2026-02-26- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Hour 1 – February 26, 2026

Podcast: KSR
Host(s): Matt Jones and the KSR Crew
Location: KS Bar and Grill, Lexington, KY
Main Theme: UK Basketball, SEC Tournament Scenarios, and Lively Banter

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Episode Overview

This hour finds Matt Jones and the KSR crew taking a spirited dive into University of Kentucky (UK) basketball’s upcoming games, the implications for SEC tournament seeding, and a highly interactive fan discussion about memorable “That Guy Rocked” athletes in college basketball. The episode blends in-depth sports analysis, running jokes about vocal cords and steroids, and the lively chemistry among the hosts—all in KSR’s signature, off-the-cuff style.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Matt’s Voice, Vocal Cord Science, and Steroids

[00:37-02:45]

• Matt opens by noting he has regained “90%” of his voice after losing it, joking about his left vocal cord and referencing listener skepticism about his self-diagnosis.
• Panel debates how steroids and Tylenol “know what part of your body to fix,” with comedic skepticism about "big Tylenol" and "big steroid" conspiracies—"It's big Tylenol magic, big steroid industry." – Matt [02:26]
• Amusing exchanges about steroid use, vocal cords, and humorous jabs about back-alley steroid deals.

2. SEC Tournament Seeding: Scenarios & Stakes

[03:54-10:07]

• Matt lays out the complex, but critical, implications of the final three regular season games on UK's SEC tournament seeding.
• Most likely scenario: UK will be the #8 or #9 seed, playing at 1:00 PM on Thursday; but possibilities still range from #5–#10.
• Best way to avoid the embarrassment of playing early on Wednesday ("playing on Wednesday makes me want to vomit at 1 o'clock" – Drew [08:08]): simply “Beat Vandy” on Saturday; if not, hope Texas loses two remaining games.
• Discussions about tie-breakers, past scenarios, and what Wednesday’s game environment would be ("general admission, $10 tickets, the coolest thing you've ever seen in your life" – Matt [08:41]), but the consensus is to avoid it at all costs.

3. "That Guy Rocked" – College Basketball Deep Cuts

[10:21-16:41, 19:56-23:36, 27:18-29:24]

• The crew introduces and celebrates a viral Twitter/X account, “That Guy Rocked,” which spotlights random, non-superstar college basketball players who “entered your brain and never left.”
• Memorable former players discussed:
  • Non-UK:
    • Kevin Pittsnoggle (West Virginia) – “big clunky white guy ... could shoot threes” [11:15]
    • Herald “The Show” Arceneaux (Weber State) – “didn’t really have a neck... made every shot” [12:08]
    • Jason Harrison (Ole Miss), Ali Farokhmanesh (Northern Iowa), Florida Gulf Coast’s “Dunk City” crew
  • UK Picks:
    • Woo (Lukasz Obrzut) – for his Polish accent, unique quotes (“it was so loud, I thought the roof was going to come off” [13:09]), and legendary dog story
    • Anthony Epps, Darius Miller, Patrick Sparks, Jorts (Josh Harrellson), Darius Miller – “Great sixth man, I don’t know if they win the title without him.” – Shannon [20:03]
    • Darnell “Big Country” Reeves, Taco Fall, Dante Calabria (“the hairiest man in the history of basketball” – Matt [28:44])
• Hilarity ensures as each host defends and reminisces about their picks; chat interaction brings up even more cult legends.

4. US Hockey Team’s Post-Win “Controversy”

[23:36-27:09]

• Matt reads a question about the controversy surrounding the US men’s hockey team, a presidential phone call, and a locker room celebration:
  • “Cash Patel’s a dork... Trump calling? I’m fine with it, he’s the president. Presidents call people who win things all the time... his joke? Classic Trump—rude—but this is where we liberals screw up. We get mad at these hockey guys for laughing ... It’s a little bit of a hall monitor.” – Matt [25:04-26:50]
• The crew agrees: support the players, don’t over-police locker room moments.

5. Hiring a “GM” for UK Basketball: Ongoing Debate

[29:32-38:22]

• Pope, on his radio show, said UK has “conversations weekly” about hiring a basketball GM (General Manager).
• Matt: “What’s the conversation? How many conversations can you have? Yes or no?”
• Drew’s theory: Mark Pope leans too heavily on Rick Pitino, who recently fired his own GM, and that may be why UK hesitates.
• Consensus: All elite programs have a GM; the risk is minimal, and Pope “is not a great player evaluator.” Team should hire an outsider with expertise, not just promote from within.
• “He [Pope] needs to do that in sports, hire someone who, in theory, would do the opposite, and now have—as Abraham Lincoln would say—a team of rivals.” – Matt [37:27]

6. Tyron Stokes and Backup School Discourse

[42:20-45:56]

• Listener asks if UK should pursue recruit Tyron Stokes, who sees Kentucky as a backup if Kansas doesn’t work out.
• Matt: “Yes—because we’ve lost kids to other schools when we were their backup, and they went and did great.”
• Diverts briefly into the philosophy of soulmates and relationships, with Matt joking, “There’s a lot of people you could be married to.”

7. KSR $10,000 Half-Court Shot Event

[45:59-49:54]

• Announcing a special event in Madisonville at the Kentucky Sports Factory—one (maybe two) fans will have a shot at $10,000 for making a half-court shot.
• Town humorously dubbed “TBTOE” ("The Best Town On Earth") by the crew, with Drew planning an “evening with Drew Franklin.”
• Light-hearted discussion on rules, prizes, and the prospect of a memorable KSR fan moment.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Steroid/Tylenol Banter:
  "How does Tylenol know whether it's my head or my knee that's hurting? ... It's big Tylenol magic, big steroid industry." — Matt [02:26]
• SEC Tournament Nerves:
  “The thought of playing on Wednesday makes me want to vomit at 1 o’clock ... just being in the matchup is embarrassing.” — Drew [08:08]
• "That Guy Rocked" Nostalgia:
  “For me? Herald ‘The Show’ Arceneaux… didn’t really have a neck … What a great name.” – Matt [12:08]
  “Patrick Sparks looked like he was from the country and was cool with it and would still beat you.” – Matt (recounting Bomani Jones) [20:00]
• Poking Fun at Pope/GM Discussion:
  "What’s the conversation? How many conversations can you have? Yes or no?" – Matt [30:16]
  "If I was struggling at my job and someone was like, ‘Hey, we can make a position where they’re good at it and would help you... less work,’ I’d be like heck yeah!" – Drew [37:55]
• Quirky Relationship Philosophy:
  "There's a lot of people you could be happy with. Life circumstances put people in your life." — Matt [44:03]
• Event Hype:
  “Can you imagine the excitement? ... At Rupp Arena and in Madisonville, it’s the same amount [$10,000 for a half court shot] — which means when it comes to money, we can’t get recruits, but they do the same prize as at the Madisonville Sports Complex!” — Matt [48:42]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Segment Description | Start – End | |------------------------------------------------------------|--------------| | Matt’s Vocal Cord/ Steroid Banter | 00:37–02:45 | | SEC Tournament Seeding Scenarios | 03:54–10:07 | | “That Guy Rocked” Player Discussion (part 1) | 10:21–16:41 | | Text Machine, More “That Guy Rocked” Picks | 19:56–23:36 | | US Hockey Team, Presidential Call Controversy | 23:36–27:09 | | Return to “That Guy Rocked” Picks (Big Country, etc) | 27:18–29:24 | | Pope/UK GM Debate | 29:32–38:22 | | Tyron Stokes/Backup School Talk + Soulmate Tangent | 42:20–45:56 | | Madisonville $10,000 Half-Court Shot Hype | 45:59–49:54 |

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Tone & Style Notes

• Conversational & Irreverent: The group’s natural chemistry shines, blending pop culture, inside jokes, and UK fandom.
• Inclusive & Interactive: Fans’ suggestions and memories are mixed into the main discussion via text.
• Candid & Honest: Hosts aren’t afraid to critique UK coaches, poke fun at themselves, or wade into (lightly) controversial topics—with a quick, comedic touch.

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For Listeners Who Missed It

This episode captures KSR at its best: a madcap blend of passionate UK basketball takes, deeply local humor, fan memories, and authentic banter. You’ll get clarity (with a heavy dose of Kentucky color) on UK’s postseason outlook, fuel for your next hoops nostalgia debate, and evidence that no show covers the Commonwealth quite like KSR.

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Note: Advertisement breaks and standard show promos are omitted from this summary to focus on central content.

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

Welcome, everyone. It is Kentucky Sports Radio Thursday, February 26th. I am Matt Jones here on a rainy day in Lexington, Kentucky at the KS Bar and Grill, where we will be here all day. Love to see you come out, have lunch, tickle Ryan, and get ready for a big weekend coming on Saturday. Three games left in the season. I've got 90% of my voice back.

[C]

Yeah, sounds a lot better.

[B]

Still have the doofen schmurz totally there, but hopefully I'll be there by tomorrow.

[C]

But your left vocal cord is down strong.

[B]

Much, much stronger now. It's just a little congestion and we'll be, we'll be good to go. Clark's pumping shop phone lines, 859-280-2287. A Vision Autoglass text machine, 772-774-5254. In this dish and sponsored by the T.J. smith Law Office, you call TJL. Make them pay. Yeah, I mean, there were people yesterday who, who were, like, disputing me on the science of the vocal cords. You know, I mean, they may have their book learning, but, like, I could feel it and I knew it was the left vocal cord and, and, and so I worked it out and now we're doing, we're doing better.

[D]

They don't know your vocal cord. We all have different vocal cords.

[B]

Everybody's vocal cords different. And, you know, I took the steroids. I could hit home runs right now. You should see how strong I am. Well, I don't know how steroids work, by the way. How does it know what part of you to fix?

[C]

No idea.

[B]

Because I've had various things over the years where doctors have given me steroids. You know, if you're, if you're under the weather or if your vocal cord or whatever. How does the steroid know.

[C]

Yep.

[B]

What part of the body it's supposed to fix? Do you know the answer?

[C]

No, I don't. You just find the bad part in your body and goes attack it no

[D]

matter where it is.

[B]

I mean, this sounds Stupid. I thought the same thing about Tylenol.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Feel that way about whatever it is that is hurting people. Say, take Tylenol. Well, how does Tylenol know whether it's my head or my knee that's hurting? I've always wondered that, that, that. I don't think it does. It's big Tylenol magic, big steroid industry.

[D]

But.

[B]

But it seems to be working, so I'm not gonna argue.

[D]

That's good. Was it. Do you know, can you tell us where it was injected? Straight into the throat.

[B]

It's just pills.

[D]

Oh, pill.

[B]

Okay. You take like six one day, five the next, four the next. And it's, it's like a six day thing.

[D]

I don't know if you, like, met a guy behind Planet Fitness and he's stabbed you or how this, how this worked.

[B]

Well, I mean, I get most of my steroids at Cane's, but that guy wasn't working today, so I ended up going to the, to the pharmacy.

[C]

Well, you did educate us yesterday. We didn't realize that the left vocal cord is for the high part of your voice. I guess that was, you know, breaking news.

[B]

You all, you learned science on this show.

[C]

We did.

[B]

So. So there's a lot I talked about. I, I have some really goofy stuff. I have some basketball stuff, and then I have some nerdy stuff. And so I'm. We're going to hit all of it. I actually have very rare 14 topics today.

[D]

Sounds like a fun ride.

[B]

Normally I have 12.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

But I have 14 today, and I'm going to lead off with one. And then after I lead off with it, I'm going to do the thing, Shannon, where I do the numbers right, and you could pick the number and that'll be the topic.

[C]

Random choice, what's coming up next.

[B]

But we're going to start with the one that I'm getting asked the most about because I feel like that's what you start with, which is what are the implications right now for SEC tournament seating? You actually asked me this when we walked in.

[C]

So we sat down. I asked you about it.

[B]

So I ran yesterday, I ran all the numbers. I did not use AI or chat GPT because I don't own it. I'm gonna hold out till the last. I held out on cell phones.

[D]

You had hotmail for a long time, too. You're the last person I know with in a hotmail email address.

[B]

I still have that email address. I don't check it very often, but I do have it. We were actually talking about Well, I better save this for. I don't know if that's ready for public consumption yet, but nevertheless, SEC tournament. So here's what I would tell people. Trying to figure out when they want to go. I think it's almost not. It's not certain, but it's very likely. I would say 75% chance that we're going to be playing at 1 o'. Clock. Not certain. Okay, we could. Our range of seeds is still like 5 through 10. Okay. But if you were to like run the number scenario, eight or nine is our most likely scenario. Right.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Okay. So basically comes down to this. First of all, you don't want to play on Wednesday.

[C]

No, you do not.

[B]

Easiest way to not play on Wednesday, Beat Vandy Saturday, win Saturday. That's really the bottom line.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

If you look at all the scenarios, the problem is a lot of the teams were tied against play easy schedules down the stretch and we don't. So the easiest way is beat Vandy. By my calculations, if we beat Vandy, we pretty much can't play Wednesday unless a crazy set of scenarios happen. I mean, it could, but like crazy stuff would have to happen. If you beat Vandy on Wednesday or, excuse me, on Saturday, you are almost certain to not play Wednesday. So just start with that. Just be Van.

[C]

Just beat Vandy at home. You owe him a year. Yeah, I tried it at home.

[B]

Can we do it?

[D]

Yes, we can absolutely do it. The. I know it was a 25 points in Nashville. They're not 25 points better. UK just had an awful game and they took advantage of it. Now I think they're better, but I don't think. I don't think it's like impossible you can recover from that loss. I think you should be able to get them tomorrow.

[B]

Just be Vandy. So all the math, start with beat Van. If you lose to Van. The second most easy scenario is Texas plays road games at Texas A and M. And then on the last game of the year, I think they play Arkansas, lose those games. All right. If Texas loses two more games, then we're almost certain to not play Wednesday. Okay, so you're too easiest. We needed Texas to lose last night. They did for a while. They were winning. They were close. But easiest scenario, beat Vandy. That's good. Or Texas lose two. Gotcha. Now, if neither one of those things happen, then it gets hair. Then Kentucky gets into the scenario where they could be the 9 or even the 10 seat because the Georgia Bulldogs, who beat us and thus own the tiebreaker, kind of have an easy schedule coming down the stretch and, and could jump up and if they tie us, we then go down, we get bumped down. So if you beat Vandy now, if you, if you lose to Vandy and then win at Texas A and M, you still are probably okay, but you're not certain because of a variety of reasons including Vandy owning the tiebreaker there on you. But beating Vandy's easiest way. So that's, that is the simple Matt Jones, you don't have to know math scenario. Absent crazy things happening which, which can but are unlikely last year is a

[D]

couple games later in the season. Didn't have to win at Missouri to not play on Wednesday. So back to back years, you're kind of back against the wall to avoid that game. They got it done a year ago. Please get it done this season.

[B]

Just be vain.

[D]

I say it so much. I love the SEC tournament. The thought of playing on Wednesday makes

[B]

me want to vomit at one o'

[D]

clock that even if you win that just being in the matchup is embarrassing.

[B]

Wednesday at 1:00 clock against the team from Teen Wolf, most likely. And general admission, open seating. I will say part of me would like that game just for the general admission part. Watching the Kentucky fans having a. You get whatever seat you get to. I mean it would be a chance for some people to have the best seats they would ever have in their life. Because the tickets are like $10, right? $10 and you could sit in the front row.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

There's a part of me that says with Kentucky that would be the coolest thing you've ever seen in your life. But I still would rather wait. Play Thursday at 1 o'. Clock. That would mean our pregame. Our regular morning show is the pregame show and tin roof would be the bar that everybody congregates before going to the game. Would be a lot of fun.

[C]

Well, you said.

[B]

And then we might have to play on Friday. If we.

[C]

To play, it'd be another one o' clock game, I guess, wouldn't it?

[B]

I mean if we, if we're the eight seed. The most likely scenario. Basically the most likely scenario is we're either going to open the tournament on Wednesday against either like South Carolina or Oklahoma or one of those bad teams or we'll play Thursday and likely play Texas. So Texas, Texas is our most likely first round matchup. I would just say, just kind of get in your mind that we're very likely to play Texas on Thursday, but we might have to play South Carolina or whatever first on Wednesday.

[C]

Like you said just. Just take care of business. Beat Vandy on Saturday. Let the chips fall, man. We owe Vandy. You know, they punked us at Vanderbilt, at Nashville. We owe them. They're in a home court. Come and just win the game so we don't have to play on Wednesday.

[D]

And even though they're better than A and M, I think this is. If you're gonna get one of the three. I'm not saying this is easy by any means, but you. It's Vanderbilt in Rupp Arena.

[B]

Come on.

[D]

What are we talking about? Kentucky basketball.

[B]

So that's number one.

[C]

Like it.

[B]

Now one through 13, Ryan, I will let you pick to see what goes next.

[C]

You know I always pick 11. You do always pick 11 as my number.

[B]

All right, 11.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

I have written down that guy rocked. Okay? Do you know what that means?

[C]

That guy rocked.

[B]

This has been on my list all week. We haven't gotten. Okay, so there's a Twitter account right now called that Guy Rocked and I like it. Here's what that guy rocked is they just pick random college basketball players from the back of our minds and show the highlight packages. Okay, Sounds awesome. That guy rocked. Now the goal is not necessarily to pick stars, but to pick guys who were random. And when they're explaining the account, their theme for who that guy rocked is. Is Kevin Pittsnoggle from West Virginia.

[D]

I did not know about. I swear I was going to say Kevin. It sounds like an account. Kevin Pittsnoggle. I was about to say that.

[B]

It is dedicated to Kevin Pitts.

[D]

It should. That was the first player that came in my brain.

[B]

Kevin Pittsnoggle. For those who don't remember, big clunky white guy from West Virginia, but could shoot threes. Do you remember Kevin tatted up Tad? He was tatted.

[D]

I think he's a teacher now.

[B]

He looked like he came from a trailer park in West Virginia and he killed us.

[C]

Didn't he kill us at one game?

[B]

I don't think we played him. He played. He had a great tournament.

[D]

Yeah, he's a big March.

[B]

He was a big March Madness guy. So my question for you is for the whole fan base. Now remember, it's not stars, so you can't pick John Wall and Anthony Davis. Who is your favorite? That guy rocked from Kentucky and from other teams. So who's your favorite random Kevin Pittsnoggle s guy. And they can't be great. They have to be like. Like Kevin Pitznoggle. Like just. He entered your. So for me, I would. My answer is From Weber State Herald the Show Arsenal. Because I liked him because he didn't really have a neck. It looked like his shoulders were at his ears when he played. And he would he. But he made everything, every shot. And that game where he beat North Carolina is one of the great performances I've ever seen in the tournament. And he also had a great name. Harold the Show Arsenal. What a great name.

[C]

It is a great name.

[B]

So that's mine. Now for Kentucky. My guys. Wukosh. Okay. Polish.

[D]

Funny.

[B]

Always played well against Louisville. Had the greatest quote of all time when he was talking about Kentucky playing Michigan State once in Rupp. And they asked him after the game, what did you think about the crowd? And in his Woo voice he goes, it was so loud, I thought the roof was going to come off the arena. But luckily it did not.

[C]

Great quote.

[B]

Which I also loved. And he had that story about how. What was it? He was like, they would throw my dog in the river and then we would just. You asked him what he did for fun in Poland and he said we would throw our dog in the river and then wait for it to fight its way out and come back to us like it was a Frisbee.

[D]

Seemed fun.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Not a lot going on.

[B]

So I always. I love that about Woo. So what are yours for either other team or Kentucky?

[C]

Kentucky. I have to go with Anthony Epps. I think I just loved him, his toughness and what he brought. He was kind of the unsung hero of the 96 team. You know, Patino tried to take the point guard spot away from him, give it to Tony Duck. Anthony Epps always got it back. And without him, they wouldn't. I don't think they would have won the championships. I'll pick Anthony Epps for my UK guy.

[B]

And then your other guy, Jason Harrison

[C]

for Ole Miss was like five foot.

[B]

Oh, yeah. I remember that guy. He rocked.

[C]

I love that guy.

[B]

He was little.

[C]

Little bitty guy.

[B]

Yeah, that's a good one.

[C]

That's a good one. That's always been my favorite non uk.

[B]

I would not have thought of him. I like that. That's a. I like both those.

[D]

Drew well for Kentucky. I will go Duran Lamb.

[B]

Okay. I like that a lot because he

[D]

just doesn't get enough credit.

[B]

You had his mattress.

[D]

I mean, you all can have your Anthony Davis posters. We don't win the title without drawn Lamb. I mean, Anthony Davis took the fifth most shots.

[B]

You think you having the mattress is part of. Part of it.

[D]

We have that bond, that connection. We were never in it at the same time. But we did. We did share a mattress.

[B]

Yeah. Okay.

[D]

For my March Madness. I'm not even going to attempt his last name, but what was the Ollie from North Northern Iowa that we saw earlier in the regular season? And then he beat Kansas and took that for Ali. For Ali.

[B]

Farouk Minesh.

[D]

There you go. Thank you. I wasn't going to produce that, but the three he took on a breakaway against Kansas, no one should have taken that shot.

[B]

And you and I went.

[D]

Yeah, we had been there. I was in that history section.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

So he's one of my fav. One more though.

[E]

That.

[D]

It's. I can't think of a name from the team, but I think of March Madness Legends was the Florida Gulf Coast Dunk City team. It was like four of them. But I mean, they were so fun to watch that year.

[B]

Ali for Oakman. Ash is good.

[C]

That's a good one.

[B]

So I like these herald the show. Jason Harrison, Ollie from. I'm going to get Shannon. So we get back from the break and then if you have any, you can write your Kentucky one or your other team. The. That guy rocked 12 more topics. I should have guessed. You always say 11. I'm never. I'm never asking you again to start.

[C]

Well, I'll start mixing it up then.

[B]

Yeah, never mind.

[C]

Catch you off guard.

[B]

We'll take a break. Be right back.

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[A]

Yeah, for Kentucky. I'm gonna go Darius Miller. Miller, great six, man. I don't know that they win the title without him.

[B]

Oh, yeah, for sure. What's your, what's your ran.

[A]

I'm gonna go with Robbie Avila, who you might remember Cream Abdul Jabbar, Larry Nerd from Indiana State.

[B]

Well, you know, he plays for St. Louis now and they're gonna make the tournament. Like they're, they, they're, they're good. He plays for St. Louis. Cream Abdul Jabbar does.

[A]

He's still rocking then.

[B]

He is Larry Nerd.

[D]

He threw a guy into the table last week in a little fight.

[B]

Yeah, they got a huge fight. Yeah, he's still a little throwing around.

[C]

He's still big.

[B]

Like, he feels like he's in a little better shape, but he's still big. No, Cream Abdul Jabbar can still be, he can still be around for this march. He's still doing it and he'll be

[D]

on these lists for.

[B]

He will. All right, so a lot of people are riding for Kentucky. A couple names. They think other people would say Patrick Sparks. Yeah, I think fans of other teams will say Patrick Sparks. I remember Bomani saying to me once that he thought Patrick Sparks was the coolest white country dude ever in basketball. He was like, he was like most white guys that play basketball try to be like urban. But he was like, Patrick Sparks looked like he was from the country and was cool with it and would still beat you. And I always liked that description by Bomani because that's right.

[D]

What I like about Patrick Sparks is I imagine in the locker room it went like this. Bill Kitely said, look, Patrick, I have a white T shirt for you. It's a large. And he's like, do you have a 5x I could wear instead. I want the sleeves of this T shirt to go down to my wrist.

[B]

He did, he did rock a very. Yeah.

[D]

Huge white T shirt. I think that added to his legend.

[B]

Yeah. And then another person says Matt, I think other teams fans would say Jorts. Yes, I think that's probably true.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Shorts is. I mean his name is Jordz. Like that. That. That would be why one of these days that account may actually do Jorts. And now we learned that he used to date Erica Kirk. So that's even a Noah. Another random fact about him that would make him be on it.

[C]

I can see other fan bases be very endearing to George just because of the like we do like Kevin Pittsnoggle. Just that big Doofy guy that can go out there and still say Doofy.

[B]

Doofy is not a word. You always say Doofy. And just a reminder, Doofy is not a word. DJ Burns, that's a good one.

[D]

There's a couple right now that will be on this list for years.

[B]

Yeah. DJ Burns, I think is definitely one person says Matt. I thought Kenneth Fareed.

[C]

Oh, that's a good one.

[B]

That's a good one for Morehead because he remember he beat Louisville. He played in the NBA though, so I don't know that how if you can be random and be in the NBA.

[D]

He does have one of those highlight packages though that are pretty fun to watch with how he played.

[C]

Now if you were going to let us pick like players who were kind of stars on opposing teams, Marshall Henderson was the first one that came to my mind.

[B]

Yeah, I think he's kind of a star, but yes. I mean, Ole Miss, maybe Ole Miss just grows those guys. Maybe Marshall Henderson though, I kind of liked. I know a lot of people didn't all time villain, but I mean there's that famous picture of him yelling at the old men and with sweaters in Auburn, you know what I mean? That's one of my favorite pictures ever. He's just sitting there yelling at these old men that are trying to fight him.

[D]

I was, I guess the SEC tournament. I was somewhere in a hotel lobby and I watched like a little kid and his grandpa go up and talk to him. I'm trying to think what he said, but it was not polite. And I was like, man, this guy's villain 24 7.

[B]

I kind of like that though. All right, so now we're at 1 through 12. Shannon, I'll let you go number three. Number three. Okay. Well, I wish we could have done this one later in the show. But it is what it is.

[C]

It's what he picked.

[B]

So it's what he picked. I had to go by the number.

[C]

That's right.

[B]

I got a question. Let me read you the question. Okay, Matt, you guys have been on the air for three or four days and you have not talked about the controversy you liberals created with the US Hockey team. You three created it. I didn't create it. Ryan and Drew created.

[D]

I still don't really know what's going on.

[C]

Yeah. What is the deal?

[B]

You liberals don't love America. And this is a perfect example. See, that was so well articulated. I felt like we had to deal with. Right. So I guess the cut, you know, they win.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

By the way, one of the highest rated. One of the highest rated Olympic broadcasts of all time. The second highest rated hockey game ever in America. The only one that was more was a Miracle on Ice. Kind of amazing, isn't it? In the morning, being so early in

[D]

the morning during church.

[B]

So it's over. And then they're in the locker room and they're celebrating. Cash Patel comes in. He seems like a winner. He comes in and he starts celebrating with them. Really looks like a complete dork, but he starts jumping up and down, drinking beer. Then Trump calls him on the phone and he makes a joke. Like, I guess now I'll have to invite the women's team, too. And they laugh. And so a lot of people got mad. Here's my take on it. I have a three part take.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Are you ready? Ready. Take one.

[C]

Take one.

[B]

Cash Patel's a dork. All right. I mean, fine. Go if you want. Although I think that's lame. But, like, being in the locker room, dude, you don't play. Okay? Like, and you know when you go in there, you're going to create a controversy. So he's a dork. Trump calling. I'm fine with he's the president. President's calling an Olympian. I'm totally fine with that. Matter of fact, him going the White House. I'm fine with even them going to State of the Union. I'm fine with that. Like, he's the president. I don't like him. But he represents America. They won for America. I'm good with that. Presidents call people who win things all the time. His joke. Classic Trump. Rude. But this is where we liberals screw up. We get mad at these hockey guys for laughing. If you want to be mad at Trump for the joke, I get it. It was an inappropriate joke. But these dudes are on the phone with the President. Are they supposed to go, Mr. President, that was an inappropriate joke. Like, they like, hello, Mr. President, this is DeMarcus. Yeah, I mean, they. They just won the gold medal. Like, you. You. You can't hold them to a standard that you would like. If you'll be mad at him for the joke, I get it, but you can't. I mean, the hockey players have just won, and, I mean, you want to go, excuse me, sir, we've just won the gold medal, but you need to not tell that. Like, so we're being a little bit of a hall monitor, getting mad at the hockey players. Whereas if you want to be mad at the president, I'm fine with that. But that's my take on it. Sometimes liberals bother me because when I was growing up, conservatives were the hall monitors. They were the ones always trying to stop the fun. And sometimes now we try to stop the fun. I don't like that. And that's my take on it.

[D]

I think whatever the president's policy, what side they're on, I think it's cool that they call the Olympics. They should call as many as they should after.

[B]

They do that all the time.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

They call whoever it is the title. I'm fine with the phone call now. Cash Patel jumping up and down like a dork, like, just wouldn't you go find the Guthrie's mom. Be right back.

[E]

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[F]

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[A]

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

[B]

I had somebody asked me recently, is there anything any of the guys could do that would get you to replace them on the show? And I was like, I mean, if they committed, like, a big crime or something. Something, maybe. But in general, like, this is the group now. Shannon, if you keep playing this song, though, this is the kind of thing that could get you replaced.

[C]

Oh, well, in that case, then I'm

[A]

gonna play at the next six breaks and see what happens.

[B]

No, I don't think you would do that. All right, some more. This guy rocks. Big country.

[D]

Big country.

[C]

Good one.

[D]

I had his jersey.

[C]

Did you really?

[D]

His Grizzlies.

[B]

He was a high draft pick. But still, though, I feel like, you know, he wasn't good in the NBA, so I still feel like he counts.

[D]

Yeah, yeah, he was thick. Had that, like, military buzz cut.

[B]

Taco Fall.

[C]

Oh, that's a good one.

[D]

Didn't he just play in the celebrity NBA game?

[C]

I think he did.

[B]

He was just Taco Falls. A great one.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Because Taco Fall like, they almost beat Duke that year. That was the Zion team. They should have beat him. Central Florida was up like 10 with like 3 or 4 minutes to go and blew the game. Remember, we were. We were sitting there in. In a hotel lobby, wherever we were pulling for central Florida.

[C]

I remember watching it.

[B]

And they. Dante Calabria. See, you know, I remember Dante Calabria. Anybody know who he played for?

[C]

No, I can't pull it up.

[B]

Nobody knows Dante Calabria. And here I thought I was with a bunch of ball knowers.

[C]

Who do you play for?

[B]

North Carolina. He was the hairiest man in the history of basketball.

[C]

That's what he's famous for.

[B]

Oh, he had the longest arm hair. He would. He could braid his arm into various design.

[D]

I got to look this up.

[B]

Go look up Don. He was Italian. He was like. He was the hairiest dude that's ever played basketball. You never. You don't remember Dante. Very handsome guy, but very hairy.

[C]

Remember the name. Don't remember any details. And I shouldn't remember his hairy arms.

[B]

Man.

[C]

I went to the. I went to the Twitter account and I'm now addicted to it. I followed it. Now I'm going to be scrolling through it. See all he's put up there already.

[B]

Yeah. Sunyat again.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

It's a good one, that Georgia.

[D]

Georgia.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Saw him a lot.

[B]

All right, Ryan, do not pick 11. One through 11.

[C]

Let's go seven.

[B]

Okay. A UK one. So Pope last night on his. On his. Pope on his radio show said he was asked about, are you gonna hire a gm? And he said, we have conversations weekly about it,

[D]

And so do we.

[B]

That's all he said. We're trying to figure it out where you have conversations weekly. I wish I hadn't read it. I wish he, like, drives me crazy. What's the conversation? I mean, how many conversations can you have? Yes or no? Like, what do you do it?

[D]

My only hope is the conversations are interviews, but I don't. It didn't come off as. That's what he was saying.

[B]

Just say, we're gonna hire a gm. We're trying to figure out who.

[D]

Yeah, I think that's what he would have said if the conversations were getting.

[B]

What is the. What. What could the conversation be? All the best teams in the country have one now. All of them. There's like, one that does it. I think maybe Kansas. Kansas does it. But you know what? They seem to be doing fine. They seem to be getting the top players. So if Kansas doesn't want to do it, then fine. They've been cheating for Years. So they already know what to do. I don't understand. I do not understand the counter argument. Usually when people disagree with me on something, I at least understand the other side. Even if I disagree with them, I understand where they're coming from. I try to think about what's the most rational view they have and then try to oppose it. I don't understand the rational view here. What is the downside besides money? What? Besides the fact you have to pay someone salary? What is the downside?

[C]

Do you think he doesn't need it because he can hand. He can do that job himself, but he clearly can.

[B]

Like, he clearly can't. If he could, we wouldn't be in this situation. There's no. Listen, I love Mark Pope, and I think there are good cases for him to be like, if you were to say to me, mark Pope's not a good coach there. I don't agree with that. There are arguments that he's a very good coach. I don't think there are arguments that he's a very good player evaluator. What is the argument we got? We've got no high school recruits, and at best, this team was poorly constructed. And the top three guys they wanted last year, they didn't get any of them in the portal. So what is the argument? That he's good at that.

[C]

That's why I said you think in his mind, he thinks he can handle it.

[B]

Well, I mean, I can give him some analytics that show he's not.

[D]

I have a theory. Would you like to put on a tinfoil hat with me?

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Take a little trip.

[C]

Yeah, let's go.

[D]

Let's go for a little ride. I think that Mark Pope leans on Rick Patino too much. I haven't liked it since his first Big Blue Madness.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

Rick Patino fired his GM in January.

[B]

Interesting.

[D]

So Rick Patino is the one example of where a GM hasn't worked. And I hope that Pope didn't see that. And he's talked to dad, and dad

[B]

fires GM because the GM got him the wrong players.

[D]

It's something about money management. I guess it's still under investigation. I'm not sure. Wasn't that long ago. Okay, so I don't know any of the. I mean, I know that happened. I don't know if Pope has talked to him about it. But my brains thinking, what if Rick having just had a bad GM experience,

[B]

so you're maybe like, that's the only

[D]

thing I can think of. Because otherwise, just go get one.

[B]

I mean, that. That may be an interest that may be correct in terms of the thought process.

[D]

St. John's is the one place where they had a GM and got rid of it.

[C]

I like that.

[B]

That's. I mean that's. That that is probably what he's thinking. I still would say Rick has a history of 35 years of picking great players. And you don't. Right.

[D]

That's the only reason I could think that he would be hesitant to get one.

[B]

You know, my mom, who wouldn't want help consider my mom to be a mentor. But my mom can sing. That doesn't mean I can sing. Right. So that like, you know, that doesn't mean I should follow in her singing path. I can't do it. Rick may be able to do that. Maybe he won't, I don't know.

[D]

But.

[B]

But you don't. He. Mark doesn't have that history of being able to do it.

[C]

I, I feel like I'm probably totally wrong. When Corey Figure followed him from byu, I thought that was the role he was going to play. Like he was going to not necessarily assistant coach, but be like the general manager.

[B]

But here's what the Jeff Goodman's of the world are saying. Okay. And they're more connected in this than I am. They're saying that Mark Polk put together a great staff, like a top notch staff for what recruiting was like five years ago. That basically he picked a group of guys that when you went and recruited high school guys and got people in the portal, the old school way, fifth year seniors, this was the group of guys when you were talking to coaches and parents. But his point is now you're talking to agents and these dudes have no experience in that. And it's like, it's like a Spanish speaking person talking to an Arabic speaking person and they don't even talk the same language. That's his argument. And I think the facts seem to suggest Goodman's argument is kind of correct, doesn't it?

[C]

Probably some truth in there. You would think whoever they hire, it's got to be more. You think it's going to be more of a business guy than a sports guy even.

[B]

I think you have. In a perfect world you have someone who can do both. Right. You pick, you pick someone who knows basketball but also went and got their mba, right?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And also has some experience on the streets talking to these agents. And those people exist. Like a perfect example, Evan Daniels. All right. A lot of people know Evan Daniels name. He used to do recruiting for the various websites. Evan Daniels couldn't beat anyone on this show in basketball. But he's been around it his whole life. He's been talking to agents since he was 19 years old. Right. He knows recruiting, and he's seen enough basketball to know who's good and who's not. You want someone like that, right?

[D]

Yeah. It's the people that are up late in the hotel lobbies, at the final four and going to restaurants. It takes a lot of socializing and networking.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

You need someone that does that.

[B]

It's like the woman at Duke. I mean, the woman at Duke just worked for Nike. She's never played. I don't know if she played women's college basketball, but she certainly hadn't played men's college basketball. But she is apparently killing it because she has this role where she knows what the job is. I. I don't think you have to have necessarily even been good at the sport. You just have to know it.

[D]

I have a fear that to shut everyone up, they're just gonna slide someone over and call them a gm. Like everyone. Gm, Mark Fox.

[B]

Yeah, but that'll be a mistake if they do that. I mean, just saying, okay, this wasn't working, but if we give this person a different title, it will work. That's a cat. That's what Cal would do. Cal would have made Bruiser Flint his gm, I think.

[D]

No, he was assistant.

[C]

So predict one month from now, do we have a gm?

[B]

I think. I think it's going to be what he says. They're going to pick somebody that they already have and move or someone close to the program. No, it'll be like some guy. I. I would be very surprised if they do what I want them to do. Go outside your sphere and bring in somebody to give you a new set of voices. Be like Scalia and hire a liberal in your court. Right. That's what I would do.

[C]

And do it before the portal opens 1st of April.

[B]

You know, be like, you know, I've told this many times. Scalia would hire a liberal. Ginsburg would hire a conservative. So they always had someone in there giving, giving them the other point of view. He needs to do that in sports, Mark, the way you do things. Hire somebody who, in fact, theory would do the opposite and now have, as Abraham Lincoln would say, a team of rivals.

[C]

It makes total sense. But I don't know what's going to happen.

[D]

If I was struggling at my job and someone was like, hey, we can make a position where they're good at it and would help you and we'll pay them, it's really nothing for you. Just honestly, less work. I mean, I'd be like, heck yeah, me too. Get them in here.

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[B]

Okay, you gotta stop. Stop. No stop.

[C]

Well played.

[B]

Let's stop.

[A]

We might be the one hearing this anyway. Right now?

[B]

Yeah. No it's. People say it's working. Now we're having audio issues with the network. If you hear it going in and out or whatever. They're working on it. It. It's not us for once. It's some. Well, it's not our machine. It's something else. So they're. They're. They're trying to fix it. If you. If you can't hear all this, you'll be able to get it on podcast. I wish it wasn't during that segment because that was, I think, good conversation. But. But it'll be there on podcast. One person writes. Matt Tyron Stokes did an interview yesterday where he said where, which led to Joe Tipton saying that he thought Stokes wanted to go to Kansas, but Kentucky was his backup plan if things didn't work out. Do you want a kid who sees us as a backup plan? Yes, because we've lost kids. That other schools were the backup plan. And then they went like a Kaden Lewis. He wanted to come here. Villanova was his backup plan. He went to Villanova. That worked out. So, you know, if you end up marrying somebody and they kind of wanted somebody else, but it works out with you, you just go, well, luckily, they didn't marry them. That's the way I'm. That's the way I'm gonna say, you know, because I have a different view, by the way, about marriage.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

There's a lot of people you could be married to. Okay, now, you know, people say there's, like, one person. I don't believe that. What do you. Why is everybody laughing at me? I mean, I think there's a lot of people you could be happily married to.

[D]

I see what you're saying. Like, if you moved at childhood and had to. Completely different life path and grew up somewhere else, you still.

[B]

You really believe you're gonna end up with the same person you happen to end up with in your life.

[D]

You're trying to say, like, if I.

[B]

If you grow up in Middlesboro and you marry your high school sweetheart, are you telling me if your parents had moved to Nevada, you would have still ended up with that woman in Middlesboro?

[C]

God has a plan.

[D]

God's plan, man.

[C]

Yeah. Here's my question for you. We're talking about this.

[B]

I'm just saying, like, there's a lot of people you could be happy with. I'm not saying that like, you know,

[D]

you're saying there's other fish in the sea.

[B]

I'm not. I'm not saying you don't marry people because there's always someone better. I'm just saying you could be happy with a lot of people. Life circumstances put people in Your life. All right, fine. I'm clearly not hearing this view, but

[D]

saying I'm just trying not to sleep on the couch.

[C]

Well, out of all the million people you've met in your life, thousands and thousands and thousands of people, how many do you think you actually have met that you could spend the rest of your life with as a wife, as a spouse, as a partner?

[B]

3.

[D]

I think it means so much if your life was just so different, you ended up on the other side of the country, you would find.

[B]

Or what if you ended up like, what if your parents were in the military and you ended up in a different country? Like, are you just gonna spend your life and be like, well, I didn't meet the person from Middlesboro, so it's not going to work.

[C]

Maybe you will later in life.

[D]

Now I found my soulmate. You know, it would have happened anyway.

[B]

No, you wouldn't have had anyone else. And Billy's about.

[D]

But I will. At least I hear the point you're trying to make. You don't have to look at us like you're a villain here. I know what you're trying to say. Definitely not my circumstances.

[B]

People who are married can't say that. And I understand. But I'm still sticking. Sticking by. My point is, if Tyron Stokes doesn't work out with Kansas, I'm cool being his rebound because, you know, that was

[C]

the early indication was that he wanted to come to Kentucky. I think his parents were kind of leaning towards Kentucky. He's from Louisville.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And then the money got in the way, and for whatever reason, it fell apart with Kentucky.

[B]

All right, one through ten, Shannon.

[D]

Four.

[B]

Four. Tomorrow we're giving away $10,000.

[C]

Yeah, maybe you got to do something.

[B]

If you hit a half, the opportunity to win 10, if you get a half court shot in Madisonville.

[C]

I love it.

[B]

First of all, what did Madisonville do to deserve this?

[D]

Listen, Matt, we're the best town on earth. It's literally our name. There's a sign that says it when you get there. So these are just. I have a T shirt. It's even abbreviate, abbreviated tbtoe. And you just. You just know that stands for the best town on earth.

[B]

See, there are T shirts say tbt. Got one at home.

[D]

I'll wear it often.

[C]

We gotta get one.

[D]

So these are just things.

[B]

Bring me one of those Madison tbtoe.

[D]

I don't know everything they have planned, but I would expect a very hospitable group tomorrow and very excited to have ksr because Madisonville Is tbtoe.

[C]

You know, tonight is so my soulmate

[B]

could be there town on earth. I could like get out your.

[D]

I don't know what app is popular these days, but if you're on the apps, maybe see what's around the the region when you get there.

[B]

Gotcha. Okay.

[C]

Tonight is the evening with Drew Franklin in Madison. Yes.

[B]

Let's talk about this tonight, Madisonville, an evening with Drew Franklin. He will be reading from his poetry.

[D]

I'm gonna sit by a fire with a pipe.

[B]

That's great. Congratulations. Thank you.

[C]

Do you have your speech ready?

[B]

No, no, no. We work on that. Yeah, a couple hours and then we're gonna all hang out tonight. Madisonville. Where's the party in Madisonville tonight? I'm getting there at like 7:30.

[D]

Oh, you'll be good there. Just in time. I get done at 67 so you'll probably get to hit every stop with me. I would expect three to four Mexican restaurants throughout the evening. We're definitely gonna end at Farrell's after hours. Haven't been there a long time. That's a. That's a. It's a great Madisonville memory for me.

[B]

Farrell's has after hours.

[D]

Oh, they don't close. I've been in there. Been thrown out of there after hours.

[B]

So where's the bar?

[D]

We don't have a lot of those. We'll find them. There's a few spots. Might take you to Oasis.

[B]

I'm excited though. We don't all get to hang out in. In these. Shannon, are you coming?

[A]

I have ovw. Otherwise I would be there.

[B]

So the rest of us will be there.

[A]

Yes.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

We're gonna play all the hits. I mean we're gonna. We're hitting them all.

[B]

And where's the show tomorrow?

[D]

It's at the Kentucky Sports Factory. Big athletic company.

[C]

Big Athletic.

[B]

We will draw a name. One name or two names.

[C]

I think just one person shooting.

[B]

Tell Madisonville if it's the greatest town on earth they could do too.

[A]

Let everybody else.

[B]

I don't think everybody can shoot. Somebody will make it then. But two. We'll say two, but it might just be one half court shot. $10,000. Can you imagine the excitement? They only give you like five when you hit it up. I think telling you mad. They give you three. Three shots.

[D]

Oh, they'd have you. Let's shoot all day.

[B]

How many. How much money though? You get five or 10. So it's the same amount of money here is at Rupp arena and likes and. Which meant that not we can't get recruits. We're offering the same amount of money they do at the Madisonville Sports Complex.

[D]

Telling you, that's how excited they are. Everyone should be there. We're gonna have a great time.

[B]

I'm very excited.

[D]

Take y' all out for donuts.

[B]

Ma', am, are you gonna try? I feel like you could make it. Do you know if, like, someone wins, can they hire someone to take the shot?

[C]

Yeah, if you draw out a name and it's.

[B]

And, like, it's like a little old lady who can't throw it that far, could she get someone to do it for her?

[C]

Well, we. Maybe we'll make the rules right now. Yes.

[B]

Well, I mean, it's not my money. I don't get to make the rules. Whoever's paying it probably gets to make the rules, but nevertheless, it's just something to think about. I'm excited because I think it'll be a great moment. I don't think we've ever. I was thinking about the best prizes we've ever given away. Once we gave away a trip to the Bahamas.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

To see Kentucky play basketball. And the guy won. And it was, you know, he got to go to the Bahamas with a guest for the Kentucky basketball. We gave that away on KSR once. Probably the second best.

[D]

It's coming full circle. Madisonville got one that.

[B]

Because we're the best town on earth on the side. All right, fair enough. We will take a break. Hour number two when we come back. It's Kentucky Sports Radio.

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