2025-10-27- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) — Hour 2

October 27, 2025 | Host: Matt Jones & KSR Crew | Special Guest: Josh Hopkins

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Episode Overview

This episode of KSR Hour 2 brings together Matt Jones, the KSR crew, and actor/Lexington native Josh Hopkins for a lively discussion centered on Kentucky basketball—especially the Wildcats’ dominating exhibition game win over number one-ranked Purdue. The hosts reflect on team depth, star performances, optimism for the season, and Kentucky fandom. The hour also features personal stories (including Hopkins’ Lexington 250th anniversary documentary project, and heartfelt tributes to friends and family), comparisons to past Kentucky teams, and plenty of the show’s signature sharp banter and humor.

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Key Segments & Insights

1. Aging, Back Pain, and Kentucky Roots

[01:29–02:17]

• Josh Hopkins, an actor and lifelong UK fan, joins to chat about life, aging, and back pain.

  • “Now you and I are talking about back pain.” — Matt Jones
  • “That's how you know we're getting old.” — Hopkins

• Hopkins is the voice of Lexington’s 250th anniversary documentary. He jokes about being selected:

  • “I don’t know if they picked me but they got me. There was probably a lot of couldn’t make it but let’s call out of work actor.” — Hopkins [02:38]

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2. Breaking Down UK’s Exhibition Win Over Purdue

[02:54–13:04]

Game Summary & Team Reception

• UK defeats top-ranked Purdue 78-65, despite missing two of their three best players and minimal minutes for most starters.

• Hosts and Hopkins alike are excited but cautious not to “overreact” to an exhibition.

  • “It was one of those great Kentucky nights. Even though it's an exhibition.” — Matt [03:23]
  • “I try not to get too excited after one exhibition game. Remember that's what it was.” — Hopkins [03:40]

Standouts: Everyone Picks a Player

[05:20+]

• Hopkins: Modi Abate
  • “He only played limited minutes because he was in foul trouble. Still had nine rebounds…We haven’t had a team that would win a fight, fist fight in a decade.” [05:35–06:20]
• Ryan: Jasper
  • “The guy came out, ran the show, hit the three, very confident, shooting the basketball…He's a superstar in the making.” [06:22]
• Drew: Malachi Marino
  • “I knew he would push Garrison and take some minutes…he looked good Friday night. He went like 4 for 5 from the field.” [06:36]
• Matt: Aberdeen
  • “He just played such good defense. He played the most minutes, made shots.” [07:03]

Depth & Unexpected Surprises

• Praise for newcomers and Kentucky players being significant contributors, not just role-players.
  • “What about like Yellovich? He's going to play, which I wouldn't have thought. I couldn't believe how well he handled the ball.” — Hopkins [07:43]
  • “Pope said Colin Chandler was the MVP…that was quite dunk.” — Matt [08:04]

Atmosphere at Rupp Arena

• “They were so rowdy…just so much excitement and optimism around the place all night long.” — Drew [08:24]
• Matt cites Purdue coach Matt Painter’s quote, “We played our guys 30 minutes. They played their guys half the game…They dominated us and two of their best players weren’t there.” [09:00]

Rebounding & Grit

• Outrebounded Purdue—the best in the Big Ten.
  • “We out rebounded them when they had guys 7 foot 4…and we're still out-toughing them.” — Matt [10:07]
  • “Ten offensive rebounds for us, seven for them.” [10:21]

Expectation Reset

• “Now does everything get ramped up in your mind?” — Matt [10:40]
  • “Yes. Because we're starving for it. It's been a tough football season.” — Hopkins [10:44]

Historical Comparisons

• “We haven’t been to a Final Four since 2015.” [10:53]
• All agree: “This is a perfect mix of a roster. Even age wise, the roster...will go down in UK history.” — A [12:25]
  • “Freshman, transfers, returners—that's just a perfect blend.” — A [12:54]
  • “It's like a good coffee…it is like a good $6 cup of coffee.” [13:00]

Betting on a Championship

• “I changed my season predictions…got rid of the script, changed it to national champs.” — Drew [13:11]

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3. Can This Team Really Win It All?

[13:08–15:14]

• Talk on roster depth, star power, and players who missed the Purdue game.

  • “Our two best players did not even play in that game and you beat the number one team in the country.” — A [14:48]
  • “Would you like to have seen them try to guard Quaintance?” — Matt [15:11]

• Consensus: Even the team’s three best players barely played and Kentucky still dominated—testament to their depth and coach Pope’s roster construction.

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4. Remembering Manny Robertson & Family

[18:15–21:18]

• Hopkins pays tribute to longtime friend Manny Robertson, reflecting on the unique way he connected with people (“Would text them at midnight on their birthday…” [19:17]) and what he meant to the Kentucky community.
• Emotional remembrance of his own father—also a major UK fan and state representative.
  • “I'll forever love him…he was the best and the biggest fan.” — Hopkins [20:33]

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5. Depth Compared to Past UK Teams

[21:22–23:49]

• Comparing 2025 team’s overall depth to star-laden teams of 2015 and 1996.
  • “When you get down to 11, 12, 13 on this team…might be better than those teams.” — Matt [22:22]
• Pleasantly surprised by contributions from freshmen Noah & Marino, plus Cam Williams' NBA potential.
  • “Pope’s actually got a minutes problem that he has to figure out.” — Drew [23:08]
• “If you were somebody that didn't know who these guys were…you would think the second five was better than the first five.” — A [23:35]

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6. Kentucky Players Matter

[24:18–25:07]

• On the impact and pride from having multiple Kentucky-born players be meaningful contributors.
  • “It shouldn't matter, but it kind of does when you see three dudes from Kentucky on the floor and being good, not just mopping up minutes.” — Matt [24:26]
  • “That's the last time there have been Kentucky players that have mattered this much…probably since the '92 team.” — Matt [24:45]

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7. Rising Star Power: Jasper's Potential

[25:13–25:44]

• “Jasper, at least Friday, looks like he might have some real star power…he just had a little shifty.” — D
• “We're gonna have some superstar moments with that kid.” — A

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8. Preview/Tease: NBA Starting Potential

[25:52–26:09]

• “When we come back, I want to know, do you think there’s an NBA starter on our roster?” — Hopkins

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9. Personal Anecdotes: Hollywood, Marsden & Lexington 250th Documentary

[26:49–36:46]

• Stories of Hopkins hanging out with actor James Marsden (“He’s like, with you, but times three…maybe times ten…”) and adventures in LA & Austin.

• Details & fun facts about the documentary Lexington 250 Years, narrated by Hopkins:

  • Origins of Lexington’s name (after the Revolutionary War’s Battle of Lexington)

  • Lexington’s history with hemp & industry (“Henry Clay moved here and got into hemp.”)

  • The University of Kentucky nearly leaving Lexington in 1878 (“We almost lost it. Louisville bid for it.”)

  • “You can watch it on KET.org or PBS or the apps. For my friends who are old like me…it's on KET all the time.” — Hopkins [35:52]

• Hopkins candidly discusses living (and acting) with dyslexia, and the challenges it brings to voiceover and acting gigs.

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10. NBA Futures: Starters or Role Players?

[42:09–43:09]

• Discussing which current Kentucky players could start in the NBA:
  • Consensus: Jasper Johnson, Malachi Marino, and Jaden Quaintance have the best chances. “Quaintance could be a starter.” — A [42:52]
  • Several others could be role players: Ortega, Aberdeen, Diabate, Chandler.

Notable Exchange — UK in Pop Culture

[44:51–46:17]

• Hopkins shares how he’s included Kentucky references in nearly every project he’s worked on, from Paradise to Quantico.
  • “I've never not talked about Kentucky.” — Hopkins

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On the team’s grit:
  “We haven't had a team that would win a fight, fist fight, in a decade.” — Hopkins [06:02]

• On depth:
  “When you get down to 11, 12 and 13 on this team…might be better than those teams [2015, 1996].” — Matt [22:22]

• On Kentucky-native players contributing:
  “It feels real good. It feels great to everybody. You know, it's like the Pelfrey and Feldhouse…Reggie Hanson.” — Hopkins [24:26]

• On fan excitement:
  “We're starving for it. It's been a tough football season…We haven't been to a Final Four since 2015.” — Multiple [10:44+]

• On acting with Marsden:
  “He's my best friend…so nice…I get lost looking at him…his skin, those crystal blue eyes…” — Hopkins [29:12-30:23]

• On narrating the Lexington documentary:
  “Drive around the city now and I look at it completely differently…this building was built here…it starts at the beginning.” — Hopkins [32:03]

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Important Timestamps

• [01:29] — Show welcome & Josh Hopkins intro
• [02:54–05:20] — Purdue game recap, initial reactions
• [05:20–07:03] — "Pick a player": deep-dive on individual standouts
• [08:21] — In-arena environment & Matt Painter’s reaction
• [10:40] — Expectation ramp-up for the season ahead
• [18:15–21:18] — Remembering Manny Robertson
• [22:22] — Historic team depth discussion
• [24:26] — Sentiment on Kentucky-born players contributing
• [32:03–36:46] — Lexington 250th documentary highlights
• [42:09] — Will any Wildcats start in the NBA?
• [44:51] — UK basketball in pop culture

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Tone & Language

• Fast-paced, humorous, and marked by both optimism and comic self-awareness.
• Personal narratives weave together with analysis, banter, and fan fervor.
• Speakers balance depth of basketball knowledge with Kentucky pride and self-deprecating humor (“delusional as a Kentucky fan…”).

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Takeaways

This KSR hour is a celebration of Kentucky basketball’s promise and local pride—a blend of sharp game analysis, rich local lore, and genuine community feeling. The Wildcats’ performance stirs high preseason hopes, the value of homegrown talent is affirmed, and fans/new listeners alike get a unique look into the culture that surrounds Kentucky sports.

Listen for: Enthusiasm about roster construction, Kentucky player pride, in-arena energy, and Josh Hopkins’ unique perspective as both a fan and prominent Lexingtonian.

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It is Kentucky Sports Radio hour number two. We're going to do some basketball this hour. And joining us, one of the longtime friends of all things KSR actor. You know him from Cougar Town and many other projects, Lexingtonian Josh Hopkins. Josh, I remember visiting you in years past and like going out in LA and Austin with all your acting friends and seeming cool. And now you and I are talking about back pain.

[C]

Yeah, that's exactly right.

[B]

That's how you know we're getting old.

[C]

I feel for you, man, because I've gone through it.

[B]

Yes, you've had it.

[C]

Yeah. And it doesn't. Doesn't get better. Doesn't get better. I mean, in little increments, it gets better. But yeah, it's, that's not very nice. It's gonna be your friend for life, buddy.

[B]

That's what I was hoping for. That's what I would like. All right, so I want to talk about you and I want to talk about what you're doing with Lexington because you are the voice of the city of Lexington for its 250th anniversary. Think about all the famous Lexingtonians. They picked you to be the voice of Lexington's 250th anniversary documentary.

[C]

I don't know if they picked me but they got me. There was probably a lot of couldn't make it but let's call it out of work actor. He'll be there.

[B]

But you also are a huge UK basketball fan.

[C]

I am.

[B]

So join us in talking about that performance Friday night. The Cats win 7865 and against the number one team in the country and dominate with two of our three best players. Not on the floor. Not don't have our point guard. Except for Aberdeen. Nobody plays for more than 23 minutes and we kind of roll from start to finish. We get contributions from everybody on our freshmen look amazing. The. The run that takes away the over the game where we go from 5 up to 14 up. 3 kids from Kentucky are on the floor. Josh. I mean it was one of those great Kentucky nights. Even though it's an exhibition.

[C]

It was. It. I mean I try not to get too excited after one exhibition game. Remember that's what it was. An exhibition game. I don't know if.

[B]

Please don't bring us down so.

[C]

No, I'm not.

[A]

It matters.

[D]

What do you mean?

[B]

What are you talking about?

[C]

Listen. But listen, I'm of type that I'm so. I was so excited. I was like maybe Jaden and Jalen, maybe they're going to mess up our chemistry.

[B]

You are already messing up the chemistry.

[C]

Yeah, I'm. I'm so happy. I'm protecting myself.

[B]

All right. I got. I gave my spiel in the post game. Ryan, what'd you think of it?

[A]

I love the pace they played. I love the defensive pressure they played. And everybody, all the college basketball experts. Consensus number one team in America, no question about it, is Purdue. And. And we made them look silly at times. Our defensive pressure just totally took them out of everything they were trying to do, which really kind of surprised me. And like you said, you do it without low. You do without quatin. OA was on limited minutes.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

And you still looked like you were the dominant team by far.

[B]

I was shocked at how easy it was to score against them. I mean we didn't even shoot the ball that well and they could not guard us. Like no chance.

[D]

No. And the ball movement to have been the first exhibition game in October was impressive. They are just so far along. We knew that'd be the case case with a good exes and O's coach and then being older. But they're even farther along than I expected. And, you know, I don't mean to go back and make this comparison, but I think back to, like, well, we haven't practiced this yet, or don't do this against us, or we haven't done defense. That team last night or Friday night was firing on all, all cylinders against the number one team in the country. You know, they weren't perfect in the second half, got sloppy, but they just still seem so advanced for a team that hadn't even started the season yet.

[B]

And it was the number one team in the country that has old guys. These are not new dudes. Like, they're not trying learn each other. So let's do this. Everybody gets one player that really impressed them, and you can't pick who other people pick. Josh, you're the new guy. I'll let you go first.

[C]

Modi Abate.

[B]

Really?

[C]

Yeah, yeah. He. He only played limited minutes because he was in foul trouble. Still had nine rebounds. When was the last time I asked you this? When's the last time we had a basketball team that you thought would beat up, could beat up the other team in a fight in a. Just put them in a room and who comes out?

[B]

Like DeMarcus and Wall?

[C]

Yeah. Yeah, Maybe that's it.

[A]

Yeah, that's it.

[C]

I mean, yeah, that. That was when you had Bledsoe. It was over. But, I mean, we got some men away. Diabate, Denzel, we. We win fights. We haven't had a team that would win a fight, fist fight in decade.

[B]

Diabate, what about you?

[A]

You're going to let me pick. I'm gonna pick Jasper. The guy came out, ran the show, hit the three, very confident, shooting the basketball. Then he called his own number one time late in the game. Then he threw the alley oop dunk. I mean, that dude has got it. He is going to be. He's a superstar in the making.

[D]

I'll take the birthday boy. Then Malachi Marino. I knew he would push Garrison and take some minutes from some people when I didn't expect him to be physically ready as a freshman. Bad dude's playing and he looked good Friday night. He went like 4 for 5 from the field. Had some big dunks I like. They did that little. I don't know if y' all saw on social media. They followed him all day and had some game highlights. It's just a big night for him. So I was impressed.

[B]

He would have been my pick. I thought he was. He's so much better than I thought he would be.

[A]

Oh, yes.

[B]

And I am really, really impressed. Then I'll the only one I'll pick left. I'll say Aberdeen. Just because he played such good defense. He just dog. He obviously played the most minutes, made shots. But really, I mean his defense, he's. He's going to be the dude he. With he and away. You now have two guys who can guard good perimeter threats. Last year we really didn't have that. Away was one. But if he was in foul trouble or the other team had two guards, like, that's why we struggled sometimes with Tennessee. We just. They had too many guards for us with. Now you've got two of those at least. So I really like that. What about like yellow Vich? He's going to play, which I wouldn't have thought.

[C]

I couldn't believe how well he handled the ball. Yes, I had. That was because this is the first time really seeing him. I see little clips of practice, but I couldn't tell the way he handled the ball. Like his literal handles. I was like really impressed with Mo too. I didn't know he could bring the ball up like that and push it. So that was two real good surprises for me.

[B]

Pope said Colin Chandler was the MVP and an awesome dunk, though. That was quite dunk.

[D]

It was a fun two points but he was rebounding to doing a little bit everything. As someone who. Who picked him as MVP and wanted him to have a big game, I wish he had more than the two, but he still looks good.

[B]

Talk about the environment. You were there.

[D]

It did not disappoint. I expected to walk into what felt like a February game against, you know, Florida or something. And it didn't let us down. They were so rowdy in there after the game. Hate to skip over through the game, but just after, even in the concourse at halftime when I'm walking around, just people shouting things, people running, showing me where they bet they're going to win the national championship during the game, showing me their bet slips. There was just so much excitement and optimism around the place all night long.

[B]

I loved. I love that it sold out. I love that we're into it and I do love that we're overreacting. Like we should overreact. That's the number one team to me. I don't want people to skip over. I said this on the pregame show for football, but Matt Painter said it best. Matt Painter produce coach said this could have been worse. He was like our. We played our best guys. They didn't. He said, we played our guys 30 minutes. They played their guys half the game. He Says they didn't shoot well. He said they dominated us and two of their best players weren't there.

[C]

That was what was exciting to me because it'd be one thing. We know this is going in. Our question was shooting right with this team. And I think, like, oh, we're going to be fine. Pope's offense and these guys, he's going to get them shots. But the fact that we weren't like 19 for 30, you know, that would be 29. Yeah. 9 for 29. And we did that because if. If we had just hit shots and they didn't, that's just one night. That's what happens. But that wasn't.

[B]

Well, just think about last year. If we were 9 for 29 last year, we lose.

[A]

True. Right.

[B]

We would lose that game.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

9 for 29. This year you win by 13 against the number one team in the country.

[A]

And I think the thing that surprised me the most, Purdue is known for the rebounding. Best rebounding team in the Big Ten, One of the best rebounding teams in the country. And we out rebounded them when we. They had guys 7 foot 4 out there and we're still out. Out tough them.

[B]

10 offensive rebounds for us, 7 for them.

[C]

That was one of the really impressive things about the performance of Malachi, because that's one of the top front courts in the nation. Yeah.

[A]

And he was going strong to the board.

[C]

Yeah. Oh, yeah. And for him to come in and play like that against them. Yeah. Makes it even more impressive.

[B]

So now does everything get ramped up in your mind?

[A]

Yes.

[D]

Oh, yes.

[C]

Yes. Because we're starving for it. We. We are starving. It's been a tough football season, so how can you not.

[B]

We haven't been to a final four since 2015.

[A]

I can't wait for the Georgetown game on Thursday. That's how exciting.

[B]

I'm actually very excited about it, too. I'm scouting Georgetown. What kind of sets do they run?

[D]

We might see the weekend of the SEC tournament. I don't even remember those days. I can't even remember a Saturday in Nashville, which. That actually, I say that often. But no, I knew they were going to be good and a contender probably even better than ninth the way they blew out number one. It reminded me when you're talking about Matt Painter saying it could have been worse. It reminded me when the 2015 team, when they, like bullied Kansas and Bill Self, just had this look of shock, like, I don't know what I was supposed to do against that. Painter kind of had a little bit of that. Talking about the team after the game.

[B]

Do you like. I always go into a season going, okay, do I think this team could win it? The last team I went into the season definitively thinking they could win it was 2017. Then over the course of 2019, they kind of convinced me they could. And so by the time the tournament happened, I believe they could win it. Do you believe this team can win it?

[C]

Oh, yeah. Yeah. We're, we're. We're deeper than anyone. And grown men. We've got grown men and we've got.

[B]

Like precocious young kids and grown men. We have, you could argue, have the perfect mix of a roster. Even age wise, the roster that he.

[A]

Put together this year I think will go down in UK history when it's all said and done. Because he's, he's too deep in every position.

[D]

History.

[A]

Yeah. The fact that UK history, like you said, he.

[B]

I mean, did you just say UK history?

[A]

Yeah, because he's got the guys returning. You know, take a Garrison, Chandler, Noah, he's got the new guys, Jasper, Malachi, even Hawthorne. And he's got these transfer guys. He brought in these older transfer guys. The way he constructed his roster I think is just going to be remembered. It's just phenomenal what he's done. History.

[B]

Wow. It's big.

[A]

Freshman transfers, returners. That's just a perfect, perfect blend.

[B]

It's like a good coffee.

[A]

It is like a good coffee.

[B]

Yeah. It's a perfect blend.

[A]

It's a good $6 cup of coffee.

[B]

Okay, do your.

[C]

This team can percolate.

[A]

There we go.

[B]

Do your expectations change?

[D]

Yes. I said people were betting the national championship at halftime. I am one of those people. I made that bet. I changed my season predictions. We had a video to make for the KSR website where we give our season prediction. I had a script before the Purdue game, after Purdue game, through the script away, got rid of the script change, changed it to national champs. I think I have them losing like three or four games. I'm just too excited after seeing the winning season.

[B]

Do you change your prediction of losses for the.

[C]

I never had a prediction of losses, but I do.

[B]

Come on. You. You. You and I talk all the time about these games. You. You're telling me you didn't have a prediction? You haven't said, oh, they're only going to lose two.

[C]

No, no, I haven't really. I just was waiting to. I, I always believe this team is going to be really good. I trust in Pope. I trust he, he gets the guys he wants not all the best guys. He. He sees his needs and he goes for it. I mean, sure, we missed. We saw us miss on a couple guys in the portal, but I mean it was guys you're going to miss. But he went out and got guys he wanted. He didn't. He said no to people.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Is my point.

[B]

What if I told you going into the game, going into the season that your three best players, at least from pedigree, Jalen Lowe, Jaden Quaintance and Otega away between the three of them in a game you would have 17 minutes and 10 points.

[A]

Think you're probably going to lose.

[B]

They could probably going to get blown out.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

How many times in Kentucky history have the three best players for a team combined for 10 points and then they've won a game against a better team than that.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You could argue that the. Our two best players did not even play in that game and you beat the number one team in the country.

[B]

I'm two of three. I can't. You can't leave out or take. I think when you do that.

[D]

I watched highlights of Jaden Quaintance on Saturday. Somebody had tweeted them and I was watching like, I don't know how you put. I mean I know how we're going to put it in there, but for other teams. I don't know what I just saw against Purdue. And then you add his shot blocking and everything else.

[B]

Would you like to have seen that? Try to guard him.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

They're so Purdue. Listen, I'm. I'll never believe in Purdue.

[A]

Me neither.

[B]

They're so slow.

[D]

Never ever.

[B]

They're always slow.

[D]

That wasn't the number one team.

[B]

I'm united there.

[D]

That wasn't the number one team.

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Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio. The Athletic has just put Kentucky up to number two in their college basketball ratings. C.J. moore, who's the writer for the Athletic, says Purdue was trying to win and had no chance. I don't know how Kentucky can't be ranked higher.

[C]

Impressive.

[A]

So they got number one Houston.

[B]

I didn't look at the article. I just thought we were number two. Probably.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Before we keep going, you were also friends with our friend Manny and you were saying a couple things. A lot of people listening know Manny Robertson, but just even if you don't, everybody has a friend like this. I liked what you said.

[C]

Well, he's, you know, I grew up his brother Scotty a year younger than I. We played little league basketball, baseball against each other, Garden side. I mean I've known him a long time. I used to go spend the night over there and Manny was, that's when he was younger and he was like, come on, guys. I want to go over here. You know, we play Nerf basketball and stuff. So I've known Manny a long time. One of my favorite people, a lovely human being. Just a few days before his passing was my birthday, September 12th. And so at midnight, as he was to do with so many. I don't know, thousands of people, hundreds of people, he would text them at midnight. Right. On their birthday.

[B]

He did that all the time. He'd be. Always be like my mom and him would be the first birthday text I would get.

[C]

And everyone in his world will miss him the most at midnight on their birthday. On their birthday. I will never not think.

[B]

And I want you to do this for the audience because you can say this. Talk about our guy Drew here on that day.

[C]

Well, Drew and he became very close. That made me really happy. And Drew was here with tears in his eyes for people that can't see him. And I thought about. I thought about him a lot the last few weeks, because I think about Manny a lot. And Drew spoke at his funeral and absolutely knocked it out of the park. He was. He was incredible. All of Manny's friends were. I miss him every day, and especially on weekends like this, because he could. The Cats lost the biggest fan. I mean, he could only be tied. And I would have talked to him this weekend. Just. Where are you watching? Are you going? What are you doing?

[A]

This is his wheelhouse. Basketball game on Friday, football on Saturday.

[C]

Yeah. I mean, and I know a lot of people really missed him this weekend, and I'll forever love him, and I love his brother Scotty, and I love his mother, and I loved their father, and, you know, I'm glad we got to say something on here, because he was. He was the best and the biggest fan, and I'll. I'll always love him.

[B]

Yeah. Well, that's. Well said.

[A]

Great.

[B]

And also, I. You. You know, we should mention, you know, you lost not that long ago. Your father as well. State representative from Lexington, served in the house, also big UK Fan. Probably helped you get in that. So that's. You know, that's been a tough one, too, for you.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah. You know, obviously think about my dad every day, but how about those cats?

[D]

I'm actually crying over the football. It just happened. These are. I started. I pulled up the box score, and I was like, Ah, 56 points. Start crying again.

[B]

859-28022. Yeah. 2287. One person writes, Matt, do you think Mark Pope now feels how excited this fan base could get after that game? I think he knew. I mean, he was here in 96, so I think he got a sense of. Of where it could be. You know, you mentioned the depth thing. 2015 had many more stars. Okay. So I'm not going to. That will always be the biggest collection of stars. And well, 96 is probably either right there or second.

[C]

Well, I ask you this with this.

[B]

Team, but wait a minute. Let me make my point.

[C]

Oh, sorry, sorry. So I'm on my show and I don't want to step on that street.

[B]

I do think, though, when you get down to 11, 12 and 13 on this team might be better than those teams. Okay, so the star power on 2015 or 96 is certainly better than this one. But I want you to think about who the 11th when. When low and quite as get here. Who are the 11th and 12th men? Yellow Vich. Cam Williams.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Braden Hawthorne is going to be the.

[A]

13Th man who would start on most teams.

[B]

I mean, Josh, that's crazy, isn't it?

[C]

It is crazy. And the crazy part is we don't know. Yellow could end up starting could. I mean, we really don't know.

[B]

Could end up being the six man. I don't know. I mean, it could be. It could be anybody. We don't really know.

[D]

I thought Trent Noah and Malachi Marino were just going to be like, sorry, we love you this year, probably not going to see a lot of the floor, but next year you're going to be a big piece of this. No, they're going to be a big piece of this. They're still in minutes. Cam Williams. I still need to see a little more from him, but with his potential there. He's even in some NBA draft conversations for on down the road if he flips the switch. Pope's actually got a minutes problem that he has to figure out here.

[B]

How about Trent Noah starting. Loved it.

[A]

If you were somebody that didn't know who these guys were, they took the names out the back of the jerseys, you would think the second five was better than the first five. I think in that game, they. That combination of Marino and Chandler and Jasper and those guys came out, played lights out.

[D]

Second five, you mentioned that they played their best players. We didn't. Only three players played more than 20 minutes for Kentucky and Trent Noah and Malachi Marino were two of them.

[B]

All right, so back to Noah. Would you have thought he was going to start? We'd all. We've been sitting there going, who's going to be the fifth starter?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Would you have thought it was going to be Trent Noah.

[A]

I think he's earned it. You know, we kept hearing all these reports all summer long, the TBT guys talking about how great of a play was the best player on the Florida time in that scrimmage. I think he's earned that right to at least have a chance to be that guy.

[B]

You're a Kentucky guy. Like, it feels good to have three Kentucky guys be on the floor.

[C]

Feels real good.

[B]

It really does. Like, I. I don't. It shouldn't matter, but it kind of does when you see three dudes from Kentucky on the floor and being good, not just mopping up minutes.

[C]

Oh, yeah. It feels real good. It feels great to everybody. You know, it's like the Pelfrey and Feld house.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

You know, Reggie Hansen.

[B]

Well, that's the last time there have been UK play Kentucky players that have mattered this much. We've had teams like that Stockton Carrier Blevins team had a lot of Kentucky games.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But, I mean, we've never had this many on a team where they mattered the way these three guys do since. Probably since the 92 team.

[D]

Right.

[A]

Those three guys are starters in most cases. Most seasons, they're freshmen.

[B]

Well, I mean, if they were to come back.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

They all three probably would start for next year, right?

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

And Jasper, at least Friday looks like he might have some real star power. I mean, I was seeing.

[B]

Were you seeing Rob Dylan?

[D]

I was seeing everybody shifts there in the same.

[C]

Everybody was. He couldn't help it. He just had a little shifty.

[B]

He was. And the. The crowd got into him, and he. You could see he was kind of feeling it. He's gonna be, like, dilling him. There's gonna be a game where Pope's gonna have to go. All right, dude, slow down. Like, you know that's gonna happen. Mario was so excited. Like, he's not winning with Bronnie, but he's winning with Jasper. And that was exciting.

[D]

Through that lob. It just kind of be the exclamation.

[B]

Point on the night.

[A]

We're gonna have some superstar moments with that kid.

[C]

Let me. Oh, you're. We're going to.

[B]

We're going.

[C]

When we come back, I want to know, do you think there's an NBA starter on our roster?

[B]

It's a good question. We will deal with that and a couple other things. Look at you with the teases. There you go. We'll be right back. SKSR welcome back, Techie Sports Radio. I wish we had the mics on during the break.

[A]

Good segment.

[B]

We're having Good. Good things. Hey Rick, I think you sent me the wrong ads. Just so you know.

[D]

No, that's what supposed to do.

[B]

Well, I know, but they lied to you. They all. All these things are like going through now. Taiwan, right?

[A]

Yeah, somewhere.

[B]

Yeah. So they don't all show up.

[C]

Right.

[B]

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[A]

Cornbread for what?

[B]

Halloween.

[A]

Have you ever heard of Halloween?

[C]

What's going on?

[B]

He makes fun of how I say. He thinks it's you say Halloween.

[A]

Halloween, Halloween, Halloween.

[B]

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[A]

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[C]

Hot take. Yeah. We scored 34 points and some like long plays, breakaway stuff. Yeah, it was I love. Yes, yes, yes. I mean so you. It was way better than I thought.

[B]

We lost by 22.

[C]

Yeah. I stand behind what happened.

[B]

And it was better than you thought.

[C]

It was at least entertaining.

[B]

Okay. I mean that's one way to look at it. Felt like they scored though the moment they got the ball.

[D]

They did.

[C]

And I thought it was a play too late. I thought I knew we knew what was going to happen. This team is always. They're built the Texas game. Right. I was in Austin at a sports bar watching alone in my Kentucky shirt. And when we scored to tie it, I did cartwheel in front of the big screen like I was looking to get beat up.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And. But I never bought it. I'm 55 years old. I've seen Mark Higgs from the one three times against Tennessee. I've seen us intercept the past in the bowl game against Clemson and then fumble it and give them four more towns to score. You live in Austin it all.

[B]

You live in Austin, which has now become the cool place to live. You were early in that though. You were early in all the sort of Hollywood types moving to Austin.

[C]

Yeah, I'm super cool.

[B]

Well, you feel super cool. Like, until you hang out with, like, you're like somebody like James Marsden, then you don't feel cool.

[A]

Right.

[C]

It's a tough best friend to have, I gotta tell you. It's like he. He's. He's beautiful and he's a movie star.

[B]

He's like a real movie.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

You know, and like.

[C]

And like, I'm not kidding, the best singer I've ever seen. And he can just pick up the guitar and go, well, I don't know how this song goes. And just, oh, I'll figure it out and play it. And girls are just staring at him and I'm like, back, he's mine.

[B]

Like, you're an actor and you're a handsome guy and you go out, but like, you literally, for people who don't know James Marsden, just look him up. You've seen him and stuff before. You're literally like, with you. But times three.

[C]

First of all, back up. Second, most times five, I mean, it's times 10. He's my best friend.

[B]

He's best friend.

[C]

One of my best friends. And he'll just be like, talking to me and I'll get lost. Like, look at him. I don't even know what he's saying. I'm like, his skin, those crystal blue eyes. Beast on lips.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, again, completely heterosexual. But the eyes, he's got like, peer. And you're right, he can sing. That's the crazy part. The singing is not fair, Drew, to say you shouldn't be able to be an actor and be able to sing like that. And he doesn't even do it. It's just for fun.

[C]

And they've asked him to do albums and stuff. He's like, no. I'd be like, okay, okay, I'll take lessons and try and do an album. But here's what really annoys me as a actor who's dyslexic and has a hard time memorizing. I gotta really go over it and go over it and go over it. And he. I asked him once, he goes, no. The only time I. I mess up a line is when I forget to turn the page in my mind. Oh, he really got a photographic memory. So he's just like, all right, I got it. And I'm like, now, now you going to get your butt kicked.

[A]

Fighting words. Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And he's also like, so nice. I've been with you. And we sit there and people just come up to him non stop. And he's always nice to him.

[C]

He's an incredibly great guy and he's been on ksr.

[A]

Sure. Many years.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

So is Chris Pine.

[A]

Yes. You had him on.

[B]

That was. That's probably the most star studded show. That was the one you hosted.

[C]

That's the only thing I could bring to it, if you ask me. I was in LA at a studio, like, who can I get to be on here? Because I. Thank you for. You did that with me.

[A]

I did.

[C]

Remotely.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Because you were like, you could just handle the loan. I'm like, are you kidding? What am I gonna. I've never done anything like that.

[B]

Well, tell people you are. Did a documentary. You're the voice of a documentary. Documentary. 100, 250 years of Lexington.

[D]

Yes.

[B]

Explain what that is because I think our listeners folks, if you haven't seen this yet, it's on kt. I think this is like if you're someone who cares about Kentucky, it's great. Tell people what it is.

[C]

Okay. It's Lexington 250 Years. It's PBS documentary done here by KET celebrating the anniversary of 250 years of Lexington. And it is so fascinating. I look, I drive around the city now and I look at it completely different, differently. Like this building was built here. It starts, I mean in the beginning. William McConnell and some, some settlers are in the woods here and they decide to name this place Lexington after the Battle of Lexington, which really initially started the Revolutionary War.

[B]

So that's what it's named for.

[C]

And it's. There's a lot of. There's like 17 Lexingtons in, in the country. This is the first one that was named before the. The end of the war. And so it was named for the Battle of Lexington. And it starts there. I mean the beginning and details everything. So many interesting things.

[B]

Well, give people one or two examples. Give us an example of something Lexington wise that people would find interesting.

[C]

I mean. Well, it goes through great times and like cholera, how it hit Lexington, it.

[B]

Didn'T go well here.

[C]

No, this was, this didn't escape. It wasn't like Lexington actually was great with. No, no, but it's not that. That's a, that's a bad say like hey, it talks about cholera in the happiest way possible. Yeah. No, but I even down to. To dumb things like they were like. And that's. They named it High street. And I was like what? Because it goes up the hill.

[B]

Oh, so they named it High street literally because it's high.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Well, there you go. I mean.

[C]

But it's obviously more poignant things Than that. Yes, but that was one of the dumb things where you're like, you're colloquially. You just learn the words, you know, you don't think about it. I didn't think about Clay's Mill and Parker's Mill being named that because at. Then there were the big mills. I was just like, that's the name of the street.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

You know, most people may. Moved here, made their money. This was huge hemp. Oh, really was. Absolutely Drove industry here and money. Henry Clay moved here and then got into hemp.

[B]

Oh, Henry Clay was a hemper. Did he do cornbread?

[C]

I don't know about that. Yeah, but he was a huge. It talks all about his history. It talked. Mary Todd Lincoln.

[B]

Oh, wait a minute now. Ryan's had some conflict with Mary Todd Lincoln.

[A]

She was a Civil War hussy. What she was doing. She's jumping from man to man. What's wrong with her?

[C]

Okay, anyway. Oh, here's something. Did you know in 1878, the General assembly put the University of Kentucky, which was not called that yet. It was called the Agriculture and Mechanical University.

[B]

That's right.

[C]

Put it up for bid. We almost lost it.

[B]

The University of Kentucky was for sale.

[C]

1878. For sale throughout the state. Louisville bid. We had to.

[B]

Oh, so you're saying the University of Kentucky might have moved to a different city.

[C]

Yes, like Louisville.

[B]

Or.

[C]

We had to bid against Louisville, put up a bid. We. We almost lost it. 1878. We had.

[B]

You imagine. Oh, my goodness.

[D]

Probably wouldn't even like them. I'd have a different team.

[C]

Think about that.

[D]

I'd be a hilltopper.

[C]

So next Louisville person you see, just remember, that is like, hates. You're the same person.

[B]

We outbid you. So tell people where they can watch it.

[C]

So it's on K E T. You can watch it on a kettle.org or. Or PBS or the apps. Also, like, for my friends who are old like me and challenged with online stuff, it's on KT all the time.

[B]

So you can go to the KT website. I looked yesterday. All three episodes are online. Or it's on KT all the time. You can record it. Josh, you. You voiced over all of it?

[C]

Yes. Yes, I did.

[B]

How long did that take?

[C]

A long time.

[B]

I voiced. I voiced over my book. I found it to be one of the longer. And that was in my voice. Right. And it took forever. Did you. Did you find that hard?

[C]

Oh, as I mentioned before, I'm dyslexic and I really, really feel for the technicians and the producers who had to go through that.

[B]

So as some. If you as dyslexic how, how are you able to do it? I don't, I don't know a whole lot about dyslexia.

[C]

Slowly and messed up a lot and then became frustrated with myself and threw fits in front of grown people that were like what is he doing? He's a grown dude.

[B]

But like just beating up on yourself.

[C]

Yes, yes, yes. And I've always done that with that. Yeah, I tried not to. Oh yeah, yeah. It's. I really, I feel for the producer Matt Grimm and, and his team had to at one point, I mean we were, I was in a studio separated by glass. One point I got up as a grown man and threw my pen at the as hard as I could at the wall.

[B]

So that's something you've had to deal with like your whole life.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Well. But you obviously got through it because it's great. It's great.

[C]

Well I, I still deal with it but at least now I know. Yeah. When I was, when you were a kid, when I was nine I was like would throw fits and people like hey this kid's got problems. But I was so mad at myself.

[B]

Really.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Interesting. Well, we're going to talk a little bit more with you about that. It's on KT and online and then on the show as well. We got a couple people who want to say hello. We will get to them and be right back. This is ksr.

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[B]

Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. Alright, couple things here. First of all, you should watch I did an interview with Josh on the Interrupted with Matt Jones podcast that I think is the best one we've done the whole time. And I don't want to get into all this today, but Josh was part of a movie, the Alec Baldwin movie Rust and he was there and we talked a lot about it. You couldn't have been better on that. So I recommend to people that you go and listen to that. I really thank you for doing it. I think it was, it's our, I think it's our most listened to episode and it should be because you were great on.

[C]

Well, thank you for having me and I actually, I really enjoyed it and I usually don't enjoy talking about myself like that. You're, you were very good.

[B]

And by the way, the most recent episode is with my friend Gnome Wiseman. Highly recommend it. It's, it's about the Israel, Palestine thing. You should check it out. Noam is in that Aspen Fellowship with me. Our new cover zero episode is out as well. You just told me that you're in a. You're in Bad Monkey, which is a show I really like with Vince Vaughn. You're. You're gonna, you're filming episodes?

[C]

Yes, Apple tv. I'm on a few episodes this season. And you said you're about to go.

[B]

Film a scene with John Malkovich.

[C]

Yeah, I'm scared to death.

[B]

I would be scared.

[C]

Hello, Josh Hopkins. I'll be like, oh boy, how are you today? I'll be really frightened, but that's pretty cool.

[B]

You think you could get him to root for the cats? That's your project. Get Job Malkovich to be a Kentucky fan.

[C]

I, I met him once In a lobby in New York hotel. I don't know how we were sitting next to one another. I was with Morrison, actually, and he was wearing a seersucker suit. And I said, nice suit. And he goes, did you know that seersucker means milk and honey?

[B]

So you're saying he's maybe as you. As quirky as we think he is.

[C]

Yeah, I was like. I was like, I didn't know that. But you did not let me down, John Malovich.

[B]

I wanted you to be a certain way and you are that way. How many scenes do you have with him?

[C]

I don't know yet. I haven't read that episode, so. But I just know I do and I'm. I'm excited.

[B]

Yeah, I can see in your face you are a little excited and scared. All right, you did ask the question, what do we have a UK player on this team who will start in the NBA? What do we think?

[C]

Well, that you were talking about 2015 and it was deeper and stuff, but that had number one pick. That had a lot of.

[B]

I mean, that had maybe two potential hall of Famers, you know, in Carl Towns and Devin Booker.

[D]

I lean no on starter. I think there's some contributors, but it probably have to be Jasper Johnson if someone was going to do it first. If you're setting odds.

[B]

Well, how many people will make any, like, play in the NBA? Jasper will.

[D]

I'm adding Moreno already.

[B]

Malachi will. Jaden Quaint. Jaden quite certainly will.

[C]

Oh, well, he'd be a starter.

[B]

Quaint could be a starter.

[A]

He's the one I was going to go with.

[B]

Yeah. So he would be the one.

[C]

Right.

[B]

But those are the three.

[A]

Then there's other guys that maybe they could be a role player in the NBA like you think Ortega, Aberdeen, Diabotic. And those guys find a roster spot.

[D]

There's a spot for Colin Chandler on the Utah Jazz. He has the athleticism and he's a Mormon.

[B]

So that combination, there's.

[D]

There's a place for. There's confident we can find him room there. And I. And I think he's capable.

[B]

David, go ahead. David. Rick, are you that.

[C]

Thank you. So, Josh, thanks so much for being just the delusional as a Kentucky fan as we all are in putting it on a national stage. And I get so excited anytime I see you on television representing Kentucky and so forth. But. And that delusion moves on. Dude. Yes. We're winning number nine this year and I'm gonna go ahead and start the train right now. As far as naming a nickname for this team. And so hear me out. Mark always talks about 40 days and why he chose the number 41 and so forth. And there's the rain coming for 40 days and 40 nights. We call it the Mark. Put a little dash in between the M and the arc because we got two by two.

[B]

No, somebody draws. I understand. Okay. It's cute. But I appreciate the call. I'm not doing the Mark as the nickname.

[C]

Also, I have to say thank you very much for those words.

[B]

I appreciate the car, but like, I like. We do have two of everything. And we have.

[D]

We have a Noah.

[A]

Where's number nine?

[D]

Noah's Mark.

[A]

He wears number nine.

[C]

Wow. No Kentucky kid.

[B]

That was. Mark's pretty good. By the way, in terms of getting Kentucky on the national stage. It was cause of you. What's the show that. Where the. Where there was a big scene about Kentucky basketball. The Marsden show.

[D]

Oh, Paradise. Paradise.

[B]

So it's causing people. All who watch Paradise. It was a very popular show. Note, there's a whole scene about the Lightner shot and breaking their heart and all that. That was because of you.

[C]

I've been on Conan twice and Kimmel and DeGeneres and both of the. I don't know. I can't tell them apart. But the. The Voice and the girls, you know, like.

[B]

You mean the View?

[C]

The View.

[B]

The show's names are the Voice and the girl.

[C]

And the. And I've never not talked about Kentucky. So you're like, at least as what I do. No matter. I presented Ellen on her show with a engraved bottle of Woodford.

[B]

And then she smack you in the face.

[C]

Then she was like, yelled it out of here.

[D]

But it's not just Paradise. You always have a little something. I remember what was the Quantico. There was like a UK something. There's always little Easter eggs of Johnson.

[B]

Negotiate that into the contract.

[C]

I just. I get with the art directors, I go, hey, put up there. I graduated.

[B]

You got to get him to do it for Bad Monkey. If there's some Kentucky thing in there, then immediately more people are going to watch Bad Monkey because there's going to be a cats thing.

[C]

Yeah, it's a great point.

[B]

Maybe Malkovich should wear a Trent Noah shirt. I don't know what this. I don't know if that fits his character or not at all.

[C]

Trent Noah is.

[A]

Pope is dope shirt.

[B]

Well, I need to do a Kentucky Chamber ad, but I don't have the script. So. The Kentucky Chamber is caring about lots of issues in Kentucky, Ryan, including housing. You know, they want to bring community and business together for a better future. You can learn [e-mail], can't you?

[A]

What's that website again?

[B]

It's kychamber.com. it's the Kentucky Chamber Building for a better tomorrow for Kentucky at the Kentucky Chamber.

[A]

They're doing great things down there.

[B]

They are uniting business, advancing Kentucky. That's exactly right. Well done, Josh. Thank you very much.

[A]

Yes, very well.

[C]

Thanks for having me.

[B]

It's great to see you and hopefully we'll see you. Do we play at Texas? No, we did last year and lost.

[C]

That was fun.

[B]

A and M though. We had a lot of fun game.

[A]

Maybe we got a football game down there next fall at Texas.

[C]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

Playing them again. So thank you very much. We will see you all tomorrow. We'll be at the bar on Wednesday and Thursday. This has been Kentucky Sports Radio.