2025-03-24- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

Podcast Summary: KSR - Hour 2 (March 24, 2025)

KSR, hosted by Matt Jones and the KSR crew from iHeartPodcasts and Sports Talk 790 (WKRD-AM), delves into the latest in UK news and views with a strong focus on sports, particularly college basketball. In the March 24, 2025 episode, titled "KSR - Hour 2," the hosts engage listeners with insightful discussions, humorous banter, and in-depth analysis of the ongoing March Madness tournaments.

1. Ryan Lemon’s Memorable Trip ([01:29] - [03:22])

The episode kicks off with the KSR crew reflecting on Ryan Lemon’s recent trip. Drew Franklin humorously laments Ryan’s tardiness, mentioning, “This has been one of maybe the strangest Ryan Lemon trip we've ever had” ([01:51]). The hosts share anecdotes about Ryan leaving his luggage in the hotel lobby and narrowly avoiding a near-miss accident while crossing the street in pouring rain. Ryan himself downplays the incident, quipping, “I'm so fast, I zip right across the street” ([02:25]).

2. College Basketball Sweet 16 Analysis ([03:33] - [06:02])

Shifting focus to college basketball, the hosts discuss the impressive performance of SEC teams, noting that seven SEC squads have advanced to the Sweet 16—the most ever for any conference. Drew Franklin emphasizes the strength of the SEC, stating, “How can you do better than the most teams ever in the Sweet 16?” ([05:52]).

Matt Jones highlights the consistency of SEC teams, acknowledging a couple of upsets but affirming, “overall, I think the SEC has stood up to the expectations we all had going in” ([05:49]). The conversation underscores the increasing competitiveness and quality of play within the conference.

3. Women's Tournament Highlights ([03:02] - [05:18])

The crew also covers the women's basketball tournament, focusing on Georgia Amore's pivotal role. Shannon The Dude reflects on Amore's last shot, “It touched three different parts of the rim. Just that being the final shot of her career, I felt awful” ([04:18]). Despite the heartbreaking miss, Drew Franklin remains optimistic about Amore’s future contributions, stating, “I think Kenny's gonna build a big-time winner here, and she's a big part of that” ([04:26]).

The discussion acknowledges the emotional investment fans have in the women's games, with Amore expressing resilience: “I've had an amazing five years in college. I'm not gonna let one shot define my time” ([04:43]).

4. Officiating Controversies and Discussions ([06:02] - [11:56])

A significant portion of the episode delves into officiating in college basketball. The hosts debate a contentious play involving Gene Stratford, a CBS referee, discussing whether a player walked before making a crucial shot. Matt Jones asserts, “I think a walk is a walk,” ([09:30]), while Shannon The Dude suggests, “Maybe they should reconsider having every official try to explain an arena full of people what happened” ([10:07]).

The conversation critiques the consistency and transparency of referees, with Drew Franklin questioning, “You can't just get a guy who's a basketball rep?” ([18:24]). They highlight the challenges officials face in high-pressure environments and the impact of their decisions on game outcomes.

5. Callers’ Insights and Betting Discussions ([11:57] - [32:08])

Listeners actively participate through calls, offering perspectives on ongoing games and betting strategies. One caller discusses a missed bet on Lamont Butler’s late-game performance, prompting Drew Franklin to analyze potential moneyline parlays for Arkansas and Kentucky in the Sweet 16 ([31:29]).

Shannon The Dude shares her daughter's bracket predictions, highlighting the excitement and unpredictability of March Madness: “I looked at my youngest daughter's bracket this morning. She's got an all SEC final four” ([42:14]). The hosts encourage listeners to engage with the tournament through platforms like DraftKings, integrating sports betting discussions seamlessly into the conversation.

6. Coaching Strategies and Team Performances ([22:54] - [27:55])

The hosts critique coaching decisions, particularly focusing on Cal's coach Rick, who benched a top player during a crucial moment. Drew Franklin references historical instances where Coach Rick made similar decisions, questioning the rationale behind sidelining key performers: “He did it with Kentucky, Roderick Rhodes in 1995” ([22:54]).

Matt Jones and Shannon The Dude express frustration over inconsistent player usage, emphasizing the importance of leveraging star athletes to secure victories. The discussion underscores the fine balance coaches must maintain between strategy and player management.

7. Community Engagement and Personal Stories ([33:03] - [44:58])

Throughout the episode, the hosts incorporate personal anecdotes and community interactions, fostering a relatable and engaging atmosphere. For instance, Matt Jones recounts interactions with Tom Crane, the Kentucky basketball coach, highlighting Crane's approachable nature: “I kind of really like Tom Crane” ([39:29]).

Drew Franklin shares lighthearted moments, such as coordinating with Annette at Tru Hotel for continental breakfasts and engaging with listeners about local businesses like Don Franklin Auto Vehicles ([37:08] - [37:54]). These segments add a personal touch, connecting the hosts with their audience.

8. Closing Remarks and Final Thoughts ([44:58] - [45:01])

As the episode wraps up, the hosts express enthusiasm for the upcoming Sweet 16 games, anticipating an exciting week filled with intense matchups and memorable moments. Drew Franklin encapsulates the communal spirit of sports, stating, “We love it. It's DraftKings. The crown is yours” ([35:30]).

Notable Quotes:

• Matt Jones ([05:49]): “Overall, I think the SEC has stood up to the expectations we all had going in.”

• Shannon The Dude ([04:43]): “I've had an amazing five years in college. I'm not gonna let one shot define my time.”

• Drew Franklin ([09:30]): “I think a walk is a walk.”

• Shannon The Dude ([10:07]): “Maybe they should reconsider having every official try to explain an arena full of people what happened.”

• Drew Franklin ([22:54]): “He did it with Kentucky, Roderick Rhodes in 1995.”

Conclusion

In this episode of KSR, Matt Jones and the crew provide a dynamic blend of sports analysis, humor, and community engagement. From dissecting the strengths of SEC teams in the Sweet 16 to debating officiating decisions and interacting with passionate listeners, the show delivers comprehensive coverage of March Madness. Notably, the hosts maintain a balance between serious analysis and lighthearted banter, ensuring an engaging listening experience for both regular fans and newcomers alike.

Transcript

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[Drew Franklin]

Hour number two, Kentucky Sports Radio 859-280-2287 here in Merrillville, Indiana. Where's Ryan?

[Matt Jones]

Roll call.

[Shannon The Dude]

My favorite Ryan trip.

[Drew Franklin]

Where is Ryan? He's not here. Remember like the second hour started. What? He's just walking in with his suitcase now like we're doing a show.

[Matt Jones]

My suitcase is still upstairs. Should it be down here?

[Drew Franklin]

You said this yesterday. This has been one of maybe the strangest Ryan Lemon trip we've ever had.

[Shannon The Dude]

It started with the wallet floating down the parking lot and then one the listeners don't know yet is last night he got his room key and went to his room and just left his luggage in the hotel.

[Matt Jones]

That's true.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. When he went back to his room, he just left his luggage in the lobby.

[Shannon The Dude]

Just took the key up to the room.

[Matt Jones]

Annie nearly got ran over last night in the middle of the street.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't even know that.

[Drew Franklin]

What do you mean you don't know that. As we were walking back to the car after the post game show, you almost got hit.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, when I ran across the street?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. 15ft away from you, you almost got hit. It was pouring rain.

[Ryan Lemon]

I'm so fast, I zip right across the street.

[Drew Franklin]

He's been. You've been on one this weekend. That's been great. This really has been the weirdest. Ryan Lemon.

[Shannon The Dude]

We had a good laugh with the T at the front desk checking in when you just took the room key and went to the elevator. Went upstairs and just left your bag sitting.

[Ryan Lemon]

Didn't take my suitcase. I was so tired from all those naps. How was the snoring last night?

[Drew Franklin]

You also sleep like a. Like an 85 year old, like, nursing home.

[Ryan Lemon]

I think one of the greatest things in life is a good nap in the afternoon.

[Drew Franklin]

Sleep all the time.

[Ryan Lemon]

I love it.

[Matt Jones]

Three hours.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, you. He really does. Like, he'll. We'll just be sitting there and he'll be asleep.

[Matt Jones]

The oldest out of all of us.

[Drew Franklin]

But you're not ancient. You're. But you sleep all the time.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's why I'm always at my tip top, best condition.

[Matt Jones]

Like right now.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

This has been my favorite Ryan trip. Love me some Ryan.

[Drew Franklin]

Thank you for being here.

[Ryan Lemon]

See, I wanted to go up, get my suitcase. I didn't want to be the only one that didn't have their suitcase down. Well, now I am. No, yours is not here during one.

[Drew Franklin]

Of these other breaks. 859280, 2287. Text machine. 772, 774, 5254. A couple other things. First of all, the women's team, that was a painful loss.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's tough.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, Georgia Amore has the little float. I mean, they had three shots before that that were open. And then George Amore with a little floater doesn't go in. I thought she had a great attitude about it after the game. She said, I've had an amazing five years in college. I'm not gonna let one shot define my time. That's a good percent for her. But, you know, I mean, I think Kenny's gonna build a big time winner here, and she's a big part of that. She was fun to watch. She didn' she. She didn't shoot well a lot of the game until the end. And then she got hot and played really well in the fourth quarter.

[Matt Jones]

It was a good first year, you know, and that game yesterday, yeah, she missed that last shot. But they would not have even been in the game if it weren't for some big shots that she knocked down late in that game too.

[Drew Franklin]

So she's fun. And the rest of the team, I mean, that was a great performance. I hate that they lost. Chances are they were going to lose in the next round to USC anyway. But it was still nice to. To see them have a run. And Kenny's gonna. We're gonna make a Final Four with him. I genuinely believe that.

[Shannon The Dude]

I was very bummed. I mean, if they lose by 10, that stinks if, you know, you got beat. But the fact they got her such a good look at the end, what. It touched three different parts of the rim. Just that being the final shot of her career, I felt awful. Actually, her comments made me feel better when I realized that she was. I'm not gonna say okay with it, but she handled as well as you could given that moment, because that's something she'll probably think of for years.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

Little nightmares about.

[Ryan Lemon]

Seemed like the fans were awesome. You know, they filled Memorial Coliseum. Kind of a reflection of what they felt like Brooks did this year with the team. Yeah, they were there. Full support.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. So it was that. That was the only bummer on an otherwise positive day. The SEC has seven teams in the Sweet 16, the most ever for any conference in the history of college basketball. There were some people kind of dancing on the SEC's graves after the first round. They were only eight and six. Oh, why are you so good? I said, wait till the second round. And seven of eight, one, including a.

[Matt Jones]

Couple of upsets, There's a couple of disappointing losses. I feel like in the first round, Vanderbilt being one of them. But, you know, overall, I think the SEC has stood up to the expectations we all had going in.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, how can you do better than the most teams ever in the sweet 16?

[Shannon The Dude]

You said in real time, people were dunking on the conference because the 12, 13, 14 teams were losing. I mean, what you expect? Yeah, I mean, okay, the big ones haven't played yet. I mean.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, our 13th place team lost to Gonzaga, who was top 10. Kim Pom. Oh, well, that's shocking. Here's the thing. There's a lot. There's gonna be a lot of hot takes today from people going, oh, they'll never be a mid major, make a run again. Because like this sweet 16 is power dominated. 7 sec, 4 big 10, 4 big 12 and Duke. That's basically only one acc. Here's what I would say about that. I do think the portal is going to make it harder for mid majors, but we're only two years removed from Florida Atlantic being in the Final Four and the portal existed then. Right. You know, my Florida Atlantic and San Diego State were in the final four years ago. We're only one year removed from Oakland beating Kentucky. This is just like it happens. Colorado State was one buzzer beater away from being in the Sweet 16. Right. I think what happened this year is the good teams were really good and I think it was hard for there to be like an Oakland this year. But that'll change. Like the, the portal certainly does help. The, the, the big schools are getting older, which makes them harder to upset. I freely will grant you that. But you know, I mean take a team like Drake. All right, so Drake will probably lose their one or two best guys to a big school, but what they're going to do is they're going to go get Eastern Kentucky's best place. Sure. You know what Eastern Kentucky's gonna do? They're gonna go get a Division 2 school's best player and it's gonna still. What has happened that I think college basketball fans should be thrilled about is that the quality of play is so much better.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

In college basketball the, the quality of play is infinitely better than it was five years ago in terms of how good these teams are. These teams are good. And I think it makes these games more exciting to watch. And, and you know, like take the women's game. I enjoy watching the women's game, but the women's game has not had mid majors ever. The best teams are always a lot better than everybody else and people still are enjoying the women's game. It's been on a rise. It's fun to have. I mean the women's game sees no upsets in the first round ever. Right. And it's still a very popular sport. So there's going to be a lot of dunking of people who just like to dunk on men's college basketball. I feel lower. Boys only. How I became a Southern Baptist preacher, but I don't care. Jackson Robinson and Kobe Bray and Lamont Butler and Amari Williams. They're always going to have a place in Kentucky fans heart.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

And the portal, the nil. It's, it's. That doesn't change that.

[Ryan Lemon]

You know the tournament was, was chalky this year. That happens.

[Drew Franklin]

It happened. If you go back, it happened in 2017 or 2018. It was all great team.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's right.

[Drew Franklin]

And you know what? Then the next year you get something crazy like that's how it goes.

[Shannon The Dude]

We all like A Cinderella. Well, not all the Cinderellas. Last year Cinderella sucked, but sometimes that makes the second weekend have some blowouts. How awesome is this next weekend going to be? All these great teams playing each.

[Drew Franklin]

And you're gonna have. I mean, you had some good. Did you think Derek Queen walked on that play? That's the big controversy today. People deciding whether he walked.

[Ryan Lemon]

He still hit it. I'd hate to take it away from him. He still hit a big time shot.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't think you can call that. If it's close.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Like, I don't think he walked, but if he did walk, it was so close. I don't think you can call that.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

What do you think?

[Matt Jones]

I think a walk is a walk.

[Drew Franklin]

Do you think he walked?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, and I think they probably should have been called. But in that moment, now, Gene Stratford.

[Drew Franklin]

Tour says he didn't walk, but he. I think I will say, the dude they have doing the rules for cbs, he never disagrees with an official.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, because he's one of them.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. He knows who he's paying.

[Drew Franklin]

He doesn't disagree with any official.

[Matt Jones]

Probably all his buddies.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes, he will not.

[Matt Jones]

Like, if you were out there making a bad call, I'd have to say, well, you made a bad call.

[Drew Franklin]

No, you would. Yeah. You would say I made a bad call. He will not say any of them make a bad call.

[Shannon The Dude]

I. I have a new. I don't know if I would say. Well, just a suggestion.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Shannon The Dude]

Officiating. Not every official is built to go to a microphone in arena and announce his decision.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, my.

[Shannon The Dude]

My guy last night was not ready to tell that crowd what's going on. He's like, what?

[Drew Franklin]

You say, oh, man, why you gotta do that? Well, I know what's my point? But you're right. He would come up to the microphone and go.

[Matt Jones]

To be fair for these guys, I mean, they signed up to be officials.

[Drew Franklin]

I know he's not. But like, you, you might take a spokesman for the group. Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

I'm not trying to pile on them. I'm saying maybe they should reconsider having every official try to explain an arena full of people what happened.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

Because I don't.

[Drew Franklin]

Because I was ready. I mean, on television, I just hear it.

[Matt Jones]

You had the ball.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I had friends going, what is this referee saying? And, yeah, and then again, I saw it last night on the highlights. There was.

[Ryan Lemon]

We were laughing at him. We played over the arena, and we're like, what did he just say?

[Drew Franklin]

Do that to that guy? Like, you know, he shouldn't put NFL.

[Shannon The Dude]

Refs, they want that camera time. They love shouting to the crowd and everybody at home what they're calling and getting on the mic. The, the, our guy last night, he was just there to blow whistles. He wasn't built for it.

[Drew Franklin]

Who's, by the way, got the end of, the end of game reviews? I mean, they have to address this. The off season, right? NBA rule.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yep.

[Drew Franklin]

NBA rule. You get one or one or two a game and that's it. Like the NBA rule. They got to stop the, the Oregon Arizona game. They stopped every play, every time it went out of bounds.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think they rely too much on it. They know if they get it wrong, they can just use it as a crutch.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. And let me also say that that goaltending rule that I hate almost came back in one of those games. I can't remember which. It was to hurt him the other day because they hit the rim. It was like with three minutes to go and they didn't check it. And it could have completely changed the way they played the end of the game. I think it was Arkansas, St. John's.

[Shannon The Dude]

That we talked about several minutes later.

[Matt Jones]

I'm glad we have it. But you're right, I mean, it almost gets abused at the end of the game, at the last minute. Takes 12 minutes to finish.

[Drew Franklin]

That's right. Who's up next? Taylor is up next. Taylor, go ahead.

[Caller]

Hey, Matt and crew. A long time listener, first time caller who are, hey, I live in Missouri and I got a beautiful wife and two baby boys. Can you guys try to explain to her the reasons for my actions around this time of year?

[Drew Franklin]

And well, there is no reason we all lose our minds. I mean like you can step back objectively. I mean, again, think of me yesterday standing in the middle. But I mean, I have tickets to the game. Shannon and Ryan are sitting on the front row. I could just go sit next to him, right. I walk outside and stand. I walk through a torrential downpour and get drenched and stand in a bank building in a soundless room and rock.

[Matt Jones]

Like a crazy person.

[Drew Franklin]

But it's perfectly reasonable because this matters. I know it's like 19. Well, these are 21 and 22 year olds throwing a round ball through a hoop. And it seems silly, but it's not like it's a part of our culture. So you should tell your wife. Know, what does your wife like to do? Does she watch like Real Housewives of, of, you know, Bel Air, Irvine? What, what does she watch?

[Caller]

Kansas City Chiefs. She's A big guy.

[Drew Franklin]

So she's the same way for the Chiefs. I mean, I'm sure she goes crazy, too, but, like, there'll be people who don't watch sports, who watch Real Housewives. Well, that's fake. And then you. And. And you don't even win anything in that. That's just watching old hens yell at each other. So you should enjoy this. I don't. I appreciate the call. I don't. I. I don't understand how people can't get swept up in sports. You know, when this past summer when I was in Europe and I go watch Scotland play Denmark, and first half, I sit in Denmark section, and you would have thought I was a Dane. I was sitting there going, we have Greenland. Yeah. You know, Denmark. And then in the second half, I was Scottish and I was singing songs about the queen that I shouldn't be singing because I get swept up in the emotion. That's what it's. That's why sports are great, Ryan.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's why sports is awesome. You did it right there. No doubt about it.

[Drew Franklin]

You get swept up in something greater than yourself.

[Ryan Lemon]

And there's something about us as Kentucky fans, we lose our mind. But you know what? We understand why we lose our minds.

[Drew Franklin]

And it brings. I just love sports because it brings everybody together. Right. Like, it brings people together, you know, rich, poor, man, woman, black, white, Republican, Democrat, blue collar, white collar. We're all in this together. Yep. And in that moment, you got these kids out there and they're controlling your fate in that moment. And there's something kind of exciting and beautiful about that, Drew. And I love it. It's like we all search for things that are bigger than us in life, and this is, like it for a few moments, bigger than you and I.

[Shannon The Dude]

Will say most people listen. We all have stories of how we've reacted to wins, good and bad. It affects us for weeks at a time, whether it's a win or a loss. But it's just. We're so invested in it emotionally. I will say, though, it doesn't bring everyone together. My dad being a Tennessee fan, I got a rocky week ahead.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, look, I'll cuss your dad out. Yeah, I love your dad, but I'll just go up to him. I'll go middle fingers up to your dad. That's just the way it is. Just for a week.

[Shannon The Dude]

I'm going to stop by, say hi to him tonight, but it might be.

[Drew Franklin]

Real, and then that's. You can't talk to him for the rest of the Week.

[Matt Jones]

But you're right. I was going to say it. It brought us here to this Marville hotel.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Where Annette's giving out hugs and omelets.

[Drew Franklin]

Annette is the. Annette is so nice that she's screaming in the background. I'm not saying a word because that. Because she's so nice.

[Ryan Lemon]

She's a lot.

[Drew Franklin]

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[Ryan Lemon]

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[Shannon The Dude]

Do reo tell you to say that?

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, my goodness.

[Ryan Lemon]

No.

[Matt Jones]

What? What's wrong?

[Drew Franklin]

Dan dockic and Corey price are going after each other.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, boy.

[Drew Franklin]

During the break. You might want to see that. Wow. All right, we'll take a break. Dan dakich in his hometown, and he's still a goober. We'll be right back. Hey, everyone. Welcome back to bachelor happy hour. I'm Joe. And I'm Serena. And we are here with the I heart music awards and David's bridal who are sponsoring this podcast, and we are so grateful to them. Thank you. Thank you for finishing my sentence. And we are here with our favorites, dot and charity. Where were you in bikinis in the snow? Montana. Okay. She flew out and joined you guys. Isn't it cold?

[Matt Jones]

No, it was we.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, yeah. Bikinis in the snow. We risk getting hypothermia for those photos.

[Matt Jones]

Wow.

[Drew Franklin]

They were sick, though. I don't get bikinis in the snow. And it's like, just like an aesthetic. Yeah. I don't know if him and I did that. If we did like speedos in the snow, you guys would be like, douchebag. Actually, I would be like, let's see it.

[Matt Jones]

Come on.

[Drew Franklin]

I would not complain.

[Matt Jones]

I like him to do stuff like that.

[Drew Franklin]

He's like, no. That's going to be the name of this podcast episode. Bachelor happy hour. Speedos in the snow. David's bridal. If you're listening to Branding a little bit. Bridal Speedos in the Snow. Welcome back, Techie Sports Radio. I didn't realize that the dude CBS uses for the referee, Gene Stretori, is actually an NFL official.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, really?

[Shannon The Dude]

Okay, well, he's the New York guy for cbs, too.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, but why. Why have him do basketball?

[Matt Jones]

You don't think he knows basketball?

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, I would get. Can they not just get a guy who's a basketball rep? They just going to use him for any officiating, like hockey, wrestling? Like he just does all of it.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I guess all the other officials were actually working games.

[Drew Franklin]

Feels like you could actually get a basketball official.

[Matt Jones]

You got the NCAA tournament. You got the women's tournament.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, so just.

[Matt Jones]

You got the cbi.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't think they use one for cbi, but I. I feel like you. I mean, no offense to him, but.

[Shannon The Dude]

You know, I just looked him up. He's one of only two referees ever to be an NFL ref and NCAA basketball wrestler.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay. If he was an Inca.

[Matt Jones]

Just the go.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, so he's just, like, into rules.

[Shannon The Dude]

Big rules guy.

[Drew Franklin]

He's a big girl.

[Shannon The Dude]

What a job, though.

[Drew Franklin]

He just sits in New York, waits for the phone, and he just looks at and goes, yeah, that's out of bounds on him.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, I think the refs got it right.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, it is a great job. You just go, hey, it looks like it's out on him.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, I do the same thing every time.

[Drew Franklin]

So do I. I think that hit Brandon Garrison's hand. Give it to Illinois. By the way, what about that play by Brandon Garrison?

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't know how he made the play. You know, I talked about it last night. I don't know how he got up, twisted his body and got his hand on the basketball.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know how he didn't fall it. When he jumped at him, I was like, this is going to be a play that's going to drive me crazy.

[Matt Jones]

Flex those bones.

[Shannon The Dude]

We knew they would need the bench, but through two games, he and Chandler have been great. Noah hadn't put up a lot of points, but he drew the big foul before halftime.

[Drew Franklin]

3.

[Shannon The Dude]

That sparked the run in the first game. So, so far, so good on them answering the bell. They've been good off the bench.

[Drew Franklin]

That was a great play. And the Illinois coach, was he just mad that they decided to review it at all? Like, it seemed like he was mad that they reviewed it.

[Ryan Lemon]

I think he really thought it went out off the Garrison, like he blocked it.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't Understand about people on things like that. If I'm a coach, a foul call, okay, Argue it. But with the who it's out on. If you know they're going to review it, like, don't you think they're going to get a better angle than you do on it at that point? You watched it in real time from the other side of the court.

[Ryan Lemon]

Right.

[Drew Franklin]

Like, I'm just going to be like, it is what it is. Right? Like it's going to look like it looks.

[Matt Jones]

They review everything. And you're right. I mean, you're going to see it, you know, in slow motion. And there's going to be a definitive answer.

[Drew Franklin]

And I'm just gonna go, well, okay, that's what it was.

[Shannon The Dude]

Just trust Gene in his room in New York.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Figured out.

[Ryan Lemon]

A lot of old man voices today on the show.

[Drew Franklin]

Back to you, Kevin. Excuse me. There's a kid named Mario who won't leave me alone.

[Ryan Lemon]

Stalker.

[Drew Franklin]

Who's up next?

[Ryan Lemon]

Dalton is up next.

[Drew Franklin]

Dalton. Go ahead, Dalton. What is happening?

[Matt Jones]

He said we got lucky. Illinois fan.

[Caller]

I pledge allegiance to the apple. I'm not an attorney, nor have I ever wanted to be an attorney. And watch the way you talk about Ryan Lemon's sixth hometown. Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

The one he doesn't know how to pronounce.

[Caller]

I got a psa. And then why I'm not worried about Tennessee. First of all, anybody that's trying to listen to Tom Leach through an Internet device, the varsity app, it puts all the games on there with the university's color and commentating. Listen, Tom Leach, you don't have to sign up. You hit the skip button and go right to it. I don't know how many times I'll let you hit that skip button, but it's still working for me.

[Drew Franklin]

Interesting.

[Shannon The Dude]

I actually told Tom I would spread that message, so thank you, sir.

[Drew Franklin]

It's on the. You can listen to it during the game, live.

[Shannon The Dude]

Basically the sync we did all season. You now have to use the varsity app to keep doing it because it's not on.

[Drew Franklin]

So you can do the varsity app. Tom Leach approved.

[Caller]

It's Clearfield giving you jmi.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Caller]

Anyway, I'm not worried about Tennessee. We go to Milwaukee, we beat up on Troy, we beat up on Illinois, and we're going to beat up on Tennessee because ain't nothing but a bunch of soft soy boys. Three in a row ain't hard. The Lakers could beat Dunbar three times in a row. And we can beat the dirty Tennessee. Balls. No cats.

[Drew Franklin]

I appreciate the call. We're going to spend a lot of time on Tennessee. It will be a. A very rivalry heavy game. We didn't talk for a second about the Arkansas St. John's yeah. You know, we were pulling for St. John's but that was a. They couldn't make a shot.

[Ryan Lemon]

Could not make a shot.

[Drew Franklin]

Is Cal in Rick's head?

[Ryan Lemon]

What's, what's the stat now?

[Drew Franklin]

Nine of last 11 cows beat him.

[Ryan Lemon]

Nine of the last 11 games.

[Matt Jones]

Or maybe St. John's just can't hit layoffs.

[Shannon The Dude]

However, like in Rick's defense, it was unbelievable how many misses they had. What, Luis Jr. Go like 3 of 18?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

How does he bench him?

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Didn't play him.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, I will say this, Pat40 had a great article about the game where he just was like, rick's one of the greatest coaches of all time, but for some reason, Cal is in his head.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

And he noted that Rick has freaked out in three major NCAA tournament games and basically benched his best player. He did it with Kentucky, Roderick Rhodes in 1995. He did it with Louisville against Michigan State with T. Will Terrence Williams. And now he did it in this game where he benches his best player just because he gets mad at him and then watches they can't score down the stretch. And they did it again, like, with five minutes to go, they couldn't score. And the one dude had fouled out Kadari Richardson. And he didn't have his best player in, like, I just, I don't know how you do that. I don't care if he's three for 18. He's your best player.

[Shannon The Dude]

Kept zooming in on him on the bench.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I have the same feeling about Kobe Braya. In games, these struggling, always believe the next one's going in. Yeah, but it's not going in if you're on the bench.

[Ryan Lemon]

Dude was big east player of the year. Not like, you know, he just had a bad game. You got to play, man.

[Shannon The Dude]

And when a player's that good, sure, he's been bad for 37 minutes, but at any moment they can flip that switch. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, they had the ball down three. I mean, you got to get him in. Right.

[Ryan Lemon]

Crazy.

[Drew Franklin]

And, and, and they didn't do it. And then Cal, I mean, you want to talk about being excited? First of all, somebody's got to tell him, what is with that coat? He looks like a Pizza Hut tablecloth.

[Shannon The Dude]

Book it.

[Matt Jones]

I kind of like it.

[Ryan Lemon]

He's winning.

[Drew Franklin]

You like it? You think it looks good?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it looks good on Cal.

[Drew Franklin]

I did think Megan and, and I thought that was sweet.

[Ryan Lemon]

That was powerful.

[Drew Franklin]

I did. Yeah, I did think Megan and Ellen was sweet.

[Shannon The Dude]

I tugged on my heartstrings.

[Drew Franklin]

I, I mean, I'm not Cal's unbearable after wins like that, but that was sweet because, I mean, you know, it's hard on people's fans.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes, it is.

[Drew Franklin]

So I thought that was nice. And I thought the picture of the two of them, you know, what, 30 years ago and then. Yeah, that was in the, in the same place. That was kind of.

[Matt Jones]

Did you see the video, though, after it was all over and they were walking in the tunnels. They passed each other. Didn't even, didn't even glance at each other. Walked right by each other.

[Drew Franklin]

Why don't they just go, I hate him. That's what they ought to do. We'll be right back. Welcome back Techy Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. Text Machine 772-774-5-254. One person writes. Matt, do you. Would you have rather lost last night than lose to Tennessee on Friday? No. I mean, that was something I kind of thought when the bracket came out. But then the way things played out with, with, with, with, you know, BYU making the Sweet 16 and Arkansas and then, you know, just being in the moment, I'd rather make sweet 16. If we lose Tennessee, it's going to just stink in terms of the, like with their fans. But you get to the second weekend, I think what's interesting is, you know, it used to be the national championship was the thing, and then the Final Four became, in and of itself, a thing. And I think now it has become that getting to the second weekend is a thing. Right? Like, it's like an accomplishment for programs. And so I do think, you know, if we, if we lose, I still think it's hugely beneficial to the program to take this next step. We played up to our seed, right? Our seed said we should have been there. We play to our seed. I think that's good.

[Ryan Lemon]

I agree with you. I mean, it's been a long six years since they've been to the Sweet sixteen. I think it was important for this program to get back at least to that level. So even if they happen to lose on Friday, I'm still very happy they got to this second week, especially with.

[Drew Franklin]

Six other SEC teams getting there. You want to. Do you want to keep up as much as you can.

[Shannon The Dude]

I mean, losing to Tennessee would stink. That's not going to happen. But for the sake of this exercise, 100 times out of 100 times. I'm picking. Winning that game last night and then, you know, if we had to lose to Tennessee, but I think Tennessee would. Could get smoked by Houston at that point if they still don't make a Final Four. Beating us, it hurt a little bit. Wouldn't be big bad in the big picture.

[Drew Franklin]

You know, I think, Shannon, I've said I think there's four teams in the tournament have a really hard time beating and none of them are in our region.

[Matt Jones]

Yep.

[Drew Franklin]

So, like, it's still there for the taking.

[Matt Jones]

We've already seen the toughest teams. Tennessee is going to be a tough game. But, you know, again, I've said this earlier, they beat Tennessee with the banged up roster that they had. I think just getting here to the sweet 16 with the rocks roster that they have is great as it is.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, especially as it is. That's the key. I mean, they are.

[Matt Jones]

If they were fully healthy, I probably wouldn't say that.

[Drew Franklin]

I thought they were one person short before the season started, and then they lose their. In my opinion, best player, and then they're two people short. And so to be here with this group, I don't know how you can't be thrilled about it.

[Ryan Lemon]

And really, they can go into the game Friday kind of loose. You know, there's all the pressures on Tennessee.

[Drew Franklin]

Really goosey, by the way, I do not have tickets, so I.

[Ryan Lemon]

You want people to text you?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I mean, the thing is, like, my mom is allowed to text me about tickets. All right. If you and I have been to each other's houses, you can text me about tickets, but I don't have them. But you. If you want to ask beyond that, please do not text me and ask me about tickets. I don't. I don't.

[Matt Jones]

Would a tweet be better?

[Drew Franklin]

No, no, that will be worse. Okay. I don't have tickets. And if I don't know you, I really don't have tickets.

[Shannon The Dude]

I've already told my wife we don't have tickets, so she's not getting tickets. She's gonna go and watch at a bar.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

So I can't get my wife in. I can't get anybody.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. So, I mean, I can't get you ticket. Like, you can send me something nice like, you know, I'm a student at uk. I can't. I can't afford to go. And I totally appreciate that and I'd love to help you and if I could make the arena bigger, I would, but I don't. I don't have any tickets.

[Shannon The Dude]

It's a tough one. Tough tickets.

[Matt Jones]

We'd love to hear your sob stories, though.

[Shannon The Dude]

You can go up there and go to the pregame show and see the atmosphere.

[Drew Franklin]

No, I think it'd be fun to just be an indie.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

You know, we were supposed to do trivia tomorrow night. I'm postponing it till hopefully early next week, although that may not be clear either. But just because there's too much going on. Sweet 16 starts Wednesday. You got this basketball. I just. I. I can't. I can't write these questions today.

[Shannon The Dude]

Mario's graphic. You looked excited to.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Why Mario? Why did you use that graph? Mario used a graphic that makes me look. I. It says trivia's postponed, and you took the graphic of me celebrating. Why did you do that? But I'm not. It is a good picture, but I'm not celebrating. Like, I. I want to do it. It's just. I can't.

[Matt Jones]

No trivia. I hate doing that trivia.

[Drew Franklin]

No, I enjoy doing the trivia, but you made it look like I didn't enjoy doing the trivia. You have Kevin Harlan on your mind, and, like, it's not. It's leading you to not focus. I hope your girlfriend knows she's gonna have to wear a mask this week. Kevin Hart.

[Matt Jones]

Will he be calling the game? And.

[Drew Franklin]

No, we got Steve Lapis. How do you feel about Catalon? Actually? All right, here's the thing. I'm a little surprised. We got the worst announcing pair and we're on tbs, which I. Which I was told is because they now do it to where CBS gets to pick first one night and TBS the other night. So presumably CBS picked Duke on Thursday, and then TBS got to pick the best game on Friday and got us.

[Shannon The Dude]

So we couldn't get Harlan because of the restraining order, so it eliminated him.

[Drew Franklin]

Steve Lapis is a really good announcer with a really annoying voice. Have you ever heard him speak?

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Just not paid attention.

[Drew Franklin]

He's a really good announcer. Listen to the substance of what he says. But his voice, he's very much like. He's got that. Like, I don't know if it's Brooklyn or Philly. Like, it's. It's. It's. It's a thing. It's a distinct thing.

[Shannon The Dude]

Didn't we get Evan Washburn, though? He's got great hair.

[Drew Franklin]

Evan Washburn does. He's, like 43 years old with tie dyed. With not tie dyed. What am I looking for? Highlight bleached.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Our friend over here from Valpo told us that The Indiana High School State Tournament is also going on next weekend.

[Drew Franklin]

That's something to think about when you're talking about hotels. All right, the regional Sweet 16 is Friday. Elite 8 is Sunday. But on the Saturday in between is the state high school tournament.

[Ryan Lemon]

And it's eight. Eight teams coming in.

[Drew Franklin]

So Indianapolis is going to be. I mean, if you don't have hotel, get it now.

[Ryan Lemon]

Whoa.

[Drew Franklin]

Who's next?

[Shannon The Dude]

Bram is up next.

[Drew Franklin]

Bram. Go ahead, Bram.

[Caller]

Hey, guys. After that first round performance, I knew Lamont Butler was gonna, you know, try and find his shot in the game. I made a parlay on the great DraftKings sportsbook. The crown is yours. And just missed out on $300 by four Butler points. So that one and one he missed late in the second half, and then when he passed off to Almanor for those last free throws, put a little damper on an otherwise great night. But my question for you is, what do you think about an Arkansas, Kentucky moneyline parlay for the sweet 16?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, you know, they played. They play Texas Tech. That's a tough matchup for them because Texas Tech is very tough. I don't know what's going to happen with them. I really don't. I haven't really thought a lot about it. I mean, both. I think Arkansas is going to be an underdog and so is Kentucky. So you could probably get some money if both those here. I think they both have a chance. I mean, I. I think there's going to be some really good games in that next round. Alabama, BYU, both those teams might score 150 points. I mean, that, that, that'll be wild.

[Matt Jones]

Kentucky is a four and a half point dog right now.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

The moment I saw the Illinois sign when we crossed last night, I bet Kentucky to win and cover better. Both.

[Drew Franklin]

You better.

[Shannon The Dude]

Plus 180. I mean, we weren't half a mile into Illinois and I was on DraftKings.

[Drew Franklin]

Hey, I love it. You know, I did pretty well at the casinos.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, you cleaned up the casino?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Bet Arkansas Moneyline and we'll let you come back. Illinois women, that's what you want, is five and a half.

[Ryan Lemon]

That was the big.

[Drew Franklin]

That was the big one. I felt it had done some scouting on Creighton. Knew they were overrated.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, they were up five at halftime. He said they're going to hold. Hold serve.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, Drew and I retired. A USC fighter. Yeah, we bet on.

[Drew Franklin]

That was a great moment. You all decided to bet on a woman for ufc. Not only did she lose, she retired.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, lost. Lost in the first round and laid them down. Laid the gloves down in the middle of the octagon.

[Shannon The Dude]

I went zero on basketball and. Oh, and four on ufc. Because Shannon just can't just.

[Drew Franklin]

You can't just bet UFC based on how good they look in their uniform. Like, that's. That doesn't always see the other girls.

[Shannon The Dude]

I was just going off names. Shannon was trying to get me to do it.

[Drew Franklin]

Who's next? Ben is up next. Ben, go ahead. Ben.

[Caller]

And Matt, first time caller who I say that I was just wanted to say that I. I was watching the game last night. Both teams. Both teams played pretty, pretty well. Glad we eventually got the victory there. And I'm interested to see what's going to happen this Friday with Tennessee. I know Tennessee, Tennessee's a good team. We've already beat him twice, but there is a little bit of pressure on both sides. I think now that knowing we beat them twice and seeing if we can do it again.

[Drew Franklin]

But.

[Caller]

Yeah, that's all I had to say.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, no, you're. You're exactly right. I appreciate the call. I think we'll see what happens. I do want to wait and focus on our matchup with Tennessee later. I do want to enjoy this, Will. All right, so some new coaches. How do we think they're going to do? We'll wait at NC State. Eight kills it, right.

[Ryan Lemon]

He. He wins everywhere he goes, you know, kill it.

[Drew Franklin]

And he's perfect because he'll just, like, throw his middle finger up to Duke of North Carolina.

[Ryan Lemon]

You're right.

[Drew Franklin]

Which is what you need to do in that job. He will not be scared of Duke or North Carolina at all. That's about as perfect to hire as they could have made.

[Shannon The Dude]

They've been running third on Tobacco Road for a long time. He will walk right in and try to shake that up.

[Matt Jones]

Great hire for NC State. I think he'll do well there.

[Drew Franklin]

Sean Miller leaves Xavier after they took him back. Sean Miller, like, was desperate for a job. Xavier goes, all right, you can come back here for a second time. And now he leaves him again and goes to Texas. You can certainly can't go home a third time. But you think he'll do well at Texas?

[Ryan Lemon]

See, you know, there's a ton of nil money down there at Texas. And he's a good. I think he's a really good coach. I think he'll really, really do well down there.

[Shannon The Dude]

I want to know what happened in Dayton when they played each other. Was there a little.

[Drew Franklin]

Just.

[Shannon The Dude]

Did he just walk across the other side of the arena and talk to the ad.

[Drew Franklin]

That's true. I didn't think about that.

[Shannon The Dude]

Just a direct hire from across the board.

[Drew Franklin]

Some people think Xavier's gonna hire Chris Mack, a former player. Former player, Former coach. Yeah, he coached there, too. They just keep going back and hiring guys again.

[Matt Jones]

So we just keep adding great coaches in the sec. I mean, that's going to be even better next year.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean. And by the way, the portal opens today, which is another thing. Like, it'd be interesting to see. How does Kentucky manage this? Because the portal opens today and they gotta. They gotta be working on it because we're gonna be hearing names all day, getting in the portal. The portal opens today.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, you're getting ready for Tennessee, but you got to have some coaches their eye on that portal because you got to rebuild a roster for next year.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, that's why it's. It's good to go far in the tournament. We all want to do that. But it does set all these teams back a little bit because the ones that are out can just sit there and have nothing to do but call these players and be recruiting.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, well, but at least we can go. We'll call you back when we actually get eliminated. When it comes to college basketball, one thing's for sure, you don't know what's going to happen. Whether it's upsets, buzzer beaters, Cinderella advancing. It's all there. And you can do it at DraftKings. Sportsbook. Drew's already done it for the Kentucky game. And if you want to participate, 5 get $200 in bonus bets instantly. But bet the unexpected with the draft king sportsbook. Bet five get $200 instantly. Use my promo code. That's KSR. KSR makes it happen. It's DraftKings. The crown is yours. If you have a gaming problem, call 100 GAMBLER 18 plus Kentucky only. Eligibility restrictions apply. They just keep getting louder. New customers only. Bonus expire 168 hours after issuance. For additional terms, responsible gaming resources, see DKNG Co/Audio. We'll take a break and be right back. Hey, everyone. Welcome back to Bachelor Happy Hour. I'm Joe. And I'm Serena. And we are here with the Iheart Music Awards and David's Bridal who are sponsoring this podcast and we are so grateful to them. Thank you. Thank you for finishing my sentence. And we are here with our favorites, Daughton and Charity. Where were you in Bikinis in the snow? Montana. Okay. She flew out and joined you guys. Isn't it cold?

[Matt Jones]

No, it Was we?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, yeah. Bikinis in the snow.

[Matt Jones]

Getting hypothermia for those photos.

[Drew Franklin]

Wow. They were sick, though. I don't get bikinis in the snow.

[Matt Jones]

Just like an aesthetic.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know if him and I did that. If we did like speedos in the snow, you guys would be like douchebags in the snow. Would be. I would be like, let's see it.

[Matt Jones]

Come on.

[Drew Franklin]

I would not complain him to do stuff like that. He's like, no. That's going to be the name of this podcast episode. Bachelor Happy hour. Speed is in the snow. David's Bridal.

[Shannon The Dude]

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[Drew Franklin]

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[Ryan Lemon]

My man said his dad grew up in Danville, moved up here in northern Indiana, but he stayed true to his blue roots and his Kentucky fan.

[Drew Franklin]

Thank you very much. Richmond gets our KSR text today says Mario leaves the house every day and he listens to the song you'll never leave Harlan alone.

[Matt Jones]

It's a great bromance.

[Ryan Lemon]

It is a good bromance.

[Matt Jones]

Bromance though.

[Drew Franklin]

It is. I mean, he doesn't know you back.

[Matt Jones]

He doesn't know that you're in love.

[Drew Franklin]

With him, but he does it. You'll never leave Kevin Harlan alone.

[Ryan Lemon]

Now, Mario kind of said the same thing about you and Tom Crane yesterday.

[Drew Franklin]

Tom Green, I have just become genuine friends.

[Matt Jones]

He is so nice.

[Drew Franklin]

He's like the nicest guy. Like, I am starting to really like. I. I mean, Drew and I were talking about how much we've made fun of Tom Crane over the years. He was like, next to you four. I talked to Tom Green more than anyone this weekend.

[Shannon The Dude]

Last night at the hotel while Mario was looking at Kevin Harlan swimsuit pictures, I was deleting Tom Crane tweets because I feel so bad for any joke I've ever made.

[Drew Franklin]

I know the game was about to start.

[Shannon The Dude]

He's courtside for the radio broadcast, and he called me over to him to ask me what restaurants I've been to.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

When we're getting on the road, if we win, if I'm going to Indy. And I'm thinking, what is going on?

[Drew Franklin]

He asked if he could host again this summer. Like. Like, Tom Crean is like the nicest guy.

[Matt Jones]

We always said he's so nerdy.

[Drew Franklin]

He is. But I.

[Matt Jones]

But he's kind of cool.

[Drew Franklin]

He's kind of cool. I can't believe I'm saying this. I kind of. I kind of really like Tom Crane. We were talking burritos. We were talking like, wow. I think he's kind of my guy. I'm not gonna lie to you.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, there was a time where his name came up for even to be the coach here.

[Drew Franklin]

Well. But I do think it just as a. As a person, I think I really like Tom Crane.

[Matt Jones]

Doesn't know me from Adam, and he's walking by me. Hey, how you doing? You know, just making conversation with anybody that'll say hi to him.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I. I think Tom Crane's going to be. Become a friend of the show. I do, actually.

[Shannon The Dude]

Already has.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. We talked about this last night. Amari Williams said he liked weed, a Bix that they. He's a. It's a British cereal that. That you. That he couldn't get in the United States, but it's like Shredded Wheat. And I guess you can listen the whole story on the postgame show. But they went and found him some in Milwaukee. He drank. He ate it with hot milk. And we said we need to find it in Lexington for him. In Lexington, but also for us to try leading into the game. And then somebody told me that there is an Irish grocery store in Lexington, which I had no idea.

[Ryan Lemon]

Me neither.

[Drew Franklin]

First of all, I didn't even know that people thought Irish food was good. Right.

[Shannon The Dude]

Like, it's like bangers and mash, I guess.

[Drew Franklin]

Is that. Is that Irish or is that British?

[Shannon The Dude]

Whatever.

[Drew Franklin]

You can't. They don't think Irish people.

[Shannon The Dude]

You don't want to confuse it. Okay.

[Matt Jones]

There's fish and chips. Is that British or is that Irish?

[Shannon The Dude]

It's both.

[Drew Franklin]

I think it's both. But you have to be. You have to be careful. Irish people don't want you confusing them with British people because there's a lot of history there. But. But apparently there's An Irish place. I did not know.

[Ryan Lemon]

Me neither.

[Drew Franklin]

That there's a little Irish store next to McCarthy. Did you know that?

[Matt Jones]

No, I didn't know.

[Drew Franklin]

I had no idea. What's it called?

[Ryan Lemon]

Feed a Bill, Fit a fitter Bill.

[Drew Franklin]

I think you're just saying extra syllables.

[Shannon The Dude]

I know the name but I've walked by it a hundred times going to McCarthy's.

[Ryan Lemon]

It's fetal or fetal Bill Bil.

[Drew Franklin]

Whatever it is. They apparently have Weed a Bix because they tweeted at Amari Williams saying we've got your Weetabix. So if you at Feed a Bill or Fit a wheel or whatever it is, I'll get. I'll pronounce it correctly if you will get us a box of this Weetabix. I'm glad to pay for it. You don't have to give it to me. And, and we'll. We'll do it with the warm milk and we'll taste what it tastes like.

[Matt Jones]

We'd love to try it. Unfortunately, they didn't have any on the continental breakfast over here today.

[Ryan Lemon]

Listen. But nothing makes Shannon dude happier than a good continental breakfast.

[Matt Jones]

Omelette. Omelets.

[Drew Franklin]

They did. It was good. Who's up next?

[Shannon The Dude]

It's the number five cereal on Amazon today, by the way.

[Drew Franklin]

No way. It's the number five cereal on Amazon.

[Shannon The Dude]

He didn't say that till 10 o'clock.

[Drew Franklin]

That's Amari Williams. I mean that's the. You want the power of bbn. Wow. Weed a Bix is the number five series. That's crazy. That's absolutely.

[Ryan Lemon]

Never even heard of.

[Drew Franklin]

Go ahead. We got Randy up next. Randy, how are you? Randy? Hey, that's called the Kentucky effect on the cereal. Guys, two things. Number one, I looked at my youngest daughter's bracket this morning.

[Caller]

She's got an all sec final four.

[Drew Franklin]

Kentucky, Florida, Auburn and Alabama. He has not crazy Auburn playing final. So she picked Auburn, but that's okay. And second off the third game of the season when we went to Atlanta and played Duke. After that game I said BBN is back in Kentucky. Basketball was back. Look at it now and look at our fan base. This is just. Yeah, I think that's right. I, I, I, I. If you were to go back and listen to my post game show after the Duke game I said something kind of similar. That there was just an energy and a magic back and it's only continued. I mean that was, you know, this team, I mean I appreciate the call. This team went 22 or 20 and 11 in the regular season. That's not like, for Kentucky standards, an insanely great record. Although when you consider their schedule, I think it was pretty good. But it still felt like there was an energy and an excitement that was. That was different. And then I think we've sort. We're. We've seen that at SEC tournament, the amount of Kentucky fans were wild. I know we lost, but it was. It was. It was wild. And then the Oklahoma game was wild. And then same thing here with the energy around everything. And I think this week. This week is going to be like a week of hype. That's going to be awesome.

[Ryan Lemon]

I agree.

[Drew Franklin]

This is going to be an awesome week. I don't know what's going to happen Friday night, but this is going to be an awesome week.

[Ryan Lemon]

You're right. You know, out of their 20 wins, some of their wins were, like, really, really big wins. And I think that's what is added to it, you know? You know, the.

[Drew Franklin]

Excuse me. You want to come join us? Just one second here real quick. I just have like, two minutes or it's going to be over. Just put this headset on right here. Put this headset on.

[Shannon The Dude]

This is a net.

[Drew Franklin]

This is a. Annette, you work here at tru, right?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes, I do.

[Drew Franklin]

You are maybe the happiest person I've ever seen. You. You hug everyone that gets a continental breakfast. Yes. Why do you. Why do you get so happy? I wake up like this. So put that microphone above you just a little bit. There you go. Hey, y'all. Hey. So I wake up like this, okay? So I learned through life that it takes more energy to be negative than to be positive. So let's just say that Mario were to come up real quick. I just got 30 seconds, and he comes to breakfast. What do you say to him when he walks in? Good morning, Boo. Good morning, boo. Give me loving. And Gil, give her loving. Mario, act like she's Kevin Harland. Give her love. And there you go. I mean, because the world is. Is love. Okay? We forget that we got to love on each other and respect each other and be there for each. Each other.

[Ryan Lemon]

Come on.

[Drew Franklin]

I agree with you. Well, Merrillville is a much more beautiful place because of you and that. There you go. And give a message to the people of Kentucky real quick. Oh, I love you people in Kentucky. Okay.

[Ryan Lemon]

I come to Mary in Kentucky all the time.

[Drew Franklin]

Say, go, Cats. Go, Cats. There we go. All right. Thank you all very much for listening. We will be at KS Bar tomorrow. Thank you to Annette. We'll see you later. Cats are in the sweet 16. This is Kentucky Sports Radio.