2026-05-27 KSR - Hour 2

Summary

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Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR): Hour 2, May 27, 2026

Host: Matt Jones
Co-hosts: Drew Franklin, Billy Gillispie
Air Date: May 27, 2026
Podcast Network: iHeartPodcasts and Sports Talk 790 (WKRD-AM)

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Episode Overview

This lively hour of Kentucky Sports Radio features Matt Jones and the KSR crew diving into a mix of Kentucky sports updates, playful banter, listener calls, and reflections on sportsmanship, local culture, and Kentucky basketball. Notable themes include reflections on national anthems, debates about sports celebrations and traditions, fan frustrations, and deep-dives on UK basketball program decisions and PR. As always, the tone is laid-back, conversational, and humorous, blending sports analysis with community flavor.

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Key Discussion Points & Highlights

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1. National Anthem Debates and Billy’s Musical Challenge (03:04–06:12)

• Anthem Similarities: The crew discusses the similarity between “My Country Tis of Thee” and “God Save the Queen.”
  • Matt Jones: “Have you ever noticed that My Country Tis of Thee is the same as God Save the Queen?” (03:22)
  • Drew Franklin: “I don’t listen to God Save the Queen, but…” (03:38)
• World Cup Project: Matt assigns Billy the summer challenge of ranking 47 national anthems (excluding the US) from the teams in the World Cup.
  • Matt Jones: “…by mid-June, you can rank your musical preference for the 47 anthems. The 47 anthems of Billy.” (04:10)
  • Billy Gillispie: “My American blood won’t love it, but I will do it and I’ll rank it for you.” (04:37)
• Implications: Playful banter about bias, with the suggestion that KSR basketball should travel to whoever wins Billy’s “Best Anthem” award.

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2. Sportsmanship & Outrage in Baseball (06:12–10:41)

• Brewers Pitcher Incident: Discussion of a Milwaukee Brewers pitcher performing the infamous DX triple chop gesture toward the Cardinals’ dugout in a non-competitive game.

  • Matt Jones: “A Brewers pitcher throws a strikeout, and then he turns around and looks at the Cardinals dugout and gives a DX chop three times.” (06:26)
  • Drew Franklin: “I don’t think we can have our pitchers in Major League Baseball going around… He did it three times. He did the job well.” (08:00)
  • Consensus: While entertaining, the act was excessive and deemed unsportsmanlike, likely deserving of a fine or suspension.
  • Billy Gillispie: “Normally I’m for more emotion and energy in baseball… I feel like this one directed at the dugout probably warrants a fine or suspense.” (08:10)

• Pitchers “Getting Chesty”: Drew notes a trend of expressive pitcher antics, citing a recent SEC tournament incident.

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3. Mets’ Inopportune Disco Fever Tradition (10:41–12:27)

• Failed In-Stadium Entertainment: The Mets host a “sixth inning dance party” even when the home team is down 6–0.
  • Matt Jones: “The problem is, last night, they were down 6–0… everyone began to boo because they’re like, we stink and we’re down 6–0.” (10:52)
  • Billy Gillispie: “I’m all for more entertaining things in the stadium. That’s what the NBA does, right? But you gotta read the room.” (11:29)
• Reading the Room: Consensus that stadium entertainment needs to adjust to the flow and score of the game.

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4. Listener Calls: Economy, Neighborhood Facebook Drama, and Quirky Traditions (12:03–16:23)

• Callers express concern over the economy and “being kind” locally.

  • Caller Steve: “We gotta hang in there. We gotta help each other learn to get to know our neighbors and be nice to them…” (12:27)
  • Matt Jones: “We all do need to be nice and get to know our neighbors. Part of that, Drew, is they need to let me into my neighborhood Facebook group.” (13:09)

• Neighborhood Facebook Feud: Matt is still bitter about being excluded from his local Facebook group, joking about starting a rival group with other Kentucky basketball celebrities.

  • Drew Franklin: “Can you create a competing Facebook group? Start a new one and invite the neighbors you like…” (13:34)
  • Matt Jones: “Should I go door to door and try to recruit people for my competing Facebook group?” (13:39)

• Caller Bob’s Tangent: A humorous, rambling call that quickly veers off-topic.

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5. UK Basketball Roster, Injuries, & PR Problems (21:05–29:55)

• Mark Pope Interview Reaction: The crew interprets Mark Pope’s comments on last season’s injuries and performance.
  • Matt Jones: “There’s a lot of teams that could lose their starting point guard and… we still win games in the NCAA tournament… I actually don’t think there’s a lot of teams that could do that.” (21:15)
  • Drew Franklin: “Some of the losses were too bad… you still should have at least been competitive in some of these losses.” (22:18)
  • Matt Jones: “We cannot say that this point guard… would have been significantly different and better. Then why didn’t we bring him back?” (23:16)
• Injury Excuses: Both agree that losing players matters, but it doesn't fully explain the team’s worst losses. There’s frustration over the decision to let Jalen Lowe go despite injuries.
  • Billy Gillispie: “I don’t know if you’ve had a roster yet that is a title contender. There’s no more honeymoon period.” (25:11)
  • Drew Franklin: “It doesn’t help that they lost by about 20 in the NCAA tournament to a team who lost its best player two days before.” (25:23)

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6. Breaking News: Kentucky vs. Louisville Game Date Announced (28:06–30:44)

• UK-Louisville Basketball: The highly anticipated rivalry returns to a proper mid-December date — Saturday, December 12, 2026, at Rupp Arena. The move is celebrated.
  • Drew Franklin: “We were actually unified in hating where it was on the schedule... I like it that they moved at least back to December.” (30:14)
• Holiday Scheduling: The crew riffs on how every date seems to be “National Something Day,” discovering December 12, 2026, is National Ding-a-Ling Day.

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7. UK Basketball Roster Building & The Tyron Stokes Saga (32:01–38:42)

• Relentless Positivity vs. PR Reality: Answering a caller about whether Mark Pope’s optimistic view harmed UK’s chances with recruits (namely Tyron Stokes).
  • Matt Jones: “There are basic PR functions that they have handled miserably... The Stokes thing’s a perfect example.” (33:40)
  • Drew Franklin: “I think they have a little bit of a reading the room problem… Up to the last minute they were like, ‘We’re getting Stokes.’” (36:42)
  • Matt Jones: “You can’t live like that because it leads you to problems.” (37:01)
• Comparison to Ted Lasso: Matt likens Pope’s positivity to “Ted Lasso,” warning that optimism can blind a staff to real challenges.

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8. UK’s 2026 Non-Conference Basketball Schedule (38:51–39:39)

• Big Games Announced:
  • Champions Classic (Chicago, Nov 10)
  • Kentucky-Indiana (Indianapolis, Nov 19)
  • Kentucky-Louisville (Rupp Arena, Dec 12)
  • Kentucky-North Carolina (New York, Dec 19)
  • Possible ACC road game (potentially Miami or Virginia)
  • Matt Jones: “Chicago, Indy, New York, and Miami... Pick the city you want to visit!” (39:14)

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9. Listener Calls: Roster Management and the Role of the AD (46:45–48:40)

• Caller Ronnie expresses concern about the program’s “flying blind” approach, requesting more oversight.
  • Matt Jones: “It’s ultimately up to the coaches to be correct on those decisions.” (47:27)
  • Drew Franklin: “Who knows what Kentucky could have gotten if they had just said, you know what, he’s going to Kansas. Let’s not take the PR hit and go find what we can get.” (48:17)
• Hypothetical roster misses are discussed, including possibilities if Pope hadn't banked so long on Tyron Stokes.

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10. Fun Segment: Mario’s Anagram Game & “Jelly Bean” Basketball Ritual (42:36–46:13)

• Wild Eggs Wednesday: Listeners can win a Wild Eggs gift card by solving an anagram tweeted by Mario.
  • Matt Jones (looking at the letters): “If you take the first five letters, it spells Mario.” (43:26)
  • Drew Franklin: “I got it. I do the jumbo in the newspaper every morning. It was like a challenge.” (43:55)
• Basketball Quirk: New UK player Milan Momcilovich says the word “jelly bean” in his head before each three-pointer, as a performance ritual.
  • Matt Jones: “Before he shoots a three pointer, he says the word jelly bean in his head… It puts his mind in the right frame.” (45:04)
  • Drew Franklin: “That seems really random… What other little things do players do that we don't know about?” (45:13)

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11. Final Picks: NHL Playoffs Prediction (49:43–50:35)

• Montreal vs. Hurricanes:
  • Matt Jones suspects Montreal will win Game 4 at home but picks Hurricanes for the series.
  • Drew Franklin: “I'm gonna roll with your Canes. They ripped the hearts out of the Canadians when you were there the other night, and I don't think they'll recover.” (49:56)
  • Billy Gillispie: “Oh, Canada will get this one because they want it to go to seven, so make it two.” (49:43)

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Notable Quotes

• Matt Jones: “You gotta read the room. There was no reading of the room down six as your pitcher gets booed off of the mound.” (11:08)
• Caller Steve: “We gotta hang in there. We gotta help each other… because bottom line is, it may be them and us, and that’s really all we've got.” (12:27)
• Drew Franklin on Mark Pope: “I hate leaning on [injuries] too much... but you can’t just put the blame of the season because of the injuries.” (22:18)
• Matt Jones on UK staff: “There are basic PR functions that they have handled miserably… The Stokes thing’s a perfect example.” (33:40)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment Description | Timestamp | |------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------| | National Anthem Project Assignment | 03:04–06:12 | | Brewers Pitcher’s DX Chops Incident | 06:24–09:10 | | Mets’ In-game Dance Party Fails | 10:52–12:27 | | Listener Steve on Community/ Economy | 12:03–13:09 | | UK Basketball: Mark Pope Comments Review | 21:05–25:23 | | Kentucky-Louisville Basketball Date News | 28:06–30:44 | | Mark Pope’s PR, Stokes Recruitment Saga | 32:01–38:42 | | UK Basketball 2026 Non-Conference Schedule Rundown | 38:51–39:39 | | Mario’s Word Game / Jelly Bean Ritual | 42:36–46:13 | | AD Oversight & Roster Building Caller Discussion | 46:45–48:40 | | NHL Playoff Predictions | 49:43–50:35 |

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Memorable/Quirky Moments

• Billy Gillispie’s hearty acceptance of the world anthem ranking challenge—while insisting “there’s only one anthem for me.”
• Discussion likening Pope’s relentless, sometimes blinding positivity to the character Ted Lasso.
• On the Mets’ in-game dance party: Matt Jones: “You got to read the room. And there was no reading of the room down six as your pitcher gets booed off of the mound.” (11:08)
• “Jelly bean” as a basketball shooting mantra, and the potential for UK/NIL/brand cross-promos.

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Summary

This episode is classic KSR: funny, informed, and brimming with Kentucky flavor. It weaves together sports news, playful challenge assignments, community camaraderie, and listener engagement, against a backdrop of ongoing debate about Kentucky basketball’s future and culture. Whether it’s the state of UK’s PR strategy, quirky sports traditions, or the baffling choices of MLB pitchers and in-game promotions, the show maintains its trademark balance of analysis and humor—a must-listen for any Kentucky sports fan.

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[Matt Jones]

It is our number two, Kentucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. Text machine is 772-7745254. One person writes. Matt, of course you like my country tis of the. It was a word for word, note for note copy of God Save the Queen. You just can't like anything American. Now, that's not nice, Drew. I didn't. It is God. It is the same. It's not word for word, but it is tone for tone. Have you ever noticed that my country tis the. Is the same as God saved? God save the queen.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I don't listen to God Save the Queen, but.

[Matt Jones]

Yes, but we're during the World cup work during the World Cup, Billy, we're gonna hear all these national anthems, right? I think there's going to be 48. Okay. I'm going to give you a job. That's exactly right, Billy. This is going to be your summer project. You don't have to listen to them during the games, although I would suggest you do so you can get the feeling of what it's like in a big environment. But I want you to rank the 48 anthem with the caveat of I don't want you to really rank 47. I don't want you to put the US in it because I. I think you'll be like, you'll be biased. So what do you think by the end, by, you know, mid June, you can rank your musical Preference for the 47 anthems? The 47 anthems of Billy Yeah.

[Billy Gillispie]

My American blood won't love it, but I will do it and I'll rank it for you.

[Matt Jones]

Just act like they're another. I'm not making you rank the U.S. i'm just asking you to listen to the other anthems.

[Billy Gillispie]

There's one anth to me, Matt, but I'll listen to the other.

[Matt Jones]

Maybe I should let. Should I give this to someone else? Drew, I think I don't he may not be the right person for this.

[Drew Franklin]

You're just showing how much you love 47 in America. You're a big fan of number 47.

[Billy Gillispie]

Well, we know Matt's a big fan of God Save the Queen, but I will.

[Matt Jones]

That's right. Fairly honor. This is Billy. This is in honor of our president and our 250th anniversary. You show your magnanimous nature, and you rank the other 47 now.

[Billy Gillispie]

All right, There you go. Yeah, I'll do it.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, Billy, Our anthem for this. So you need to start that process coming soon because I. And you can't just say, because I like it. You have to have a reason why. Some are good and some are bad.

[Caller]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

We'll do a foreign trip to. Whatever you pick is the best.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, okay.

[Drew Franklin]

We'll take the basketball.

[Billy Gillispie]

Kee, basketball. Come along.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, that would actually. That would be a fun game. Right? But the 47 countries. Whoever has the best anthem actually on the text machine. 772-774-5254. If you think one of the anthems in the World cup is the favorite to win, maybe you could set betting odds on what Billy will pick. And I agree, Drew. Whichever one's the best. This. Our team should have to go there this summer. Although there are a couple places that I don't know that are in there. I don't know that we want to. We want to. We want to send. All right, before I get back to the phones, in basketball, this would be one that Ryan and Shannon would have strong opinions on, but they're not here, so it's perfect to ask you all. Drew, did you see the brewers pitcher last night?

[Drew Franklin]

No, I have not seen the brewers pitcher.

[Matt Jones]

So the brewers pitcher. They're playing the Cardinals. The brewers are up 6 nothing. So it's not even a close game. A Brewers pitcher throws a strikeout, and then he turns around and looks at the Cardinals dugout and gives a DX chop three times. Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't even need to see it. That's amazing.

[Matt Jones]

Now, it was six nothing. So it wasn't a close game. It was just a random strikeout. There clearly has to be some history, because you don't just go throwing DX chops at another person's dugout. He does it. Baseball seems to be outraged. The manager, after the game insinuates he may punish him. He thinks Major League Baseball may punish him. Is it out of line? Obviously, it's not, like, great sportsmanship. I don't think anybody would say, like that. It's A great thing. But should a player be suspended for a DX chop after a strikeout drip? Did you, have you seen the video?

[Drew Franklin]

I just watched it.

[Matt Jones]

I mean it's pretty, it's pretty blatant, isn't it? I mean, it's. I mean, like you. I did when I saw it. I didn't think it was going to be as blatant as it was.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean he's got great form. I mean it looks like Shawn Michaels himself is out there doing it. I. As much as I like it as an entertaining thing, I mean, I'm someone that got in trouble doing the DX chop in middle school. So. I mean, I have history here. I just. I don't think we can have our pitchers in Major League baseball going around.

[Billy Gillispie]

He did it three times. Three times. He did the job well.

[Matt Jones]

That's what you do. That's. That's what DX did, Billy. It was a three time. Yeah. So it's, it's, it's, you know, it's keeping with the theme.

[Billy Gillispie]

Yeah, it's a. It's a little like the key and peel skit where they do the celebration. It just goes a little too far on the third thrust. But you know, normally I'm for more emotion and more energy in baseball. Like bat flips and energy. I feel like this one directed at the dugout probably warrants a fine or suspense.

[Matt Jones]

So you told me.

[Drew Franklin]

I thought it'd be a little more subtle. It's not subtle at all.

[Matt Jones]

No, it's not subtle at all.

[Drew Franklin]

Not even a little bit.

[Matt Jones]

I'm not sure I've ever seen anything like that in baseball at all. Have you got. I don't think I've ever seen, you know, people will flip the bat. I've seen people like hit a home run and stare at it. Sometimes somebody will throw a strike out and they'll pump their fist. I don't think Drew, I've ever seen anything quite as blatant as the DX triple chop. No.

[Drew Franklin]

And pitchers, they're getting a little chesty here lately. It didn't work out for us in the SEC tournament, but did you see the Vandy pitcher yelling, I can't even say it on the radio about owning the Kentucky batter. I mean, pitchers just need to dial it back a little bit.

[Matt Jones]

Well, so you're. You're anti the. You. You would suspend him, Drew, that surprises me. I would have thought you would not.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, if I'm commissioner. No, but if I'm being honest, you shouldn't be doing that now. In version of baseball? Yes. I think you should do it every time you get someone out. But I knew you probably don't need that for the kids at home.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so that brings me to my second thing. My plan last night when I got off my plane at LaGuardia was to go see the Reds are in town playing the Mets. I'm going to go tonight, but I wanted to go. Chase Burns was pitching, and I was going to go. And then I was really tired after the trip to Montreal, so I didn't go. But I came back, watched it in my hotel, and the score, at one point, drew. Once again, the score was 6 to nothing. I don't know what happens when these scores are six to nothing, but it's six to nothing in the sixth inning. The Reds are winning. The Mets apparently have, like, disco fever every sixth inning, okay? So the. The stadium goes dark, and they play electronic electronica music, and they create, like, a rave in the sixth inning. And the idea is, it's the sixth inning. Let's all dance, okay? The problem is, last night, they were down six to nothing when it happened. And when it started, it was right after the Reds had scored. And everyone began taboo because they're like, we stink and we're down 6 to nothing. And they. It went viral of this dance party. And the theory was, when you're down 6 to nothing, you can't have a dance party at home. Can you have a dance party down six to nothing in the sixth. Can that be a tradition?

[Caller]

No.

[Drew Franklin]

And you see this. Sometimes that could even happen. Kentucky football, it's like they make a script and they just stick to it no matter what, for what, whatever they're doing throughout the game. At some point, someone in the room needs to be like, hey, look at the score. Maybe we should not do that right now.

[Matt Jones]

Our pitcher has moved off field. He l literally, the pitcher had just gotten booed off the field. And, like, he is booed off the field, Billy. And they're walking off, and then the guy goes, all right, Mets fans. And everybody's just booing and going crazy. I feel like they needed to adjust on the fly there.

[Billy Gillispie]

I'm all for more entertaining things in the stadium. That's what the NBA does, right? But you got to read the room. And there was no reading of the room down six as your pitcher gets

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booed off of the mound.

[Matt Jones]

Getting. He is getting booed off. I mean, literally booed as loud as he can get. Chase Burns, they're not even being able to touch a pitch of his and then they're like. And by the way, not a lot of people participated in the dance party. I can report. Who's up next? Steve is up next. Steve. Go ahead, Steve.

[Caller]

You know, I'm pretty upset that the bar is closing. I had that on my bucket list. I don't know if I make it before y' all close anyway.

[Matt Jones]

Well, you can hear me next year. Yes, I can hear you. You can come by next year. Next year during one of the game days. And it'll be a different. But it'll be the same thing. We'll. If it's a home game, we'll be there. So. Yeah, you should still do it.

[Caller]

Okay. One. One more thing, please. You know, the economy we're in is probably the worst that I've ever seen. Maybe the worst in 100 years, but it's just hard. We're all getting crushed. And the sick that we just gotta survive. We gotta hang in there. We gotta help each other learn to get to know our neighbors and be nice to them and help them out. Because bottom line is, it may be them and us, and that's really all we've got. So there will be a change coming.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I agree with you, Steve. We all do need to be nice. No, no, no. Thank you. That's a nice sentiment. I appreciate the call. We all do need to be nice and get to know our neighbors. Part of that, Drew, is they need to let me into my neighborhood Facebook group.

[Drew Franklin]

Still? Still nothing.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, no.

[Drew Franklin]

Was there, like, an initiation? You got to go through what's happening here.

[Matt Jones]

It's got to be personal this point.

[Billy Gillispie]

They heard about the shovel story. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Can you create a competing Facebook group? Start a new one and invite the neighbors you like have two different ones.

[Matt Jones]

Wait a minute. Should I go door to door and try to recruit people for my competing Facebook group?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, if nothing else, maybe are in the mailbox.

[Matt Jones]

You know, there is a former Kentucky basketball coach in that neighborhood. Maybe he and I could lead the movement. You know what I'm talking about, Drew, what do you think? You think we could lead the movement of a new Facebook group? You probably will let us in.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know. I don't know if you and John Caliperi are on good enough terms. I thought Cal had property.

[Matt Jones]

Wasn't. Let me be clear. Wasn't ahead basketball. I'm not trying to recruit John Caliperi to a hill, but that would be interesting. I feel like that's the kind of petty thing, though, he could get behind. Oh, yeah, that would be that would be his kind of thing. What's next? Bob is up next. Bob, go ahead.

[Caller]

Bob. Good morning, ksr.

[Matt Jones]

Good morning. How are you doing? That's nice to talk to you.

[Caller]

Now, there is something came on, and we need to get our friend Harvey back. Well, you haven't.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I don't. I know he's not around anymore, so I don't think that's gonna. That. That's gonna happen, but go ahead.

[Caller]

There was a belly button of calling for Harvey's care. It was sticking in Trump's ear on the news.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, we're not. We're not getting into it. We're not. We're not. We're not. We're not doing that. Bob, it's nice to talk to you, but we're not. We're not. I'm not trying to get into that kind of thing.

[Caller]

Well, I was just thinking of Harvey because he's a good old guy, and I love to hear him talk. And keep the wings there, because I got to come down and get another load for my people here where I live.

[Matt Jones]

All right, thank you. There you go. That was an odd call. Did you hear? I do, too. I do, too. Something about people who named Bob and what, you don't know the topic that's going to come up. I don't know if you heard the barstool podcast Macro Dosing. Someone called in and asked the host, which includes former Tennessee running back Arian Foster, called and asked Andy's if they break in and tickle you question. Drew on that show

[Billy Gillispie]

big time.

[Drew Franklin]

Take it off.

[Matt Jones]

Arian Foster said, whoever this is. Former Tennessee and Houston, Texas running back Arian Foster. He got asked the question that Andy called in here about the tickling question question. And Aaron Foster said, I don't know who came up with that question, but that's a really weird question, and about

[Drew Franklin]

as weird as you can come up with it is.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think they completely understood the question, because Aaron Foster's answer was, he would shoot the person. And I was like, I don't think that was what the hypothetical.

[Drew Franklin]

That wasn't an option. It was called the cops or not call the cops.

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[Az Fudd]

It's me, Az Fudd from Futaround and find out. Thanks everyone for all the positivity coming out of the draft. I am so blessed to have so many people that believe in and support me. My listeners, my friends and family and the whole GEICO team who put my family in a commercial with me that was so cool to see. The gecko even showed up wearing my jersey. Well, a smaller version of it. And my grandfather is a huge fan of the gecko. During my injury rehab I was a little nervous about the future. But I've had so much support and so many people believing in me and we came through it together. I know I'm leaving the bubble of college, headed to a new city, joining a new team. It's a lot of change all at once. But I don't feel like I'm alone. The way I feel about basketball is the way I feel about life. You help your team and your team helps you. So thank you again everyone, whether you're on the GEICO team or just a fan wearing my team's jersey. Thank you all so much for all the support.

[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio 859-280-2287. People are writing in saying you're doing a good job answering the phone today, Rick.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, thank you.

[Matt Jones]

You are overcoming the phone problems and making it happen.

[Drew Franklin]

Doing my best.

[Matt Jones]

That's exactly right. I would tell Shannon to talk about Stockton mortgage but with Ryan and Shannon gone. Let me ask you Rick, what do you know about Stockton mortgage?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, if you're gonna buy a house, they're the place to go to finance it.

[Matt Jones]

Look at that. Billy, would you like to add to that?

[Billy Gillispie]

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[Matt Jones]

All right. Drew, anything you would like to add to stock to the Stockton Morgan's? It's a great start.

[Drew Franklin]

I'll add not just buying. If you want to refinance what you already have, maybe even renovate what you already have, they can help you [e-mail], guide you through the process.

[Matt Jones]

Right. Stockton.com they may is one of the most active months in real estate. So go to stockton.com. it's got Rick seal of approval. It's got Billy's, it's got Drew's, it's got everything you want. It's at Stockton Morgan's. More options available. Let them lead you through the financing process at Stockton Mortgage equal housing provider NMLS 8259. There you go. 859-280-2287. Mark Pope, I'm gonna read you this quote, Drew, you tell me what you think about this quote. This is the quote. Mark Pope in the cat's paws was asked about how they had performed over the last few seasons. And here's what he said. I'm proud of what we've done over the last two years, especially given the circumstances. I'm excited about the direction we're going. I'm excited about what we've been able to withstand. If you think about any roster last year, they could lose their starting point guard and their starting center for the whole season and they're starting three man for half the season and then we still win games in the NCAA tournament. I actually don't think there's a lot of teams that could do that. So in that sense, I'm really proud of what we are doing. We want to win bigger and win more and I think we're putting a roster together that can do it. What are your thoughts on that?

[Drew Franklin]

I like that he's excited and putting together a roster that can do it. I do believe there's something to Jalen Lowe going out. Obviously, can't deny that, but I mean, even with injuries like getting absolutely smoked by Gonzaga and pretty much by Louisville in Michigan State, I think there's some of the losses were too bad routing. Think you could point to the injuries. You still should have been some at least competitive in some of these losses. So overall I hate leaning on it too much. But there is, there is truth in that injuries got him. But you can't just throw the, you know, put the blame of the season because of the injuries. I don't think you can go that far. There were still some embarrassing performances, injuries aside.

[Matt Jones]

All right, I'm going to make two points, one one agreeing and one disagreeing with. He said. Here's the one that I think gets some validity. Losing your point guard and losing three of your top eight or nine players over the course of the year, yes, that's going to affect any team. I think that's fair to say. I think he should get some leeway for that. I also agree with what Drew said though, that they had the players to be good. But I will note this and you're talking to the biggest holder of Jalen Low stock in the state last year who thought and still thinks he's a very good player. Drew, they did make a decision to not bring him back as the point guard that's true. You know, on the one hand, we cannot say that this point guard. If we had this point guard, everything would have been significantly different and better. Then why didn't we bring him back? Because clearly, to some extent, you don't think he's the right guy for here. And you're probably right. I want to say that he is, but I think eventually we just have to say, I guess not. But you're kind of having your cake and eating it, too, when you're saying, well, if we had had our point guard. Different situation, but by the way, we didn't want that guy to come back. I mean, that's. That's odd, isn't it, Drew?

[Drew Franklin]

It is. And, you know, losing the point guard, it's a big deal. But SEC play, Denzel, Aberdeen was a badass point guard. Now, it hurt your depth not having someone behind him, but it's not like they didn't have anyone that stepped up. Aberdeen was a great point guard late in the season, and they still took some pretty bad losses.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So, you know, ultimately, those words will not. It's going to be how they play this year regardless. But there is a part of me that's like, you know, now he does say later something about how I understand the assignment is to win here. And he always says that. But I also would say, man, I. You know, if you were bringing Jalen Lowe back and you were like, look, he was hurt. Now he's not gonna be hurt, then I. That's a different conversation. But we never even really offered him to come back. It was a mutual parting, so it can't have been that great or they wouldn't have done it.

[Billy Gillispie]

And I would argue that. I don't know if you've had a roster yet that is a title contender. I mean, the. Honey, there's no more honeymoon, period. Dusty may win in his first year at Michigan.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, you thought last year was. But. But it wasn't.

[Drew Franklin]

It doesn't help that they lost about 20 in the NCAA tournament to a team who lost its best player two days before. So, you know, you literally were knocked out by a team that was dealing with an injury that they didn't have time to have a backup plan for.

[Matt Jones]

Good point. Who's next?

[Caller]

Will is next.

[Matt Jones]

Will. Go ahead, Will.

[Caller]

Hey, Matt, in regard to the disco thing at the Met Stadium, you know more about this than I do, but I would bet that a lot of those promotional things have sponsors that are paying for that stuff to get done. So it. It may be hard for them to you know, cancel them or not do them.

[Matt Jones]

Ye probably right.

[Caller]

The score of the gaming story.

[Matt Jones]

You're probably right. But there are times that you have to make decisions that you then explain to your sponsor later. Like I remember one time we were on the air for something and someone died. Like there was some breaking news of someone dying and I still had like one sponsor read to go that was for like, you know, draftkings or cornbread hemp or something. And I was like, I cannot right after announcing this person died. Go here, place your bed at DraftKings. So I just, you know, you just skipped it because there comes a point, I'll explain it to them later. I'm not saying that's the case, but maybe you may, you're probably right about that. But sometimes you maybe do just have to kind of read the room. But go ahead.

[Caller]

No, I understand. Another quick topic going back to the pickleball thing. I played Mid Major Division 1 college tennis. Played long enough on the satellites to know I wasn't good enough to, to make it in that. And I played pickleball twice. Once to do it and twice to make sure I hated it completely. So my advice to you is to play before you get in with Will Stein and those guys in a competitive, in a competitive environment.

[Matt Jones]

I totally get it. I appreciate the, the call. I'm anti pickleball. Did you see the stat yesterday, Drew? Lexington now has the second most pickleball courts per capita of any city in America. It is St. Petersburg, Florida, where of course there are all these old people and then Lexington is second. And I've never been more ashamed of our city.

[Drew Franklin]

I can believe that. I go to PKL out where they have the country boy and the golf simulators and doesn't matter what time of day, the courts are full of people out there playing. And I assume it's like that at all the other facilities around town too. We love it, but we do.

[Matt Jones]

Second most pickleball courts per capita in this country are in Lexington. It's the only bad thing about Lexington, Kentucky. We'll take a break. Be right back. Welcome back, Techie Sports Radio. We have some breaking news here, Rick. Kentucky and Louisville will play this year in basketball on December 12th. The game moves back again not to where the latest it's been over the years, but to where it kind of was for a lot of its history. There was kind of in mid December, December 12th with Kentucky and Louisville in Rupp Arena. That's after they announced that Kentucky and Indiana, I believe would be what November 19, I think, after in Indianapolis. So Kentucky, Louisville, December 12. What day of the week is that? Does somebody have a calendar? Can they tell me. Is that a. Are we back to playing on Saturday? It is the Saturday. Saturday. Good. Back to a Saturday. All right, I like that. So back to a Saturday. December 12th. Is that first round of the playoffs? Is that what. What is December? Or is it. Or is that when they. Is that Army Navy Day week after the conference championships? Which do they have play? There's playoffs that week, right?

[Billy Gillispie]

December 13th. Yeah. As Army Navy game 2025. So 2026 is.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know.

[Drew Franklin]

They're playing it before last year's Army Navy game.

[Billy Gillispie]

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

So December 12, 2026 is what day of the week you're saying it is a Saturday.

[Billy Gillispie]

Oh, December 12th, 2026. So they are playing the 26 version on December 12th.

[Matt Jones]

So it'll be the same day as Army Navy. So there's not usually playoff games that day. So that's good. That means you're going to get an uninterrupted Saturday where the only other thing on really that day is Army Navy. So, Drew, the Kentucky Louisville game might actually get some attention that day.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes, as it should. Last year, you know, we don't like Louisville, they don't like us. We were actually unified and hating where it was on the schedule. It was the earliest it's ever been. What was it like the third game of the year? Nobody. Nobody wanted that.

[Matt Jones]

Sure.

[Drew Franklin]

It's not up against Christmas like it was forever, but I like it that they moved at least back to December. And I think this is the weekend where it was at ROP two years ago. So they dabbled in November and put it back in the second week of December.

[Matt Jones]

So I was looking at. I was just looking at December 12, 2026. Would you like to know what December 12, 2026 is? You know how there's a day, every day, like a special day?

[Billy Gillispie]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

It is National Ding a Ling Day. All right, we'll have to play that National Dingling. What that means is for. For this particular version of National Ding a Ling Day, it's the day that people call people they haven't heard from in a while, where they were old classmates that maybe were a little mischievous and ding a links. So there you go. So who are you going to call, Drew, on National Ding a Ling Day? Which old classmate of yours that was maybe a little mischievous that you haven't talked to for a while?

[Drew Franklin]

Honestly, probably no one, because I'll be On the phone with everyone calling me that day. I think I'm probably going to my phone will. I might have to go airplane mode. You know, today's National Sunscreen Day. I almost worked that into your skin cancer ad.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, you said so.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I keep up with bizarre holidays.

[Matt Jones]

My friend Jeff Massingill, I'm calling you on National Ding a Ling Day. I don't know if he'll be proud for that. Shout out all over the state. Jeff Massingill, National Dingling Day. I'm contacting you. Who's next? Michael is up next. Michael, go ahead, Michael.

[Caller]

Hey, Matt, it's. I'm sorry to hear about the restaurant. My dad owns one, so I know based on my talks with him how hard it is for the food costs and all that stuff. But listening to a caller earlier talking about quatons and it made me. Made me think of a question. I've been trying to figure out how to kind of award it to you guys. So I think you said Jack broke, that Tyron Stokes had already kind of signed a contract or signed a, you know, something before coming to Kentucky that last time.

[Matt Jones]

That's what Kansas people. That's what Kansas people were saying now. I mean, whether he did or not, we'll never know, but that's what Kansas people were saying.

[Caller]

Yes, but did somebody. Did you not report that? Somebody said that they tried to call Kentucky and say, hey, you know, I didn't report it.

[Matt Jones]

But yes, Jack said. Jack and Jacob said that they tried to contact the UK staff to let them know that through a couple different people, a couple different. Of the coaches and that no one got back with them.

[Az Fudd]

So.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Caller]

So I guess my question is the false reality of, you know, being too positive about getting somebody sometimes can hurt you. If Pope would have come out and said, look, you know, this is dragging out too long. I'm. I'm getting some reliable sources, like you said, you know, interacting with the media and the media can help you. Do you think that would have saved face maybe even in national media and we wouldn't have been like the laughing post of, I'm just not going to be treated like this, and this is not how we do it here.

[Matt Jones]

I think that my. Here's the short answer to that question. A lot of our fan base is very, very negative about Mark Pope as a coach. I'm actually not. I think I'm more positive about Mark Pope, the coach than probably the majority of our fan base. In some ways, I think I'm almost the minority there when it comes to prison, at least up until they did that video where I actually thought that was kind of a cool thing. They did the Twitter video, answering questions and all that. I think the staff. I'm not sure I'm much more negative than probably everyone about the pr. I think they. They. There are basic PR functions that they have handled miserably. And I put almost all of it on Pope and his staff because I know people are trying to. To help them with that. And the Stokes thing's a perfect example. I think the way you said it, relentless positivity. I think they wanted no. You know, there are some people who want no negativity. They don't want to hear any because they, like. They don't want it to bring them down. And I understand that. Like, I get that it's not how I am because I. It's just not how I'm wired, but I understand people like that. And some people can have a lot of success like that. The problem, though, is if you have so much positivity that you start ignoring reality. And I do think Tyron Stokes is a perfect example. There were almost no signs that he was coming here. All the. All the thought processes were. Kansas, his visit here went really, really poorly. There was the stuff Jack and Jacob heard, but they weren't the only ones. There were national media telling me since. Since the final, you know, since the tournament, there's no way that kid's coming here ever. And I think they didn't want to hear any of that, to the point that the day of the announcement, they didn't know where he was going. And my theory is, if you don't know where he's going, he ain't coming to you. So I kind of wish. I'm with you. I think maybe the relentless positivity causes him some PR issues. Probably doesn't change where that kid goes, but it maybe changes the way it looks to the general public.

[Caller]

So I'm kind of like you. Where, you know, reality is like, you know, you want to be positive that you want to keep the restaurant open, but reality is.

[Matt Jones]

But you have numbers. Don't say, yeah, but even more than that, like, relentless positivity would be like, we are losing money, and I'm just gonna act like it doesn't happen in perpetuity. Right? That's a good way to end up in. Know. In bankruptcy. And so partially, I think, Mark, from what I understand, and again, I'm not there all the time, but there's such a focus on positivity that it leads Them to not want to hear bad news, which I think leads to PR errors. And as far as how it affects the way coaches, I can't answer that because I'm not there.

[Caller]

But.

[Matt Jones]

But I appreciate the call. Drew, do you disagree with anything I just said?

[Drew Franklin]

No, not at all. I think they have a little bit of a reading the room problem. I mean, I even heard from someone very recently that's not media, but kind of was close to, like, the nil side of things. And they said even up to the last minute, they're kind of like, well, what's the backup plan about Stokes? Well, we're getting Stokes.

[Caller]

We're.

[Stockton Mortgage Announcer]

We're all in.

[Drew Franklin]

We're getting them Stokes. And, like, they believe going into it,

[Matt Jones]

but they were people that would say to them, what are we going. Exactly what you just said, what are we going to do if we don't get them? And they were like, we don't want to hear we're not getting them. There was, like, this mentality of, there is no negativity allowed in this room, Andrew, that, you know me. Like, you can't. You can't live like that because it leads you to problems.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, Mo Williams, who I love. I was working Mo Williams PR when he got hired. I mean, he tweeted, let's go to Tyron Stokes, like, an hour before he picked Kansas. You know, just kind of like, you gotta look around and realize your place here.

[Matt Jones]

That's. I mean, that's. That. Yeah, I forgot about that. So, you know, so, yeah, I do think that is. That is a. But that's just the way I think their mentality is. They're almost like Ted Lasso and Ted Lasso. If you've watched all three seasons.

[Billy Gillispie]

Billy, have you watched Ted Lasso the first season?

[Matt Jones]

I watched when Ted Lasso is winning. Like, it's so cool because he's such a good person on the show and you want to see him. All his positivity, you want to see rewarded. But when they're losing, especially in the first season, Drew, there's parts where they're like, hey, man, face reality. And I think, you know, I think probably there's some of that with. With Mark, spring is sprung, and that means you might be getting outside more. And whether it's doing yard work or just staying active by biking or running, for most people, increased physical activity when the weather gets warmer can lead to aches, pains, and injury. That's where court. Physical therapy can help. Court, your therapist can help you keep from getting injuries from happening over 70 locations statewide. It's easy to find a center near you go to court.com that's k o r t.com right now you have Kentucky in the Champions Classic in Is that an Indy or Chicago this year? Drew? The game against Champions Classic is Chicago.

[Drew Franklin]

Indy is the Indiana game.

[Matt Jones]

Camping Champions Classic is in Chicago February 10th. February, excuse me, November 10th November 19th will be Kentucky Indiana in Indianapolis, then Kentucky. Louisville is December 12th in New York and Kentucky. Who do we. Who do we play? North Carolina is December 19th in New York, so we will be playing in Chicago, Indy and New York this offseason. We will take a break. Oh, and we're also going to play a road game in the ACC Classic which that should I think that may get announced this week or next week and probably Miami or Virginia. So you could have a situation where Kentucky's playing in Chicago, Indianapolis, New York and Miami. So pick the city that you want to visit because there will be four different choices over the course of the year. We'll take a break. Be right back.

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[Az Fudd]

It's me, Az Fudd from Fuddaround and find out. Thanks everyone for all the positivity coming out of the draft. I am so blessed to have so many people that believe in and support me. My listeners, my friends and family and the whole GEICO team who put my family in a commercial with me that was so cool to see. The gecko even showed up wearing my jersey. Well, a smaller version of it. And my grandfather is a huge fan of the gecko. During my injury rehab, I was a little nervous about the future, but I've had so much support and so many people believing in me and we came through it together. I know I'm leaving the bubble of college, headed to a new city, joining a new team. It's a lot of change all at once, but I don't feel like I'm alone. The way I feel about basketball is the way I feel about life. You help your team and your team helps you. So thank you again, everyone, whether you're on the GEICO team or just a fan wearing my team's jersey. Thank you all so much for all the support.

[Matt Jones]

Welcome back Kee Sports Radio. It is Wild Eggs Wednesday. You go to Twitter, ksr, the show Twitter account and you get whoever gets gets the word spelled correctly. $50 from wild eggs. Well, not everybody. You. The first 10 minutes of it being up, whoever gets it right, Mario will pick one of them to win. Mario, you.

[Caller]

He.

[Matt Jones]

He picked the word. So again, Drew, hopefully the spelling is correct. You never know with Mario and Ryan. Like literally, it could be. It could not. But that's part of the fun. The question is, what? What are they thinking? And that word is now up on Twitter. He just sent it to me. Are you looking at it there, Drew? Do you know what?

[Drew Franklin]

I'm not. But I have been sitting by Mario for the last pretty much two hours, and he has been dialed in on whatever this word is.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, what's interesting is I'm looking at it. Here's the letters. M, R, A, I, O, P, T, T, S, I. If you take the first five letters, it spells Mario.

[Drew Franklin]

Mario Pits.

[Matt Jones]

So is it Mario Pitts? Is that the name? Is that what you gave it away? Did you put the word as Mario Pitts?

[Billy Gillispie]

We didn't supervise this.

[Matt Jones]

M R, A, I, O, P, T, T, S, I. I think he put the word is Mario Pitts.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, I have it. I'm not going to say it. Obviously. I've done that before, but I got it. I did the jumbo in the newspaper every morning. It was like a challenge.

[Matt Jones]

Mario tipsy.

[Drew Franklin]

It's topical, though. Topical to the show this week. It's all I'm gonna say.

[Matt Jones]

How am I so bad at this?

[Billy Gillispie]

I'm the same Wheel of Fortune.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I'm really bad at Wheel of Fortune. I'm. I'm one of the few people in America better at Jeopardy. Than Wheel of Fortune, which is kind of sad because Wheel of Fortune is kind of a dumb one. And I'm much worse at it. I saw this story that I thought was interesting. Drew, or hopefully our new player Milan Momcilovich. This came out in March, but I guess I didn't see it. Every time he shoots a three pointer, before he shoots it, he says the word jelly bean in his head. It's his way of getting in his. In rhythm, apparently. This was in the New York Times. As he shoots a three, he says jelly bean, and it gets his head straight. What do you think of that?

[Drew Franklin]

Interesting. I'd say that's pretty unique to him. Also makes me wonder, like, what other little things do players do that we don't know about? Jelly bean seems really random.

[Matt Jones]

It seems really random, but he says it like it puts his mind in the right frame. So think about. He catches it. He squares up jelly bean. That means that three he sent that beat us. You know, he hit the three, that kind of turned the game around again. Does. He just went jelly bean and then threw it up.

[Drew Franklin]

It's a good way to defend him, is getting his head, try to keep him from saying jelly bean.

[Billy Gillispie]

What would you say?

[Drew Franklin]

Jelly belly. Other stuff. Just try to throw them off.

[Matt Jones]

Jelly roll, peanut butter and jelly.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Oh, he wouldn't make a shot all night.

[Billy Gillispie]

Well, this fan base is going to be eating jelly beans by the End of the season.

[Matt Jones]

That's what I was going to say if. Let me tell you something. You want to come here? All right, let's say you're getting $6 million. Milan, I'm going to give you a million more dollars. Just come here and start the jelly bean thing. Jelly. What's the Jelly Belly? That's the big jelly bean company, right? Jelly. Like, there's your nil deal right there. No, I mean, am I wrong?

[Drew Franklin]

We had a jelly on the team last year. That didn't help much.

[Billy Gillispie]

Yeah, he didn't.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but this is different. This is a jelly bean. He was like peanut butter and jelly, dude. That is an ni. Only will Levis and Levi's. That was a missed opportunity. And now jelly bean. It's got to happen. Who's next?

[Drew Franklin]

The way we latched on to weed, a bix and everything else. If he comes here and says jelly

[Matt Jones]

bean before people buying British dried cereal, jelly beans are actually good. I'm in. Go ahead, Rick. Ronnie is up next. Ronnie. Go ahead, Ronnie.

[Caller]

These stories that come out about Mark Pope being oblivious to me, it's a lot like having an airline pilot who refuses to use radar. Like, I guess my question would be, if there was, like, an ad that was overseeing it, this program, do you think that they would have forced him to hire an ad so that we're not flying around blind and just hoping for the best? Because it seems to me if you. If you knew that Stokes wasn't going to commit, you could have pivoted a long time before when they ultimately found out and then ended up with better players. I just. I don't. I don't understand how this can continue. These stories can continue. Go ahead.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I think it's a fair question. I mean, I. You know, I think every AD does things a little differently in terms of how much they sort of micromanage their programs. And I appreciate the call. I think Mitch Barnhart has taken the view that if I hire the right guys, men and women, then I. I will let them manage it the way that they want, unless I need to get involved. So, you know, he's had a lot of success doing that. Obviously, there were some failures. I think, for me, Drew, the question of whether or not you have a GM is something the AD should get involved in. You know, the question of whether or not you believe Tyron Stokes is coming or not is probably a question that you kind of leave up to the coaches, but it's ultimately up to the coaches to be correct on those decisions. Right?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I think the ads kind of have to trust them there. Maybe you step in, say, get a GM at some point. But I agree with the caller that who knows what you could have gotten with that money, where you instead waited on him after the transfer portal there. I mean, he was pretty late in that little round of roster building there. Who knows what Kentucky could have gotten if they had just said, you know what? He's going to Kansas. Let's not take the PR hit and go find what we can get with this pool of money.

[Matt Jones]

Or what could you have done in the freshman class before? Right? I mean, not just in the portal. Yeah, I mean, I. There was. I can't remember. Maybe it was Jeff Goodman, somebody, somebody, maybe Joe Tipton, somebody wrote and said that if they hadn't waited on Stokes, they would have had like two of the top 25 players in America back in November. I don't know if that's true or not. I mean, who knows? I don't follow it like that to know, but, you know, It's. It's possible. DraftKings. It is, of course, football and basketball or, excuse me, basketball and hockey playoffs. There's college baseball coming this weekend. You can do all the action at DraftKings. Download the sports book, use my code KSR, turn five bucks into a hundred dollars instantly in partnership with DraftKings. It's DraftKings. The Crown is yours if you have a game problem come 1-800- gambler 18/ Kentucky only else beer sing supply bonus Expires 7 days after issuance for additional turn responsible game resources dkng.co offer limited time offer tonight game for my Hurricanes in Montreal. Do the Canadians tie it back up? Billy, what do you got?

[Billy Gillispie]

I will say yes. Oh, Canada will get this one because they want it to go to seven, so make it two.

[Matt Jones]

Didn't like their national anthem, though.

[Billy Gillispie]

Well, they'll get it done reluctantly.

[Matt Jones]

You think they're going to stand on guard then? What about you, Bill Drew?

[Drew Franklin]

I'm gonna roll with your canes. They ripped the hearts out of the Canadians when you were there the other night, and I don't think they'll recover. Canes.

[Matt Jones]

We're better.

[Drew Franklin]

The series without a loss.

[Matt Jones]

We're better. We absolutely dominated that game, even though it went into overtime. I think we outshot them three to one, but I think they get it back that home ice. They can't lose them both. I think they'll win one, and I'm gonna say canes in six, but I think Montreal gets it tonight. Thank you, folks. Very much. We will be back here tomorrow. Say a prayer for Ryan. Thanks all your support for KS Bar over the years. Go see him before June 7th. This has been Kentucky Sports Radio

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