2025-02-05- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Episode Summary

Date: February 5, 2025
Episode: Hour 2
Hosts: Matt Jones, Drew Franklin, Mario, Shannon "The Dude"
Contact: 859-280-2287
Location: KS Bar Grill

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1. Introduction

Matt Jones kicks off the second hour at the KS Bar Grill, sharing a lighthearted moment about the humorous commercial breaks, setting a relaxed and engaging tone for the episode.

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2. Proposals at Sporting Events

Timestamp: [04:04] – [07:55]

Discussion Points:

• The trend of proposing marriage at sporting events.
• Public figures contemplating proposals during games, specifically Travis Kelsey possibly proposing to Taylor Swift.
• Audience opinions on the appropriateness and sentimentality of such public proposals.

Notable Quotes:

• Matt Jones [04:04]:
  "Travis Kelsey proposes to Taylor Swift after the game. I think that's a terrible bet. He's not going to do that."

• Drew Franklin [05:35]:
  "I'm guessing the percentage is going to be very, very low."

• Mario [06:02]:
  "I think if she did it, like at the Arkansas game and they win, it would be great, but what if they lose?"

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3. Gun Safety Legislation in Kentucky

Timestamp: [10:07] – [13:50]

Discussion Points:

• Introduction of a bill making it a crime punishable by up to one year in jail for parents who fail to secure their firearms, leading to accidents involving children under 15.
• Debates on the severity of penalties and the moral responsibility of gun owners.
• Comparison with existing laws in other states.

Notable Quotes:

• Matt Jones [10:07]:
  "If you leave it out and then an accident happens, it's on you."

• Drew Franklin [12:25]:
  "I can't believe it's not a law already. I'm 100% behind this."

• Shannon The Dude [12:29]:
  "You have a gun. It's not that hard. Lock it up."

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4. Team Defense and Player Performance

Timestamp: [15:16] – [28:08]

Discussion Points:

• Critique of UK's basketball team's lack of connected defense and overall team chemistry.
• Individual performances of players like Travis Perry, Andrew Carr, and Amari Williams.
• Strategies for improving team defense and player contributions.

Notable Quotes:

• Matt Jones [47:50]:
  "Our guys don't like contact. They avoid it. These are finesse players for the most part."

• Drew Franklin [49:06]:
  "He went. Not everybody's Kareem."

• Mario [49:28]:
  "Amari hit a couple of them. So Grant Garrison went. They tried to stick with it."

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5. St. John's Basketball and Coach Rick Patino

Timestamp: [24:12] – [38:59]

Discussion Points:

• Success of St. John's basketball under Coach Rick Patino.
• Comparison with other legendary coaches and his adaptability to the modern game.
• Fan engagement and the impact on the Big East conference.

Notable Quotes:

• Matt Jones [24:12]:
  "Rick is one of the best to do it. It's continued."

• Mario [24:28]:
  "Rick is one of the best to do it. It's continued."

• Drew Franklin [25:41]:
  "They've all seen teams that had five average individual defenders."

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6. DraftKings Betting Picks

Timestamp: [29:20] – [36:05]

Discussion Points:

• Review and analysis of betting picks for upcoming SEC games.
• Predictions for Missouri vs. Tennessee, LSU vs. Georgia, and Arkansas vs. Texas.
• Strategies and insights on utilizing DraftKings for sports betting.

Notable Quotes:

• Matt Jones [31:18]:
  "Missouri, and I'm not downgrading them, give them a lot of credit, but I think they're not as good as their record shows."

• Mario [31:22]:
  "That's a big spread, I think they cover but lose eight and a half points."

• Shannon The Dude [31:42]:
  "I think on the road, Tennessee wins."

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7. Listener Calls and Feedback

Timestamp: [15:31] – [50:43]

Discussion Points:

• Interactive segment with listeners sharing opinions on team strategies and player performances.
• Feedback on Kentucky's defensive efforts and individual player hustle.
• Discussions on the effectiveness of coaching strategies and team morale.

Notable Quotes:

• Caller [15:31]:
  "The reason teams do or do not do that is because of the love for one another and the chemistry in that locker room."

• Matt Jones [47:35]:
  "They see contact and they try to get away from it."

• Caller [47:05]:
  "Our guys don't like contact. They avoid it. These are finesse players for the most part."

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8. Closing Remarks

Timestamp: [43:09] – [50:43]

Discussion Points:

• Encouragement for listeners to pursue physical therapy if needed.
• Preview of upcoming podcast episodes and guest appearances.
• Final thoughts on team performances and health advice.

Notable Quotes:

• Drew Franklin [45:18]:
  "It's early prevention, so just to get."

• Matt Jones [45:19]:
  "Fight what?"

• Drew Franklin [45:31]:
  "Colon cancer."

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9. Final Thoughts and Health PSA

Timestamp: [43:09] – [46:19]

Discussion Points:

• Hosts share personal experiences and advice on health practices, emphasizing the importance of early detection and preventive measures.
• Light-hearted banter about post-treatment cravings and meal plans.

Notable Quotes:

• Drew Franklin [45:07]:
  "It is awful. Yeah. But that's worse than the treatment itself is the prep for it."

• Mario [46:19]:
  "I'm not a doctor. That seems like a good idea."

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Conclusion

This episode of Kentucky Sports Radio offers a comprehensive look into current sports dynamics, legislative discussions, and interactive listener engagement. Matt Jones and the KSR crew provide insightful analysis, humor, and personal anecdotes, making it a valuable listen for sports enthusiasts and UK fans alike.

Transcript

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[Shannon The Dude]

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. Hour number two, Kentucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287 here at the KS Bar Grill. I've been laughing during the entire break.

[Drew Franklin]

You giggled through the whole commercial.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I mean, some of them go away because you get so many texts, but you know, my mom's name is Karen Blondell.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

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[Drew Franklin]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I really like that one. That's the best one.

[Matt Jones]

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[Drew Franklin]

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[Matt Jones]

That one's pretty good.

[Drew Franklin]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

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[Drew Franklin]

See.

[Matt Jones]

And then in Bell county, you know, we talk about rj. DJ RJ all day. That's really for Bell county people. I like that one. All these are making me laugh. I think you guys have done a good job on the, on the nicknames coming in on the text machine.

[Mario]

So can you set up them DJing here one night? I think I'd get a good crowd.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know. I don't know if my mom. I do think if my mom's saying and Larry played bass, we would get a good. Oh, yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, no doubt.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know if she would be on the ones and twos, but I think they would be. It would certainly would be very different than when Shannon's band played here. I think it would be a different kind of environment. Shannon. But. But interesting, right?

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, a little different, but I think they could rock it out. They would definitely have a good crowd.

[Matt Jones]

I, I think that's got to agree.

[Shannon The Dude]

To do that, though. I don't think you're going to get both of those.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know if I'd be able to do it. All right. A Couple things here. Let's. We'll come back to Kentucky. 859-2802. Couple open things. It is eight to one now on the betting market that Travis Kelsey proposes to Taylor Swift after the game. That of course would require him to win and then for them to do it. I think that's a terrible bet. He's not going to do that. With that said, this gets us to something we talk about once every couple of years, which is proposals specifically at sporting events. Do you think what is the percentage of women you think that want to be proposed to at a sporting event? It's something we see happen quite a bit, happens at UK games, happens at college football games. Do you think that women enjoy being proposed to at a sporting event? I don't care. Let's just assume it's their favorite team. Let's assume all that. Do you think they enjoy it?

[Drew Franklin]

I'm guessing the percentage is going to be very, very low. Like very low. I think the most in their mind they want something romantic and sweet and not while you got a beer in your hand in a ball game.

[Matt Jones]

So when we see people like a Kentucky game or the SEC tournament or you think, you don't think most women enjoy that?

[Drew Franklin]

I would say they would be happy, but they don't enjoy it. They would rather it be something intimate, romantic.

[Matt Jones]

What do you think, Ryan?

[Mario]

I think it's a low number. Now if they're a die hard fan and maybe you feel that that's how they'd want it. Sure. But I think most people want it to be its own event and you're kind of attaching it to another event.

[Matt Jones]

Do you think that it's like, that's like buying your wife a bowling ball if you're Homer Simpson. Like, like for the male, it's more about themselves than it is the woman, the woman that it's happening for.

[Mario]

I would assume that in several cases. Yeah. I mean also just, well, what if you lose the game? We're like, what? Especially if you do a big game and you have that memory.

[Matt Jones]

Oh yeah. So what if you do it with like 12 minutes? Like, what if you did it at the Arkansas game? Like, I could see someone doing it at the Arkansas game and thinking this is the biggest game in forever. We're gonna do this. And then when you lose, like, does that stick with you for your marriage?

[Mario]

Well, I have a friend. I won't say his name because I don't think they've announced it publicly, but he did. He proposed the night before the Arkansas game. Big, big Cats fan was ready for a big weekend and, you know, still very excited for him. Congratulations. But I wonder if 20 years from now, looking back on that moment, he'll have a little bit of DJ Wagner attached to it as well.

[Matt Jones]

I also think you should be very careful doing something that's contingent on something that has nothing else to do with it. Right. Like, so if you're Travis Kelsey, let's say he was going to do it. You don't want it to be contingent on you winning because what if you lose?

[Drew Franklin]

Yes, that's right.

[Shannon The Dude]

Do it the next day.

[Matt Jones]

Do it. Do you wait and do it the next day? And people are like, well, Travis Kelsey didn't care about that game. He got engaged the next day. So what do you think? Would you want to do it contingent on something?

[Drew Franklin]

Those two people are such big public figures. You would think they would. That'd be one thing they would do privately.

[Matt Jones]

I would think so, yeah. Because they're such big publicity. Which of the people on this show, the four of us, Mario and. And Billy, would be most likely in the abstract to get engaged at a game?

[Shannon The Dude]

Billy.

[Matt Jones]

You think it's Billy? Probably.

[Shannon The Dude]

I mean, didn't he. Where did he propose to his fiance?

[Matt Jones]

I think he got proposed at like Rockefeller. You mean JFK airport. You think he got. You think he proposed to JFK airport? That would be.

[Shannon The Dude]

Wasn't it where he got assassinated.

[Matt Jones]

He did not ask her to marry him. Where JFK got assassinated.

[Shannon The Dude]

I thought it was in that same location.

[Mario]

There's no way.

[Matt Jones]

No, come on.

[Drew Franklin]

In Dallas.

[Matt Jones]

It may have been in Dallas, but they didn't go to the grassy knoll and then do it, did he?

[Drew Franklin]

I think they were just some romantic dinner.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. I was about to say, if that's the case, we. How have we not been making fun of him from that. That you cannot, you cannot go to the place where someone was murdered and make that where you get. I thought that's what we said.

[Shannon The Dude]

Maybe I'm making this up right now. Let me text him and find out.

[Matt Jones]

He did not get engaged. No. If he did, then I'm. I'm going to have to make fun of him because that would be really bad.

[Drew Franklin]

That's an all timer.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think that's true. I think you're right. It was in Dallas.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So back to question. So he thinks Billy. I think it's Ryan. I feel like Ryan is the one because Ryan would think the part. I think Drew, you and I would.

[Mario]

Know, having already done at no part of me Even considered anything you and.

[Matt Jones]

I would know not to do it. Shannon's not in the sports enough. Mario's too shy.

[Shannon The Dude]

I'm into sports, but I ain't gonna.

[Matt Jones]

Do Mario's too shy to do that in public. I. I think Ryan is the one that would take his shirt off in the middle of the tractor pool at Rupp arena and think that would be.

[Drew Franklin]

The time to do it by process of elimination. I almost have to agree with you. Out of the. Or all of us here, you know, at a middle school boys basketball game, what says love? Like, you know, middle school basketball.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. And you're also spontaneous. I could see you carrying it around.

[Drew Franklin]

Waiting for the right moment.

[Matt Jones]

Waiting for the right moment. But deciding the right moment was during, like, the trancy University of the Cumberlands game on a Tuesday night. Like, I could see you doing that.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, we are going to be in Georgetown tomorrow night.

[Matt Jones]

I hope I'm gonna be there.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I don't know if you're gonna make it.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. You know, I like when. When things in the legislature, I bring them in front of the KSR. Legislature.

[Drew Franklin]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

There's a bill up right now, just got filed in the Kentucky House. How do you vote on it?

[Drew Franklin]

Court's open.

[Matt Jones]

Court's open. This would make it a crime punishable by up to one year in jail if you own a gun and you leave it out and your. Your child were to commit a crime with your gun because you didn't secure it. Okay. And by child, I think it's like 15 and under. So basically, if you leave it out and then an accident happens, it's on you. What do you think?

[Mario]

I don't hate it.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, you think it'd be up to one year in prison?

[Mario]

One year seems a little harsh. I guess it would kind of depend on what actually happened, too.

[Matt Jones]

But, I mean, let's say it was the worst.

[Mario]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

There's. Somebody was murdered.

[Mario]

There are too many stories of kids getting their hands on guns. So something to encourage people to further, you know, be more responsible with them.

[Matt Jones]

So you be that a yes on a year. Well, but it would be. You be classified as a misdemeanor. A. You could get less than. I mean, it's a. Be up to the judge what the. What they. What they did.

[Mario]

Sure. Don't let your kids get your guns, Ryan.

[Drew Franklin]

I can't believe it's not a law already. I'm 100% behind this. People need to be a little more careful with their weapons and not leave them out, because like Drew said How many times we heal stories where a 3 year old picks up a gun, it's laying on the coffee table and accidentally shoots his brother or something.

[Matt Jones]

So let me, let me, let me play devil's advocate to give you side. Let's use your scenario. A kid picks up the gun, accidentally shoots his brother. The parent is already going to be more devastated than even the year in cry in jail could do. Right. Because presumably losing their kid would be even worse than that. Do you think it would change anything?

[Mario]

That's why I was a little indecisive because that situation is different than a kid picking up a gun and going something.

[Matt Jones]

You're exactly right. That's a different situation than if they were to go to a restaurant. And so, but I think the bill as I read it would apply to both potentially.

[Mario]

I was thinking more of like a, you know, a 14, 15 year old getting it and doing something they shouldn't more than an accident. It's tough though.

[Drew Franklin]

I hope it does consider both. I mean it wouldn't have happened if you just locked up your firearm.

[Matt Jones]

You're a Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

I am 100% yes.

[Matt Jones]

It's. What about you, Shannon?

[Shannon The Dude]

I'm also a yes. You have a gun. It's not that hard. Lock it up. I mean that kid could take it and you know, worst case scenario, you have a school shooting because somebody didn't lock their gun up. So I think that's a definite yes. And I have a follow up on Billy, by the way.

[Matt Jones]

All right, well, hang on, let me, let's finish this topic.

[Shannon The Dude]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, so it's, it's unanimous. I'm a yes to, you know, like we are big in this country at like sort of we now are good with weapons pretty much everywhere. I disagree with that, but I'm in the minority on that and I understand. So like I've lost that battle. With that said, if we're going to have guns everywhere, we have to make it to where people are responsible for. We have to make it to where. If we're going to make it to where everybody can have a gun at all these times, then you got at least be responsible for it. It can't just be like out floating in the wilderness. So I actually, I was surprised, to be quite frank with you. The punishment wasn't higher. I mean if you leave a gun out and your kid gets it. Now if you can't, I think it's required that you didn't lock it up. If you. I think there's some things that like if a kid Breaks the law to get it. It wouldn't be on you or something like that, but it has to be like your faultiness that did it. I feel like, you know, with great power becomes great responsibility. Right. And like, you're going to have that in your house. It's up to you to make sure it's secure, at least in my thought.

[Drew Franklin]

Do most states already have this?

[Matt Jones]

I think most states do. Kentucky's one of like 10 that don't, but there's like 40 states that are how near. Some states it's hard to even get a gun. So it depends on where you are. But I think most states have some version of this. We don't. All right, go ahead. What's your update on Bill?

[Shannon The Dude]

Okay. Question was, Billy, did you get engaged at the location of the JFK assassination? His answer? Close to it. Had the ring in my pocket when we were at the grassy knoll. Did it at the observation tower. So right next to it, though.

[Matt Jones]

Wait a minute, hang on.

[Mario]

That's too close.

[Matt Jones]

He did it at the observation tower? Yes, the observation tower for the shooting in Dallas.

[Shannon The Dude]

He just said the observation tower in Dallas. I don't know if this.

[Matt Jones]

What does that mean? I mean, if there's an observation tower for.

[Shannon The Dude]

Next to the grassy knoll.

[Matt Jones]

So it was an observation tower of the shooting.

[Shannon The Dude]

I don't know. I don't know if it's of the shooting, but, I mean, I'm sure you could see that from the observation tower.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, but that's different. To me, if he did it, like at a tower where you. Just to look at the city of.

[Mario]

Dallas, there is a big tower that's called the observation deck of Dallas. That's the big ball thing.

[Matt Jones]

So it's not just to look at the grassy.

[Mario]

No, if it's this that I just.

[Matt Jones]

Pulled up on, gotta be okay.

[Drew Franklin]

Gotta be.

[Matt Jones]

That's not as bad.

[Drew Franklin]

No, he considered doing it at the grassy.

[Shannon The Dude]

No ring in his pocket. At the grassy knoll. It could have happened there.

[Matt Jones]

How many people you think have gotten engaged at the grassy.

[Mario]

No, I'm gonna go exactly zero.

[Matt Jones]

Almost.

[Drew Franklin]

Billy.

[Matt Jones]

Who'S up next?

[Shannon The Dude]

Marty.

[Matt Jones]

Marty. Good grief. Marty, you learn. I learned something new about you people every day. Marty. Go ahead.

[Caller]

Hey, guys. How you doing? First time, long time.

[Matt Jones]

What's up?

[Caller]

First thing. First thing on the. The bill that's going about the gun and the parent. So when I became. You talk about. With great power comes great responsibility. Well, when I became a parent, that's when I became a great, responsible person. It's a shame we have to have a law to tell somebody how to be a good, responsible parent. But besides that.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it's a shame we have to have any laws. But we do. Because if we don't, people don't do it.

[Caller]

You know, because when you're a parent, that should be gone. You know, you put your gun up. That should be. You should have to be told that if you're a parent. But whatever. Back to Kentucky. I think everything everybody has said is right. We have just no hustle on defense whatsoever. We're not connected. And your, your viewpoint about us having not having athletes is correct. Also. I've seen teams, we've all seen teams that had five average individual defenders.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Caller]

Come together and play really good team defense.

[Matt Jones]

You are exactly right. We should be able to do it.

[Caller]

The reason teams do or do not do that is because of the love for one another and the chemistry in that locker room. I think that's our problem.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I don't think they don't. I appreciate the call. I don't disagree with you on how that teams can do that. But I don't think this team doesn't like each other or doesn't have love for each other. I think they do. I just think they're not connected. Look, don't. You don't say, look, the athletes thing is not an excuse. Did Oakland or St. Peter's have better athletes than us?

[Drew Franklin]

No, they didn't.

[Matt Jones]

So it's not an excuse. It's just a. It's just a. It's just a statement. But that. I'm not using that as an excuse at all. Club Blue is the official nil collective partner of the University of Kentucky. Offer subscription services where 100% of the proceeds go to benefit UK student athletes. You can get VIP experiences. They had a game watch party for the Arkansas game. Yeah. There at Manchester Music hall you can get merchandise. You can subscribe at the legend, the icon, the gold level. There's all kinds of access. I think if they had won the other night that those folks might have even, you know, I made it a bigger party. Yeah. May have been a bigger party for those folks. Go to clubbluenil.com choose your favorite sport and you can direct your money to that sport if you want. Or to the general fund. Go to clubbluenil.com and go cats. We'll take a break. Be right back. It's ksr.

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio here at the KS Bar and Grill on Wednesday. Dollar wings all day and night. You can get them at your, at the restaurant. You can get them well at the restaurant. I don't know where, where else I thought you could get them, you know.

[Drew Franklin]

Only a dollar today.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I don't think, I think if you deliver them, they're not a dollar. I think you have, you actually have to come in here and sit and enjoy the ambiance. You know, give Mario a hug. It's not required. You give him a hug. But I think most people do. So you can, you can do that. Mario said he came here last night and then a lot of people stuck around till the end. I'm impressed. I, I don't know if even I could have done that if I was out watching in public by halftime.

[Drew Franklin]

It was one of those games where like Drew said, you, you had to force yourself to watch the second half because the first half was so embarrassing and so bad you didn't want to watch it anymore.

[Matt Jones]

Rick Patino wins yesterday at Marquette. Or excuse me, Marquette beat. He beat him in the Garden. They are Ripertino now 20 and three at St. John's they are 11 and one in the big East. I thought it was funny. After the game he was asked about the game by the post game interview. They said St. John's one even though they missed like 14 free throws. So he was asked about it, and he said, every time they missed a free throw, I killed myself a little inside. Thought that was a little much. Rick, you know, there's a basketball game. But he did say at the end of the game, the fans at St. John's the Garden was rocking. Sold out. First time been sold out for St. John's game in, like, 20 years. Sold out, rocking. At the end, the crowds was chanting or chanting, we want UConn. We want UConn. Because they play him here in a couple weeks. They asked Patino what he thought, and he said, they're drunk. Which I thought was. Was a good answer. Rick's got a real chance to win the Big east this year. How about that?

[Drew Franklin]

He's got them rolling. I mean, they're definitely rolling. People excited about St. John's basketball game for the first time in forever.

[Matt Jones]

Let me tell you what I think is very impressive about Rick when it comes to this, is that Rick has been able to do this and, like, adjust to a new era when other coaches of his sort of legendary ilk have not.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, right.

[Matt Jones]

Like, a lot of coaches of his ilk are getting out of the game and saying, this isn't what I signed up for, for this isn't what I do, blah, blah, blah. That dude is. Is. Is adjusting to the new era and making it work. And I think you got to give him a ton of credit for that. Drew.

[Mario]

Absolutely. I mean, and the fact that he just keeps doing it at new jobs. I mean, he went to Iona and had some success doing well at St. John's when he's done, I mean, you can already said he's going to go down as one of the best ever. Makes you wonder what would happen if he'd stayed here the whole time. But, I mean, Rick is one of the best to do it. It's continued.

[Matt Jones]

Are you rooting for him?

[Mario]

I was about to say I found myself interested in St. John's more than I ever thought I would be because.

[Matt Jones]

Of the excitement around him. I'm going to be honest with you, I kind of do root for him in those games. When we. When we were. When we started falling back, I was kind of cheering for him a little bit and saying, you know, I think I'm kind of for you.

[Mario]

Their brand is pretty big, too. I'm watching that TGL golf last night, and one of the interviews, Keegan Bradley opens, like, how about St. John's basketball? It's like, man, Rick has just got.

[Matt Jones]

Everybody talking about, I'm impressed that they're filling up the Garden for these games. I mean, they are filling up. You know, this is New York City. Right. There's a lot of things to do, and they are filling the Garden up for these games. That's impressive to me.

[Drew Franklin]

I was kind of answer your question. I was kind of fruiting for him when he was even at Iona. I think once he finally left Louisville, we could kind of let him back in our fold a little bit. And then, of course, the way he handled Mark Pope. But when's the last time St. John's basketball's even been relevant? I mean, it's been a long time.

[Matt Jones]

A long time. Yeah. I mean, a long time. So congrats to. Congrats to Rick. I do wonder if we see them in the tournament. I just.

[Drew Franklin]

They're gonna be in our bracket.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Just count on it.

[Matt Jones]

There's a decent chance. Who's up next?

[Shannon The Dude]

Craig.

[Matt Jones]

Craig. Go ahead, Craig.

[Caller]

Hey, sorry, it's actually trade. I was in a bad spot. A few things real quick. I think that Mark Pope is the guy for the job. I think that our expectations in the summer are getting overlooked by our early success. And I think that Trent Noah comes in the game, puts in a lot of. A lot of effort on the glass, even though it goes unseen.

[Matt Jones]

What do you think? Yeah, I mean, listen, I love Trent Noah, and he's had some good games, man. He played 14 minutes last night and didn't do one stat. Didn't have one stat. So while I love him, we. We owe these guys the respect, these Kentucky kids, of treating them like the real players and not treating them like as our nephews playing where they can not do anything. And we still say, man, that was great. Does that make sense?

[Caller]

I hate to cut you off. If you go back and look, you'll see Jackson Robertson and you'll see Andrew Carr. Just watch long rebounds just bounce in front of him while the. While the other guys just going and grabbing them up.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, I understand, but that doesn't mean that. But Noah didn't get any rebounds.

[Caller]

That's true, but he was in there. If you go back and watch him, he's in there trying.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, but you gotta get him. I mean, I. I appreciate the call. I'm not saying he's not hustling, but I think we risk sometimes with these dudes a backlash amongst some fans if we don't treat all of the players equally. Travis Perry played well last night. I thought, in his minutes, especially in the first half. He got in there, he shot, he made A shot. But he also, I thought, looked comfortable. Much more comfortable than he's looked in other games. Praise him, but let's not. I mean, he and Almanor had no stats with 10 plus minutes of play. That's not good. And we shouldn't just act like it is just because he's from Kentucky. I don't think that's. I don't think that's fair to him. I don't even think that kid would want that. Judge him like you would the other players too.

[Drew Franklin]

Trent. No. When you put you in a game, you're in there for just a couple reasons. Hustle, get rebounds, get steals. Play good defense. Almond. Or when you're in there, you're in there for one reason. Shoot the damn basketball, man. He got this with no looks at all.

[Matt Jones]

Fifteen minutes, no shot.

[Drew Franklin]

Dwight. I don't even remember him touching the basketball. In 15 minutes, did he ever even touch the basketball.

[Matt Jones]

I remember him dribbling it twice and it looked like he was going to fall down both times. So it was not, it wasn't the best effort with him either.

[Mario]

To your point about Travis, I thought he was playing well and I even wrote on KS board, travis Perry looks like our best player right now, which is a problem in itself. Nothing against Travis, but when he's the one that looks the best, you're not.

[Matt Jones]

He looked very comfortable in the first half. Not just making the shot, but he, you know, he's looked hesitant some. I didn't, I didn't think he did last it. Maybe because he almost went to school there.

[Mario]

He had the only block in the game.

[Matt Jones]

That is another crazy.

[Mario]

He got a couple of rebounds.

[Matt Jones]

You. We would only have one block and it would be. Travis Perry is the one that would get the block.

[Mario]

Yeah, he played, he played well in his whatever, 12, 13 minutes.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. 859280, 2287. We're going to take a break. We'll come back. I still can't believe Amari got a triple double and the guy called it. Yeah, we haven't even said that yet. He called it on the pregame show. That's unbelievable. We'll take a break.

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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. It is Kentucky Sports Radio here live at KS Bar and Grill. Wednesday, today, tonight into into the evening. 859-280-2287. Let's do our DraftKings SEC picks. These are the games tonight. You go to DraftKings. Use my promo code. KSR. They got all kind. They've got super bowl props now up. You can bet on the color of the Gatorade. Two straight years of purple. Are you gonna do it again?

[Mario]

Sure, why not? I try to do all the wild.

[Matt Jones]

Pretty good that it's purple.

[Mario]

All the crazy stuff. I like to sign up for that.

[Drew Franklin]

I didn't even know they'd already announced the color.

[Matt Jones]

Well, they didn't announce the color.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I mean, on DraftKings, you bet. You bet. Different colors.

[Matt Jones]

Have you never heard of this? I mean, Lorenzen used to talk about.

[Drew Franklin]

But how is it on DraftKings?

[Matt Jones]

Because that's where you bet it.

[Drew Franklin]

So it says purple. Yes or no?

[Matt Jones]

Has he ever. Like what? Like, what's he talking about? Shannon, help me out.

[Shannon The Dude]

I think he realizes that, but he's.

[Matt Jones]

Wanting to know that they pour over the coach and it's like purple, orange. And they each have odds.

[Drew Franklin]

So. Okay, each color has odds.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, I got you now. I've not looked at it, so I.

[Mario]

Didn'T know it says purple.

[Matt Jones]

Yes or no? No.

[Mario]

I always bet the coin toss. I mean, which is stupid because you're.

[Matt Jones]

Just giving away stuff in there. They have the national anthem, which feels, you know, that this is the first year I've seen them go all in on the props.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So that's all on there right now.

[Drew Franklin]

Who's singing the national anthem?

[Matt Jones]

Who is singing the national anthem? Ray Farrah Flossett. No. Who is Kendrick? Is the halftime. Is it.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Is it Carrie Underwood or. Or Brad.

[Mario]

I really have no recollection.

[Matt Jones]

Blair Underwood, John Batiste. Oh, John Batiste. I bet he'll do well. Okay, so Here are the DraftKings picks tonight. Missouri at Tennessee. Any chance? Missouri 6 and 2 in the conference. They keep it going.

[Mario]

That's a big spread, I think. I think they cover but lose eight and a half points.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, Tennessee a win, but Missouri may cover.

[Matt Jones]

Tennessee rolls. Yeah, I think Missouri, and I'm not downgrading them, give them a lot of credit, but I think they're not as good as their record show. So I think Tennessee Rose. What about you, Shane?

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, Tennessee wins tonight. I think a lot of people are. They have a lot of faith in Missouri, but I think on the road, Tennessee wins.

[Matt Jones]

LSU at Georgia. Taking Georgia.

[Drew Franklin]

When Georgia beat us, I thought they were gonna be really good. They haven't played really well since then.

[Matt Jones]

All right, the big one tonight, Arkansas at Texas. Texas a seven half point favorite. Worth taking a Cow money line. You think he's got him going? You think Saturday was a blip on the radar or does he. Has he changed it?

[Drew Franklin]

I think Arkansas snaps back to reality and they have trouble scoring 50 points.

[Matt Jones]

That will be. Well, that'll be more frustrating.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

If they score 50 and lose like 68, 52 at Texas.

[Mario]

Here's the hangover game. We see teams do it all the time.

[Shannon The Dude]

Now that you lost to Arkansas, you kind of need them to win some games so it doesn't look as awful.

[Matt Jones]

It doesn't really matter because when all these teams in the sec, we play them all. So a win or a loss pretty much affects.

[Shannon The Dude]

That's a bad loss, though.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Mario]

It could drop to a quad three if they were to stink, but I would happily take that quad three.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Yeah. Again, the NCAA favors wins. I think it'd be better for Texas to be decent and then us beat them on the road. That's probably a better result for us if we could. If we could make that happen.

[Mario]

If they're really going to turn a corner, tonight's the night they have to win. And then you can start going, okay, maybe they're onto something. But if they drop this one tonight, I think they just are what they are.

[Matt Jones]

By the way, the last. The, the last night on the pregame show, a guy called in and predicted Amari's triple double. This is one of the all time. Like you want to talk about calling your shot. I can't remember a better prediction than this. He did predict we would win. He got that wrong. But listen to this call right here. Go ahead, sir.

[Caller]

BB and it's time to rise up, not get down over that Saturday game. Come on, man. We got a good team here. They got lucky. We're gonna beat Ole Miss. And I believe it. Amara Williams might mess around and get a triple to double. Triple double tonight.

[Matt Jones]

Wow. I mean, that's amazing. That's amazing. Like, that's gotta be. I know he got the game wrong, but that's gotta be one of the greatest all time calls ever to call a triple double. They've only happened three times in the history of the school. And to predict who would do it and when they would do it. That's amazing, isn't it?

[Mario]

Can we take that guy to Vegas now? Like, can we get on the plane and go, that's unbelievable.

[Drew Franklin]

I hope he bought basketball.

[Mario]

Been around forever. There's been three of them and he just decided last night he was gonna call and predict the fourth and nailed it.

[Drew Franklin]

I think it's crazy to. The last one was at Ole Miss. Briscoe's was at Ole Miss, and then Amari got his at Ole Miss.

[Matt Jones]

Two of the four. Unbelievable. All right, who's up next?

[Shannon The Dude]

Let's go to Nick.

[Matt Jones]

Nick, go ahead, Nick.

[Caller]

Hey, guys. Matt, good news for you. It's way off topic, but Righteous Gemstones starts back early March. Last season. Fourth. Fourth season. Everything.

[Matt Jones]

Yes, we're looking forward to it.

[Caller]

Shannon, I don't know if you can hear me or not. You all have a caller that calls in pretty regularly now named Ed. And I'm sure you all remember I make myself laugh every time. Every time you, Matt, says, who's next? And you say Ed. Every single time.

[Matt Jones]

He's a man.

[Caller]

It's a man.

[Shannon The Dude]

He's a man. I knew you're gonna say.

[Caller]

Yeah, that cracks me up. Can I give you one more Ryan quote here from my list? Is that okay?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, of course.

[Caller]

Awesome. Hey, so you all were arguing about something one time a few years ago or whatever. Ron, you were dead set on what you were saying was right. And Matt said, are you sure? And you came back with, the guy I heard it from is facts, and I say that regularly.

[Matt Jones]

A guy I heard it from, his facts. I like that. I can totally see Ryan saying that. That is your kind of thing.

[Drew Franklin]

That is true. Yeah, well, he was facts.

[Caller]

Thanks, guys. I love the show.

[Matt Jones]

Thank you. Appreciate it. 859-280-2287. Dwight, do we. By the way, you follow this closer than me, Drew. Do we have any chance at this, Nate. Amen, kid, or am I going to get my hopes up for nothing?

[Mario]

The fact that he's going to visit, I mean, that's a good sign. I'd say there's a chance. But he's also, you know, there's four other schools in the mix, so I'm not expecting it. But getting on, getting him on campus is a big deal.

[Matt Jones]

When is his visit here for the Tennessee game?

[Drew Franklin]

Tennessee game?

[Mario]

He think he's fourth overall.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I mean, he's ranked one spot higher than Caleb Wilson.

[Mario]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So, like, I do think there's still, you know, there's still a question for me of will we be able to go get an elite freshman? I mean, I know these guys we have are good and Jasper Johnson and Malachi Moreno are McDonald's all Americans, but they are from Kentucky. Right. And that doesn't. We don't get a lot of McDonald's all Americans from Kentucky. You can't like that sort of count on that every year. So I think if he were to get Nate. Amen. That would be like, okay, we get these guys if we. If we want them, right?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. You know, he had to lock up Jasper and Malachi because they were from here. Went and got a Kaden loses Lewis, who's good.

[Matt Jones]

But it's not right. It's not top 10.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. So now he still has to get that top ten guy. He will. I don't know who it's going to be. Maybe it'll be native in.

[Matt Jones]

He'll last one. If he doesn't get one this year. If he doesn't get Nate a minute will not be one this year.

[Mario]

I thought he had Caleb Wilson for months that. I mean, everyone just thought it was a done deal. He's constantly tweeting with the UK commits. We also that video after his commitment where his dream five were all the Kentucky players. For him to lose that one at.

[Matt Jones]

The very end of that, did you think that was a little bit of a troll job?

[Mario]

No.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, they asked him, who are the dream five guys you would want to play for? And they're all guys with Kentucky. That seems like. And he did it the day that he committed to North Carolina. I mean, didn't you think that was.

[Mario]

A little weird watching it? It kind of looked like he was being honest. I almost wanted to be like, are you okay?

[Matt Jones]

Let us know.

[Mario]

Do you need out? Like, do you want to come to Kentucky? Are you sure you want to go to North Carolina?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Mario]

Blink twice.

[Matt Jones]

By the way, North Carolina is going to hire GM for their basketball program. I think that's. You're going to see that that position is coming. I mean, we. We may have a dude that's kind of acting in that role now, but I think you're going to have an official position at each school that is.

[Drew Franklin]

That they almost have to. To handle everything else. The portal, the nil and everything. You need a general manager.

[Matt Jones]

One person writes. Matt, do you think Chris Beard had extra motivation since he was a Kentucky contender that got taken off the list? Maybe. Maybe. I mean, Chris Beard's a good coach. You have to overlook what happened, which is a lot. Really hard for some people. I know he ended up. I don't know if he got cleared or she dropped it, but it obviously ended up going away. But, you know, I think one of the things people need to remember about the time that that was happening is what also was happening at the time, which is we hired Pope and then that lawsuit came the next day. Right from. On the swimming team.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And I think, I don't know this, but that may be why some of that stuff got, some of those coaches got taken off the list. To be quite frank with you.

[Drew Franklin]

I think you can definitely make that.

[Matt Jones]

Because I mean, we hired, we hired Pope on a Friday morning. Right. Thursday night leak.

[Mario]

Thursday night.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, late Thursday night. And that lawsuit broke on Friday.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes, it did. Later that day.

[Matt Jones]

And if you had hired someone with any kind of baggage and then that lawsuit came out, I mean that's, it was already bad. That would have made it much.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

You know, so I've all, I've, I don't know this, but I've often wondered if that was a part of the, of the thinking.

[Mario]

Yeah. Because that was a bad lawsuit that still, it's still ongoing. Right. I don't think we've gotten any resolution out of that. So I can understand. But also it just seems like, seems like Barnhart even leave aside people's baggage, it was Scott Drew then straight to Pope is what he wanted.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. We'll take a break. Be right back. This is Kentucky Sports Radio.

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[Mario]

I've seen people in the gambling community kind of make jokes about fade this and we just goof off and don't even talk about the games. Bring your records and set them on this table right now. All you out there that are spend two hours talking about the games and will in the last seven years and night games, they've come in and haven't scored 20 points and you get too detailed. Bring your records right here to fade this. We'll, we'll talk about books and cooking and Kevin Costner and still make more money betting on sports than you will.

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[Mario]

Maybe Andrew Carr could go get worked out a little more.

[Matt Jones]

He looked a little better. He's been better by the way he looks. He looked a little better.

[Drew Franklin]

What he get, 23 minutes? Yeah. 10 points.

[Matt Jones]

Got some of those easy baskets. We talked about that. I think he's able to do that. We need. So I. It was a little encouraging.

[Mario]

The way he played, was even getting him back in the last game, too, that it didn't work out. It was at a point where he couldn't sit down there for a while. Now he's starting to slowly get back to form.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so before I do the evening here tonight with the pills and all that, any final advice? Well, you told me I can drink water, coffee, apple juice, any clear liquid.

[Drew Franklin]

Just be prepared. I mean, it's not comfortable. It's a mess. And it. Right when you think it's over, more happens. Very encouraging advice I give you.

[Matt Jones]

That sounds awful.

[Drew Franklin]

It is awful. Yeah, but that's worse than the. The treatment itself is the prep for it.

[Matt Jones]

At least it's the worst in the treatment. The way I'm gonna do it. Not the way the guy suggested yesterday. Yes, because the guy suggested yesterday. A different. A different form. I was told by somebody who did that, don't do that.

[Drew Franklin]

Really?

[Matt Jones]

Because somebody did that. Because someone had a guy like him convince them that they wanted to watch it. They're like, you don't want to watch.

[Drew Franklin]

No.

[Mario]

Wasn't that Bob and James?

[Matt Jones]

Bob. But there was another guy who said, don't take the mess.

[Mario]

He said, go all natural.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. That's.

[Mario]

Not that I felt like that during the first half yesterday. That's what I felt like.

[Drew Franklin]

But, you know, we need to mention this. It's proud of you for doing it because more men. Well, everybody, Men and women need to do this. You know, it's early prevention, so just to get.

[Matt Jones]

You want to give a PSA for it?

[Drew Franklin]

I just did.

[Mario]

Mine's around the corner, so I'm not far behind.

[Matt Jones]

You said more men and women, they.

[Drew Franklin]

All need to do it. Just to. Early detection is the best way to kind of fight it. Fight it.

[Matt Jones]

Fight what?

[Drew Franklin]

Colon cancer.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Gotcha. Yeah. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Immediately we leave here, we need to.

[Matt Jones]

Go get a cheeseburger. Now you are gonna have to. Tomorrow take me to go. I don't know if I want a cheeseburger, but, I mean, you're gonna have to take me to go get food when it's over.

[Drew Franklin]

I will Take you to go get a cheeseburger, wherever you want to go, whatever you're feeling.

[Mario]

Are you riding with your hon?

[Matt Jones]

You promise?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Oh, yeah. You'll. You'll be ready to eat something?

[Matt Jones]

Okay. All right. That's.

[Mario]

What do you think you'll want? You got a meal in mind? Well, you're just gonna like Ryan, I.

[Matt Jones]

Don'T know that it's a good idea to immediately go to Skyline. I think probably not.

[Drew Franklin]

Probably not.

[Matt Jones]

24 hours again, I think you want. I think you want to, like. You know, I don't eat a lot of cheeseburgers, but for some reason, it feels like that would be good.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know why, but that was what I craved.

[Matt Jones]

Like, five guys.

[Mario]

There you go.

[Drew Franklin]

Without the greasy fries. Yeah, just eat the burger.

[Matt Jones]

What's wrong with the greasy fries?

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know if you want that on your stomach.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I'm not gonna go after 36 hours of not eating and go eat a salad. Right?

[Drew Franklin]

No, just whatever. Whatever you're hungry for, I think you can go for it. Maybe stay away from the Indian food. The spicy Indian food that you like so much.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I get. My last meal. I gave myself spicy. The Indian food. I did not follow your advice last night. Yeah, I did get. I got in late last night. No, early.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay. Okay.

[Mario]

I'm not a doctor. That seems like a good idea. Kind of starting the process. Give a little nudge.

[Matt Jones]

Now you're thinking about me. You're thinking like me. Who's next?

[Shannon The Dude]

Zach.

[Matt Jones]

Zach. Go ahead, Zach. Thank you. Good to see you.

[Caller]

Well, just real quick, I had two quick things watching the game last night, and I've been watching all year long. Obviously, our guys, when they go to the basket, the only guy that we have that goes hard enough when they get a step is Butler, and he either scores or gets fouled. Like, a lot of times when Robinson and Brea go to the basket, they don't go hard enough. Like, they get a step, but, like, then they do a little head fake or something and fall away.

[Matt Jones]

And I think.

[Caller]

And I don't know what it. I guess these guys just haven't played like that before. But in our league, like, you have to go through someone's chin sometimes to get fouled or score, and they just don't like contact.

[Matt Jones]

This, I think it has been a consistent theme all year. I appreciate the call. Our guys don't like contact. They avoid it. These are finesse players for the most part. And the guy who I think is the most comfortable with contact is Away, but he struggles to finish. Sometimes he just does. And. And, you know, they just don't like it. I mean, that's. You can't say it any clearer than that. They see contact and they try to get away from it. And I think in the sec, that just doesn't work.

[Drew Franklin]

Pope was talking about trying to get guys to go downhill. He's like, right now, Ortega is our only guy that can go downhill. We need somebody else to step up and do that. Who is that other person?

[Matt Jones]

But even though. I mean, it's one thing to go downhill, but you have to be able to either out jump or out physical. The guy that meets you at the rim, and we're not able to do either one of those things. So we end up taking a contested shot over somebody which doesn't usually go in. It is very frustrating to me that we don't get the backside rebound, because usually when the guy comes over, when the road, the help comes to rotate, you should be able to get the offside rebound. But then we get out hustled for the offside rebound. Drew, which frustrates.

[Mario]

Yeah. And always trying. He's the one that's given an effort, but he's jumping into a pile of trees. He almost carries the ball like a football at some point, tries to find a space to get it up. He was, like, 1 for 5 to start the game at the rim yesterday. He kind of reminds me of a little bit of when the 2013 didn't have an offense and Archie Goodwin would just lower his head and run straight into everyone and hope it worked out. I'm seeing a little bit of that from him.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it's. And then I'll never, for the life of me understand the three out of four possessions where we gave it to Garrison for back to the Battle.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, I think they wanted to do that with Amari. I don't know if you want to do that with Brandon.

[Matt Jones]

Background on all three of them. Like, they all missed in the exact same way.

[Mario]

I think Ron nailed it. Amari hit a couple of them. So Grant Garrison went. Checked in. They tried to stick with it. He just.

[Matt Jones]

He went. Not everybody's Kareem.

[Drew Franklin]

No.

[Matt Jones]

Right. Not everybody has the. Has the sky hook in their repertoire. It's only Kareem and George Zedek. Remember George Zig? Never.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't really if I know that.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon, do you know where George Z. Dick played?

[Shannon The Dude]

I remember that name, but I can't remember where, you know.

[Matt Jones]

All right, let me give you a hint. National champion George Zedek.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm still drawing.

[Mario]

I don't even know an era.

[Matt Jones]

1990S national champion.

[Drew Franklin]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

Zedyk. Probably the second best player on that team.

[Drew Franklin]

George Zita on a national team.

[Matt Jones]

Come on.

[Mario]

I'm running through the teams.

[Matt Jones]

Go through the 90s. I'd say second or third best player on his team. National champion. George Zedek. You all claim to host a college basketball show.

[Shannon The Dude]

Rings a bell, but I'm.

[Matt Jones]

Does anyone know? Any of you all know? He would take the ball and he would throw a little. A little hook.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Who do you play for?

[Matt Jones]

UCLA.

[Drew Franklin]

Really?

[Matt Jones]

With O'Bannon.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And. And then he would get the ball. He was the center. Go look it up.

[Drew Franklin]

I believe you.

[Matt Jones]

Go look it up, kids. Mario. What's his name? George Zenik. Was. And. And he. He did the bait, he did the hook.

[Drew Franklin]

How about Amari? A right handed hook shot.

[Matt Jones]

That was nice. I'll give him credit for that to be ambidextrous. That was nice. I have one more.

[Mario]

Amar. I feel like in the last week he woke up and realized that he's the biggest, strongest guy now. He still can be better, but a couple times he realized, oh, I can just pound it in and score easily.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I think that's right.

[Mario]

And it doesn't need to be the option every time.

[Matt Jones]

I'm not. He got a triple double and was our best player. So not a big complaint. But he did give up. Three wide open, huh? We will see you in studio tomorrow. Hope. Hopefully. Hopefully you'll be there and we'll see you later. This has been Kentucky Sports Radio.

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