up, Kevin?

[Drew Franklin]

Hey, what's up, Shannon? Hey, guys.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, they're, they're dropped out right now, so we're trying to get reconnected. Until then, it's me and you.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So a caller called into the post.

[Drew Franklin]

Game show and was talking to Matt last night about how it's, you know.

[Matt Jones]

It'S nice to know that if we.

[Drew Franklin]

Do get behind, you still have that.

[Matt Jones]

Confidence that they're, they're able to come.

[Drew Franklin]

Back and they're able to get the lead and get the win. On the other side of that, Matt just talked about this.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, we're connecting.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay, jump, jump in there then. Guys, we got, we got Kevin on the line.

[Drew Franklin]

Go ahead, Kevin. So for, for the past three, four.

[Matt Jones]

Seasons, it's, it's on the other side.

[Drew Franklin]

Of the postgame show.

[Matt Jones]

The caller.

[Drew Franklin]

The past three or four seasons, when.

[Matt Jones]

We would get down, I just, we'd be up. Sorry, we'd be up 10, 12 points.

[Drew Franklin]

And I'd have this just terrible feeling that they're gonna come back and we're gonna lose. And it's nice, it's nice. This season. I don't have that feeling anymore.

[Matt Jones]

If we get up, I'm confident we're.

[Drew Franklin]

Gonna get that win and I'm confident that we can pull it out.

[Shannon The Dude]

Great feeling.

[Drew Franklin]

I totally agree with you. I appreciate the call. I, I mean, this team, one of the things we've seen is a 10 or 12 point deficit. Drew is very fixable. I mean, we've. We were down double digits against Gonzaga, we were down double digits against Duke, we were down double digits against Florida. We were down eight or nine points against, against Mississippi State. We were down eight or nine points against A and M. I mean, those deficits are fixable. Whereas in years past, often it felt like it was the death toll.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, I'm pretty tired of seeing the deficits, but even last night in that first half, I really didn't have any moment where I thought Kentucky wouldn't win that game. A and M was shooting at a rate they don't normally hit. Pope even said, you know, let them shoot the numbers leaving out. So you just had a comfort like, we'll be fine. And a lot of these comebacks, you think with the way Kentucky plays and shooting threes, well, I mean, if they make three threes in a row, you can come back against anyway against anyone. But like Gonzaga, they did it with defense. The do come back. They hit a few threes, but it wasn't just going Kobe Bray getting hot. They found different ways to make their comeback.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, if you listen to Pope's postgame, he said, look, we knew there were some guys on their team. We wanted to take threes. And then in the first half they made some, but we still wanted him to take it. I think he felt like the numbers would average themselves out. They did. You know, I tweeted out with two minutes left in the first half, A and M's averaging five threes a game in SEC play. They have seven. They didn't make another one the rest of the game. They. They did not. They missed every three the rest of the game. So that, you know, clearly it ended up working out. Let me go back to Arkansas though, just for a second. I was reading their schedule. Shannon. Okay, let's look at this schedule. You tell me which of these games they're going to win. They're at Missouri.

[Ryan Lemond]

Who? Just Florida last night.

[Drew Franklin]

They went in that one.

[Shannon The Dude]

No, Missouri's like number 30 in Ken.

[Drew Franklin]

Palm home against 23 ranked Georgia.

[Matt Jones]

Georgia's ranked this week.

[Drew Franklin]

Could win, could win. But you don't know that they will. Oklahoma at home.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think they get down. That's their first.

[Drew Franklin]

They get down, then they come here. Loss. Go to Texas. Loss. Host Alabama, loss. Smoked host lsu. Maybe they get that one at A and M. Loss at Auburn, loss. Missouri at home maybe. Yeah, maybe. Probably Texas at home. Maybe at South Carolina. Loss at Vandy. Loss, loss.

[Ryan Lemond]

We're talking about a four win season in the sec.

[Drew Franklin]

Is they actually got a great draw in the sec. I don't know if you noticed that the three teams they play twice are lsu, Missouri and Texas. That's not a bad draw. I mean, we got Alabama and Tennessee twice, right? I think I saw Auburn got Alabama, maybe Mississippi State and Texas A and M twice. That's a lot harder. They end up getting, like, the easiest draw, and they still may only win. Drew, four games.

[Shannon The Dude]

And I wonder. Not to just create drama out of nowhere, but if this goes on, that locker room is going to get pretty tired of losing games. What's Davis making, like 2 million? He's not doing anything that he did his last several years of basketball. Big Z's down to six minutes a game.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, again, not trying to crush the guy, but if you were a kid in the transfer portal, I want you to think about something for real. If you were a kid in the transfer portal, why would you go play for Cal? Think about the transfer portal players we had at Kentucky in those last four or five years. With the exception of Antonio Reeves, who for his first year, he wouldn't even play.

[Matt Jones]

True.

[Drew Franklin]

They all were kind of not as good as we thought they were going to be. Right? Go back to Olivier Saar, Nate Sestina, Kellen Grady Davion Mintz, like, and I think all those dudes were good players, but I think they all didn't reach their potential. And now you take John L. Davis, who was the number one player in the portal, took a team to the Final Four, and he can't make a shot. He has. He. He has like two points a game. Drew. It's crazy to watch them. They are the worst team aesthetically to watch in basketball that I can remember there. It reminds me of the Covid team. That's kind of what they look like.

[Shannon The Dude]

I couldn't help but think last night that when he left here, it was, well, I didn't have nil support. I'm glad to be at Arkansas. They got my back, spent all this money on this roster. But now it's like, well, you know, he's new. He had short window. Well, Mark Pope's where. I thought you said the nil wasn't doing very well. And he had an even shorter window.

[Drew Franklin]

He didn't have it. I mean, if he didn't have nil. Cause of him. That's why he didn't have any. He didn't have nil because of him. And part of my frustration was he acted like it was us. Oh, we didn't care. People didn't want to give to him. It was him. He had. That's it. The big donors at this school did not want to give to him. The collective. They tried to start it. I could go. I could go for 30 minutes on when he tried to start that collective. And what a Huge cluster. It was with. I told them, do not start this collective right before the first game of the SEC tournament. What if you lose? They lost. I mean, the. The col. The video for the collective was a summary of how this thing fell apart, right?

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

Literally. The person. Ron Brown, who is. Let me tell you, the person running the basketball collective is doing a heck of a job like you guys. The great thing about him is you don't know what he looks like, but, like. Because that's what you should know what he looks like, right? He does an awesome job, and he came up with this idea. Let's do the one Kentucky theme, right? We'll get current players, we'll get Cal, we'll get Mitch, we'll get former players, we'll get the KSR guys. And the idea is we're putting everything behind us. It's a new era. Mitch filmed the video. Former players filmed the video. The last step is they were going to film something with us. Cal just decided when he heard it, don't want Mitch in it, don't want the former players in it, don't want the KSR guys in it. It'll just be me and Reed Shepherd. And then it got, like, $10,000. And then he was like, we don't have NIL support. Well, I'll tell you who does. Mark Pope. It feels like they're getting whatever they want, right? It's because we needed a breath of fresh air.

[Shannon The Dude]

That's why last night, when I'm hearing everyone apologize, saying, well, it is his first year. Give him time. Well, it's Pope's first year, and I thought, the nil's better there. So how did Mark Pope figure it out where the nil's so bad, but they're still apologizing for him. And some people. Now, a lot of people turn on him, but I'm still here in Arkansas. Well, it's Cal's first year. Next year is when he'll really have his class.

[Drew Franklin]

Can you imagine looking at your boss who films a video? He. Your boss does not like you. He agrees to do this video where he supports you, films it, and then you find out he kicks you out of the video. Can you imagine that?

[Shannon The Dude]

That was the most sympathetic I've been for Mitch. Because right around the time Mitch did a video with Stoops, and people online were saying, why won't he do one with Cal? But we knew that he had done one, and Cal edited him out of the video.

[Drew Franklin]

The relationship was so bad. Mitch did a video with Stoops. Even Mitch knew. Well, Cal won't let me be in the video with him, so I'll film it separately. And then he didn't even get to.

[Shannon The Dude]

Be in it at all on the editing room floor.

[Drew Franklin]

Unbelievable. Anyway, playoffs.

[Shannon The Dude]

Go LSU.

[Drew Franklin]

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We create products that make you feel confident in your skin at the age you are now. Meaningful Beauty. Beautiful skin at every age. Learn more@meaningful beauty.com welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio 859-280-2287 here at KS Bar for Wing's. Where's everybody from? Somebody's from Chicago, right? You are from Chicago. What about you? Here? Where? What? Fitchville. Where's Fitchville? South of Shelbyville. I'll get the rest of you on a minute. I like to know where.

[Matt Jones]

That's the Campbellsville ladies over there.

[Shannon The Dude]

Oh, yeah, no, I thought they were.

[Drew Franklin]

I love how confidently you said that.

[Shannon The Dude]

I supported Henderson.

[Drew Franklin]

Henderson.

[Shannon The Dude]

They're regular.

[Drew Franklin]

Thanks to the folks at the barrel market who made a little KSR barrel box, which is awesome. I'm gonna put this in my house. That was very nice of you. And the guy who brought it said I I brought you this because people are mean to you about your politics. And I thought, well, that's nice of you. You're right, they are. But I've done a pretty good job of shutting it all off. Not totally, but pretty good. I'll get like one or two days where I get a little antsy, but pretty good. I'm gonna go into hiding. Monday, probably inauguration. But we have. The national championship is Monday night. So we're going to be doing our giveaway for $4,000 here Monday night. Be watching. We'll talk more about it Thursday and Friday because we will not have a show Monday day because of Martin Luther King Day and the inauguration. We will actually be off. One person writes, matt, I make a petition that Seth Greenberg cannot be the halftime host at our games anymore. I'm with you. And he. He's my colleague at espn, but he is so, like, it is clear he hyper, doesn't want Kentucky fans to like the team because of how much he liked Cal. I don't think he dislikes Pope. I don't even think he dislikes Kentucky. But he doesn't want us to be like. He doesn't want to be wrong. He and Jay Williams and all those guys were like, oh, you are going to take a big hit when you lose Cal. And now they don't know how to handle it.

[Shannon The Dude]

On that note, can I give the. The tweet of the day or kind of the just shocking tweet of the day?

[Drew Franklin]

What is it?

[Shannon The Dude]

Jeff Goodman took a shot at seth Greenberg just 20 minutes ago. It's weird seeing, like, media people go at it at that level. These two college basketball guys.

[Drew Franklin]

But he said they hate each other.

[Shannon The Dude]

Gotta wonder what the PR firm of Greenberg, Greenberg and Greenberg saying about Caliperia now. And then he tagged him.

[Peter Schrager]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

So we might have some fireworks between the Goodman, Greenberg. I'm gonna watch it.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, you know, listen, I. I have mixed emotions because I was harsh on a lot of those guys, often at the behest of. Of Cal. Now, I also agreed with a lot of cows. Criticisms of him. So I don't want to absolve myself. Like, I. I thought those dudes were jerks to Cal as well. But I also get it if I'm Jeff Goodman. Cal tried to and may have actually succeeded at getting Goodman fired. So if I'm Jeff Goodman, I get it. You know, I'd be. I'd be dancing too if I were him. I mean, I get it.

[Shannon The Dude]

It's weird turning on YouTube and he's got on a Kentucky hat, talking about how fun the team is after those early days of Cal. It's so different.

[Drew Franklin]

I get it. I mean, if you had somebody who tried to get you taken away from the biggest job in this, you. You'd be the same way. I get it.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. They limited his access to who he can talk to when he comes to a game. They set him up higher than what it was.

[Drew Franklin]

More than that.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Behind the scenes, he got. Tried to get him out and like, I get it. You'd be. I mean, he. Well, shut up again. Yeah. Who's up next?

[Ryan Lemond]

Richard.

[Drew Franklin]

Richard. Go ahead, Richard. Well, I just love this team.

[Matt Jones]

They remind me a lot of the 92 teams, got a lot of guts, and I'm just tickled with them, tickled with the job the women's team is doing. I just think the whole program has took a whole new look and a whole new face, and the faces of both teams are looking a whole lot better. And I'll make you a prediction. If we get Crease back and Perry.

[Drew Franklin]

Continues to improve to where we can really depend on him, this team's got a shot at winning. That's all I got for us.

[Matt Jones]

Have a nice fit.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, I appreciate the call. I want Creesa back. Don't get me wrong. But if Perry keeps playing at this level, getting Creesa back is not as important. I mean, he's, you know, creases there for the toughness, etc. But really, you need Creesa to play 12 to 15 minutes a game backing up as a guard. And if you can get Travis Perry close to doing that, it doesn't become as big a deal.

[Matt Jones]

We're seeing Travis just get more confident every game. And we're seeing Pope have more confidence in him, letting him play extended minutes now, not just a 30, 45 seconds before a TV timeout.

[Drew Franklin]

I said on the postgame show, a big change in the last few weeks is we don't see a huge drop off. When we put in our bench, there was Alma Nor, and they went to Perry. And even when they went to Garrison, sometimes it was. It was a big, significant drop. It hasn't been that like that.

[Ryan Lemond]

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[Ryan Lemond]

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