2026-05-14- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

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Kentucky Sports Radio – Hour 1 (May 14, 2026)

Podcast: KSR (Kentucky Sports Radio)
Hosts: Matt Jones, Shannon "the Dude", Drew Franklin
Date: May 14, 2026

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Overview of the Episode

In this high-energy episode, Matt Jones and the KSR crew take listeners through a lively hour of Kentucky sports news and culture. The primary themes include a heated discussion about Jaden Quaintance’s controversial absence at the end of the UK basketball season, Kentucky Wildcats recruiting/roster concerns, the fallout from a notorious Cincinnati Reds fan interference incident, and amusing tangents on Kentucky vernacular and local transportation woes. As always, the hosts blend deep fandom with sharp wit and listener interaction, making for a vibrant listen.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Jaden Quaintance Debate

Main Segment: 02:19–07:59, 21:14–23:49, 28:02–30:27

• Controversy: Jaden Quaintance, a highly touted Kentucky basketball recruit, sat out most of the season citing knee issues but showed up healthy at the NBA combine, prompting skepticism among fans and hosts.
• Shannon’s Critique: Shannon "the Dude" takes a hardline stance, voicing frustration that Quaintance did not try to play despite being fit for the combine.
  • "Couldn’t he go out there and at least give it a try and play a couple of minutes and see how he felt? That knee has been swelling the entire season. Now we get to the NBA combine, and all of a sudden he’s good to go… Everybody knew this was going to happen." — Shannon (03:37)
• Drew/Matt Counterpoints: Drew acknowledges the risk Kentucky took recruiting him and Matt suggests fans shouldn’t be shocked — it's part of the modern, transactional college basketball era.
  • "When you get a kid coming off an ACL tear who, you know is going to the draft and is worried about getting hurt again… you can't be surprised. The tiger goes tiger." — Matt (06:11)
• Fan Text Reaction: Mixed opinions from listeners; Matt runs a real-time text poll to gauge sentiment (07:00).
• Bigger Picture: Matt emphasizes the inherent risks in NIL/transfer era recruiting, comparing it to gambling — "You made a choice to get a risky player. Now, what is bad luck is…" (29:00).

2. Reds Fan Interference: A Comedy of Errors

Segment: 08:40–14:07

• Incident Recap: The Reds lost a crucial game after a fan (a grown man in a soccer jersey and glove) reached over the fence, preventing a potential game-tying home run.
• Hosts' Take: The crew skewers the fan for "adult glove-wearing," joking about the humiliation and etiquette of grown men bringing gloves to ballgames.
  • "You can’t take a glove if you’re a grown man. If you’re a kid, it’s ok. But you can’t take a glove as a grown man." — Matt (10:09)
  • "You never, you know who’s never interfered on a ball like that? Someone holding a book." — Drew (10:29)
  • "The poor slob is just sitting there...the guy you would put in the outfield to ruin this game." — Matt (12:31)
• Consequences: The fan receives sustained ridicule and becomes a scapegoat for the Reds' woes.

3. Malachi and Momcilovic NBA Draft Watch & Transfer Risks

Main Segment: 24:05–27:53

• Malachi’s NBA Draft Prospects: Discussion about Malachi’s meetings with top NBA teams and the likelihood of him returning to UK.
  • "With six teams, you start to get nervous because those teams are only allowed to meet with so many people, and they clearly all wanted to use one of theirs on him." — Matt (25:20)
• Momcilovic to Louisville Rumors: The possibility of another high-profile transfer leaving Kentucky for rival Louisville is discussed as a worst-case "nightmare scenario" for Coach Mark Pope.
  • "If Malachi stays in the draft and Momcilovic goes to Louisville. I mean, that is...like a death blow right there." — Drew (26:20)
• Risk Management in Recruiting: Ongoing theme — when you gamble on injury-prone players, the consequences are on the staff as much as the player.

4. A Local Mess: Louisville’s I-65 Closure

Segment: 30:27–33:37

• Impact: The upcoming summer closure of I-65 through Louisville sparks anxiety about severe traffic and travel headaches for hosts and local listeners.
  • "So for...this is like, this affects you...they're gonna close it from, what, the Watterson to the bridge?...all that traffic is now going to be funneled onto the Watterson, so the Watterson...is going to be a parking lot." — Matt (30:46–31:38)
  • "It can already take me 40, 45 minutes, 50 minutes sometimes to get to work. Now imagine all that traffic in one area...over an hour for me to get to work every morning." — Shannon (33:23)

5. Kentucky Vernacular: Listener Call-ins

Segment: 33:50–37:15

• Highlights: Listeners share unusual regional words and Kentucky-isms (e.g., "garmin" for making a mess, "tizzies" as an old cause of death, "did you done it," "billfold" for wallet).
• Humor: The hosts riff on "dying from the tizzies" and other terms, showcasing the show’s blending of sports and culture.

6. UK Basketball: The "One Bucket" Debate

Segment: 41:14–45:38

• Listener Question: If UK basketball history depended on one player "creating his own shot" for a game-winning bucket, who do the hosts pick?
• Top Picks:
  • Jamal Mashburn: "Could handle, shoot over you, go through you" — Matt (42:54)
  • Brandon Knight: "Tournament, go-get buckets. I think twice." — Drew (41:54)
  • Malik Monk: "Could rise up over everybody." — Matt (42:39)
• Others Mentioned: De’Aaron Fox, John Wall, Dan Issel, Antoine Walker, Jamal Murray, Oscar Tshiebwe, Jodie Meeks.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Quaintance:

  • "Now we get to the NBA combine, and all of a sudden he’s good to go. It’s amazing how that works. Like, nobody saw that coming, huh?" — Shannon (03:37)
  • "When you get a kid coming off an ACL tear who, you know is going to the draft and is worried about getting hurt again… you can't be surprised. The tiger goes tiger." — Matt (06:11)

• On the Reds Fan Incident:

  • "You can’t take a glove if you’re a grown man. If you’re a kid, it’s ok. But you can’t take a glove as a grown man." — Matt (10:09)
  • "You never, you know who’s never interfered on a ball like that? Someone holding a book." — Drew (10:29)
  • "The poor slob is just sitting there...the guy you would put in the outfield to ruin this game." — Matt (12:31)

• On Basketball Recruiting Risks:

  • "You made a choice to get a risky player. Now, what is bad luck is if you walk down the street and somebody just takes your wallet...that’s what happened with Jalen Lowe." — Matt (29:00)

• Listener Arguments:

  • "We are a people that know Jesus and therefore know truth. Thank goodness for Shannon the dude." — Listener text (28:21)

• On "One Bucket" Player Debate:

  • "If you’re going to say to me in Kentucky history, give me one guy to go get me a bucket, I'm going to go Mashburn, then Knight, then Monk." — Matt (42:54)
  • "My mind went right to Brandon Knight." — Drew (41:54)

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Important Segments & Timestamps

• Quaintance Situation Begins: 02:19
• Shannon’s Rant: 03:35–06:41
• Fan Poll on Quaintance: 07:00
• Reds Fan Interference: 08:40–14:07
• Malachi & Momcilovic Draft/Transfer: 24:05–27:53
• Louisville I-65 Closure: 30:27–33:37
• Kentucky Vernacular Listener Calls: 33:50–37:15
• UK Basketball Shot Creator Debate: 41:14–45:38

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Episode Tone & Style

The hour is a classic KSR blend of sharp sports commentary, lively debate, regional flavor, and good-natured ribbing—especially as Matt Jones and Shannon spar over fan loyalty and the psychology of sports frustration. Listener interaction drives the show’s energy, and the crew’s mix of cynicism and comic exaggeration keeps topics fun and accessible, even amid Kentucky basketball angst.

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Useful For:

• Kentucky basketball fans tracking offseason drama and roster rumors
• Reds or baseball fans amused by infamous fan interference moments
• Listeners nostalgic or curious about Kentucky dialect and culture
• Any sports fan who enjoys debates about clutch players and local color
• Those who appreciate sports talk that doesn’t take itself too seriously

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For more, tune into the full show or check out the next hour for the much-anticipated KSR Villain Bracket!

Transcript

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[Shannon]

This is Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Now here's Matt Jones.

[Matt Jones]

Welcome everyone. It is Kentucky Sports Radio Thursday, May 14th. I am Matt Jones here in Lexington, Kentucky where it is another beautiful day. Great spring so far of weather, although I think it's supposed to get hot this weekend. You can give a shout out Clark's Puppet Shop phone line 859-280-2287 a Vision Auto Glass text machine 772-774-5254. In this dish and sponsored by the TJ Smith Law Office. You call TJL. Make them pay. Drew's here. Shannon is in Louisville trying to turn Shannon's spice level up today. He's been. I, I. People keep writing me and saying, you're, you're full of spice, full of sauce. What's going on?

[Shannon]

Talking about quaintance.

[Matt Jones]

And I was just telling what was your quaint state? So for people who don't know, Jaden Quaintance did a thing where he said he only practiced once for the St. John's game. I think he goes. He said something like, I wasn't allowed to do my own individual workouts. I had to do everything with the team. And he kind of insinuated that's why he stopped playing, because he wasn't able to do Jaden things. He had to do Kentucky things. And what was your hot take?

[Shannon]

I mean, it wasn't a hot take. It was the same take that I would say 90% of our fan base has is that. Why wouldn't he go out?

[Matt Jones]

Here we go. Listen to it. I love it.

[Shannon]

Why couldn't he go out there and at least give it a try and play a couple of minutes and see how he felt? That knee has been swelling the entire season. Now we get to the NBA combine, and all of a sudden he's good to go. It's amazing how that works. Like, nobody saw that coming, huh? I mean, everybody knew this. Everybody knew this was what was going to happen. Everybody, we all called it, and now it's happening. And I'm just. I'm just calling it what it is. Nobody wants to say it out loud. I'll say it.

[Caller/Listener]

Wow.

[Shannon]

That's all it is. That's all.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

I was listening on the way in.

[Matt Jones]

Evil Shannon.

[Shannon]

No, that's the truth. That's the hard reality.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon. Shannon the rude.

[Shannon]

Well, I want anybody Nobody wants.

[Matt Jones]

Do you agree with. With Shannon here?

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

No, I think he's completely wrong.

[Matt Jones]

No, he's weak. Okay.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

He's completely wrong.

[Matt Jones]

No, you. Okay. So your point, Shannon, is because he had, like, a really good combine performance.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And your point is, like, if he could do that, he could go out

[Shannon]

there, at least give it a try. Like, go out there and play a minute or two, and if you hurt, if you're not feeling well, take him out of the game. At least you tried. At least you gave it an effort. But to sit on the bench and play.

[Matt Jones]

But he said his knee was swelling. Ok. I mean, to be fair, you don't know if his knee was swelling.

[Shannon]

Well, okay, but that's a long, long time swelling for a knee. But, I mean, can you not go out there and. Let's try.

[Matt Jones]

It's interesting because my issue with his comments, to the extent I have them, were about sort of saying like, well, I was supposed to do my workouts, not the team's workout.

[Shannon]

Why can't you do the team's workouts?

[Matt Jones]

Well, that was kind of what I was wondering. Yeah, I'm not gonna, like, you know, it's tough. Cause you gotta put yourself also in the position of the dad. You have this son who gets one shot at it, but he also. It's. I do look at these things a little differently, like when you're paying these guys. Cause he is essentially a pro. Last year, too.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Yeah. And, you know, he had the big St. John's game, but then he gave it three more tries and didn't look that good. So if you are.

[Matt Jones]

Forget that. Yeah, they forget he played a couple more games and actually did not look.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

I mean, he, He. I forgot the guy's name for Bellarmine, but he. He was kind of locking him down. So, I mean, we think of the St. John's game, but he didn't look great. I'm withstanding he probably could have given another go, but at the same time, understand on his side, and I don't love it, but this is just the world we're in where, when you're projected where he is, if you go out and have three more bad games, then what happens?

[Matt Jones]

And it was also a risk that Mark Pope took. I mean, when Mark Pope decided to sign him, you knew, A, he could get re. Injured or he might not play, period. And B, you knew he might do this and you decided to do it anyway. So, you know, I mean, you can get mad at the kid, but like, you get a kid coming off an ACL tear who, you know is going to the draft and is worried about getting hurt again. It's like. It's like what Chris Rock says about Siegfried and Roy. You can't be surprised. The Tiger goes Tiger.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, when you. When you do this, Shannon, like, you kind of know this is a possibility.

[Shannon]

My problem, if he'd have gotten to the NBA combine and go, my knee is swollen up. I can't do it. I would respect that because I would go, you know what? That's consistent with what we heard the entire season. But it's just amazing timing that the season's over and it's time for the now. All of a sudden, he's good, that's all.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Could it be that by taking four months off. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

That's what made. It could have been that. Him not playing for four months. Maybe five months actually.

[Shannon]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Could that be?

[Shannon]

It could be. If you want to believe.

[Matt Jones]

I just like how I'm just poking a little bit. Billy said. Billy said that the whole text machine was for Billy. And you're saying 90% of the fans are with you. Who am I to believe?

[Shannon]

Me. I'll tell you what. Open up your own text line.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, well, we'll see. I'll open up my own text line. I'll be neutral. 772-774-5254. Do you agree with Shannon that. That, you know, Shannon's kind of anti. Quaint and take. Or do you agree with Billy, sort of pro player. We'll see who's right. Billy or Shannon. And I. I'll be objective. Cause you two, I think we're both lying about the. About what was what first two texts I see. Great job, Billy. I agree with Shannon. So we'll see. Right now. Right now it's 50, 58. 59280, 2287. One of the things I would like to do is I. Shannon there. We got two people on here without them, so lines 2, 3, 4, and 5. I'm not going to the Reds game today. It's at 1240, so you can open it up if somebody. If you want to use the tickets. My tickets for the Reds game. Call in. Shannon, you pick which one of the people that calls gets it. You could use whatever criteria you want. Okay.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

I just want to make sure the tickets get you. So the game's at 1240, though, but they're right behind home plate, you know, and they're great seats. The team stinks. But if you want to call 859-280-2287. I will give them to someone and I'll let Shannon choose. Just get me an email address, call

[Shannon]

in and tell me why I'm right.

[Matt Jones]

No, no, no. This is not about. Well, we'll get to. Shannon's being angry about Jay, but just the. Oh, well, that. Maybe. Maybe that's the secret of how you get the tickets. Yeah. Just tell Shannon he was correct. That's right. Did you, by the way, did you see the game last night?

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Yeah, I was going to say, whoever goes today, be sure to take your baseball glove.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Actually, before you start answering these phones, I do want your take on this. Did you see how the Reds lost last night?

[Shannon]

Yes, I did.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

I did.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so this dude. First of all, let me give the sequel. We were up 50 in the first inning. Nationals come back. We, we should have scored in the seventh, should have scored in the eighth, should have scored in the ninth, didn't get to the 10th national score two. We got a runner on steer. Hits a ball that. All right, so what's the rule about the yellow line at the top? If you hit the yellow line, is that a home run or does that have to be over the O line? What's the rule?

[Shannon]

I don't know. But I think without looking it up, if it hits that line, it's a home run. I think so.

[Matt Jones]

So I think it was going to hit that line. I don't think it was going to go over the fence, but I think it was going to hit the line. So point being, if Goober McGoob face does not reach over the wall, I do think they probably get the game tying home run.

[Shannon]

Okay, here it is. Generally if a ball hits the top yellow line outfit wall in fair tor territory, it's considered a home run.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so it's a home run if it hits it. I think it was going to hit it. I don't think it was going to go over the fence, but I think it was going to hit it. This dude and the poor dude, he couldn't have looked more like a schlub. And I don't say that to be mean. He might even listen to this show. But he's wearing a soccer jersey and he is a grown man and he's brought a glove.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

It's my thing. Don't take a glove.

[Matt Jones]

You can't take a glove if you're a grown man. If you're a kid, it's okay. But you can't take a glove as a grown man. I understand.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

If you're wearing a glove and a ball's coming at you, your brain, your instinct is probably to reach and catch.

[Matt Jones]

And it was a heck of a catch. Which is why you shouldn't take a glove. I mean it was, to be fair, he was key. Brian from the field, it was a heck of a catch.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

You never, you know who's never interfered on a ball like that? Someone holding a book.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. If he had a bare hand, he's not catching that.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Or book could be reading the New Yorker.

[Matt Jones]

Exactly. I don't change the entire game. Right. He goes and he catches it. It ends up being a ground rule double. Of course we stink. So we end up not getting the run in. And then he stands there, and of course, they keep showing him on the screen, and he's like. At first, he's like. He literally points the screen. Shannon goes, look, I'm on the screen.

[Shannon]

Look, I'm on tv.

[Matt Jones]

I'm on the screen. But, yeah, buddy, you don't want to be on the screen right now.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Not right now.

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You.

[Matt Jones]

If it was me, I'd have run out of there.

[Caller/Listener]

Did he get kicked out?

[Shannon]

Did he get kicked out?

[Matt Jones]

No, I'd have left. Like, I would have been like, don't put me. He was like. You could tell. You could watch his brain at first. He was like, did you see? I caught it. My catch. He was like, with Jim.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Moment of his life.

[Matt Jones]

And then he had a look on his face like, I'm on the screen and people are booing him. And he starts going. You can see his brain going, oh, wait a minute. This might not have. This. This. This may not have gone as I hoped at that moment. Shane, you got to get out of there.

[Shannon]

Oh, yeah, right. For your own safety.

[Matt Jones]

For your own safety. And. But he just stands there. They review it. He's wearing his stupid soccer uniform.

[Shannon]

Why is it always the nerdiest guy that makes the.

[Matt Jones]

Always the nerdiest guy? And soccer uniforms are not flattering for most people. No, they're not. I mean, like, I. I wouldn't wear a soccer uniform. Where. Like, why? In his belly. And he turns around and, like, I. It was just. The poor slob is just sitting there.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

I'm watching it again right now. There's a K next to him in

[Matt Jones]

a glove who's also like, what are you doing? The kid next to him. He should have a glove. He's a kid. But I mean, this.

[Shannon]

You.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, if you drew the guy up. If you were an. A movie director and you were like, what slub do we put in the outfield to ruin this game? Shannon, you'd put him.

[Shannon]

Oh, yeah, exactly. He looks exactly like the guy you would put.

[Matt Jones]

He looks exactly like the guy. And I just was like, you know, and immediately I'm. I'm a softy. I end up kind of feeling sorry for him immediately because, like, it's a natural reaction. If you're the kind of dude that brings a glove, you're gonna try to catch it. Oh, you're locked in because you've got your glove. You're waiting for your.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

You probably stretched, got eye black on. On your eyes. You're ready to go.

[Matt Jones]

And then you know, you lose the game.

[Shannon]

Thinks he's on the team. Got the hat.

[Caller/Listener]

He's.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

He's on the soccer team.

[Matt Jones]

Do you think he was at a soccer game? Anyway, it was. It's another terror. We stink. We now have the worst run differential in the National League, even though we have a winning record. Well, when your own fans are, I mean, against you, that's tough. Poor guy. I wish Ellie had got out there and like, I don't know, thought about you immediately, though.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

When I saw it, I knew this was going to be.

[Matt Jones]

I was watching. You know, normally when we get. When they scored two in the top of the 10th, I was like, we've lost. But you know what? Whatever. I've put in this much time, and then as soon as I see that guy, he can't go back to another game because now we all know what he looks like.

[Shannon]

What if he has season tickets he's got to sell?

[Matt Jones]

Well, he's got to sell them or give him away on this show.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Definitely can't wear the soccer jersey.

[Matt Jones]

Not wear that. That soccer jersey. Burn it.

[Shannon]

Just.

[Matt Jones]

And leave the true dinner to go. Burn it. You know, what's the age limit on gloves? Gloves? You shouldn't wear a glove after you're 14.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Okay, that's fair, Shane.

[Matt Jones]

And I'm right. Like adults shouldn't wear.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

If you drove yourself to the game, no glove.

[Shannon]

Well, now, I went to the bats game this past weekend and I.

[Matt Jones]

You wore a glove?

[Shannon]

Well, I was throwing out the first. Hold on. I was throwing out the first pitch. I thought maybe there's a chance I could play catch before the first pitch. I only brought it for that reason, not to try to play outfield for the bats.

[Matt Jones]

But you didn't have it on your hand during the game. Okay, that's different.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

I thought Shannon was about to say, set in the crowd for nine innings

[Matt Jones]

with the glove on. Yeah, that's the other thing. I can't imagine just having it on my hand the whole time.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Yeah. Keep up with it. You know, you're eating Skittles. I got a beer and a hot dog. Where's room for the gloves?

[Matt Jones]

Dude, catch it. How's he that good? Heck of a catch.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Deep down inside, he's pretty proud.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

You sell that ball and it would.

[Matt Jones]

That would have hit that line. I don't think it would have been over the fence, but I think it

[Shannon]

would have hit the line the Reds win if it weren't for that guy. I mean, that ties it up.

[Matt Jones]

That doesn't win it Ties it up. It doesn't mean they win. Probably not, because we were throwing like, every. Our team stinks. But it wouldn't have been that guy's fault. And now we have that guy to blame forever. All right, did you pick. I see four people. Did you pick one?

[Shannon]

I thought we're gonna put them on the air to pick them. You just mean, like, pick them off the air.

[Matt Jones]

I just meant just pick one. But real quick, I. Sean, it's two through five, right? Right?

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

All right, Sean, quickly, why should we pick you?

[Caller/Listener]

Oh, man. I come in the restaurant a lot. I always wear my Reds gear. Big fan. Talk to you about the Reds. I've tried to win them before. I've never been able to get them before.

[Matt Jones]

That's your. That's your case? All right, 10 seconds for. Hang on, Charlotte. Charlie, 10 seconds. Why should I pick you? Okay, you're out. All right. Thank you. Appreciate it. That look like. Sound like the teacher from Charlie Brown. Okay, he's out. He's out. Hang up, Matt, go.

[Caller/Listener]

Listen to you. I started the week Ryan Lemon started. Been about 15 remotes. I do 100% agree with Shannon, though, on the Jaden's thing.

[Matt Jones]

And it's. Got it. Hang on, Matt. And then last one. Who's this? Nathan.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Nathan, 10 seconds.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah. I'm headed to the game right now with my daughter. First game. I have no tickets, and I also have no glove.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, that is cool. But since you're already on your way to the game, like, there'll be plenty of tickets, so I'm going to take you out. Nathan, I appreciate it. So I'm going to go with Sean. He's tried to win them before, and he's been to the bar and he's a Reds fan. I remember this guy. Sean, are you there?

[Caller/Listener]

I'm here, sir.

[Matt Jones]

Hang on. Give Shannon your email. Wait a minute.

[Shannon]

I thought you said I get to pick. Then you picked. You literally said I get the pick and you picked.

[Matt Jones]

That's true. You can. You can pick. You want Sean or Nate or the other guy?

[Shannon]

I gotta give him Matt.

[Matt Jones]

No, Chanel, you can't do that. Shannon, you can't do that.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Saw that one coming.

[Matt Jones]

Remember when he took the tickets from the girl? Are you really gonna Wrestlemania this guy?

[Shannon]

I was gonna give him the Matt, but you're. You told me.

[Matt Jones]

No, I mean, it's up to you. You said it was your call.

[Shannon]

Sean says he's never been to a game. Well, you're not gonna go today either.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness. Stop it. Come on, stop it.

[Shannon]

Matt, we'll get your information.

[Matt Jones]

I'll tell you what, Sean, Sean, you hang on to. I'll get you tickets to a game down the road, okay?

[Caller/Listener]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

All right. Oh, the sadness sound. I know this. This Shannon is on one Matt gets today. Sean, hang on. I'll get your email address too and I'll get you one for a game in the future, okay?

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

All right. You both hang on. Unbelievable. Shannon is un believable today. We'll take a break. Be right back.

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back, man. Just a diabolical Shannon segment from the start to the finish. I mean, like diabolical Shannon the jerk. People are writing in Shannon the Another word that starts with D. Yeah, deal with it.

[Shannon]

Going to a game. I mean, it's not like Sean's gonna kill.

[Matt Jones]

Did you hear how sad he's. Yeah. And then one person writes Shannon with the million dollar man laugh after it. You did do that. I might have to go back and listen on podcast because you. That laugh was evil. Well, I will say pretty much all except a handful of people agree with you on the quite ns thing. Yeah, well, Billy is clearly in the minority on it.

[Shannon]

He makes up his own results.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. A lot of people just writing in and going, I like this one. There's no I in team, but there is an eye in quaintance. That's mean. That's me. You know, listen, I both understand why fans are upset, but also get why. Why I did it. I mean, I get it. This is where. This is where. To some extent, oddly, I kind of blame the team for. For taking the risk, But I think he was always just bonus Drew. I think the team when you were. That's why I never. People used to get mad at me during the season. I never considered him as part of when I would talk about stuff because I always considered it just a bonus. Because I have to tell you I didn't think he would play at all.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

I was the same way. When people talked about injuries, low absolutely came way. But when you throw him in, I'm like, now you can't go get a guy with a bum knee and then be like, oh crap, he's hurt. No, you knew that when you got him.

[Matt Jones]

I totally agree with you when you're trying to judge Pope on injuries, the low injury is completely fair to say that was bad luck. But quaintance, you, you knew you took that chance and you knew what was happening. So you know, if I go to

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

a body shop and buy a broken down car in the back.

[Matt Jones]

No.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Get on the road, it's not working. Well, that's on me.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, I feel the same way to some extent about this kid that's coming this year, Frank Kepnam. He's missed what to the last two seasons with injuries. You know, you're taking a risk. But with quaintance, you even knew more because he was even hurt when you got him. At least this Frank guy is healthy now. He, Jaden, was hurt when you got him. So you knew what you were doing.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

And a little scuttlebuttish here, but the quaintances also, I think thought he'd be in another role that he was promised in recruiting. Kind of more that Amari showing off his offense. And then I don't think they were filling that direction once they got on campus. Were a little let down by how even when he was attempting to play, they thought he'd be used.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. 859-280-2287. You can, if you want to call and give your, give your take on that. I want to go through some things through the day. First of all, Malachi, we now find out he's met with six teams

[Caller/Listener]

and

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

it's like the best teams you could go to.

[Matt Jones]

It's the Celtics, Lakers, Heat.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Yes. He added the Blazers yesterday, including the

[Matt Jones]

heat are the 14th pick. So like now you're starting to get into the lot like lottery range. Gods don't turn down the lottery.

[Shannon]

No.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

And I know everyone's thinking, well, last year he was this and he couldn't do that. You gotta remember the NBA, they're picking for what they think you can become. And if you look at some of those names at the end of the first round, I mean if I'm a team, I see an 18 year old, whatever he is seven footer with athleticism and sure he's got flaws and has a lot to work on, but I think I could turn that into something.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I mean, look, the. Most people look at the draft and say after pick like 12, there's a huge drop off. All right, well, and then there's an even bigger drop off after like 18 or 19. Well, I mean, if somebody likes him now, with that said, would you still say you think it's likely he comes back?

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

I'm still expecting it, but I'll admit that keeps shrinking. My confidence shrinks, by the way.

[Matt Jones]

With six teams, you start to get nervous because those teams are only allowed to meet with so many people, and they clearly all wanted to use one of theirs on him.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

And he said something along the lines of for not scrimmaging his agent, felt like he was in a good place already. He didn't say anything about a guarantee, and mock drafts still don't have him that high up. But he did say they. He felt like he had done well enough already.

[Matt Jones]

All right, Mom, Silovich said something like, I'm still focused on the draft, but he strikes me as somebody who's likely to come back. Would you agree?

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Yeah. He says he kind of doesn't even have to be first round because now you can get a big guarantee in the second round. He's kind of saying, if anyone can guarantee me something. But still just where he is projected. I don't know.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think about Jeff Goodman saying Louisville. I mean, listen, Pope can't. If Pope doesn't get him. I mean, this. The nightmare scenario for Mark Pope, and it is a nightmare, is Malachi stays in the draft. Mom, Silovich goes to Louisville.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

I mean, that is. That's like a death blow right there.

[Matt Jones]

That's. That's a nightmare. That is a. I don't know.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

I don't know what, like Kyle Tucker also put out. He's hearing Louisville's a serious threat.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, I don't know where they're

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

getting this money, but it seems like it has legs.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, well, you know, forgive papa's racism, I guess, and all of a sudden you have all this money again.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Also, Momcilovich said if he goes back to school, he's going to go to a contender. I'm like, well, we can be one if you come.

[Matt Jones]

But on paper right now, I think that. I think that would tell me he's not going to go to lsu. But I think Kentucky, while I don't know that they are a contender, they certainly can place themselves as a contender. Louisville is, too.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

If Malachi were to stay in the draft and he looks at that roster. I don't think that would be exciting to him.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, I. But for Mark Pope sake, you can't have Malachi. Well, I mean, I don't know what they do if Malachi stays in the draft, period.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

I think we're in big trouble.

[Matt Jones]

I think we're in trouble. It could be comically. I think we're in trouble. If you don't have. If you don't have.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Ninja is very thin. You would have to play using the word soft, but you'd have to be a soft basketball team. Play five out.

[Matt Jones]

But then the thing people were worried about, which is, are you. Is your starting point guard and starting big man. Two guys from a Washington team that went 16 and 17. The answer would be yes at that point. So we need Malachi to stay, but we cannot have Malachi gone and mom Silvich to Louisville.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

I. Rick was the other team mentioned to St. John's and Louisville.

[Matt Jones]

St. John's what if St. John steals another guy?

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Rick gets him again.

[Matt Jones]

Oh. We'll be right back.

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[Shannon]

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

[Matt Jones]

Welcome back, Techie Sports Radio. I got to read you this message I got. You want to talk about someone, and I say this with respect because you're a listener, and so I appreciate it, but if you want to talk about somebody, why are you laughing? Because y'. All.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

No, Mario just looked at me, so I smiled back. Nothing there. We're listening.

[Matt Jones]

This is what somebody wrote on the text machine. So even if Quaintance quits, you and Drew blame Mark Pope. So many Kentuckians see right through this. We don't blame Pope. We are a people that know Jesus and therefore know truth. Thank goodness for Shannon the dude.

[Shannon]

The least.

[Matt Jones]

The least religious person up here, because otherwise, Matt and KSR are on the wrong side of fans and will not remain the voice of the fans. First of all, Shannon agrees with us that recruiting Quaint. We. We've talked about that many times. He just also blames Quaint.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Am I right about that?

[Shannon]

There's blame to be had on both sides.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. Secondly, Jesus does not care about the Kentucky basketball team. What? Who plays? No.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

It would be a lot better if he did.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. We wouldn't have lost in the second round.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

And I'm not saying blame Mark Pope shouldn't have got him. I'm glad he got him, but it's a gamble. And if the gamble doesn't Pay off.

[Matt Jones]

I was totally fine with it when we got him. You and I both said, not my money. But, you know, it's a risk. It's like, here's what it's like. If you go to the poker table with $1,000, if you've got it to spend, go. I'm not saying it's wrong for you to go, but you can't. Then go play poker and then go, I got unlucky and lost a thousand dollars because I played poker. No, you made the choice to go do something risky. That choice is perfectly valid, but you made it same thing. You made a choice to get. Get a risky player. Now, what is bad luck is if you walk down the street and somebody just takes your wallet and takes a thousand. I kind of think that's what happened with Jalen Lowe. He's got his wallet token taken.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

That's bad luck.

[Matt Jones]

So for Mark Pope, it's like he had $2,000. 1,000 of it got stolen out of his pocket, and the other thousand he wouldn't play poker with, and he ended up with no money.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Yeah, and I liked the addition of quaintance, but also knew it's not a certainty, but it's worth the risk. It just didn't pay out. I mean, he tore his ACL in February and committed in April. We knew that it was going to be him.

[Matt Jones]

All right, before we go phones, I want to do a couple other little things here. Shannon, I saw June 1st. They're closing i65.

[Shannon]

Oh, yeah. Yep, I'm aware.

[Matt Jones]

So for. So. So. So this is like. This affects you. Doesn't very much.

[Shannon]

So. Yes. I take I65 north every day.

[Matt Jones]

So they're gonna, like, close it from what, the Waterson to the bridge?

[Shannon]

Correct.

[Matt Jones]

So from the waters into. The bridge will be closed for two months. So think about that for a minute. Everyone coming south from Bowling Green, etc. If you want to get into the city of Louisville or get past the city of Louisville now, you have to do it differently. If you want to go to Indiana, they're going to make you go all the way around. Think about that. So they're making you go all the way around the Waterson, all the way back, like you were coming to Louisville from Lexington to go up. That's an extra, what, half hour on your trip? So let's. So that's one thing. Second. All that traffic is now going to be funneled onto the Waterson. So the Waterson, Shannon, is going to be a parking lot.

[Shannon]

It's already a mess as it is,

[Matt Jones]

it's already a mess and it's going to be. It's double it because everyone coming up 65 is going to have to go that way. If you don't know the area, that's going to be the only way you even know to go. So the Waterston is going to be a disaster for two months. Then there are people like Shannon who have to get downtown. And the only way for you to get downtown is going to be to cut through all those people's neighborhoods. Well, there was a story today that the people in those neighborhoods are understandably like, we don't want all of these people. I get it. I mean, these neighborhoods, these neighborhoods and neighborhoods are gonna be bumper to bumper. So now the police are saying they might divert people from the neighborhoods. Oh, my goodness.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

You get a little benefit you leave so early. Maybe, yeah.

[Shannon]

I mean, I am in here 6:30 in the morning, so maybe.

[Matt Jones]

But I mean, like. Well, you might have earlier, you know, because like, it's gonna be sit I sitting there looking at that map yet last night. It's gonna be a disaster.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

How long do they expect it?

[Matt Jones]

Two months, from the beginning of June till the end of July.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And no construction is ever finished on time.

[Shannon]

You're right. This is going to go well into August. We all know that.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Shannon]

And I'm about to find an alternative way to get there every morning.

[Matt Jones]

Hello. Have you thought about a helicopter?

[Shannon]

I thought about just staying here, but

[Matt Jones]

it really will be, at best, at absolute best, you're adding 30 minutes to the trip. Trip. But that's assuming the Waterson doesn't become a parking lot.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Let me get backed up. That's.

[Matt Jones]

And it's assuming. And it's assuming that you can get through those neighborhoods, which, you know, old Louisville is not exactly set up for traffic. No, not at all.

[Shannon]

No. And if there's traffic in the mornings, it can sometimes already take me 40, 45 minutes, 50 minutes sometimes to get to work. Now imagine all that traffic in one area. It's going to take over an hour for me to get to work every morning.

[Matt Jones]

So it's time to move to 4th

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Street Live, I think.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that is going to be. That's going to be a. For people in Louisville, what a messy couple of months. Especially if you come on those roads. Doug, Go ahead. Doug.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah, Matt. I've come to show yesterday you talking about the words that people never heard of. I have two now. One of them I never heard of, but my wife said her mother used it all the time when they were kids. It's called Garmin.

[Matt Jones]

People were saying that like. Like, is it like something. What is it?

[Caller/Listener]

It's like you're making a mess.

[Matt Jones]

You're like gumming it up or something.

[Caller/Listener]

No, it's Garmin. Like D o m m I n.

[Matt Jones]

You ever heard of that? People were writing me and saying, gom g o m m. Either way, I hadn't really heard of those. What was the other way?

[Caller/Listener]

Okay. Now, she was a registrar. She kept. For Western Kentucky. She kept track of birth and deaths. And she got curious and she was looking at some old death certificates. And these are from different doctors. One of the words they used people were dying from was the tizzies.

[Matt Jones]

They died from the tizzies. What's the tizzy Tizzies?

[Caller/Listener]

I no one knows.

[Matt Jones]

So they just would put on the cause of death tizzies.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Huh.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Like you're in a tizzy.

[Matt Jones]

I have heard someone's in a tizzy,

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

but I know you could die from it.

[Matt Jones]

You can get so much tizzy that you're dead.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

I guess. Guess when you're in a tizzy, you're kind of, I don't know, overwhelmed or anxious.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. How would you describe it? I don't know, like, worked up.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Yeah. Like, Sean was probably in a tizzy after. After Shannon.

[Matt Jones]

There you go.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

I've never heard of that being a way to die, though.

[Matt Jones]

That's a good one, though. But I definitely didn't know that that would be a way you could. You could pass. Sean, Go ahead. Sean. Sean.

[Caller/Listener]

I got four words, and I just want to agree with Shannon. Kentucky gambled with acquaintance. And, you know, it was. It was on us as much as it was, you know.

[Matt Jones]

Well, first of all, that was our not chance. But he agrees with it. But also, according to this texter, you're against Jesus if you think that way. So I hope you understand that, Sean.

[Shannon]

Me and Jesus,

[Caller/Listener]

the four words. That being one of them. Bless your heart. The Southern words.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Good. So did you digi.

[Caller/Listener]

I don't know if you ever heard it, but being from Hillsborough, you probably have. You did done it?

[Matt Jones]

Well, yes. A lot of people would say. Say that for, you know, did you do something? Did you do? Did you done it?

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah. They'd be like, did you do that? You'd be like, no. They'd be like, you did done it. I heard that growing up a lot. And the last one is like billfo slash pocketbook. You hear a lot of people say that.

[Matt Jones]

Especially, is it not a billfold? I thought that was Pretty common. Well, I mean, I know it's a wallet, but is that a, is that a mountain thing or. Because I've always thought I used to call it a bill fold.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

That's a common. Right?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I feel like that's pretty common. I appreciate the call. I think just another word for wallet. They say that in New York. Don't they get out.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

They probably don't put that twang on it that you just did. But I thought bill fold was the word.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I feel like people say bill fold. I don't think that's. Yeah. All right. 859-280-2287. By the way, in the second hour, Shannon, you didn't send me ads. Who should I. What should I do here?

[Shannon]

No, I didn't. Well, I was in a tizzy because I forgot to send it to you.

[Matt Jones]

Here. Cinema. I'll do it to start the next segment. Okay, starting the second hour, one of our listeners created something extremely clever. Okay. A KSR villain bracket. Ooh. All right.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

I like that.

[Matt Jones]

Various people that have been villains of this show. A 16 villain tournament. I changed like two because there were a couple in there that I didn't want to put in. But we're going to do the villain bracket. We're going to name a number one villain all the way through. This is our equivalent of the Bobby Bones grudge list on the phone. Who is the biggest villain in KSR history? Not UK history villain to this show or me personally.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

So to quote your boy Tyler, this is like who's high on our biting list?

[Matt Jones]

This is who is high on her or was at some point.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so I, I really like this. The guy that created it.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

I already have names that I'm guessing are on there.

[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon]

Yeah. From right here in Kentucky.

[Matt Jones]

Nice Kentucky group. Son of One of the guys was in was a UK football player.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

That's right. Vito Tisdale.

[Matt Jones]

Vito. Where's he now? What happened to him?

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

He ended up at Eastern. I don't know what he's doing presently.

[Caller/Listener]

Currently.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I didn't mean like right this minute.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

We could check.

[Matt Jones]

Just kind of in general.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Probably enjoying his morning.

[Matt Jones]

One person writes, yesterday you all gave the answer for you had to have one shot to three. Who to pick in UK history. What about you have to have one bucket guy with the ball in his hand. UK history. Who you taking? You need one bucket into the game. One bucket. He's got to create his own shot. So no coming off a screen. He's got to go get his basket. Who you getting? I have. I have two that come to my mind immediately. Who do you have?

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

I have one that some people might not think of, but My mind went right to Brandon Knight.

[Matt Jones]

You know, he had tournament, go get buckets. I think twice. I think he's a great combination of being able to take you off the dribble, but also stop and shoot. I think college Brandon Knight for me was going to be number two.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Let that little pull up against Ohio State. I think about that against Princeton earlier,

[Matt Jones]

against West Virginia in that tournament. And then he did it a few times during the year, missed the shot. But he always got himself open. So I like that one a lot.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Cause like, I think of Aaron Harrison is clutch, but he's not a go get it. He was taking open threes sometimes.

[Matt Jones]

He was. He was open against Louisville. He did shoot his own shot, but he just shot it over the Michigan guy. But Jim Nance thought it got blocked and it actually went in night called

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

for the ISO and went and got his bucket.

[Matt Jones]

My number three is Malik Monk.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

I like that.

[Matt Jones]

I think Malik Monk in college could go get his shot as well as anybody.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

He could rise up over everybody.

[Matt Jones]

Rise up over Bear. That's exactly right. So number two is Brandon Mike. Now my number one is going back a little bit, but Jamal Mashburn.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Oh, yeah, of course.

[Matt Jones]

Jamal Mashburn could handle. He could shoot over you, could go through you. So if I. If you're going to say to me in Kentucky history, give me one guy to go get me a bucket, I'm going to go Mashburn the night. Then Monk. Would you change anybody?

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

I love Monk. I might even go one on Monk, now that I think about it. But also from that same team, right after night, my brain went to Darren Fox.

[Matt Jones]

By the end of the year.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

I've kind of got a recency bias with Cal players there. But I like him as well.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon, anybody you'd put in that list,

[Shannon]

we're just going just a bucket, not necessarily a shot, but just score.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it can be anything. It can be two points.

[Shannon]

I don't know how you would overlook. Look Dan Isle, who's the all time leading scorer at Kentucky.

[Matt Jones]

Well, see, I just didn't see him play. So like, I don't know, I don't know how he got his baskets and I don't know. I need somebody who's got the ball at the top of the key and can go score.

[Shannon]

John Wall. John Wall.

[Matt Jones]

John Wall's good.

[Shannon]

Scoop and score. Get to the basket. Give me John Wall.

[Matt Jones]

John Wall's really good. The question is, can he, like, if the guy's closing you off and you get doubled, could he shoot a three? And I don't know if I. But what but wall going to the basketball is maybe better than anybody.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

There's one guy that's kind of one dimensional but he did it four times. It's oh way. I mean think of the Oklahoma games.

[Matt Jones]

That's true.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

I mean he just lowered his head, went and got a bucket.

[Matt Jones]

I mean we all remember the three against Santa Clara but we forget the play before where he tied the game and he and he took it in and got and got tournament.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

We're almost going home in the first round.

[Matt Jones]

His first year no away is in terms of being able to just score with the ball in his hands. You're right. I mean if you just look at

[Shannon]

Santa Clara shot insane.

[Matt Jones]

But before that he actually created a shot that was like a heave. But yeah just kind of thinking about it. Jamal Murray was really good at that in terms of he could kind of just get a shot when he needed to.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Bonus points on him as he would shoot someone with an arrow after he did it which would really add to

[Matt Jones]

the flair of the whole thing. I'm. I'm trying to think going back Jody

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Meeks had several who've been pretty lucky

[Matt Jones]

who had been who who was who was really good at that.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

Trying to think of a bigger guy you could trust.

[Matt Jones]

Just the only one I can think of. We. We haven't had a ton of kind of modern bigs that take you off the bounce. I you know we don't like Bam does that now but he didn't do that here really.

[Kentucky Sports Radio Co-host (possibly Drew Franklin)]

I was a little young at the time but would Antoine Walker qualify in this?

[Matt Jones]

Antoine Walker's a good one. I don't know that he was as consistent but Antoine Walker was a big who could do that. Yeah, that's a good call. Well 859-280-2287 that was a good question. I still with all of those like Mashburn but I think everybody we mentioned a good contender. Kevin. Go ahead, Kevin.

[Caller/Listener]

Matt, great question and the the obvious answer for me is Brad Caliperi. That my boy was a dog out there. That's why I want taking the last shot.

[Matt Jones]

Fair enough.

[Caller/Listener]

I don't know how you guys. It was probably an honest mistake leaving that one off but I'll give you a pass. Who you on for the Preakness? Talk to me through that.

[Matt Jones]

You know I have no idea. I that was actually going to be. I'm going to save that topic for tomorrow but I honestly don't know. I think there's only one horse from The Derby in it. Right. And I think it's the co favorite. What, along with the horse?

[Caller/Listener]

Well, there's a few derby horses. Oh, Selly is in it. Robusta is in it as well, but. All right, well, I'll listen.

[Matt Jones]

What's the one. I'm gonna look at it tonight. But what. What's the horse from the Derby that's the co favorite. Which one is that?

[Caller/Listener]

Well, Ocelli's near favorite. I think Ocelli's at 6 to 1. But there's also incredible. There's. There's more incredible.

[Matt Jones]

That was the one I was thinking of. Okay. I didn't know Ocelli was in it, but go ahead. What's your other one?

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah, so you're talking about the. The Quaintance drama, which, which did lead me to. To remember the Lou Holtz quote where he said, a God may not care about who wins the football game, but his mother certainly does. So that was. That made me think.

[Matt Jones]

That's a good question.

[Caller/Listener]

In terms of. In terms of Clayton's. I mean, is jmi, is there a way of indemnifying themselves against these deals that go bad? I mean, the kid played three games.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, is there a way Money. I mean, is there a way. Yes, but this is the part of the issue for all these schools. In theory, could you do a contract that says if you don't play, you don't get it? Yes, but the problem is other schools are not going to do it. So this is why, at the end of the day, everything what we. That people want to put in these contracts, they have to play this many games, they have to score this many points, they need incentives. All of those things under the current rules you could do. The problem is because we don't have a collective bargaining situation, the other schools are just going to say, we'll give you the money and not do that. Right. So in the NBA and all those sports, the reason that they can put those provisions in deals is the players association has allowed the teams to do it it in college. It's a complete free for all. So if you want to put things in, like you have to play, another school will just come and go, well, we'll give you the same money and we won't put that in there. And guess what the kid's gonna do? Yeah, he's gonna go to the other place.

[Caller/Listener]

Well, I suppose I'm referring to the fact that I know there's a bevy of products that are coming online in the insurance industry.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, I do think they have. Yes, I do think they have those. I do think those exist. Whether or not they had it for quaintance I don't know but I appreciate the call. They do exist and yes, JMI could get an insurance policy on on whether or not they play. I do not know if they got it on on Queens but this is part of the reason why, you know when you sit here and talk about like legislation or rules most people do it in let's cap the money, let's. I don't think caps are going to happen or at least not the way we think of them but I do think you the argument for making it to where players can collectively bargain or whatever is it also can protect the teams from fighting amongst themselves. You know what I mean? And you can actually make rules that help the teams. I think that's where we got to end up or somewhere close to that or it's always going to have these issues. All right, we'll take a break, take your calls and also do the KSR villain bracket after this.