2025-02-04- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

Podcast Summary: KSR - Hour 1 (February 4, 2025)

Hosts: Matt Jones, Ryan Lemond, Drew Franklin, Shannon "The Dude"

Broadcast: iHeartPodcasts and Sports Talk 790 (WKRD-AM)
Duration: 49 minutes
Release Date: February 4, 2025

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1. Local Events and Promotions

The episode kicks off with Matt Jones and Ryan Lemond promoting upcoming comedy events in Lexington. They highlight performances by rising star Renee Vacca at Comedy Off Broadway from January 23rd to 25th, urban comedy legend Arnaz J. from January 30th to February 2nd, and returning comedian Billy Gardell for "Abishola" from February 6th to 8th.

Matt Jones [00:00]: "Comedy Off Broadway in Lexington welcomes rising comedy star and social media sensation Renee."

Listeners are encouraged to purchase tickets by calling 859-271-JOKE or visiting comedyoffbroadway.com.

2. Weather Discussion

Ryan Lemond opens up about an unusually warm day, noting that yesterday reached 71 degrees—the hottest February 3rd in 135 years. This unseasonable heat prompted multiple hosts to turn on their air conditioning in February, sparking a lighthearted debate about acclimating to warmer weather.

Ryan Lemond [01:00]: "I turned my air conditioner on in the car. I was driving around. It got so hot yesterday, got a little, little stuffy."

The hosts discuss a forecast predicting continued unseasonable weather through mid-February to mid-March, hinting at potential snowfalls.

Matt Jones [01:19]: "They said in like two weeks it'll be like that. Mid February to mid March is supposed to be awful."

3. KSR Ratings and Rankings

A significant portion of the episode focuses on KSR's stellar ratings in Lexington. Matt Jones reveals impressive statistics, highlighting a 26.8 rating in the men 25-54 demographic—a 73% increase from the previous year.

Matt Jones [02:30]: "26. I don't remember it ever."

The hosts express pride in their performance, noting that their ratings are among the highest ever for a sports radio show in the United States.

Matt Jones [05:08]: "Those are the highest ratings we've ever gotten. I can't remember any that were that close."

They attribute the rise to a combination of positive energy post-hiatus and effective promotion by their team member, Mario, who has been instrumental in engaging younger listeners through social media clips.

4. Competitor Shows Discussion

The conversation shifts to discussing KSR's ranking among top sports radio shows nationwide. While KSR tops local ratings, they received a national ranking of third place, which sparks a humorous debate about the competitiveness of their show names compared to rivals like "Ice and Rothman" and "Buck Rising."

Ryan Lemond [09:01]: "It's like a porn star name."

Drew Franklin and Shannon "The Dude" join in, ribbing the competitors' show names and questioning the criteria used for rankings.

Shannon The Dude [08:35]: "Oh, wow, that's super sexy, isn't it, Ryan?"

Matt Jones humorously critiques the authenticity and relevance of competitor show names, suggesting that simplicity and clear branding (e.g., "Kentucky Sports Radio") should be more effective.

5. University of Kentucky Sports

A substantial segment is dedicated to discussing the upcoming University of Kentucky (UK) sports events, particularly the basketball game against Ole Miss. The hosts analyze team performance, player injuries, and strategic challenges facing Coach Mark Pope.

Matt Jones [19:02]: "We're going to have to do what Cal did. We have to play guys 36, 37 minutes if we want to win games like this."

Drew Franklin emphasizes the importance of key players like Amari and the need for defensive adjustments to counter Ole Miss's strong perimeter play.

Drew Franklin [20:06]: "I'm over five, picking our last game, so I think I need to go all in on, on Ole Miss regardless."

The hosts express concern over player availability, noting that Mark Story is out for the game and discussing the impact of his absence on the team's defense and overall strategy.

6. Listener Calls and Interactions

Mark Story’s Call [28:28]

Mark Story, a UK alumni and former freshman during KSR's early days, shares his memories and frustrations with the current team's performance, particularly focusing on the lack of defensive prowess.

Mark Story [28:34]: "I remember my first cemented as a UK fan was in '96. I was watching the Mark Folk team win that championship alone in my living room."

He criticizes Coach Caliperi's focus on offense over defense, expressing disappointment over the team's inability to secure victories despite strong offensive showings.

Mark Story [29:19]: "To have this lacking defense is just heartbreaking."

Other Calls

Throughout the episode, listeners like Lloyd contribute to the discussion, reminiscing about the show's history and sharing personal anecdotes related to UK sports.

Mark Story [28:55]: "Congratulations. I went and I'm, like, getting my dental work. Like, I have lots of dental things that, you know, you can keep putting those off, but I'm getting those done."

7. Personal Segments

Matt Jones’ Colonoscopy [43:00]

Matt Jones candidly discusses his upcoming colonoscopy, shared humorously with his co-hosts. The conversation covers the preparations and anxieties associated with the procedure, showcasing the hosts' camaraderie and light-hearted approach to personal health matters.

Matt Jones [39:25]: "Well, I have a colon. My colonoscopy is Thursday."

Ryan Lemond [43:26]: "Immediately when we leave here, we need to go get a cheeseburger."

The segment includes playful banter about the logistics of broadcasting during a medical procedure and humorous reflections on past experiences.

Ryan Lemond [43:55]: "Immediately we leave here, we need to go get a cheeseburger."

8. Closing Remarks

As the episode nears its end, the hosts continue with light-hearted discussions, touching upon personal routines, grocery shopping experiences, and maintaining health amidst busy schedules.

Matt Jones [45:50]: "You're doing all the things you should have already been doing."

Shannon "The Dude" wraps up the segment with a nostalgic nod to past broadcasts, ensuring listeners are entertained until the end.

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Notable Quotes:

• Matt Jones [02:30]: "26. I don't remember it ever."
• Matt Jones [05:08]: "Those are the highest ratings we've ever gotten."
• Ryan Lemond [09:01]: "It's like a porn star name."
• Mark Story [28:34]: "To have this lacking defense is just heartbreaking."
• Ryan Lemond [43:26]: "Immediately we need to go get a cheeseburger."

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Conclusion:

This episode of KSR offers a blend of local event promotions, engaging discussions on radio show ratings, in-depth analysis of University of Kentucky sports, and personal anecdotes from the hosts and listeners. The friendly banter, coupled with insightful commentary, provides listeners with both entertainment and valuable information, maintaining KSR's reputation as a top-tier sports talk radio show in Lexington.

Transcript

[Matt Jones]

Comedy Off Broadway in Lexington welcomes rising comedy star and social media Sensation Renee.

[Ryan Lemond]

Vacca, January 23rd through the 25th.

[Matt Jones]

Then catch urban comedy legend Arnaz J.

[Ryan Lemond]

January 30th through February 2nd.

[Matt Jones]

And welcome back Billy Gardell, the star of Mike and Molly and Bob Hart's.

[Ryan Lemond]

Abishola, February 6th through the 8th.

[Matt Jones]

For tickets, call 859-271-joke or visit comedyoffbroadway.com comedyoff broadway. I'm Matt Jones here at the KS Bar and Grill where you can come see us and say hi and spend your morning. You can give us a chat on the Clark's Puppet Shop phone line, 859-280-2287. A Vision Auto Glass text machine is 772-774-5254. In this edition sponsored by the TJ Smith Law Office. You call TJ. He'll make them pay. Ryan. Yesterday it got up to 71 degrees. It was the hottest February 3rd in 135 years.

[Ryan Lemond]

I turned my air conditioner on in the car. I was driving around. It got so hot yesterday, got a little, little stuffy. I turned my air conditioner on in February.

[Drew Franklin]

I turned my house air conditioning on.

[Ryan Lemond]

Did you really?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Well, you, all, you, you guys are, I don't know, you're not used to. 71 degrees is not that hot. Isn't that what your house is just.

[Ryan Lemond]

Normally maybe it just feels extra hot because it's been 20 degrees for so long.

[Matt Jones]

They are said, they did say that in like two weeks it'll be like that. Mid February to mid March is supposed to be awful.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Like, we may get, we may get like snow and all that stuff again.

[Ryan Lemond]

There's always a week in February that gets nasty cold.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I think you're gonna get some of that. Drew Kentucky and Ole Miss tonight. We'll get to. But, you know, we got other things to discuss.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

First. All right, so two, two pieces of show news.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right.

[Matt Jones]

Are you ready?

[Ryan Lemond]

Ready.

[Matt Jones]

All right. Piece one. We got yesterday, the ratings for Lexington.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

And you know, we have, I, I don't. We haven't talked about ratings on here in a long while because we come in first every time. So what is there really to talk about? You know, I mean, that's, it's very nice.

[Ryan Lemond]

Super nice.

[Matt Jones]

But, but it starts to become like, what are you gonna say? But I do have to bring these up.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Because I want to give you the numbers for KSR this past fall in Lex, in Lexington. In Lexington, men 25 to 54, a 26.8 rating. That's up 73% from last year.

[Ryan Lemond]

26.

[Matt Jones]

26. I don't remember it ever.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, my goodness. So people, in context, it would normally be like a three or a four.

[Matt Jones]

No. Well, not for us.

[Ryan Lemond]

Not for us. But like a normal show.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I mean, I would say, and this is not to be disrespectful, but if there were other talk shows on other stations, if they got like a three or four, they'd be pretty happy.

[Ryan Lemond]

Be very happy.

[Matt Jones]

And we got a 26.

[Ryan Lemond]

Goodness.

[Matt Jones]

The people 18 to 49. Okay, so this is men and women.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

18 to 49. A demographic that sports radio does not touch. Women 18 to 49. Well, Brian, is just like women to 18 to 49 with you in general, like they stay away.

[Ryan Lemond]

I want nothing to do with that.

[Matt Jones]

16.9, up 149% from the year before. That means over double. Just what it was the year before, which also was number one. And then finally, people 12 plus this season includes children and it includes 90.

[Ryan Lemond]

Plus year olds, senior citizens. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

14.6. That's up 55% from last year. These are, I believe, the highest ratings we've ever gotten. I can't remember any that were that close. So you might say, well, why do you think they've risen so much? This is going to be my take. And you tell me if you think number one, the mood post Cal to Pope. Because this is during the football season, which wasn't very good.

[Ryan Lemond]

A little disappointing. Yes. Right.

[Matt Jones]

But. But basketball was rolling. I think this included during the Duke game and after the Duke game. But then I also think just the overall positivity of everything post me coming back from my hiatus. Right. I probably wasn't quite as grumpy. And then the second thing I would say is having Mario.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

To put clips out. I mean, I think that's how you explain so many more young people. Like they, you know, they don't always think about turning on their radio past Paul Harvey. A lot of them may forget they had a radio. And then he kind of reminds everybody, hey, whatever. So I. Those are the things I'm going to, to give credit to. But I want to thank you guys on the show and also the people listening. Like, that's insane. Those are, I can say definitively those are the high sports rating any sports show in the United States.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

I remember hearing a show in Nashville once say they got a 10 and we're celebrating. And they said this has to be the highest rating in America. Well, this was a 26. So I just wanted to share that because that's. That is extremely good. Positive, I mean, more than positive. But I did thought you would like that.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's awesome, man. And thank you for everybody. That helped.

[Matt Jones]

And I don't even know if you're supposed to say that. As a matter of fact, I don't think you are.

[Shannon The Dude]

You're not supposed to. But you know what?

[Matt Jones]

You know what?

[Shannon The Dude]

It's already out there. What are you going to do?

[Matt Jones]

I mean, well, I must got something else to do as president now. I don't think he's going to worry about this. It is pretty exciting.

[Drew Franklin]

So people like the show. We say things we're not supposed to. We're talking ratings.

[Ryan Lemond]

And I think, you know, like you said, it is a reflection of the attitude of the fan base. Like even during football season when things weren't going well, there were still monster great crowds at every game in here at the restaurant, before every game.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

People were so excited. And then when basketball started, it just went to a different level.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. So. So again, thank you to the aud. I've kind of felt that like, that there was sort of a second energy and birth around the show. It kind of reminds me, I sort of pick little times. I think the show takes a bounce and I think we had taken one at Covid and now I think that happened again.

[Ryan Lemond]

I agree with that.

[Matt Jones]

I think it happened this, this fall. Then the second thing is they, they put out the ratings for the, the rankings for what are the best shows. You know, the, the top sports shows across the country.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

And we won our demo. The last two years it was like mid market, more morning, you know, midday shows, a lot of mids. Right, right. This year it came out and they, they had us third. And I, first of all, third is still awesome. But I, I, you know, the competitor in me Drew is like, who do those top two people think they are? First of all, they didn't get those numbers. And secondly, yeah, I don't like it.

[Drew Franklin]

I did. I felt a little ungrateful when I saw tweets.

[Matt Jones]

I appreciate our company congratulating us, but Shannon, they never congratulate us when we came in first. They tweet out when we came in third.

[Drew Franklin]

But nevertheless, are they celebrating our third? I agree with you that.

[Matt Jones]

Well, do you sell. That's, that's my question. Do you, do you celebrate third?

[Drew Franklin]

I'll be honest.

[Matt Jones]

Do you celebrate a bronze in the Olympics?

[Drew Franklin]

I'll be honest. The first time I saw it, I didn't retweet it. Second time, I didn't reach it. Third time, I was like, whatever. But, you know, not to be ungrateful for being third, but I wanted to be first.

[Matt Jones]

We're.

[Drew Franklin]

We're competitive. We like being on top.

[Matt Jones]

But I figured out what our problem is. Shannon, what's up for this ranking system? Our names are not cool enough.

[Ryan Lemond]

You got to have a cool name.

[Shannon The Dude]

What do you mean?

[Matt Jones]

Well, you have to have a sports radio name.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Shannon The Dude]

We do. Well, Kentucky Sports Radio.

[Matt Jones]

I think that's a great name. I would agree with you. Kentucky Sports Radio. It seems to, like, literally, it describes what it is. It is Kentucky Sports on the radio. What more could you ask from a name perfect. However, in first place is a show called Ice and Rothman.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, dang it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, yeah. It's a sexy name. Ice and Rothman.

[Drew Franklin]

Wait, it's a what name?

[Ryan Lemond]

Sexy?

[Matt Jones]

You think that's sexy? Yeah. Who do you think is Sex or Rothman?

[Ryan Lemond]

Definitely Ice.

[Shannon The Dude]

If you think that's sexy, wait till you hear number two.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, Ice. Yeah. Brian's excited about number one. Wait till he gets to number two. You're gonna have to strap him down. Ice and Rothman. Now where they out of? Columbus, Ohio. First of all, good luck to Mr. Ice and. And Rothman. I don't know who those people. I don't either, but I.

[Drew Franklin]

You know, they sound like a tag team. Like, hit their music. Here comes Ice.

[Matt Jones]

I think it sounds like DJs you go see in Miami. You know?

[Ryan Lemond]

It does.

[Matt Jones]

Hey, girls, where we going tonight? Ice and Rothman are playing. Like, that's. And I just don't feel like that's a sports thing. Number two, though. Hold Ryan back. Buck Rising.

[Shannon The Dude]

Oh, wow, that's super sexy, isn't it, Ryan?

[Ryan Lemond]

Buck Rising.

[Matt Jones]

Buck Rising.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's like a porn star name.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. See, again, just leave it out there. You don't have to say, this is why we come in third. You can't just, like, why have to. That's what it is. Why can't you just leave it out there? My mom who loves you. My mom who loves you goes. Can Ryan not just leave a joke? Okay, look.

[Drew Franklin]

What?

[Matt Jones]

Everybody knows what it sounds like. Just leave it right there. You don't have to say the punchline.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Anyway. Buck Rising, who last year came in second.

[Ryan Lemond]

Second again.

[Matt Jones]

Second again.

[Ryan Lemond]

Where's he from?

[Matt Jones]

Nashville.

[Drew Franklin]

Nashville.

[Matt Jones]

I think he got moved to a different time slot, so we won't ever. He won't be in our thing anymore.

[Drew Franklin]

That's his real name, too. That's not a. That's.

[Matt Jones]

That's his real name.

[Drew Franklin]

Real name.

[Matt Jones]

You think that's Ice, his real name?

[Drew Franklin]

No, I don't think Ice and Rothman, that's their real name.

[Matt Jones]

Now here's my question. Go back to Ice for a second. What grown man has people calling mice? And how does it happen? Like, Shannon, if you came in tomorrow and you said, call me Ice, I'd go, shannon, I already call you the dude.

[Shannon The Dude]

That's what I'm saying. I mean, you call me the dude.

[Matt Jones]

I'm a grown man. I can call you. I didn't want to call you the dude, but it came with you.

[Shannon The Dude]

I demanded it.

[Matt Jones]

What are the scenarios where you just start going by Ice?

[Ryan Lemond]

Maybe he was the fighter pilot, like Top Gun. They had Iceman and Top Gun. Maybe that's. He's. That's his former.

[Matt Jones]

He's a former fighter, maybe. Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

Or just a fighter, period. You know, if your. If your name's Ice and you're a fighter, I'd be scared of you.

[Drew Franklin]

Is he a former American Gladiator?

[Matt Jones]

That's how you could do it. Gladiator.

[Drew Franklin]

I haven't seen a picture of him, so I'm picturing massive muscles.

[Shannon The Dude]

He's got blonde perm. Yeah, that's it. Like the blonde tips.

[Matt Jones]

No, he just. He does not have blonde.

[Drew Franklin]

Like I expect at night when he.

[Matt Jones]

Gets off the air, he goes, he does not have blonde tips, does he?

[Shannon The Dude]

He's got to, with the name, like Ice and Rothman.

[Matt Jones]

All right, I'm looking. Well, okay, first of all, just right here. Yeah, this is why they shouldn't be number one. I googled up Ice and Rothman. You know, the first thing that came up?

[Ryan Lemond]

What's that?

[Matt Jones]

The Rothman orthopedic skating Rink.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's not going to help.

[Matt Jones]

That should not be the first thing that comes up.

[Shannon The Dude]

Ice and rotten egg. On my search. That's what came up.

[Matt Jones]

Here is Ice. It' Rothman and Ice. First of all, they should change the name.

[Ryan Lemond]

I should be.

[Matt Jones]

Rothman is better than Rothman and I. Yes, there you go. Short syllable first does have blonde. Blonde hair.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's Ice right there.

[Matt Jones]

Like I said, I don't know which one's Ice.

[Drew Franklin]

Neither of them look like gladiators, so I'm let down.

[Matt Jones]

So anyway, thank you for. We. We. You know, I feel like when you go to the Oscars and you lose and you go. We're honored to be nominated. But congrats to Ice and Rothman and. And Buck rising and thank you all for the. The Record ratings, an unbelievable performance. This.

[Ryan Lemond]

That is pretty incredible. And if I think Shannon hit on something, the reason we went from one to three is my consistency.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I actually think the reason we. The reason we did go is because I. I was told by the person that runs it is that I was off.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, that was during the. They.

[Matt Jones]

This was all of 2024.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

But nevertheless, I'm still. I'm still upset.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, we're being inconsistent. Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

I just want to say a big congratulations to you, Matt, Ryan, and Drew. If you look at the.

[Matt Jones]

You're not in the picture.

[Shannon The Dude]

Why you think that I was even a part of the show? Why weren't you? Here's my favorite part about that picture. Like, it's fine. You guys are obviously the show. But, like, they even cut off my head in the background. Like, I couldn't even. Part of the picture as a cartoon.

[Matt Jones]

So for people who don't see the picture, there's a. They have a picture here at the bar, and if you come to the bar, there's a cartoon picture of all four of us. Yeah, they. They do it. I don't know who submitted the picture, Shannon. It was not me, by the way. What happened is, if you remember the last couple years, it would only be me.

[Shannon The Dude]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

And I said to them, can you put us all in the picture and not just me?

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And they picked one that's the three of us, and they take the cartoon and they put the three of us, and they just cut Shannon's head off the top of the car, too. Shannon, they did you wrong.

[Shannon The Dude]

I would like to at least have my cartoon be in the background of the picture. Oh, my gosh. There's always next year.

[Matt Jones]

There is always next year. 859-280-2287.

[Shannon The Dude]

Acknowledge me.

[Matt Jones]

The text machine is 772-774-5254. I'm glad it gave me a chance to once again say. Don't say the punchline. Just leave it sitting there. We'll take a break and be right back. This is ksr.

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio. Ice was a female gladiator, Shannon.

[Shannon The Dude]

Oh, okay. I don't know. For some reason though, I think ICE and I think those spiked frosted tips.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I do too. Like, you're thinking of like Mark Maggard, right?

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

There's a name from the past. Yeah, you know, you know that. I mean if you're looking at like the history of UK lore on the Internet, that story cannot be told without Mark Baggart. I mean that dude was the original. I don't know. It's hard to describe what he was. He was everything though. I mean he was like, he was. It's hard to describe how would you describe Mark Maggard?

[Drew Franklin]

He invented the lifetime membership.

[Matt Jones]

He did. He invented. He charged a lifetime membership and then closed the site down. Wow. Which. That's what happened, isn't it? Yeah, he started a life. He started a website. It was relatively popular. I don't remember the name of it.

[Drew Franklin]

He knew an assistant coach around the.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, no, he was around the Gillespie era and then Shannon, he like charged. I don't know what it was but he was like, join for a lot for life. And he did. And then like the site just shut down.

[Shannon The Dude]

Unfortunately.

[Matt Jones]

I have this life. But he didn't say how long the life would be.

[Shannon The Dude]

The life of the website. Not. Not your lifetime. The life of the website.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it's a lifetime with. It's just a lifetime of this side.

[Drew Franklin]

It's not.

[Shannon The Dude]

You die any moment. It's on life Support right now.

[Matt Jones]

859-280-2287. One person writes, Matt, how can you all have the best ratings if they beat you in the. Well, this isn't. That's not right. It's just like people's opinion.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, right.

[Matt Jones]

Like who.

[Ryan Lemond]

What they think we talked about during the break.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know how anybody can know. I've said that for years. Even when we. How do you know, like who's listening to all this?

[Ryan Lemond]

They're. They can't be listening to every mid major midday sports show across the country to, you know, be able to vote on this appropriately.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I don't think they can either. UK and Ole Miss tonight in. What's the name of that place?

[Drew Franklin]

Pavilion.

[Matt Jones]

The Pavilion State. It's relatively new.

[Drew Franklin]

Very nice. It's like Auburn.

[Matt Jones]

Very nice. They decided to make a small arena and make it nice.

[Drew Franklin]

Remember years ago Cal went there and there was like a leak and then a squirrel running around and they were like, all right. It used to be the, the Tadpole Orna.

[Matt Jones]

That's right.

[Drew Franklin]

Now they've opened this.

[Matt Jones]

Sometimes Morgan Freeman comes.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Front row. Yes. So this says they played Auburn at home this weekend and lost. But I think it was a close game.

[Ryan Lemond]

About 10, I think it ended up.

[Drew Franklin]

I watched it all. It's a two point game late. They pulled it away in the.

[Matt Jones]

Auburn pulled away at the end. You know, I don't have a ton of. Of confidence in, in this game, but then again I didn't have any confidence in the Tennessee game and we won, so I, I have no idea. Lamont Butler is out for the game. You know, Kentucky's lost three of the last four, so we're going to have to. So what do you think?

[Ryan Lemond]

This is one of the games where we say every year the schedule comes out, they'll drop a game on a Tuesday night in Oxford, you know, or a Tuesday night in Starkville. This is just one of those games. Seems like in the midweek in the conference, but on this one we're four and four.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, you're talking about when we would go 14 and four. This is actually like we're four and four. We can drop any game. This is not a midweek. They're good. They're better than us. So I mean, it's good. This is not at least record wise, like, this is not a. We might slip. We're the underdog in this game. I mean, do you feel like we, we.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't feel great. I do feel a responsibility to Big Blue Nation, though. I'm over five, picking our last game, so I think I need to go all in on, on Ole Miss regardless. Yeah, I mean, I had us go through it. I'm over five.

[Matt Jones]

That's.

[Drew Franklin]

It's all that matters. So I'm going to try to be wrong again. I do worry about this game, though. They have a couple of guards that are really quick and speedy. They do a lot of pick and roll. One of them just got 27 at Auburn. It's the first time I'd really watched them and he looked awesome.

[Matt Jones]

So they do that isolation thing a lot. So like, and we, this is something we struggled to guard early in the year we've been better and teams have gone away from it, but early in the year we really struggled on the high pick and roll to figure out what to do. They're going to do that. That's the, the only offense they run. I mean, they kind of. They run like an NBA offense in some ways. You know, we don't have Lamont Butler, who is our best defender like that. We do have Amari, who's been pretty good at guarding that. How do you think we're going to do against that tonight?

[Ryan Lemond]

I think it's going to be a struggle, man. Yeah. Like Drew said, their, their perimeter players are their best players. So do you feel confident with Jackson, Bray and Ortega out there trying to take care of.

[Matt Jones]

I feel confident with Jackson and Otaga. I don't feel confident with Bray guarding anybody really, but I, But I think this has got to be a moment for Mark Pope where he says, look, we're riding these guys like this is a, to me, this is a game, Drew, where you just got to Take your horses and say we're winning or losing with these guys. Like we can't. I know I can't see 15 minutes of, of, of Chandler tonight or like that's just not, it's not going to work. We just, we have to. I can't believe I'm saying this. We have to do what Cal did. We have to play guys 36, 37 minutes if we want to win games like this. In my opinion.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, Amari especially I think needs to play more minutes, stay out of foul trouble. They're not a great defensive rebounding team like ranked 250 there. So maybe Amari can clean up some glass. But I, he needs to play well and it's such a lazy way to look at basketball. But for me going into every game is Kobe Bray going to show up and hit three or threes or not? Because if you just look at if they're winning and if they're losing you can almost go to his stat line and did he play well offensively? So to win down there it's going to be, have to be one of those games. Robinson's been hitting threes since SEC started but they're going to need Kobe to get hot tonight because they're just something.

[Matt Jones]

I want to say about Robinson. You know, we, early in the year there were a lot of fans hard on Robinson. He's been our most consistent player of SEC play. He has scored 16 to 20 pretty much every game in the SEC. You know, maybe we wish he scored 25 sometimes, but he's putting up 16 to 20 every game consistently and he's basically coming to play every game. He gives you one half every game where he's rolling. But there's got to be somebody else. I, I think one of the things that's been difficult is Otega OA doesn't seem to want to shoot anymore and without Butler he has to shoot and it needs to go in some but he also has to take them. I feel like he doesn't. I feel like he only wants to go to the basket now.

[Drew Franklin]

I've been watching always threes closer than anyone because of draftkings and he does not. I mean they'll leave him open and doesn't even think about it anymore. Earlier in the season, those non conference games he was making them, now they can sag way off him and he doesn't even consider after like five or.

[Matt Jones]

Six games he, his percentage was 50% and then I think he had a bad stretch of games and now Ryan, he won't even Take him.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. That bad stretch, I think. I think he's lost his confidence in his jumper, you know, now he just looks just to drive only. But you talk about Jax. I want him to be more selfish. I want him to take more shots. I want Bray to take more shots. They're going to have to. If they have to continue to play without Butler, they're going to need those two guys.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, well, I. We've got to get. We got to get more from. From. In terms of time. I just don't think our reserves. I mean, I think probably in each game, one of them, but we can't. We just can't put them in a mass of those three guys, have them play together. Drew and expect when that happens, we don't stop anybody. When we do the massive reserves, we just get scored on every play.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. And the point guard defense was supposed to be one of the strengths of the team. Remember, Pope said last summer, I don't lose any sleep about guarding SEC guards. And it kind of looked that way when they had Butler, but, I mean, it would happen any team. When you lose your two point guards, you're in trouble. And we're fortunately down to just freshmen that are trying to fill in that role against guards who can take you off the dribble and go straight to the rim.

[Matt Jones]

With all that said, we could win.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, yeah, Definitely. Oh, yeah. I wonder, though, with their strength of perimeter, if this is a game you just may need Chandler defensively some. No, not a lot, but some.

[Matt Jones]

I don't slow somebody down to play reserves a little bit, but you can't play all of them at once at the same time. And there might be games that are Noah games, there might be games that are Chandler games, there might be games that are Perry games, but you can't put them all. Like, we just, you know, you just can't. We can't. We play Chandler 15 minutes in the second half against Arkansas. Like, it's just not. That's not gonna work.

[Ryan Lemond]

No.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. And not that it's a big deal, but this was a school Perry was considering, so if he gets some extra minutes, that. That's a little more maybe pressure on him or. Or a reason to play.

[Matt Jones]

Well, with all that said, we can win. I mean, we've beaten.

[Drew Franklin]

We've lost three or four.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, we can beat any of these. This is a huge game for both teams. Both teams have lost three or four coming in tonight. 859-280-2287. We'll take Charles. Be right back.

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[Shannon The Dude]

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

[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. Kentucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. We'll go the phones right here. One person writes on the text machine. 772-77-45254. Matt, what do you think? We get Butler back? I do now. I think he'll play. I think he'll probably come back. If I were to guess, let's see, what are our games here? I think he'll come back. We play at, we play tennis. Home South Carolina, home Tennessee. I don't think he'll be back for that one at Texas. I would say at Alabama February 22nd. That's I think probably about when they're targeting him playing. Now. If things fall apart, then maybe he tried they try to bring him back earlier, but that's kind of what I think. You know, right now the key is they got to grind some victories out here. I mean, they got to win Saturday against South Carolina. They're probably looking at it and saying tonight at Ole Miss, Tuesday, next Tuesday against Tennessee, we got to find a way to win one of those. I mean, you know, we're adding up losses here. We have six and we got more coming. So, you know, we got to make sure we get some wins. I think the Arkansas game, put the cow part aside. It's a bad loss because they're terrible. Yeah. You know, and we lost at home.

[Drew Franklin]

Ken Palm has Kentucky going three and seven, but the seven losses are all by three points or less. That's how close the analytics.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I mean, if we were to go three and seven, I mean, that's seven, that's what, seven and 11 in conference. I mean, that's not good. And it's very possible. I mean, the reality is we're probably going to be an underdog in seven of the next 10 games. I don't know if people really process that, that we're probably going to be an underdog in seven of the next 10 games.

[Ryan Lemond]

If you go into the next couple weeks without Butler, we saw the difference not having him did against Arkansas. You have him against Arkansas. Maybe he slows down D.J. wagner a little bit. They're going to need, they would need him tonight. So huge games on the road without your, your leading point guard, Mark Story.

[Matt Jones]

Said you don't Mark Story wrote in the Herald Leader, you don't become the coach at Kentucky until you have your first really bad loss. Do you agree with that? And if so, does that mean Mark Pope is now feeling the coach of Kentucky weight?

[Drew Franklin]

I could see that a little bit. I feel like he's already got a couple losses. Not necessarily bad, but he should have won and he felt that a little bit like they should have beaten Vanderbilt at Vandy, even though it was on the road. He did seem very, very confused and lost in his comments after Arkansas, though, that was the first time Pope really didn't seem to have any answers or know what to say after a game.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, well, big game tonight. Who's up first? Shannon.

[Shannon The Dude]

Let's go to Lloyd.

[Matt Jones]

Lloyd. Go ahead, Lloyd. Hey, how's it going?

[Ryan Lemond]

Thank you.

[Mark Story]

Guys, real quick before I get into my vent. 20 years ago I was a freshman at UK, right when KSR was in the infancy, I guess you could say, and y'all were talking about the ratings. It's just great to see how far you guys have come in 20 years. And to think it's been 20 years is wild.

[Matt Jones]

It is wild.

[Mark Story]

Congratulations.

[Matt Jones]

So the first post went up, I believe, I want to say November, maybe 20th, 2005. So we will have the 20th anniversary this fall, which that is really crazy to me, but I appreciate you saying that. 20th anniversary of the website and 15th anniversary, the show are all coming this fall, but go ahead.

[Mark Story]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Mark Story]

That's amazing. So, like I said, UK alumni. I remember my first, first cemented as a UK fan was in 96. I was watching actually the Mark Folk team win that championship alone in my living room. And that's kind of where it all started. But it's. It's this Caliperi loss. It's. I like to say Caliperi wins the ego game, right? He wins the games that stroke the ego. But you know, when it matters, he loses at least of late, the last five or six years. So that one hurts, but I'm trying not to let it hurt so bad. But we just need. You remember DeAndre Liggins, man, when he was just a dog on date. And it's like to see this team is so amazing on offense. They are just so good. To have this lacking defense is just heartbreaking. Like.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but I mean, we don't have. And that's not coming, you know what I mean? I mean, that guy doesn't exist. That guy's not on the roster. Like they're going to have to win the way they are, you know, Lloyd, I mean, like they're going to have to find a way to outscore people. That's why, you know, you don't hear me talk about, like, really improving on defense because it's not going to happen. These dudes are 23 years old. If they're not good yet on defense, it ain't going to happen in the next 10 games.

[Mark Story]

Man, that's just. I don't know, it's crazy. I played ball and I wasn't great offensively, but I focused on rebounding and playing defense. And it's like, I guess as a new parent, you kind of see your kid, you want to. It's like, you see and you know what they need to do. But you're right, they just can't.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, this is a different group. I appreciate the call, Lloyd. I mean, unlike a lot of teams, Drew, this is a different group in the sense. You know, one thing during the Cal era is you could always tell yourself, these are freshmen by March. They'll do this. Now, whether they did it or not is a different point. I mean, we still are waiting on Justin Edwards to, you know, come around and Chris Livingston. Right. But with this group, you can. I mean, they are what they are. Like, like the, you know, these are like fifth and sixth year seniors. Like, they are what they are. And so it's up to Pope to just say, this is what it is. How do I make it the best that I can? Because it is what it is. This is the group.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. For a couple guys, it's just how they're built. I mean, they can't learn anymore, they can't develop anymore. Andrew Carr is not going to get lateral quickness overnight. I mean, when we watched him against Grant Nelson at Alabama, you just. Grant Nelson had a different set of legs than Andrew Carr has. Kobe Braya, his knees are about to fall off. He's giving it all he can, but guys are just going to blow by Kobe, Braya. So Pope has to scheme up ways to play better defense. I wish they had done a little zone against Arkansas.

[Matt Jones]

What did you think about his answer on that? So he was asked about the zone and Pope said something like, you know, they get point one, five points per possession, more by against zone than man, which I get. But like, maybe this is the time you try something else because they're scoring with their. On our man as well.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I think he added when he was talking about that, I think he admitted, I wish I'd done some different things defensively, maybe took some chances defensively. I think they're going to have to. I think they're so weak defensively in certain spots. They're going to have to take some chances. You know what's crazy? What? Three of these guys coming in were defensive players of the year in their conference. Right. Coming in, I didn't think they would be.

[Matt Jones]

Well, Mari, who's been, I think pretty good.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Absent the hands, staying on the side. Butler, who's not playing.

[Drew Franklin]

They were better when Butler was there, obviously.

[Ryan Lemond]

So who's the third one? What's there? Three guys.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, you're the one that said there was three.

[Ryan Lemond]

I thought there was three.

[Matt Jones]

Who's up next?

[Shannon The Dude]

Let's go to Matt.

[Matt Jones]

Matt, what's up, Matt?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I was thinking, am I the.

[Matt Jones]

Only person that thinks Cal's post game.

[Mark Story]

Comments actually made it a little bit easier? Everything he said was pretty.

[Matt Jones]

Pretty.

[Mark Story]

Well true. It was hard to even look at his face immediately afterwards.

[Ryan Lemond]

But once you kind of take it.

[Mark Story]

In, I got my lick back.

[Matt Jones]

This is one game.

[Mark Story]

Look at where you guys are in your first year.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, he's always been good at that. Like, he's always been good. I mean, remember he used to say about our now assistant coach Mark Fox after every game, he was one of the best coaches in the country. But he said it after he beat him by 20. Right. Like, I mean, that he's always been a gracious winner. I think that's one of his, his better traits. I don't know. I mean, but what does that change? I mean, I. Look, I still think long term the trajectory is very positive for this program. But in terms of this year and in terms of like what, you know, this year, I don't really know that it changes anything for me. Does it for you?

[Mark Story]

I think I was more so expecting.

[Ryan Lemond]

Him to go pull an Auburn stunt and just go bang on his chest.

[Mark Story]

And just further infuriate me.

[Ryan Lemond]

But to kind of see him take.

[Matt Jones]

A breath and phrase it that way.

[Mark Story]

And do it with grace.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I appreciate the call. I mean, part of that is he wants to come back here one day and if you burn it to the ground on your way out, that's not going to happen. I mean, he won the game, so it's easy for him to kind of, you know, it's. Well, not easy, but he could have been forgiven if he came out there and said, yeah, y'all booed me and. But that's the equivalent of a winning version of when Rick flipped us off. And I think that would have made it a lot harder. He handled it the right way.

[Drew Franklin]

I really think, whether you think he's genuine or not, all season, when he's given an opportunity. He's been saying the right things. I little part of me thought there might be a little dig here there. I don't think that I've seen one. But the cow comments really them being so bad is what I think helped everyone. Was Saturday the fact what you just said, would anyone really trade places with them if they came in and we had the same record and you had to go watch cow golf? That's different. But all of us in the back of our minds know we would not trade places, which is what made that easier.

[Matt Jones]

It was, it was the only time I've heard Mark Pope, though, flummoxed.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, he was totally at a loss for words on his postgame show.

[Matt Jones]

It was the only, that's the only time I've seen him flummoxed.

[Ryan Lemond]

And I made that made my heart go out to him too.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. It made me wonder if he was really shocked by what happened. Maybe they thought, look, this is going to be a game we win. And then when we just not only lost, I mean, Arkansas led the whole second half and some of the first.

[Drew Franklin]

So he didn't even stick around afterwards. I know it's late. I don't have, he doesn't have to do that every night. But he did that show and got on out. You could tell he was really bothered.

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[Matt Jones]

You know, Shannon Ryan is not a very helpful person, just so you know.

[Shannon The Dude]

Why? What happened?

[Matt Jones]

Well, I have a colon. My colonoscopy is Thursday.

[Shannon The Dude]

Oh boy. Live. Can we go live from there?

[Matt Jones]

No, because it's in the afternoon.

[Shannon The Dude]

I can take my afternoon show there then.

[Matt Jones]

If you want to take your afternoon show there, you can. I mean I think it's up to them. Rapid Reaction Double Q live. But he's like talking about how miserable it's gonna be and I don't know why you're doing that.

[Ryan Lemond]

You're thinking you can do the show Thursday Morning before your procedure.

[Matt Jones]

Procedures at 12:30 on Thursday. So you don't think I can do the show from 10 to 12 on Thursday?

[Ryan Lemond]

You can do it, but we better post up back there by the bathroom. Set up.

[Matt Jones]

So you're saying like, you. Up until the moment it starts, things are happening.

[Ryan Lemond]

There's a lot of stuff happening. Pleasant.

[Shannon The Dude]

This could be really good radio. Really good radio.

[Matt Jones]

No, I mean, I'm gonna be on here Thursday, so, like, if it's happening, it's happening.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, there'll be a commercial break.

[Matt Jones]

We have a bathroom in the KSR office. That's what I'll use. I. I probably won't use the, the. The, you know, Tilted Kilt bathroom back there. I'll probably go ahead and use the, The. The one in the. In the office. I think it's going to be fates all. It'll be out then.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, that stuff seems to. That's why you do it 24 hours now.

[Matt Jones]

What is it? You can. I have to call them today to get the instructions. But you can only have, what, water and black coffee. Is that right?

[Ryan Lemond]

You can have chicken of soup. Broth. Chicken noodle soup. Broth.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think they told me that.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think I had that. And I had maybe Jello. Jello, Yeah, I think you can have jello.

[Matt Jones]

Where does one even get jello in here anymore?

[Ryan Lemond]

Those little Jello cups.

[Matt Jones]

By the way, I was at Kroger yesterday. Yeah, it was nice. I haven't been to one of those in a while.

[Drew Franklin]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

Starting to cook. Well, I mean, there. There's a lot of stuff. Many aisles. I went to the one there. That's next to campus. Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

I got a rooftop.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, they got a lot of stuff going on in there. Right. You know, it was nice. Asparagus.

[Ryan Lemond]

You got some asparagus?

[Matt Jones]

No, I saw it. I didn't. Didn't get any of those things.

[Ryan Lemond]

So what was in your basket when you checked out?

[Matt Jones]

I was just around. I mean, I was. I was looking for something specific, but in general. But I just wanted to kind of get a lay of the land before I start really, you know, making it my own here soon.

[Ryan Lemond]

That one's got like its own little soup and salad bar. Little lunch counter in there, see a salad bar.

[Matt Jones]

I wanted to.

[Ryan Lemond]

Maybe they've taken it out since I.

[Matt Jones]

Was looking around for the salad bar. I was going to eat salad for dinner, but I didn't see it.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't think I've been since COVID so it probably took it out.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but it's it was nice to go in a place like that again.

[Ryan Lemond]

Reintroduce yourself to a grocery store.

[Shannon The Dude]

Where do you find Jello? Like, I love that you asked, where do you find Jello?

[Matt Jones]

See, I just. I mean, I just don't see it out a lot anymore. Like, you don't see people if you.

[Drew Franklin]

Don'T go to Kroger.

[Matt Jones]

You saw somebody eating Jello, like, for real. Like, when's last time you had. Besides, like, when's the dream? When's the last time you had Jello?

[Drew Franklin]

I have a jello brand pudding cups at home.

[Matt Jones]

When have you eaten Jello?

[Drew Franklin]

Jello shots? Probably within the last month.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so besides Jello.

[Drew Franklin]

Actually, yeah. No, I did jello shots in Nashville.

[Matt Jones]

Did you eat jelly, Shannon?

[Shannon The Dude]

No. You know, last time I had Jello, it was probably jello shots like Drew's talking about.

[Matt Jones]

Exactly. So that was so. So you all are making my point. But anyway, so I have this colonoscopy Thursday and it can't. I'll just say this. I'm not. I'm not trying to be like. We don't have to go into details. It can't be any more unpleasant than my sickness was last week. I mean, that was the most unpleasant I've felt in a long time. It can't be worse than that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I. I gave you the best advice I can give you.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Don't. Just remember there are people. But go ahead.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. You know, you can't eat for 24 hours, so people think I'm going to eat a lot right before my 24 hour clock starts. Big mistake.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

Big, big mistake.

[Matt Jones]

Don't do that.

[Drew Franklin]

Did a lot of people think that that or did you think that?

[Ryan Lemond]

A lot of people. Then they realize.

[Matt Jones]

I think it's probably more you thought. Admit it, you thought that.

[Ryan Lemond]

I did. The first time I ate a lot.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon, do you have the drop of when? Ran it. Ran it when Ryan got his colonoscopy on the air. Do you have that drop?

[Shannon The Dude]

Yes, I do. Here it is.

[Ryan Lemond]

Immediately when we leave here, we need to go get a cheeseburger.

[Matt Jones]

That was a great show. I mean, we did a show from the colonoscopy office and you came in and you looked, you were so hot. And the doc, I was like, I said to the doctor, like, is he good to go on the air? And he's like, I think so. And that was what we got. We got this, Shannon.

[Ryan Lemond]

Immediately we leave here, we need to go get a cheeseburger. I remember the next day sitting and re. Listening to that show, and I have no memory of any of that. I mean, absolutely.

[Matt Jones]

That's probably been five years. Do you need to do it again?

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I just did one a couple years ago. We did a second show there after my second colonoscopy. I did one of.

[Matt Jones]

That's right. You didn't come on the air, though. Briefly.

[Ryan Lemond]

Briefly. And then I think I even fell asleep during the show.

[Drew Franklin]

He fell over the headset on.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I can't believe you agreed to that. That stuff gives me anxiety. Like when I gave my wisdom teeth taken out, got them taken out, and people were telling me what I was saying. That still haunts me. I don't like.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I would never like you. We talked, Billy and I, about doing it, and I, I don't want put someone putting the microphone next to me because I don't know, you know, I mean, I, I still have, like, heebie jeebies about my Ambien day. People are like, you need to make that an annual thing. You know, I know how out of character it is for me to just look at somebody and go, I can beat you in a race. So, like, I don't wanna, I, I, I don't, I don't want to risk that.

[Ryan Lemond]

But it's, it's good we're talking about because, you know, everybody needs to do it now.

[Matt Jones]

You said 45. Yeah, it used to be a little past that, but. But, you know, I, I, I, I just kept putting it off, but I'm like, you know what? You just got to do it. I decided at the turn of the year all the things that I like to put off. Right. I'm just doing them right. So I went and got a physical, which I hadn't had in a long time. Good for you. Clean bill of health.

[Ryan Lemond]

Good for you.

[Matt Jones]

Congratulations. I went and I'm, like, getting my dental work. Like, I have lots of dental things that, you know, you can keep putting those off, and I'm, I'm getting those done. You know, I, I'm going to, like, dermatologist, like, everything you're supposed to do and then. But the part of that is you gotta, you gotta colon yourself. And, And I decided to do that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Look at you, little Matt, growing up right in front of our eyes right here. Congratulations. Welcome to the 40s.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, welcome to the mid-40s. Now's the time to start doing all that.

[Drew Franklin]

Said you're doing all the things you should have already been doing. So we're gonna get Sopranos rewatch. When you get through that.

[Matt Jones]

No no, no, we're not still in episode three. Who's up next?

[Shannon The Dude]

90S country bracket. Adam.

[Matt Jones]

Adam. Go ahead, Adam. Hey, Matt, I would think with the way that you eat Chipotle and the.

[Mark Story]

Skyline, the colonoscopy prep would be a breeze.

[Matt Jones]

See, I wasn't going to say that, but I actually agree with you. Like, I feel like, I feel like this is going to be. No, I feel like I'm going to. This is just normal week for me. You're going to turn down the medicine? You know what? I don't need it.

[Shannon The Dude]

You're going to go through this on Valentine's night?

[Matt Jones]

I went through it last week, I think. But go ahead if you have time. I had two quick questions.

[Mark Story]

One, you've been on the, the mock NCAA.

[Matt Jones]

Selection, right? Yes, I have. Okay, so how, let's say, you know, we go on a good run here at the end. How much stock will they put into, you know, Butler and Car being. Being out? It's a good question. So. So I appreciate the call. The way the NCAA does it is, I think, a little different than people think. They do not. Here's what they don't do. They don't go, hey, you're hot. Hey, you're cold at the end. They don't do that. But what they will say is if your record significantly deviated during a period where someone is hurt, they will take that into consideration. So if we were to lose these games and then Butler comes back and we win five in a row, we might get credit for them. Not cause it's the in, but because it shows how good we are.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

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