2026-04-13- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

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Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Hour 1

April 13, 2026 | Host: Matt Jones (with Shannon) | iHeartPodcasts & Sports Talk 790

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Episode Overview

Theme:
This episode is packed with anticipation and excitement as the University of Kentucky (UK) faces one of its defining days in basketball recruiting history. Matt Jones and Shannon break down why the simultaneous visits of Tyron Stokes (top high school player) and Rob Wright (highly sought-after transfer portal point guard) represent a key moment in the Mark Pope era, possibly setting the course for the program’s future. The hosts also cover recent UK football commitments and highlight a Kentucky fan tradition that’s become a viral sensation.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Historic UK Basketball Recruiting Days

[04:27–08:40]

• Matt opens with nostalgia, comparing today’s anticipation to legendary UK recruiting days:
  • Patterson/Lucas Day (site crashed “600 times” [04:49]), Calipari hiring (“the most legendary day in UK Internet history” [05:07]), the Twins’ return decision, Nerlens Noel’s commitment (shaving UK logo in his hair), and Hamidou Diallo’s dramatic midnight return decision.
• “Since COVID,” Matt jokes, the only comparable online excitement was when Calipari’s future was in doubt and he appeared pushing a dog in a stroller.
• Quote:
  • “Is that the biggest Internet fan day since COVID—is Cal walking around … with a dog in a stroller?”
    —Matt Jones [08:01]

2. The Significance of Stokes & Wright's Visits

[08:44–12:20]

• Stokes (No. 1 high school player) and Wright (top 5 transfer portal player) are both on campus—the best available prospects Kentucky could attract this cycle.
• Shannon on excitement:
  • “It’s amazing. You get these top two guys … and they’re on campus at the same time.” [09:41]
• Matt underscores how rare this is—ranking Stokes as “the best high school player to come to Kentucky since Carl Towns” and Wright as “the top college portal player UK has ever recruited.” [10:44–12:20]
• Quote:
  • “This is the biggest day of the Pope recruiting era. And you could make an argument, Ryan, it’s the biggest day of the Pope era going forward.”
    —Matt Jones [11:44]

3. Kentucky Fanbase Euphoria – "Banner Boys"

[12:38–15:09, 43:37–52:47]

• Upon hearing the news, fans went into overdrive:
  • “Within minutes” banners for the recruits were being made and hung from houses and even Walmart (“That’s why Kentucky fans are great…” [13:00]).
• Sigma Chi fraternity students, the "Banner Boys", call in to describe their impromptu banner-making project—now spreading virally in Lexington.
  • “That is very cool… that’s the best of UK fandom.” —Matt Jones [51:32]
• Memorable moment:
  • Coaches even stop to take pictures and FaceTime recruits with the banners, and more are encouraged to go up (“that house now is going to be the billboard for…” [13:37]).
• Matt suggests broadcasting from the banner house if both recruits commit.

4. Pressure and Stakes for Mark Pope

[14:46–18:57]

• Matt reveals the tension:
  • “This is a feast or famine moment. If he gets two of these guys, this fanbase is going to lose their mind... If he gets neither... oh, the negativity.” [15:37–15:53]
• Pope running a close-hold recruiting approach — limited leaks, betting on results speaking for themselves.
• Financial reality: “These guys are going to get a lot of the budget. So if they don’t get them, they have a lot more money to get other people. But… the rest of their class depends on what these two guys do.” [17:47–18:18]
• Quote:
  • “If you deliver, you have been washed in the blood of the BBN lamb... But if you don't, there’s going to be people very frustrated.”
    —Matt Jones [16:11]

5. Confirmed & Rumored UK Roster Changes

[24:51–29:27]

• Yellow Bitch has transferred and committed to Ohio State (“Felt like he underachieved last year … but wrote a very nice note” [25:09–26:14]).
• Brandon Garrison (UK target) chooses Alabama—likely for a bigger NIL package.
• Jasper Johnson—rumored to Arkansas, possibly following Calipari.
  • “That’s such a Cal move… to come in here and get Jasper, grew up in Lexington.”
    —Shannon [27:39]
• Trent Noah returning—praised as the NIL ideal, costing UK little due to local endorsement deals (example of NIL working as intended).
• Other recruits:
  • Donnie Freeman (visiting tomorrow), Jalen Cox (Colgate transfer) on Wednesday, Zoom Diallo (“UK still interested but can probably only afford two of three: Wright, Stokes, Diallo” [30:31]).

6. UK Football Lands Historic Quarterback Commitment

[31:14–37:58]

• Jake Narat, No. 2-ranked 2026 QB (Rivals), commits to Kentucky—highest such pledge since Tim Couch.
• Discussion on the rarity and value:
  • “If you’re a UK football fan, you should be jumping up and down, having a parade in the street. You got the second ranked quarterback in the country.”
    —Shannon [37:33]
• Caller “Derek” voices cautious optimism due to past high-profile UK signees rarely starting; Matt replies: “If we can't be happy about the commitment of the highest ranked quarterback of all time… you can't be happy about anything.” [37:40]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On fan excitement:
  • “Days like yesterday are why Kentucky fans are great.” —Matt Jones [12:56]
• On stakes for Coach Pope:
  • “If you deliver, you have been washed in the blood of the BBN lamb…” —Matt Jones [16:11]
• On football QB commitment:
  • “If you can’t be happy about that, you can’t be happy about anything.” —Matt Jones [37:40]
• Banner Boys legend:
  • “Anytime a guy’s on campus, are you going to keep this up?...now we just got to roll with it.” —Sigma Chi students [50:14]

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Segment Timestamps

• 04:27 – Reflecting on historic UK recruiting “Internet days”
• 08:44 – Stokes & Wright visits: magnitude and player backgrounds
• 12:38 – Kentucky fans react; “Banner Boys” movement begins
• 14:46 – The high stakes for Mark Pope (feast or famine)
• 24:51 – Roster movement updates: Yellow Bitch, Garrison, Johnson, Noah
• 31:14 – Jake Narat QB commitment, caller reactions, UK football implications
• 43:37 – “Banner Boys” call in, discuss fan movement
• 52:47 – Tease for Hour 2

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Tone & Takeaways

The episode is energetic, nostalgic, and celebratory—full of the passionate, occasionally tongue-in-cheek banter that defines KSR. Matt demands space for joy amid rampant fan cynicism, and the genuine, creative exuberance of UK supporters shines through—from neon bed sheet banners to plans for KSR's own remote broadcast if recruiting triumph is secured.

At its core:
This is a day-to-remember for both basketball and football at UK—one that could set a new standard for the Mark Pope era and prove the staying power of Big Blue Nation’s unique, fervent culture.

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Transcript

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[Shannon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Patterson and Lucas a day leaked that they were both going to choose. Patterson ended up postponing it. Lucas went early. Lucas went that day. But that day. And he would pick Florida. But that day, the site crashed 600 times on KSR. Okay, so that's day one for me.

[Shannon]

Yeah. That was so early in the Internet world.

[Matt Jones]

We all was new and our server couldn't host it.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Like we couldn't hold. We had started in 05 and in 07 we didn't have the technological capabilities going to it. Then I think the day the door day with Cal.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

As we watched the door to see if he was going to leave from Memphis. I think that may be the most legendary day in UK Internet history, don't you think? Where everyone watched A random door in Memphis to see if Cal would walk out of it.

[Shannon]

Just hearing you talk about it now makes me kind of embarrassed how you were acting at that time.

[Matt Jones]

Local TV crew. And by the way, Shane Shannon, nice to have you back. Yeah, good to be back. Shannon, do you remember that a local TV crew just set a camera outside of a door? Yep. And we all were like, what? And then he flew here and there were cameras at the airport. And so that was. That's the wild day. Also before that, the Billy Clyde getting fired day. Alan Cutler chasing him around.

[Shannon]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

So that's actually day two. Day three would be then I think day four is a few days after the Cal day when it started become. Okay, well, Wall come. Will Cousins come? Will Xavier Henry come. A name from the past. Right. So then I would think the next one was probably Nerlands Noel and Shabbat Shabazz Muhammad decided on the same day.

[Shannon]

Yep, they sure did. On the. On the set of like Sports center or something.

[Matt Jones]

Number one and two, both decided on the same day. Kentucky was a finalist for both.

[Shannon]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

And Nerland shaved the UK logo in the back of his head.

[Shannon]

Spun around so you can see the UK logo in the back of his hair.

[Matt Jones]

So then I think the next one is the day whether the twins decided to come back.

[Shannon]

No doubt. That's definitely got. That's pretty high.

[Matt Jones]

I think that one might be second to Cal as the day all. Will the twins come back because they waited till the last day.

[Shannon]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

And remember we got the guy Shannon at iheart to make his. With the national voice guy to make the reads. That's right. What was it? First they. First they split a zygote, now they're splitting defenders. The twins are back.

[Shannon]

You and turkey hunter had a turkey

[Matt Jones]

hunter and I spent the afternoon writing them. And then this guy just read whatever we sent. Whatever you sent him.

[Shannon]

He voiced it.

[Matt Jones]

That was. That was a great one. And then. But then I was trying to think about after that Hamadu Diallo deciding whether to return went into the night and it didn't come out until like 12:30 at night because he really did like

[Shannon]

after the midnight deadline.

[Matt Jones]

He did. You didn't find out about it until after the deadline. But I don't know if there's been one since then. Like that. That was like a six or seven year period where just because the way the Internet was, it just was like it overwhelmed in a positive manner. But I don't think since COVID I guess the closest thing we've had was the day Caliper, he was walking around with a dog in a stroller. It is.

[Shannon]

It's Covid. It's probably the biggest.

[Matt Jones]

Is that the biggest Internet fan. Internet day since COVID Is Cal walking around in a. With a dog in a stroller, Shannon? I think it is, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. Is he going to leave or is he going to leave? Is he. Then Mitch Barnhart and Mark Hill or whatever they, like, take the SUVs into his house and then he comes out in a stroller and waves at the camera. What a bizarre moment. What a bizarre moment. I still remember getting the text while I was eating at Skyline that basically said he'd like to come back, but he's not. It's not happening. And I think that's the only one post Covid. Right.

[Shannon]

I can think of right now where we were so tied, glued to the Internet and refresh, refresh, refresh.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I think today is one of those days. Yeah. I mean, from what I understand, Stokes arrived late last night. Rob Wright alive, arrived this morning. And now Wright and Stokes are on campus. And for people who weren't on the Internet this weekend, Tyron Stokes, number one player in America, announces he's visiting. I think that happened Saturday morning. And that feels like a long time

[Shannon]

ago because that was Saturday morning.

[Matt Jones]

Yes, I think it was Saturday morning. So the number one player in America is going to be on campus today. Then we find out that Rob Wright, who's probably. Who's a top five portal guy, probably the number two point guard in the portal, he's coming today as well. So I think it's fair to say that of the people we know Kentucky is associated with that are available to play college basketball next year, these are the two best players Kentucky is talking to.

[Shannon]

It's amazing. You get these top two guys, two eligible players, and they're on campus at

[Matt Jones]

the same time, at the same time,

[Shannon]

on the same visit.

[Matt Jones]

So both guys here at the same time.

[Shannon]

I mean, that sends a clear signal that Kentucky's could be a power player.

[Matt Jones]

So it is. I mean, this is the day.

[Shannon]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

You know, this is the day that the Lord hath made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

[Shannon]

Take him to Keeneland. Keeneland's closed on Monday, right?

[Matt Jones]

We stopped taking mc. It hasn't worked. I know the Keeneland thing has been a curse. We need Keeneland to be closed on Monday. No offense to Keeneland.

[Shannon]

Maybe that's why they brought him in.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know what it is. I think they if that had been pretty successful, but in the Pope era, maybe they look at made the horses look at them the wrong way. I don't. The Keeneland thing hasn't seemed to work. So these guys are here. And I mean, for people who don't follow me, this is the number one high school player in America. This is the best high school player that would have come to this school since Carl Towns.

[Shannon]

Yeah, yeah, it's no doubt.

[Matt Jones]

I think this is the best high school player that would have come to Kentucky. I mean, Fox and Monk were very highly rated, but not as highly rated as this kid.

[Shannon]

And Scout was rated high, but not highs.

[Matt Jones]

But even, even then people didn't think he was as good as they think. This kid is right. This would be the best high school player to come here since Carl Towns. And if you go through the Cal era, the only players that were probably consensus considered to be best pros would have been Wall Cousins, Nerlens, Carl or yeah, I'm sorry, Anthony Davis. Wall cousins, Anthony Davis, Nerlens, Carl and Stokes would probably be somewhere around Carl and what people think of him as a high school player. So just think about what I just said. That's a pretty big guy to get here then. In terms of college transfer portal guys, I think it's safe to say this is the top player out of the portal that has ever been recruited to Kentucky. Oscar Sheepway was highly recruited, but I don't think he was ranked as high as this kid is. And Pope hasn't gotten a guy ranked as Jackson. Robinson is probably his best commitment out of the portal, but he wouldn't be ranked as high as Rob Wright. So this is the biggest day of the Pope recruiting era. And you could make an argument, Ryan, it's the biggest day of the Pope era going forward.

[Shannon]

I think it is the fact that you can get Tyron Stokes to come to an on campus visit this late in his recruitment after people were kind of saying he's leaning back towards Kansas again to get him to come on campus and make a visit and to get Rob Wright to make his first visit is to Kentucky. I think both of those are huge statements as far as what Pope's trying to do now.

[Matt Jones]

Now we saw the best Shannon of Kentucky fandom yesterday. Oh yeah. Because the news starts to spread. Rob Wright's coming, Stokes is coming and our fan base goes. They loses their. Lose their mind in the best way. Yes. Right. This is, this is why I'm not listening to you haters on the Internet, including some in our own Fan base who seem to get off on just telling us that our f. Stink. This is why you stink. Because days like yesterday are why Kentucky fans are great. Yeah. I know other people make banners, but how many people make banners within minutes of the kids announcing they're coming? Right. Yeah. And put it on their house. And Adam, as the day goes along.

[Shannon]

That's what was funny.

[Matt Jones]

Adam, is the day goes along, and then coaches drive by and facetime players and say, come visit and we'll add you to the house. Yeah, right.

[Shannon]

That house now is going to be the billboard for.

[Matt Jones]

I believe it's a frat house. I don't know if it's Sigma. I don't know. We're going to have that kid on in a little while. Better boys. But they're calling themselves. I think. I think I gave them the name, banner. Whatever they gave them, I think whoever gave it to them, they're. They're going with it.

[Shannon]

All right.

[Matt Jones]

I don't feel like we've had this much excitement. I agree. Which this fan base needed. Yeah, right. Like, they needed this. This fan base needed that excitement. And now these kids are here. People are putting it on their random houses. Did you see that guy's house at the arboretum? He put a banner up there, too.

[Shannon]

So it's catching.

[Matt Jones]

It's catching all over town. I saw the Walmart in Nicholasville now has the banners. You gonna hang one outside your new house? I don't know how to make them, but if I did. If I did, I would. I like the idea of other Betas. People said we should do it at KS Bar. We're closed today. Or we would.

[Shannon]

Yeah, we can do it. Maybe this week.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. I'll make Mario stand on the street with a sign. Right. But it is exciting.

[Shannon]

And now, like you said, our fan base needed this.

[Matt Jones]

They did. Now, Shannon, there's a lot of pressure. Oh, yeah? Yeah. Because for Mark Pope, you know, he has, I think, intentionally kind of not kept the fans in the loop as to what's going on by not talking to the media privately or have it. You know what I mean? So the media doesn't really know UK's plans.

[Shannon]

Is that good?

[Matt Jones]

It might be. If. Well, I don't think it is long term, but this year it might be fine if they get all these guys. Like, in the end, it doesn't matter if they get all the guys. Right. But expectations are now all in on these two guys. And I think this fan base. This is a. This is a feast or famine moment. If he gets two of these guys, this fan base is going to lose their mind. And it honestly doesn't matter who he gets in the rest of the class. People are going to be excited. All off.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Would you agree?

[Shannon]

Get those two guys?

[Matt Jones]

I think people will be very excited if he gets one of them. There'll be some excitement and then it'll depend on what else he does.

[Shannon]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

But if he gets neither,

[Shannon]

if it's considered a whiff.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, yeah. Oh, the negativity that we have going into the office, when you bank everything on a day and you get everybody excited and you have banners and you have coaches pulling over in the street. Like, it's got like. Like this is, you know, now you have to deliver.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

If you deliver, you have been washed in the blood of the BBN lamb. Like, no one's gonna worry about it. Right. But if you don't, then, you know, there's gonna be people very frustrated. But I'm gonna be positive and assume there's a lot of good signs. Right. Stokes is coming here. Exactly are good signs. Stokes is coming here. He paid his own way to come from Portland, Oregon. Right.

[Shannon]

In the process.

[Matt Jones]

That's why they already taken an official visit, so we couldn't give him another one. So he had to come.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Rob Wright is coming. We flew to him see him Saturday and he agreed to come Monday morning.

[Shannon]

And I think this is his first visit anywhere.

[Matt Jones]

So this is, you know, huge, huge day. So this is a refresh day. If we had not if we would pay for the text alerts. You know, that costs money now to do. Remember we used to send text alerts.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And now all of a sudden, it cost a bajillion dollars. I almost wish I could put them into effect for one day. Imagine if you got a text message that said. Because you remember the old text messages, they had Ryan yelling and it would scare people.

[Shannon]

Was it bam, bam, firepower?

[Matt Jones]

Bam, bam, firepower.

[Shannon]

What were we thinking?

[Matt Jones]

I don't know. I'd love to do it again. I just don't know how to do it for an economically responsible amount of money. But it's a big day and it'll be exciting and we'll. I don't think anything will happen. I don't know that they'll commit tonight. But here's what I know. UK wants to. When they leave, UK wants to know in their mind whether or not they think they're getting them.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Because the rest of their class depends on what these two guys do. They have a budget. These guys are going to get a lot of the budget. So if they don't get them, they have a lot more money to get other people. But if they do, they have less. They have a whole set of visits potentially scheduled for the rest of the week, but it's all contingent on these guys. So I don't know if we'll get a commitment tonight from either one of them. But I think UK doesn't want them leaving without UK feeling like they're going to know what these kids are doing.

[Shannon]

Right. It's like, you know, a car salesman, you get the. The person on the lot, you don't want them to leave the lot without buying a car.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know that they'll. I don't know if they'll buy the car, but they need to know, I think in UK's mind, are you buying this car? Even if we wait and let you do it on your own time. So we'll see.

[Shannon]

Do you like the fact that they got both on the campus at the same time?

[Matt Jones]

They must think that's a good idea. And they know the kids better than I do, so I can't say, like I, on the one hand, you would go, well, these kids do even know each other. But you know what, Mark Pope, and they're not stupid. They know how big a deal this is. They know what they clearly wanted to do it on purpose.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So I'm going to assume they know what they're doing.

[Shannon]

So.

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[Matt Jones]

You know, the text machine is full of like, sightings already this morning. Oh, yeah, I've been getting sightings all morning already now. I don't know what to believe, Shannon, so I every. You have to take everything with a grain of salt. I need pictures if you got a sighting. I agree with you. Pictures would help. Yeah. And I need them to be blurry because recruiting pictures are always blur.

[Shannon]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

The cleaner the picture, the more I think now it's AI but a good fuzzy picture at Carson's, I believe. Like a picture of Bigfoot, you know, that's exactly right. Every recruiting picture needs to be fuzzy. One person writes. Matt, I think you might be wrong about them having. About Stokes having flown last night. My parents say they were on a flight with him this morning and he was very nice.

[Shannon]

Very nice. Good to hear.

[Matt Jones]

But that doesn't mean that. That's true. Yeah. Could have been anybody. Okay. Yeah. I mean, it was actually Eli Capilouto, and somehow they confused the two of them. Well, I mean, do you know what he looks like? Stokes? Yeah. Not 100. Like I've seen him. Would I recognize him on a plane? I think I would know. It wasn't Eli Capilouto. Right. But if he walked in right now. But there was a guy on a plane to Lexington this morning, and me knowing Stokes was coming, I think I would know it's him. But if I saw him at that Zach Brian concert, would I know it's him? No, I mean, the Louisville recruits that committed yesterday, Badoonga and whatever the other guy's name, they were at a bar that Max and Miles and I went to Saturday.

[Shannon]

Oh, they were.

[Matt Jones]

And I didn't know what they looked like, but I was like, that dude's 6:10, Shannon. He's got to be somebody. Yeah, exactly. There's not a whole lot of 6 foot 10 guys. I mean, there's got. You don't see a lot of Mystown Road, so I. I assume that's probably

[Shannon]

who that it would be nice If Kentucky can get these two guys in one day. Because Louis just got their two guys in one day.

[Matt Jones]

Yes, that's true. All right, so let's talk about the UK roster. Made decisions.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

So since the last time we were on the air, Yellow Bitch announced he was transferring.

[Shannon]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

And also committed to Ohio State. So that all happened since we were on the air.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Thoughts?

[Shannon]

I kind of think. Felt like he underachieved last year. Kind of had the door open. Don't the door hit you where the good Lord split you go?

[Matt Jones]

Google. That's a little harsh, isn't it? Wow.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, what? That's. It was good Here. Why Fussy wrote a really nice.

[Shannon]

He did write a really nice note.

[Matt Jones]

Why are you being quiet? Why is he being mean? Shannon, that's. I think that take. You don't mean that. Take that back.

[Shannon]

I definitely take it back. I've tried to be funny.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, don't. What is the lesson we have learned from this show? You do not try to be funny. You're naturally funny.

[Shannon]

Right?

[Matt Jones]

Yes, exactly. So stop trying. Go ahead now. Take that back.

[Shannon]

I did take it back.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. I thought his note was really nice. It was very nice. I like that he said, I know some of you all have mixed feelings about me, but I do not have mixed feelings about you. And he even said, big Blue nation is going to be great again. I thought that was a great. Actually can't think of a player who's written like, you know, I mean, people will write the I love you, big blue nation. And that's nice, but I actually thought he wrote it to where it was clear like he wrote it. Yeah. A lot of it feels chat. GPT. Ish. Yes. But his didn't to me. No, no.

[Shannon]

It felt very sincere, too.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

I think he meant.

[Matt Jones]

All the more reason you should be nice to him. Brandon Garrison committed to Alabama.

[Shannon]

I kind of was surprised when I saw that.

[Matt Jones]

Well, considering I know what he asked Kentucky for, you would assume Alabama paid more than that. I'm very surprised. Yeah, maybe. You know, you know, you heard. You heard Oats say after the season, I got to get more big dudes who can rebound and be physical.

[Shannon]

He did say that.

[Matt Jones]

Do you think that Garrison's that guy for him? Clearly he does, or I don't think he goes and gets it.

[Shannon]

Yeah, he believes he can be that physical guy inside, but we saw it for two years. He's not that guy.

[Matt Jones]

He can be that guy in spurts. Yeah, but I don't know that he's got guy Consistently. But I was surprised cause he asked Kentucky for a substantial raise and Kentucky said no. And presumably Shannon, you got to think Arkansas said yes, right? Yeah. I mean he doesn't give you a whole lot offensively except for the game in the SEC tournament where he went off. But he does give you that physicality that you need in the sec. He's getting a technical when he comes in because we host them next year.

[Shannon]

We do host them next year.

[Matt Jones]

He's going to get a technical. No doubt.

[Shannon]

That's when they're at that. When he's at his best when he gets a technical.

[Matt Jones]

Jasper Johnson being rumored to go to Arkansas.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Well, what if Cal goes and gets Jasper? Well that just adds to the get Derek Johnson's Facebook feed. Get ready for that.

[Shannon]

That's such a cow move to. To come in here and get. Jasper grew up in Lexington.

[Matt Jones]

I mean uk. I wish him the best and honestly Cal might be the best coach for a guy like that but. Well, Cal was interested in him before, right?

[Shannon]

Was he offered him?

[Matt Jones]

He did. I thought he did. Yeah. I mean that might work for him. I just think it's. You're have a hard time, you know I. Arkansas doesn't have any players yet and you don't hear about their name with a lot of teams in the portal. So I don't know what their. What their situation is. They do have a couple really good recruiters coming back.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

All that excited about that.

[Shannon]

I'm excited. I mean I really thought Trent may lean and go somewhere else, try to get some more minutes and play. But obviously he's a Kentucky kid. He wants to put on that Kentucky jersey.

[Matt Jones]

So he's a great guy to have on your team for this reason. One I mean hopefully he still can be good but these local businesses are paying his in aisle.

[Shannon]

Oh, there's no doubt.

[Matt Jones]

Well like like what in aisle is supposed to be?

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Noah is gets it like Noah should the NCAA should put him on the brochure of what nil because he my guess is his nil is being paid. He might not even take any of the rev share. He his money might all be from these local businesses because they all want to invest in the hometown kid.

[Shannon]

He's got a couple big ones that he's already signed up for. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

That he signed immediately that I think extended throughout his time here. So Shannon, you might get a kid that on the open market you'd have to pay 400,000, 500,000 and you don't have to pay anything because you're Making

[Shannon]

the money on nil because he'll be

[Matt Jones]

making it on the nil deal.

[Shannon]

I felt like just that spring, Nancy kind of threw him off track and he never kind of got. Was the same guy after that this past season.

[Matt Jones]

So I'm glad to have him. I still hope there's some. There's contribution.

[Shannon]

Yeah, for sure.

[Matt Jones]

And it's. And he wants to be here, so. All right, that's good. We'll take a break. Take your calls after this. T.J. smith, personal injury attorney. Call T.J. he'll make him pay. Now more of Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Here's Matt Jones. Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio. 859-280-2287. Text machine is 772-774-5254. We also know of a couple of other visits this week. Ronnie Freeman from Syracuse is visiting tomorrow. Donnie.

[Shannon]

Donnie.

[Matt Jones]

Donnie. Well, he's got a brother named Ronnie, works at the auto shop.

[Shannon]

At the auto shop, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Donnie and Ronnie.

[Shannon]

Yeah, the Freeman boys.

[Matt Jones]

So they're coming together. So you. Ronnie's coming with Donnie. Gotcha. Okay, then. Colgate transfer Jalen Cox is coming to Kentucky on Wednesday. I've actually oddly seen him play, too. I watched a Colgate game. Yeah, he was. He was very talented. Averaged looks like 18 points a game at Colgate.

[Shannon]

Any news out of the Zoom Diallo visit? Was just here this past weekend.

[Matt Jones]

Not yet, but I've heard Kentucky still interested in him. But I get the sense they have money for two out of those three guys of. Right. Stokes Diallo. I mean, maybe if they get two of them, then some donors are like, well, heck, let's make it three. But I think it'll be a kind of two of three situation there. Text machine. Wake up, text machine. People, this is a big day. This is not. This is a day the text machine should be exploding with comments, information, and more importantly, random pictures from Carson's.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Shannon]

That's where they got the picture at Zoom was this weekend.

[Matt Jones]

Wasn't somebody took a picture at Carson's. Was Zoom. Yeah, right. That's good.

[Shannon]

That's good.

[Matt Jones]

That's what we like spies.

[Shannon]

All right.

[Matt Jones]

I don't want to. I mean this is a basketball day, but we have to talk about something that happened with football because maybe the biggest. Well, not maybe this is the highest ranked quarterback to commit to Kentucky since

[Shannon]

who I heard John Hale on this morning, I think with Tom Leeds said they thought Drew Barker was also a four star.

[Matt Jones]

But it's not just a four star. He is ranked in 247 sports or excuse me, in Rivals as the number two quarterback in America. So you got to go back, Jake. Now do I say Narat?

[Shannon]

That's what they were saying on the Leech Report, I think.

[Matt Jones]

Is it Narat? Yeah, it is. Nah, it's rot.

[Shannon]

That's what they were saying on the lead.

[Matt Jones]

Jake Nara, number two quarterback in America picks Kentucky over Oregon. He's one of the elite 11 quarterbacks. Right. They pick 11 of them. I think Drew Barker was that as well.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And he committed to Kentucky after visiting Wilson. That's huge. I mean that, that is. Now again, high school commitments in 2026. You never know. There's the portal, there's, there's all kinds of things that can happen. But I will say this. You tell me I get the number two quarterback in America to. At a school that we were 4 and 8 the last two years. I'm gonna say heck yeah.

[Shannon]

This is huge. It just tells you what people think about Will Stein as a coach. What he did at Oregon with his quarterbacks, what Joe Sloan did with Kaden. Kaden Daniels, Jaden.

[Matt Jones]

Keep going. You'll get it. One of the times those two guys,

[Shannon]

what they've done with their quarterbacks out, that's obviously people taking notice of that. So this may be. If this guy can come and have success, that may be a pipeline that continues to happen.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but just this kid big. I mean this is the best quarterback we've had commit here since. Is it Couch?

[Shannon]

Couch was the only one be ranked as made top two in the country.

[Matt Jones]

I mean it's got to be Couch, right? I, I don't think we've had a dude, we, we, we've never had the number two quarterback. Couch was number one. That was Barker was top five to seven. The kid that committed and the Ponotowski kid was in the top something. You know what? Morgan Newton was high, but he was actually. No, he was. And remember the other kid that also committed the same year as Morgan Newton? What was his name? Maza Kowski or whatever.

[Shannon]

Mazatowski.

[Matt Jones]

But you know, but we haven't had number two.

[Shannon]

That's, that's a 30 year span from Tim Cash to now to get a guy ranked this high a quarterback outside of the state of Kentucky to commit to Kentucky.

[Matt Jones]

Well, okay. Is he the highest ranked quarterback outside the state of Kentucky ever? I think we said all this about pos pile of potatowski but this kid's ranked higher than him.

[Shannon]

Yeah, it's got to be. Then who all the top quarterbacks ranked corporates are all from Kentucky. Well, Morgan Newton. You said Morgan.

[Matt Jones]

It was from Indiana.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So was Morgan Newton the highest?

[Shannon]

He wasn't second in the country.

[Matt Jones]

No. Morgan Newton. Shannon skipped the Kentucky Tennessee game to take the lsat. Still my favorite Kentucky football story. Committed to his education, I understand, but he didn't even become a lawyer, did he?

[Shannon]

I think he works. Yeah. In Lexington as a.

[Matt Jones]

But he's not a lawyer.

[Shannon]

What do you call him? A clerk or whatever? A law clerk, something he's in. He works for a law firm, I think.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so he is in law.

[Shannon]

Yeah. All right.

[Matt Jones]

Well, then I guess it did make sense because he wasn't going to be in the NFL, so. Well, anyway, great commitment. You know, Will Stein is feeding the studs.

[Shannon]

You got your stud right there.

[Matt Jones]

That's a stud. And they got a defensive tackle who picked Kentucky over Auburn and Alabama. I'd say that kid must be a stud, too, if he was a. From Alabama. From Alabama says, I want to go to Auburn. Alabama. I want to go to Kentucky. Okay, man. Another stud. That's be like a kid from, you know, Harlan going, I'm not going to Kentucky or Louisville. I'm going to Auburn.

[Shannon]

Yeah. Seems a little odd, but commend him for doing it.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Hey, so great stuff for Will Stott.

[Julian Edelman]

Huge stuff.

[Matt Jones]

Let's get started. Derek. Go ahead, Derek.

[Shannon]

Hey, Matt. I'm glad you brought up the quarterback thing. I was going to mention that. Let me preface by saying, of course I'm happy to have him. Better to have him committed than not. But it feels like, you know, for the better part of a decade or so, we never really see these high school recruits end up starting the season at quarterback. So if I just find it kind of hard to get as excited for high school quarterback, I mean, what.

[Matt Jones]

But why do you. Why would you say that? In some ways, like, I. I don't mean to say that to be rude to you. I'm sure you're a wonderful dude. But why would you say that? Like, if you don't want to get as excited about the number two quarterback in America coming, then just don't. But why not? At least you did say it's better to have it than not. But if you don't want to get excited, why would you just call and say, I'm not excited? I don't really. I don't understand that mindset.

[Shannon]

Sorry, I didn't come across that way. I am very excited. I just hope it ends up materializing with him.

[Matt Jones]

I do, too, but they'll never be a day that it feels like it will materialize more than the day he picks the school. So can we have a day to be happy about it?

[Shannon]

And how do you think that plays with Ponotowski moving forward? So I was really excited about him.

[Matt Jones]

I don't care. I want. I mean, if Ponotowski. My assumption is it'll work itself out. One of those kids will end up being. If Pontowski ends up really good, then maybe that kid decides not to come. Narad. If not, if Narat ends up coming is really good, maybe Ponotowski leaves. But what I like is that we have a lot of options. It was only two or three years ago that like we were down to playing guys who couldn't make forward passes in the games and we had no chance against anybody. So I, I love the amount of options they have.

[Shannon]

Yeah, me too. I love the idea of bringing somebody up because, you know, going back with Sawyer Smith and all these just transfers for quite a while now. And I think it'd be awesome to have somebody come up in the system and let Stein kind of do his thing.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, well, I appreciate the call. And that is a good point about, you know, we've had to take transfer so many years. This is a guy who will be in the system the whole time.

[Shannon]

If you're a UK football fan, you should be jumping up and down, having a parade in the street. You got the second ranked quarterback in the Kentucky commit to your school.

[Matt Jones]

I'm not trying to jump on that guy. But like if we can't be happy about a commitment of the highest ranked quarterback of all time with. Without already talking Shannon about what if he leaves? Yeah, he just got here. Exactly. Yeah. If you can't be happy about that, you can't be happy about anything.

[Julian Edelman]

I don't understand.

[Matt Jones]

Of course he could leave, but right now one could leave. Yeah, we all could leave. That's right. We might not be here tomorrow. Shannon is leaving. I just left for a week. Exactly. Drew, by the way, not yet. Have a baby. That we know.

[Shannon]

Texting this morning. Nothing yet.

[Matt Jones]

We're on baby watch. Also, think about what how exciting it could be. You could get Stokes right and baby

[Shannon]

all on the same day.

[Matt Jones]

That's how I'll remember that kid's birthday. That's true for the rest of his life. April 13. Did you say it was going to be Rory? Well, we said it was going to be whoever won the Masters.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Well then there you go, it's Rory. And so we prick predicted on the show. I predicted Sam Burns, who had a good tournament, had a shot, and Ryan Lemon predicted Rory McElroy, and we mocked him. And now they win. Of course. Of course, the golf, nowhere over here, and no ball. Elijah, go ahead, Elijah. Elijah. Nope. All right, Terry. Go ahead, Terry.

[Shannon]

Hey, good morning, guys. Just wanted to say that I am extremely excited about what's going on today around the basketball and football. And I just believe the reason for having Wright and Stokes together is it show them that this is who you're going to be with and this is going to be a big part of your team. So for me, I'm extremely excited, feel optimistic, but I believe you don't get one without the other. And I believe we're going to land both of them today and start reading, start putting us back on the map.

[Matt Jones]

Hope you're right. Appreciate the call. Yeah. I mean, maybe Pope Gibson in a room and he says, all right, Stokes, Wright, Malachi, Cam, whatever we end up with, you four are the core. And that's true. They will be four of the top six guys on the team. They absolutely look there and say, you will be four of the six.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Let's roll.

[Shannon]

That's pretty good recruiting tool.

[Matt Jones]

That's what. That's. I mean, it makes sense to me. Spring is sprung, and that means you might be getting outside more, whether that's doing yard work or staying active by biking or running. For most people, increased physical activity when the weather gets warmer can lead to Achilles pains and injuries. That's where court physical therapy can help. At Court, our therapists know what it takes to help you heal and get back to the things you enjoy, while also helping you prevent future injuries from happening. With over 70 locations statewide, it's easy to find a center near you. Go to court.com it's kort.com to experience the best in rehab. Shannon, I'm going to give you this kid's number who put up the banners and we'll put. We'll see if we put him on there. Okay? Yeah, let's do it. We'll take a break. Be right back.

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[Julian Edelman]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Julian Edelman]

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back, techie Sports radio text machine. I got a couple messages asking if I'm angry or grumpy. I'm not. I'm actually the opposite. I'm happy and I don't want people to. To. To, you know, dampen my vibe.

[Shannon]

Well, it was just a little disappointing. We are phrase that.

[Matt Jones]

What's the phrase I want to use? Mario? I don't want this one. But not kill my but like peeing your Cheerios. Okay, shut up. You are the last person that would know what the friend. And again, we are instituting a rule. Starting this week, you do not get to say the name of bodily function.

[Shannon]

Gotcha.

[Matt Jones]

All right. Gotcha. I got sent a clip of the week I was gone. What was it? You do not get to talk about bodily functions. All right? So I don't want to hear that word or the corresponding P word or really, Shannon, any P word? Yeah, because there's a lot of them. He could say there was a lot one day. So. All right, got it. That's the rule. What's the phrase I was looking for, Mark? Chill my vibe, cramp my style. Whatever. Whatever the phrase is. I just don't. If you, you know, kill your vibe. I mean, if Tyron Stokes commits tomorrow, someone could call or tonight someone could call tomorrow and go, well, we didn't decommit Wednesday. Yeah, yeah. I mean, that's true, but can we celebrate for a minute?

[Shannon]

So we should be doing today with the football kid.

[Matt Jones]

All right. Did you see. Did you see Drake how he made the Toronto Raptors what they made him do to his seats.

[Shannon]

I heard you and Mario talking about it. I didn't know it.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it's. It's. It's a little extra. It's like. It's got icicles hanging on. He's got icicles hanging on him.

[Shannon]

Why?

[Matt Jones]

Well, because. I mean, I think he makes him look cool. But here's what I thought about it, Shannon. Yeah. So I was talking to designers for. For my house, and one of them, I told me that they had designed a very prominent celebrity suite at the Titans games.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

And I was like, you know, you talk about something rich people do. They, first of all, have suites at the Titans game and have it professionally. And have it professionally furnished and designed. So that night, I was going to my first Reds game in my seats, and I thought, shannon, wonder what the Reds have done for my seats. Have they. Have they done something for my seats? Same rips that were in there last year.

[Shannon]

Oh, my.

[Matt Jones]

Not repaired. Couldn't he put duct tape on it? Same stains on the chairs. That's your fault now.

[Shannon]

I'm not.

[Matt Jones]

We mean, it's my fault. Stains are your chair. Who else would have stained them? That's not the point. The point is. I'm just saying, like, they're faded. You know what I mean? They're. They're faded. I'm just saying. Reds, is it too much to ask for. People have held season tickets for eight years to not have rips in the

[Shannon]

seats you want to take?

[Matt Jones]

I'm not asking for a design or iced out Drake, you want to take

[Shannon]

care of your season ticket people? They should probably me.

[Matt Jones]

It's a lot of money. Yeah, a lot of money, and they stink. Yeah. They're not good. They're not good. They're not. They're the worst 9 and 7 team

[Shannon]

that's ever existed, and this month's their easiest schedule.

[Matt Jones]

I know. All right, so we saw the banners.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Theo is on the phone. Theo is. Do you live in the house with the banners?

[Shannon]

Yes. Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. And do you. All right, so you are. How many people live in that house? We got 10 guys, and we got my buddy Gabe next to me right now. The leaders of the banner boys, Theo and Gabe, are you. Would you call you to the leaders? Yeah, I'd say. We had the idea of it. Okay, so you guys had the idea. So when you hear Stokes is coming, what do you go do? Where did you go get that big banner? So, yeah, we were just sitting around Saturday morning, hanging out in the living room, and we're scrolling on Twitter as we Usually do. And I see that Stokes is visiting on Monday. So I kind of just jokingly say to Gabe, I'm like, we should, like,

[Shannon]

make a banner or something. Kind of just kind of laugh it off. And then Sunday morning, Sunday came, and we were like, yeah, let's go do it.

[Matt Jones]

So we drove to Home Depot, got some spray paint, and then we drove

[Shannon]

around looking for bed sheets.

[Matt Jones]

And then one of my buddies brought it over, and so that's. Is that a used bed sheet? Is that. Is that your buddy's used bed sheet?

[Shannon]

No, no, no.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Shannon]

No, no. He went and bought.

[Matt Jones]

Because I'll. I'll pay for y' all to get clean bed sheets up there.

[Shannon]

We need.

[Matt Jones]

We need no stains. All right? So then you put those up, they start to get attention. And then last night, the coaches came by. Tell everybody about that.

[Shannon]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

We were just sitting outside, and I see a white truck stop in front of the car or in front of the house. And I was like, that looks like Coach McClain. They pulled up a little bit, and we saw the doors open, and it was Coach McLean and Coach Mo.

[Shannon]

They walked out.

[Matt Jones]

I like how he calls him Coach Mo. Like, he's already his buddy now. Coach Mo, Coach Mo Williams, he hangs with Gabe and Thea. All right, go ahead, though.

[Shannon]

But he said Coach Mel was taking a video, and Coach McLean, he was

[Matt Jones]

like, donnie's mad you all don't have one up for him. And he turned his phone around and he was. So he was FaceTiming Donnie Freeman, the recruit from Syracuse, and he said he's mad you don't have. Have one of him. And then you all went and put another one up, didn't you?

[Shannon]

Yeah, yeah, we immediately saw that.

[Matt Jones]

So we ran downstairs, spray paint another,

[Shannon]

hung it up, and then that was on social media, too.

[Matt Jones]

So is the plan to. Anytime a guy's on campus, are you going to keep this up? That's the thing. I was like, well, I mean, if we're the Banner Boys now, now we

[Shannon]

just got to roll with it.

[Matt Jones]

Well, Banner Boys is a good thing. Now, are you all in a fraternity that I hear?

[Shannon]

Yeah, yeah, we're here. We're Sigma Kai's here at uk.

[Matt Jones]

Sigma Kai. Okay. So I suggested, Ryan, that if we get right in Stokes, we ought to do our show at that house this week.

[Shannon]

I love it. I mean, we gotta make that happen.

[Matt Jones]

So if we get both those guys, maybe Thursday we could do the. How would you be okay if we did? Absolutely. Absolutely. Okay.

[Shannon]

All right.

[Matt Jones]

I tell you what. I got your Phone number. If it works out, then maybe on Thursday, we'll go out there and do the show there. I don't know. I think you guys better be careful what you wish for. Cause who knows who might show up for that? But. And if you get. You all have my information, if you get any more messages of recruits, you let me know, okay? Absolutely. You'll see the banners. Well, tell me before you put the banners up. But seriously, that. That is very cool that you all did that. Like, that's the best of UK fandom. And what do you think about the fact now other people are putting them up at their house Houses? Yeah. That's awesome. I hope to see him all over Lexington. That's great. All right, Gabe, Theo, thank you very much. Well done.

[Shannon]

Absolutely.

[Matt Jones]

Thank you, guys. Go cats.

[Shannon]

Thank you for having us.

[Matt Jones]

There you go. So isn't that cool for all the

[Shannon]

pushback our fans get, a lot of times that's our fan base at its best. We have some fraternity guys having some fun, and an idea kind of just jumps out of nowhere. And now everybody wants what you're going to do.

[Matt Jones]

I'm going to give Mario this number. You're good at, Mario. Gabe and Theo, I assume you're still listening when you get back to Lexington, because he's in Louisville now. You go by there and give us a little. Is that all right? We'll get. Put Mario on the streets, kind of check it out.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Also, make sure they have restrooms that are not disgusting if we're going to do a show there Thursday. Listen, I've been in. I know what frat house restrooms can look like, but very cool. And then I love that other places are doing it.

[Shannon]

I do, too.

[Matt Jones]

But, you know, I've got a lot of time for today, and if this

[Shannon]

happens, if they get both those guys, it's. It's reason to celebrate and have a good time and have a party.

[Matt Jones]

I love it. I don't. I don't know if they realize if we just show up on the yard was a lot of time. You've been to a frat house? It's been 20 years for me. Yeah, maybe I went to a couple at Duke Law school many years ago, but that's probably it. All right, we will take a break. Come back. Our number two more on this. Take your calls. Kentucky Sports Radio.

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