2026-02-26- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

KSR Podcast Summary – Hour 2 (February 26, 2026)

Podcast: Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR)
Hosts: Matt Jones, Ryan Lemond, Shannon, Drew
Date: February 26, 2026
Episode: Hour 2
Theme: UK sports news, team speculation, UK basketball’s future, “Lexi” memories, Kentucky high school hoops, and the realities of aging.

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Episode Overview

This episode features the quintessential KSR crew lively discussing Kentucky basketball’s potential summer tour, the past and future of the team roster, memorable Rick Pitino anecdotes, “Lexi” nostalgia with John Calipari, updates on UK baseball injuries, predictions for next season’s roster, some high school regional tournament talk, and a humorous digression about the realities of aging, all in their usual candid, fan-centric tone.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Kentucky Basketball Summer Tour Speculation

[04:57–08:14]

• Mark Pope announced UK will have an international summer tour, location undisclosed but "somewhere he's never been".
• Speculation about the Bahamas (Baha Mar) as a likely destination, based on a text machine tip, though it's unconfirmed.
• Discussion about fan accessibility—Bahamas seen as more likely/more appealing for fans than Dubai.
• Uncertainty around team makeup for those summer games.

Notable Quotes:

"He said it is somewhere he’s never been...so I don’t know what his travel life has been like." – Matt (05:23)

"People make their plans months away…You gotta get the word out there." – Ryan (07:09)

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2. Recap and Jokes About St. John’s Blowout & Rick Pitino

[08:51–15:19]

• Discussion of the St. John’s massive loss to UConn (missed the last 24 shots, worst loss under Patino).
• Pitino’s reaction: super short postgame availability, didn’t go to the media room.
• Danny Hurley’s quote when asked about his relationship with Pitino:

  "None." – Danny Hurley via Matt (10:18)

• Lively recollections of past Calipari media gimmicks, including the infamous “Lexi” messaging system.

"The last three coaches to win the national title have all been, let’s be honest, jerks." – Matt (10:36)

"Do you remember he also started a new podcast, and he...never did another one..." – Matt (12:10)

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3. The “Lexi” Nostalgia Segment

[12:14–23:44]

• Memories of John Calipari’s “Lexi” service—a phone/text line where fans received updates directly from Calipari.
• Very few fans (even text machine listeners) seem to remember "Lexi", leading to good-natured ribbing.
• Shannon finds and plays an actual Lexi from 2010 ([21:47]).

Notable Moment/Quote:

"Can you imagine? You get a phone call and Calipari just in your ear going, 'Hello, this is John Calipari.' Wow. The Lexi." – Matt (23:44)

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4. UK Basketball: Best Case/Worst Case Scenarios

[24:12–28:33]

• Crew explores optimistic and pessimistic outcomes for the remainder of UK’s season.
• Consensus “best case”: Sweet 16 or Elite Eight run, with the right players getting hot and healthy.
• “Worst case”: Lose out, end up as a low NCAA seed or miss the tournament.
• All acknowledge the broad spectrum of outcomes and how fan moods will dramatically swing accordingly.

"Think about how different this fan base will be based on which of those two very plausible scenarios could happen." – Matt (27:32)

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5. UK Baseball Injury News

[28:57–31:22]

• Tyler Bell, thought to have a season-ending injury, may return for SEC play, potentially boosting the baseball team.
• Cam Williams’ potential late return is discussed, but optimism is tempered by skepticism about impact and conditioning.
• Jayden Quaintance is ruled out for the season.

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6. Predicting UK Basketball’s 2026-27 Roster

[32:23–37:25]

• All four hosts give their predictions on which current players will be back next season.
• Only real consensus is around Malachi Moreno and Colin Chandler likely returning.
• Speculation about others (Hawthorne, Cam Williams, Diabate, Garrison, etc.).
• Amusing note: Shannon purposely picks “the least optimistic” roster just to needle Matt.

"I think if Lowe’s back as the starting guard, we whiffed. Like, you can’t..." – Drew (37:13)

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7. High School Basketball Regional Tournaments

[43:53–45:32]

• Matt wants to emotionally invest in a highly competitive region; Ryan suggests the 11th region (Madison Central, Frederick Douglass, Bryan Station).
• Side note on historic Madison Central teams and the local talent pipeline.

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8. On Aging: Scent and Physical Changes

[45:55–50:02]

• Study reveals people’s “natural scent” changes around age 49–50, leading to fun (and wild) reflection from the crew on “old-person smell”, body changes, and the indignities of getting older.
• Dribbling in bathrooms, new hair growth, and “the 50s” all get comedic treatment.

Notable Quotes:

"Did you notice that as being the age?" – Matt
"Yes. You start growing hair where you never had hair grow before. Peeing all the time..." – Ryan (49:03)
"That’s...welcome to the 50s." – Ryan (49:25)

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Memorable Quotes and Segments (with Timestamps)

• Mark Pope Summer Tour Announcement:
  “Mark Pope announced yesterday that Kentucky is going to have a summer tour this year…somewhere he’s never been.” – Matt (04:59)

• On Rick Pitino's Loss:
  "They missed their last 24 field goal attempts! 0-for-24 to end the game." – Ryan (09:29)

• Danny Hurley’s Relationship with Rick Pitino:
  "None." – Danny Hurley, via Matt (10:18)

• On "Lexi" Nostalgia:
  "I remember thinking when I heard it, like, this could be big. And then it just went away." – Matt (11:57)

• Audio of Lexi [21:47–23:04]:
  John Calipari: "All right, folks, this is Coach Cal for Lexi...I am so juiced up about this tournament. We have a hard road now..."

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Useful Timelines for Key Segments

• UK Basketball Summer Tour Discussion: 04:59–08:41
• St. John’s Blowout & Coaching Personality Talk: 08:51–12:12
• Lexi/CoachCal.com Nostalgia: 12:14–23:44
• Best Case/Worst Case Season Scenarios: 24:12–28:33
• UK Baseball Injury Updates: 28:57–31:22
• Predicting Next Year’s Team: 32:23–37:25
• High School Tournament Talk: 43:53–45:32
• Aging and Scent Segment: 45:55–50:02

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Tone and Language

• The tone remains conversational, humorous, and always a bit self-deprecating—classic KSR style.
• Dialogue balances knowledgeable sports analysis with banter and inside jokes.
• Hosts aren’t afraid to laugh at themselves, especially when recalling failed media gimmicks or facing the tribulations of aging.

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

This hour is a quintessential slice of Kentucky Sports Radio: up-to-date discussion on UK basketball’s tumultuous prospects, colorful storytelling about program (and KSR) history, listener engagement via vintage trivia, current team news, and a willingness to laugh about getting older both as fans and broadcasters. If you love candid Kentucky sports talk with humor and heart, this episode’s a great snapshot of KSR’s enduring appeal.

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[Shannon]

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. Hour number two, Kentucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. Here at KS Bar, we are open for lunch and ready to rock. Getting ready for Madisonville tomorrow. Kentucky and Vandy 2 o' clock Saturday. Is that what it is? That's right.

[Ryan Lemond]

11:30 pregame. 2 o' clock pregame.

[Matt Jones]

Be here at the bar. Should be fun. Have a big, hopefully have a big crowd here. Two more home games left and then that's it.

[Drew]

Crazy.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. We haven't taken any calls, but that's because I got all these topics.

[Ryan Lemond]

Great topics.

[Matt Jones]

They are great topics. One person writes, matt, calling anyone a dork is the height of hilarious. You are the biggest dork I've ever seen. True.

[Ryan Lemond]

But you wear it.

[Matt Jones]

But I didn't go in the locker room and try to celebrate with the hockey team. I would know better. I'm not, I've been in a locker room one time and it was after UK beat South Carolina in football in like 20. It was Stoop's first big road win. They invited me in and they're playing and everybody was dancing and I was like, I, I can't, I, I, I feel weird.

[Drew]

You didn't crowd surf?

[Matt Jones]

No, because I was like, I didn't play. So I, I look, I watched for a minute. I was like, I'm all right, I'm gonna go. Because I, it's not, I'm not out there. Like, you see me throw it. Like I didn't play.

[Drew]

You weren't throwing around the game ball and smoking a cigar.

[Matt Jones]

So I, I grant you I'm a dork. But like, that's not the, the point. One person writes, did Crosby steals and Nash. They said, love the one you're with. How's that song go? If you can't get who you love, love the one you With. That's right. That's my. That's it.

[Ryan Lemond]

No comment.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. All these people in relationships, they will not say they have to have their wedding vows.

[Ryan Lemond]

We're happy in our relationships.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. No, I understand.

[Drew]

Ryan's about to get married.

[Ryan Lemond]

Slow down.

[Matt Jones]

You know, the funny thing is every time we play the game, who'll be the next to get married? The good thing about Ryan is we can play that game many times.

[Ryan Lemond]

Recirculating.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Just. He'll keep. He'll.

[Drew]

He loves love.

[Matt Jones]

He does. All right, one through ten. Drew.

[Drew]

I will go with number three.

[Matt Jones]

Number three. Mark Pope announced yesterday that Kentucky is going to have a summer tour this year. They are going to play somewhere overseas on a summer tour in games. And he said it is in the. He said he couldn't say what it was, but it is somewhere he's never been.

[Ryan Lemond]

He almost sounded a little giddy, like he was excited about whatever, wherever this location.

[Matt Jones]

He didn't say it was somewhere Kentucky's never been. He just said it somewhere he's never been. So I don't know what his travel life has been like, but he played overseas, so one of the things we could do is just go see where he played overseas because we know we're not going there.

[Ryan Lemond]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

When he was in college, they played in Italy, so we know we're not going there.

[Drew]

I thought he might recreate that, but he ruled that out.

[Matt Jones]

He said, I had a text machine source. Now, I'm not. This is not. I'm not advocating this source, but they had very specific details. And I went back. They have said something true one time before. They also have said something that ended up not being true one time. So it could go either way. But they said. And they said with confidence. They said the place and the location. Right.

[Ryan Lemond]

Seems to be like some in depth information.

[Matt Jones]

Baha Mar in the Bahamas said Kansas and a couple of other teams would also be going there this summer. Now again, that's not official. This is from random text machine person. But you know what, we're all friends here. We're just speculating. I don't know if Mark's ever been to the Bahamas. I haven't asked him. But this. And this is a different island, I think, right. Than the island we went to before.

[Drew]

Same island just down the beach a little bit.

[Matt Jones]

Is it.

[Drew]

You can see it from the Atlantis beach.

[Matt Jones]

I mean weren't they building that or had just built pretty new when we. I think when you and I rode in the back of that truck, that guy was like the next Time you're here.

[Drew]

That'll be almost went last summer for vacation. It's really nice.

[Matt Jones]

So Baja Mars. What this person says. But again, I don't know if that's true. It feels like in the years past they've given us a lot of notice about this. This would be. If they're going in July or August.

[Ryan Lemond]

This is need to get the word out there.

[Matt Jones]

People make their plan months away.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

But still it'd be very exciting. I love summer basketball.

[Drew]

Yeah. And I've wanted to go to that particular place for a while. So I would love for that to be it. When he said somewhere we haven't been. I know there's that or him and Jenna. There's that Dubai Royal Palm.

[Matt Jones]

Whatever.

[Drew]

And I'm like, please don't play in that when he was talking about it. So I would love for it to be the Bahamas.

[Matt Jones]

We've had. It might be Dubai. No.

[Drew]

I don't know. I don't have a thought. But that is existing this summer. So I thought please don't be that.

[Matt Jones]

I thought that Dubai thing though was regular season games.

[Drew]

Whatever it is. It's a rock. Tom Jurits kids put it on.

[Matt Jones]

So that's point being I was just

[Drew]

running through countries that it could be and I was like, God, please don't. I don't want anything there.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I don't know what it is. He also said fans would enjoy it. I think it'd be hard for fans on 5 months notice to get to Dubai. But the Bahamas is.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

You know, some people could get there either way. I like the idea of playing summer basketball. Now the question is, will we have a team? Because who will be on the team? But I am excited about the idea of playing.

[Ryan Lemond]

So it'll be like a round robin with three or four different play three or four different games. You think something like that.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, you're just making that up. I. It just. It's just I don't think we play other college teams. I think the idea though is there'll be a bunch of teams there that will all play. Because that's what's happening.

[Drew]

Yeah. Like we've normally done.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. When we were in the Bahamas, Ohio State was there and Murray State was the Eric's. Morehead State. Like North Carolina. North Carolina. So I think it's. It's something like that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Drew]

And then you get the randoms that we meet in the casino and hang out with. Then you look up and they're playing basketball the next day.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So. So exciting stuff. One through nine.

[Shannon]

Shannon, give me number seven.

[Matt Jones]

Seven, Yukon. St. John's last night I watched.

[Drew]

Oh.

[Matt Jones]

So here I was all excited. Turned on the peacock.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

I only watched peacock for the Tour de France, the Olympics and this show called Ponies. Have you seen that?

[Ryan Lemond]

Have not seen it. Don't know anything about it.

[Matt Jones]

It's good. It's about women. Who cares? It's, it's, it's, it's good. Watch. It's called Ponies. Turned it on. Put the game on route. Rick Patino's worst loss ever in his career. St. John's third worst loss in the history of the program.

[Ryan Lemond]

They missed their last 24 field goal attempts. Oh, of 24 to end the game. They couldn't buy a bucket.

[Shannon]

Can you imagine the practice they're going to have after that?

[Matt Jones]

They had eight minutes. They had like eight minutes left in the game. They had 36 points with eight minutes left in the game.

[Drew]

Their last made basket, there was 17 and a half minutes on the clock. Their final field goal.

[Matt Jones]

They didn't score for the final 17 and a half.

[Drew]

I think it had some free throws, but last made basket.

[Ryan Lemond]

I had to look up his postgame news conference and it lasted like a minute, 15 seconds. That was it.

[Matt Jones]

I heard he didn't come out at all, did he?

[Ryan Lemond]

He was out in the. Like the hallway, but outside the locker room.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, he didn't come in the media room.

[Ryan Lemond]

Didn't come in the media room.

[Drew]

Shouldn't have fired the gm.

[Ryan Lemond]

He.

[Matt Jones]

Danny Hurley was asked before the game, what kind of relationship do you have with Rick Patino? Did you see his answer?

[Drew]

No.

[Matt Jones]

He goes, none.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

Does he have a relationship with anybody, though?

[Matt Jones]

Well, he said to his credit, I mean, a man needs to know his weaknesses. He said, yeah, I'm not really friends with anyone that coaches. Well, I mean, maybe that's what you have to do, though.

[Drew]

He's honest.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, he's like. I mean, the last three coaches to win a national title have all been, let's be honest, jerks. Danny Hurley's one, two and Todd Golden. I mean, he's got his whole thing too. So, I mean, that's three in a row.

[Drew]

And we saw Rick and Cal do the. Pretend to like each other when all of us just. It went out the other year because we know it wasn't true. I like that he's just.

[Matt Jones]

That podcast together.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

That was awkward.

[Drew]

You see Hurley doing a podcast with someone.

[Matt Jones]

Do you remember when Cal. Just thinking of random. When Cal did the. You could call a phone number and he would give you updates about the team.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'd forgotten about that.

[Drew]

Remember that at all?

[Ryan Lemond]

I didn't go over very well.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think I remember this. He had some sort of, like, scheme. What is. I. I know this happened.

[Drew]

I know coachcow.com he had a lot of things.

[Matt Jones]

There was something. You call a number, and it would

[Ryan Lemond]

give you, like, a recorded message.

[Matt Jones]

A recorded message of Cal talking about the news of the team.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon.

[Shannon]

I don't remember. Like a cow hotline. Huh?

[Matt Jones]

It was like the old WWE hotline. 99, 199.

[Shannon]

I don't know if you had before

[Matt Jones]

you call or was it a text? It was something to do with the phone. And it lasted literally, like, a week.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know anybody that did it.

[Shannon]

I don't remember it.

[Ryan Lemond]

I remember it was out there, though.

[Matt Jones]

I remember thinking when I heard it, like, this could be big. And then it just went away. You remember he also started a new podcast, and he. With. He started a new podcast right before he took the job at Arkansas. He had Michelle Obama's brother, the Oregon State coaches, his first guest. And then never did another one. You remember that? It was called, like, the leadership podcast. And he literally did one episode and then never did another one. He had, like, forgetting all these.

[Drew]

No, I remember that it was called the Cow Cast. I don't remember the recording. I was trying to look that up. His coachcow.com in the early days had a little bit of a money grab to it.

[Matt Jones]

We have to find what it is.

[Drew]

Yeah. The T shirts.

[Matt Jones]

There was no what you remember the phone. No one remembers the phone. But you rhyme, which worries me that you're the only person.

[Ryan Lemond]

It was a phone or a text message or something that fans could dial in.

[Matt Jones]

Someone out there remembers this, and it

[Ryan Lemond]

didn't last very long at all.

[Matt Jones]

I also remember CoachCow.com did have a subscription service because I had to tour his bathroom. Do you remember that?

[Drew]

And there was a T shirt, if you're at a certain level, because I have one. And it has the Twitter logo on it to follow Coach Cow.

[Matt Jones]

That that video is out there online of me giving a tour of Coach Cal's bathroom, which is really embarrassing in hindsight. I get in his shower.

[Drew]

I think, you know, you definitely get in the shower. I think it was at the craft center.

[Ryan Lemond]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

But it was Coach Cal, wherever it was. Caliperi had his own shower, and I got in it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Good reporting.

[Matt Jones]

It sounds really bad.

[Shannon]

Here's where he stands without clothes on Lathers himself.

[Matt Jones]

And why did I do that?

[Drew]

Looking for timeouts.

[Matt Jones]

Some. I know, I know. I'm right about that.

[Drew]

I believe you. There was a lot of little money grab things on the coachcal.com early days.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Well, anyway, so Patino. Yeah, it was the cow. Oh, yes. They were called Lexis. Look that up. That's what they were called.

[Drew]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

They were called Lexi.

[Ryan Lemond]

What is Lexi's.

[Matt Jones]

They were called. And you could call and you could get a Lexi from Cal.

[Drew]

I'm starting to have memory of this. I'm still trying to help. Here we go.

[Matt Jones]

Here we.

[Drew]

This is from the Herald Leader, John Clay. Cal knows how to combine the two from coachcow.com his audio clips on Lexi to his Twitter followers. John Clay quoted one of them.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Found out. Find out what the Lexi was because I think you call a number and it would be like, hello, this is John Caliperi and it's so such and such day. This is your Lexi.

[Ryan Lemond]

I remember it. I just don't remember any people had to. It was a text message or a call, but something you would get if you called this certain number.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, Yukon. By the way, the. Sorry. The Patino loss was his second worst loss of all time. Do you remember his first worst loss, which was here at Kentucky?

[Ryan Lemond]

Kansas.

[Matt Jones]

Kansas 150 to 95.

[Ryan Lemond]

And his minute 15 newscar. He brought that up. You know, his team missed their last 24 field goals and then Caliper's team made like their last 14 field goals last night. Both our coaches had completely opposite endings last night.

[Drew]

I'm having a good time going back.

[Matt Jones]

So tell me about the Lexi. This was not one of the topics, but I'm glad I remembered.

[Drew]

First of all, I don't remember this, but this is so him. Here's a New York Times article that says coachcal.com gets a hundred thousand views a day. I don't believe that. I do not believe that.

[Matt Jones]

That was not true.

[Drew]

And he was in the process of starting the Chinese version of CoachCal.com.

[Matt Jones]

what was the guy's name? They brought a guy from China and he followed the team for a year. We love that guy.

[Drew]

Not believe he had a hundred thousand.

[Matt Jones]

No, he didn't have a hundred thousand

[Drew]

followers, but there's a lot of coachcal.com you can get a Lexi autographed hat from legendary head coach and Lexi caster extraordinaire John Calipari.

[Matt Jones]

So he was a Lexi caster.

[Drew]

He was a Lexi caster.

[Ryan Lemond]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

That didn't last very long. No, it didn't now. I'd like to go back and hear what they were.

[Drew]

Is Chinese coachcow.com still available? I want to read that.

[Matt Jones]

Lao Du was great.

[Drew]

I love Lao do. I have selfies with him on my phone to this day in New Orleans,

[Matt Jones]

remember there being a Chinese guy that was following the team around? A Chinese news newspaper hired Lao Do. He followed Kentucky around. Was it 2012? Was it the year we won the title? We loved him though.

[Drew]

He was my seat neighbor at every game. Every game.

[Matt Jones]

And he really didn't know much about basket. He had no idea why he was here.

[Drew]

He had. He had a Chinese Twitter. He showed me. It was incredible.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, he would tweet about the games in Chinese.

[Shannon]

I found audio of a Coach Cal Lexicast.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh yes.

[Matt Jones]

Dude, this is okay with tease. Okay.

[Shannon]

What a tease. What a radio break for this one.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. You're gonna stick through the break to

[Ryan Lemond]

hear yes, you are. I am.

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[Drew]

I got his number. I got loud who's number?

[Matt Jones]

Dude, I love that guy. We'll take a break. Be right back on Memories by KSR

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859-280-2287 Text Machine 772-774-5254 Very surprised how few people remember the Usually, I mean, I can say anything about UK basketball and someone will say, yes, I remember that. This. The Lexis have gone to history.

[Ryan Lemond]

It wasn't around long enough for people to.

[Matt Jones]

Even Ryan Lemon and I are the only ones that seem to remember this further.

[Drew]

Tells me he wasn't getting 100,000 a week.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, there's that couple people on this text machine. 772-7745254 say they remember it, but not many, which is very rare. So, Shannon, this is. You're saying this is a Coach Cal, Lexi?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Shannon]

This is video of Caliperi recording Alexi, but it serves the same purpose. So here, let's go ahead.

[Matt Jones]

Here we go. This is Cal Lexi from. This is 2010.

[John Calipari]

All right, folks, this is Coach Cal for Lexi. I had to call you. I know I'm usually calling you in the mornings, but I'm calling you now because of all the NCAA tournament stuff that's out. You know, we win the SEC in a dog fight. I don't know how we won the game. If you figure it out, send me a note and tell me how we won, because I have no idea. But we did win. We had to travel back, race to my house to see where we'd fall. We knew we'd be A one. We needed to know what region and who we'd be playing against. Well, then I had to do a few things for DirecTV Mega March Madness, which I'm helping him with. And then Brad, my son, wanted to go out and throw baseball, so I had to do that. Now I'm on my way to go watch some tape of East Tennessee State, and I'll tell you, I am so juiced up about this tournament. We have a hard road now, and I understand we're one of the hard. I think Kansas has a hard road also.

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[John Calipari]

I mean, it's. There's no easy way because you're going to have to win games. You have to Tate. There's going to be upsets. There's teams you think you're going to play, you're not going to be playing, but it's going to be a tough road. And then with a young team like we have. Oh, my goodness. But I'll tell you what, I've got a talented young team, and I'm anxious to get after it, and I'm just hoping we've grown through the weekend.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so that's Alexi there, 2010. So that was because we played East Tennessee State that year, right?

[Drew]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

I think we did. He says we're a one seed.

[Drew]

Yep.

[Shannon]

This is for March 15, 2010.

[Matt Jones]

Wow. The John Wall team. And he said how do we win that game? That was a Mississippi State game in the tournament where we make the comeback.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Wow. So just hearing that, what a.

[Ryan Lemond]

To me a great idea for 2010 where people could call and get an update from coach.

[Matt Jones]

But he said he called them.

[Drew]

Yeah. Did it just.

[Matt Jones]

So he was. So he would call you if you.

[Ryan Lemond]

I guess. Do you subscribe?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

He would call you, maybe send out a message to everybody.

[Shannon]

Sounds like a long way conversation to me.

[Drew]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

Can you imagine? You get a phone call and Cal Perry's just in your ear going, hello, this is John Calperi. Wow. The Lexi. All right, well that's from the past. Ryan one through seven, let's go number eight.

[Shannon]

One through seven. Number.

[Matt Jones]

Stop being it. Don't be funny. Just one through seven. You know, you and I have this conversation. Don't try to be funny. You're naturally funny. That when you try to be funny, you frustrate me. What is one through seven?

[Ryan Lemond]

Let's go number one then one.

[Matt Jones]

All right. I did. I was going to lead the show with this, but then I decided to do this thing. Give me your best case and your worst case scenario. Best case? Worst case scenario for the rest of the season for UK Drew. Best case, Worst case.

[Drew]

Best case is Aberdeen and Owe and Chandler play, you know, their best basketball like we've seen consistently throughout the sec and then the combination of yellow Vich and Diabate give you what they gave you the other night, you stay healthy and that group in Marino take you to the second weekend.

[Matt Jones]

So best case for you is sweet 16.

[Drew]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Worst case,

[Drew]

we don't win another game at all.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. That's, that's a plausible scenario and I

[Drew]

don't think that will happen. But it's not impossible. We're probably going to be an underdog all three of the games left.

[Matt Jones]

Scenario where that happens is you lose the three regular season games, you end up with the eight seed because Texas loses a couple times coming down the stretch, you're the 8 seed, you play Texas in the first round, the SEC

[Drew]

tournament, but then if you lose that, you're NCAA seed, you're an underdog, 11

[Matt Jones]

seed seed and you lose in the first round of the NCAA.

[Drew]

Now I think that's extreme, but it's not non 0 not crazy.

[Matt Jones]

My. That was going to be my worst case. There is a worst case scenario where you do not win another game. Best case scenario for me, beat Vandy and A and M, lose to Florida, you end up like a six seed in the SEC tournament. You end up playing like Arkansas in the in the quarterfinals. Beat them, play Alabama in the semifinals. Get hot. Beat them. Losing the finals to Florida, go to the NCAA tournament, you're a seven seed, win your first game, draw two seed. That stinks. Upset them, get the Sweet 16, see your matchup, things go crazy good. You win and you go the elite. Not likely, but that's best case.

[Ryan Lemond]

Ryan, I'm still a believer that these guys, they are good shooters, they're going to find their stroke. I know we're about running out of time, but I still believe that. Trent, Yellow, Vic, Jasper, these guys, they're good shooters, they're just not hitting their shot right now. So I'm going to hope my best case scenario, they dial in, find their stroke, win two of the last three, Manny in Texas A and M, lose to Florida, get to the SEC tournament and I'm kind of drew. Just get us to Saturday, you get us to the weekend of the SEC tournament, get in the NCAA tournament, go to the sweet 16. Maybe you have to upset somebody in the round of 32 to get to the Sweet 16. Everybody's excited and that way. So if we lose in the Sweet sixteen, we're not as disappointed.

[Shannon]

Shannon, best case scenario, team gets your

[Matt Jones]

worst case lose out.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, you guys are all, you nailed the worst case.

[Matt Jones]

All right, go ahead.

[Shannon]

Yeah, worst case is lose out. You end up what, 18 and 14 and I don't even know if do you make the tournament at that point.

[Matt Jones]

If you're 18, 14, you make it, but you're probably a 10 or 11 seed.

[Shannon]

Best case scenario for me, this team gets hot, they end up a six seed in the NCAA tournament. They beat the 11, get an upset over the three, make it to the Sweet 16 and probably lose there.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so we're all in the same ballpark.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

But it is interesting. Just think about the difference in react. We all agree that either of those scenarios is possible, right? Not win another game. Sweet 16. Think about how different this fan base will be based on which of those two very plausible scenarios could happen or anything in between. It's, it's amazing and I don't think

[Ryan Lemond]

we would be surprised if it went either way. I can see it happening in the bad way and the good way.

[Matt Jones]

I, I could too. I could see us beating Vandy Saturday. Yeah, A M's been on a complete, you know, they've been falling down. You could win. Yes, you know, you draw a two seed and it's Nebraska. Are you scared? I'm not really.

[Ryan Lemond]

Get a big upset.

[Matt Jones]

But I also could see a world where it all falls apart. So I guess we'll just be along for the ride.

[Drew]

Got that going for us.

[Matt Jones]

Call Lexi and we'll keep you up to date during the run. We'll be right back.

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Here's Matt Jones, quarterback Techie Sports Radio, 859280 2287. All right, one through six. Drew.

[Drew]

I'll go number four.

[Matt Jones]

Number four. Okay. Let's see. One. Oh, I guess I've done more of these than I realized. One through five. You're still doing four. Tyler Bell, baseball player for Kentucky. They announced yesterday. Maybe back.

[Ryan Lemond]

Good news.

[Matt Jones]

Some rumors Jeff Drummond said may actually be back for SEC play.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's huge.

[Matt Jones]

Which seems wild to me, but would be huge for Kentucky baseball. They. They ended up winning that game yesterday. Western okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

You know. Yeah. The initial indication was that it was a pretty serious shoulder injury. Maybe after they got in there and did the MRI or something, found out okay. Yeah, we can rehab, get him back by the end of the season. So it would be a big boost to get him back.

[Drew]

I think yesterday people at the game noticed he wasn't in a sling. And, you know, if you're out for a year and if you're really going through, that thing's probably going to have something on it. And it looked like, you know, he wasn't out there throwing the ball around a lot, but it didn't have anything on it, which is a good sign.

[Matt Jones]

Talk about our other injuries. 0 chance in your mind, Jaden Quaint's

[Drew]

place, is there a number below zero?

[Ryan Lemond]

It's been zero for me for a long time.

[Drew]

It's been zero for me since January.

[Matt Jones]

Zero.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Did you. You have been zero from the beginning. Was that. Was that Scoop or was that just Ryan Lemon scuttlebutt?

[Ryan Lemond]

Just a little. Little scuttlebutt. No Scoop. Just a little scuttlebutt that, like I said, I mean, I think. I don't know. I don't know this, but I think there could be another injury that has happened, and maybe that's why it's swelling up all the time. And I don't think his dad was too pleased with the way things were going.

[Matt Jones]

We only played three games. Yeah, but in the last game, he only played, like eight minutes.

[Drew]

Yeah, and if he was going to come back, he would have already been back. All right, even if you're healthy, what's the point coming back for a couple games here. Cam Williams sounds like he's trying. I just seems very optimistic for a guy coming off that injury. Would just immediately, once he starts practicing, the conditioning, all that goes into it, be able to help you out, would you?

[Matt Jones]

I mean, let's say that he was ready for the SEC tournament. You think it make a big difference?

[Drew]

It would help. I just wouldn't have high expectations of him making a big enough impact to matter. But if you, if, if we're, if it's the SEC tournament, Trent still hasn't made a three and your bench hasn't taken a step forward, then another body won't hurt you.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's what I mean.

[Matt Jones]

That's a really good point. With the way Trent and Jasper have played, it could be huge just to give some rest to those guards occasionally. I mean, I don't want a lot of rest, but you could give them a little bit of rest.

[Ryan Lemond]

It couldn't hurt at least having somebody out there that could go out and maybe knock down a shot for you when you need one. Those days of him playing 15 minutes are long gone. But if you get him, you know,

[Matt Jones]

five, you don't think you can play 15.

[Ryan Lemond]

Not off the bat. You know, like Drew said, the conditioning. He hasn't been on the conditioning since, when was it? January. I mean, that's a long time to be out off your feet.

[Matt Jones]

What are the chances you think he plays?

[Drew]

I mean, if they made a deep run, you know, you're buying them a little more time. I will say 5%.

[Ryan Lemond]

I was going to go 10.

[Matt Jones]

I'll go more than that. I'll say 15 or 20. I think that, I think he's trying.

[Drew]

Yeah, I don't have a doubt he's trying. I just think that's, it's a big ask for him to get back and be able to help you in that timeline that he has in front of him. I think his attitude's right. No doubt.

[Matt Jones]

One person writes, matt, sometimes you write things down. I want you to write things down right now with everyone on the show, players that will be on the team next year writing it down. I'm writing it right here on Sunday, March 1st. I'll do Matt. I'm gonna do Matt Jones's first. These are the ones that I. This is not could. This is wit. Like, this is your, your prediction. And of course we, we can change this, but this Is for today.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Malachi Moreno. Colin Chandler. Cam Williams. Brandon hawthorne. Braden hawthorne. Braden hawthorne. And I'll go ahead and say jalen lowe. Those are my five. I'm going five.

[Drew]

Drew. I will say cam williams.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Drew]

Colin chandler.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Oh, boy. No, malachi.

[Drew]

I'm thinking I'll say malachi.

[Matt Jones]

All right.

[Drew]

Gotta get malachi.

[Matt Jones]

That's important.

[Drew]

I will add hawthorne.

[Matt Jones]

All right.

[Drew]

Put Diabate on there.

[Matt Jones]

Diabate. All right, so we both have five, but we just differ as to who the fifth is.

[Drew]

Actually, you know what? Give me yellow Vich.

[Matt Jones]

Yellow bitch. No Diabate. Or do you want to do both?

[Drew]

We'll keep them both.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, so you got.

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[Drew]

I worry. We're gonna run it back.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so you got six.

[Drew]

Part of me wants to say Brandon Garrison. I know that sounds outrageous, but Pope clearly loves him. But I'm not going to say it.

[Matt Jones]

But you're not going to say low.

[Drew]

No, I'm not gonna say low.

[Matt Jones]

All right, Shannon.

[Drew]

And I was on the fence about Trent, Noah, and Jasper Johnson, but I left them both off.

[Shannon]

I got four. I'm gonna go.

[Matt Jones]

You want to run this whole thing back?

[Drew]

No, I. I.

[Matt Jones]

No.

[Drew]

Part of me wants to run it back. I think heading toward.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, four. Shannon, go low.

[Shannon]

Chandler, Moreno, and I think Garrison just to frustrate the hell out of you for another season.

[Matt Jones]

Wow. So no camp, no, Low. Chandler, Moreno, Garrison, Shannon with the typical, least pet. Optimistic. Or. It depends, I guess, how you look at it.

[Shannon]

I mean, I think it would be an improvement to get more players.

[Matt Jones]

Interesting. You have Low, Chandler, Moreno, Garrison. That's quite a foursome. I bet nobody else has that force.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, Ryan, I think the. The three, we kind of agree on Malachi, Chandler, and Except Shannon. I'm gonna go with email. Malachi, Chandler, Cam. I'm gonna go. Trent, Noah, and that's it. Those four.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so I have six, or. No, Drew has six. I have five, you two have four. We all have Moreno, Cam, and. Or no, you don't have Cam. So the only two people all four of us have are Moreno and Chandler. We all feel good about Moreno and Chance. I lived into Moreno, so Chandler is the only one everyone feels 100% certain is back.

[Drew]

I'm not 100% there either, but I would say he's the most likely of the bunch.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, Moreno, you would say second.

[Drew]

No, I would say Cam, second.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, but. But he doesn't. I just think so I can't put him.

[Drew]

Yeah, I just think Moreno's phone's good.

[Matt Jones]

If we're doing the Correct. If we're doing the collective group. Chandler most likely Cam or, excuse me, Moreno, second. Cam third. We all kind of agree that's. Those three are the top Hawthorne. Neither Ryan, you, nor Shannon believe he's going to play here

[Shannon]

this year.

[Ryan Lemond]

So I was thinking about just the current guys.

[Matt Jones]

Do you think you'll play here?

[Ryan Lemond]

I would put him down on my list.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so now Ryan's.

[Ryan Lemond]

I got five.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so we all agree with that. No one has Jasper returning.

[Ryan Lemond]

No.

[Drew]

No.

[Matt Jones]

Is he the least likely to come back?

[Ryan Lemond]

See, I thought maybe yellow bitch might be the one of the least likely to come back. He may even just go back overseas, you know, May not even play college ball here.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think he'll do that. He can make more money here.

[Drew]

I just don't know his connection.

[Matt Jones]

His entire team came to college, so clearly there's more money here than there is on his team. He might go to another school, but I don't think he'll go back.

[Drew]

I just don't know his opportunities.

[Matt Jones]

Why did you say. Who do you think is less likely?

[Drew]

I was just trying to think Jasper. I only know. But to say he's the least likely. I was kind of running through the roster in my head. I. I guess he's my answer now.

[Matt Jones]

Why am I. Why are Shannon and I the only two that have low?

[Drew]

I just hope they go find someone that's not coming off a shoulder injury. That plays a little more like the demory at UConn that they talked to last year. That type of guard who's having a great year. I hope they go get.

[Ryan Lemond]

They're definitely gonna go get a point guard. I think that alone may chase him off. Chase Low off and go get somebody else.

[Matt Jones]

I think that's a fair argument.

[Drew]

I think if Lowe's back is the starting guard, we whiffed like you can't. I like that Low tried and I hate that he has the injury, but I don't know. You can put all your chips in with a guy coming off a shoulder injury.

[Matt Jones]

I'm holding out for my man. I think everybody. I think it's a different team. It's a different team. If he's healthy all year. I still don't think it would have been great, but it would have been better than what we have. Our bottom would not have been as bad. Yeah, our bottom has been very bad

[Drew]

this year, but we might have never gotten Aberdeen. And he's awesome right now.

[Matt Jones]

Yep, fair point. But our. I don't think we I don't think we lose by 42 teams if he's on the team, right?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, with. He's with. He. If he was healthy. You're trying to juggle away Chandler, Aberdeen and Lowell at the same time.

[Matt Jones]

But then you could have a four man rotation. Yeah, right now we just have three guys and then pray they're our best three guys, you know, which I do think is is difficult. If you're paying for premium roadside assistance or getting gouged for phone insurance. Go to UK Federal Credit Union not only can you have your money in the Blue Vantage checking account, they're packed with benefits that go beyond the basics. 24. 7 roadside assistance, ATM fee rebates. That's good dark web monitoring. Brian needs that about every week. Go to UK Federal Credit Union the official credit union, the University of Kentucky. Additional fleas apply Membership eligibility required Insured by NCUA we'll take a break and be right back and come back for the final segments. Ksr Awkward time to ask this, but.

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back, Turkey Sports Radio. Drew just reminded me that Reese Potter left Miami of Ohio and they're undefeated.

[Ryan Lemond]

They won again.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, that's brutal. I didn't think about that. That's tough.

[Drew]

Yeah, he played close to 20 minutes last year.

[Matt Jones]

They're going to finish undefeated. Are they? Do you find them a good story or do you find it lame because they didn't play anybody?

[Drew]

It's a good story, but, you know, if it gets to the point where they lost their conference tournament, I'm not. I don't think they should be rewarded. It's neat that they've won every game in front of them, but it's not some big incredible feat.

[Matt Jones]

If our best case scenario happened and we were like a six or a seven, I would love to see them on the other side of the draw. I don't, I don't, I would. I don't think you, I don't think you could pick a better team for Kentucky to get in that scenario because, I mean, no offense to him, I just don't think they're. They're obviously good, but they're not like really good.

[Drew]

And they've been tested, but not like, not really tested. And a real, you know, Kentucky, I'm not going to say elite, but, you know, a big program from a big conference coming in and smacking in the mouth. They haven't had any challenges like that this year.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, if they had just played one game against a big conference team, just one where they won or not, you'd have a, an idea, at least have a little experience, which you have no idea. So I, I would love to. Of all, I would love to see that as our opponent.

[Ryan Lemond]

And I can see the selection committee doing that high profile game, undefeated Miami of Ohio playing Kentucky. Yes, I can see that happening.

[Drew]

I think that's up to them.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'd be like.

[Drew]

It would Wichita that year.

[Matt Jones]

All right, A couple things real quick here that we did, we didn't get to. I want. Next week is the high school regional tournaments.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

I want to pick Ryan a region to go watch, like make a couple. I want to. I want to pick a region to get emotionally invested. Okay, so which region do you think will have the most competitive tournament this year? If Matt Jones wanted to be emotionally invested in a tournament, well, you wouldn't

[Ryan Lemond]

have to go too far because the 11th region's got Madison Central, probably the best team, and Frederick Douglas and Brian Station are both really good. So the 11th region, it's always good. It's gonna be good again this year.

[Matt Jones]

It's not a fun answer, though. Like, I could go to that any year. Is there another year that has. Is there another reason? Has multiple good teams or at least very competitive?

[Drew]

Louisville again?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, same again.

[Drew]

That's the same thing you're running into. I assume you're trying to get out somewhere. You don't.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I mean, I could do. I, I would do. I've been to the Louisville ones a lot. Lexington, I haven't actually been a lot, but I'm thinking like, is there, there's got to Be some region out there that has three or four good teams. It's not always.

[Ryan Lemond]

The 10th region's usually pretty competitive. GRC still really good.

[Matt Jones]

So you don't know.

[Ryan Lemond]

Trying to think, because we always had much. A lot of fun at the 13th region tournament down there, but I don't think any of those teams are like powerhouses this year.

[Matt Jones]

All right, well, there goes my excitement.

[Drew]

I mean, Madison Central would be a good one to see. They're really good.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Is that in Richmond? Where is the regional tournament?

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm not sure whether. Playing the 11th region tournament this year, but that's. It's going to be a hell of a tournament.

[Matt Jones]

When's the last Madison Central? This is the best they've been in many years, right?

[Ryan Lemond]

They won the state title with Dominique.

[Matt Jones]

Is this the best they've been since then?

[Ryan Lemond]

Probably, yeah. That was what Dominique, Hawkins them on, like, oh, seven, oh, eight. Whatever that year was.

[Matt Jones]

No, it was. It was the year we.

[Drew]

It was later than that.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, yeah, because Cal went to watch.

[Matt Jones]

It was the year we missed the tournament. It was 13. Because Cal went and watched the game. And then. And then Hawkins played so well, he gave him a scholarship. So I think that was 2013.

[Drew]

And they got a felt house at

[Ryan Lemond]

Madison since he's committed to Belmont.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, is that. It's the Fell house kid.

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[Drew]

Good.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, he's really good size.

[Matt Jones]

All right. So I did read a study, Shannon, I thought you would like.

[Drew]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

They say they have found a study that says, you know, people. That people claim people have a natural scent. Do you believe that's true? That, like, people have. They always say married people can smell the scent of their other.

[Shannon]

Yeah, yeah, that's probably true.

[Matt Jones]

I'm not talking like perfume or cologne, but just like a natural scent.

[Drew]

Sure, I believe that.

[Matt Jones]

Do you believe that's true?

[Ryan Lemond]

I believe it. I think dogs prove that it's true.

[Matt Jones]

Why do dogs prove that it's true?

[Ryan Lemond]

They can smell like something like a sock and then go find that person.

[Drew]

That.

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[Shannon]

You get a point.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so that's a good. All right, fair enough. They say that starting at the age of 49 to 50, your natural scent changes into a different scent. And they're trying to figure out biologically why that happens, that you get to a certain age and your natural scent becomes completely different and that older people then smell completely different than when they

[Shannon]

were young, start to smell like Bengay after that age.

[Matt Jones]

Do you. Do you agree with that? You have the reason I'm Bringing this up is I'm going to cross that line relatively soon. You have already crossed it. So you have already changed your smell. Do you. Do you think or have you ever people told you you smell different?

[Ryan Lemond]

I haven't got that, but it's probably they want to tell me. But, you know, we go visit your grandparents, they always kind of had a different smell to them.

[Matt Jones]

I feel like you never visited my grandparents. They were dead when they met.

[Drew]

Leave my grandparents out of this.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, back in the day, when you used to go visit your grandparents, they. Grandparents always used to have a little smell different. They smelled different.

[Matt Jones]

Mine didn't.

[Ryan Lemond]

Maybe you were young, you didn't smell. You've got a very sensitive smell.

[Matt Jones]

I tried not to. I. I tried not to smell my grandparents a lot. Yeah. I. I just thought. The point being, what. What is getting me. There are all these studies coming out that basically say the 8 between the age of 44 and 49 is the moment that your body, like, starts to go, all right, that's it. Like, we're heading in a different phase of our life. And I don't feel it, but I'm kind of worried, like, it's going to happen, like, tomorrow overnight.

[Drew]

You're going to wake up and smell different.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

You know, tomorrow in Madisonville, if you smell different.

[Matt Jones]

No, but I mean, they're just. I've been like. I guess it's just you tend to focus on what affects you. I just keep reading all this stuff, and it all says the same thing, that you go through 44 to 49 and then, like, 72 to 74 are the ages that your body makes major transformations. Basically ages. And I don't feel it. Like, I'm in better shape now than I was 10 years ago. But I'm just worried, Drew. Like, I need to go do everything right now because it's about to fall apart.

[Drew]

You got to take care of yourself. Could it be, you know, when things start going bad, they start to smell? Getting older. Aging.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Did you notice that as being the age?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes. You know, you start growing hair where you've never had hair grow before. What, things don't work? That used to work.

[Drew]

I wish you hadn't asked him that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Peeing all the time. You got to pee twice in the middle of the night. Can't get a whole night's sleep without going into the bathroom. Dribbling all over the floor.

[Shannon]

See what you get to look forward to?

[Ryan Lemond]

That's. That's. Welcome to the 50s.

[Matt Jones]

Dribbling all over the floor.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, yeah. Things just dribble.

[Shannon]

You crossing over people in the bathroom.

[Matt Jones]

You know, you're right. I should have. I shouldn't have asked him the question. That's on me. I'm gonna take that one for the team. That's on me. I should have known. Should have realized he was not the person to ask. I should have brought in a special guest. Drew past that.

[Drew]

Now I got visuals of riding my head. I don't want you lose hair.

[Matt Jones]

Where you want hair, you start growing hair.

[Ryan Lemond]

We don't want to grow hair. My nose, my ears. Hair's growing everywhere.

[Matt Jones]

Your ears?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, hair coming out of my ears. Oh, yeah.

[Shannon]

Old people get hair coming out of their ears. I've seen that.

[Matt Jones]

All right, tonight. DraftKings. DraftKings.com Vet5Win200 if you use my promo code, KSR. March Madness is coming. We got a lot of parlays and excitement happening, so you might as well get in now. The only one big game tonight in college basketball again on stupid Peacock. Michigan State at Purdue. Oh, Purdue is a 7 1/2 point favorite.

[Drew]

Purdue gets done. They just destroyed Indiana and took that loss to Michigan before that. I think they're in a good spot even though they lost that game and they'll win big.

[Matt Jones]

This is for it to. For the two seed probably in the Big Ten tournament.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I watched the Purdue Indiana game. They just destroyed Indiana. The produce kind of got it figured out. They're kind of rolling right now.

[Matt Jones]

I'll take Purdue to win, but I'll take Michigan State to cover the seven and a half.

[Drew]

A lot of points for a game

[Matt Jones]

like going to play. They'll play him hard, but I'll take Purdue to win, but Michigan State to cover.

[Shannon]

Shannon, I'll take Purdue as well. I think they do cover.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, there you go. And my. By the way, after a two and a half week hiatus, my Hurricanes are back in action. I get to see my favorite person Trip Tracy on the television. Oh, that's right. We're going to be in Madisonville. They probably won't show the game.

[Drew]

We'll find it. We'll get it for you. We're the best town on earth, Matt. We'll get whatever you need.

[Matt Jones]

Madisonville. We'll see you tomorrow. $10,000. Thank you all very much for coming out here. We'll see you later. This has been Kentucky Sports Radio.

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