KSR Postgame UK MBB at Missouri 03/08/25

Summary

KSR Postgame Show: Kentucky Men's Basketball Triumphs at Missouri – March 8, 2025

Hosted by Ryan Lemon and Drew Franklin, live from Lexington Comic Con.

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Introduction and Setting the Scene (00:00 - 01:12)

The KSR Postgame Show kicks off amidst the vibrant atmosphere of Lexington Comic Con at the Civic Center Shops. Hosts Ryan Lemon and Drew Franklin greet listeners with enthusiasm, celebrating Kentucky's impressive victory over Missouri with a final score of 91-83. The show is abuzz not only with sports excitement but also with the eclectic mix of Comic Con attendees, including characters from popular media.

Notable Quote:

Ryan Lemon [00:50]: "This is a party because we are doing the postgame show at the Lexington Comic Con down here at the civic center shops."

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Game Recap and Initial Reactions (00:45 - 04:02)

Ryan Lemon and Drew Franklin delve into the details of Kentucky’s performance. Despite a shaky start, Kentucky surged back to secure an eight-point victory. The hosts express their excitement and pride, highlighting key moments that turned the game in Kentucky’s favor.

Notable Quotes:

Ryan Lemon [02:31]: "Kentucky wins it, 91 to 83. They started out kind of slow, got down by about 8 or 9 early... then after that, they just got hot."

Drew Franklin [01:12]: "I'm overwhelmed. I want to talk about how Kentucky just won a road game to improve its tournament seating in both tournaments."

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Player Performances and Strategic Insights (04:02 - 05:47)

The discussion shifts to individual performances, with a spotlight on Kobe Braya's impressive three-point shooting and the critical role of the bench in compensating for the injured Jackson Robinson. The hosts also commend Andrew Carr for his resurgence post-injury, emphasizing his contributions in rebounding, blocking shots, and scoring in the paint.

Notable Quotes:

Ryan Lemon [04:02]: "Kobe Bray has really, you know, looking for a shot... he just can take this team to another level when he's hitting shots like that."

Drew Franklin [04:34]: "Colin Chandler hitting threes takes this team to another level. With Jackson Robinson being out, we need bench points."

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SEC Tournament Seeding and Future Prospects (06:17 - 07:28)

Ryan and Drew analyze the implications of Kentucky’s win on their seeding in the upcoming SEC Tournament. They discuss various scenarios, considering other game outcomes and predicting that Kentucky is likely to secure the 6th seed, which bodes well for their postseason prospects.

Notable Quotes:

Ryan Lemon [06:38]: "That just has to give them confidence going into SEC Tournament on Thursday."

Drew Franklin [06:53]: "I think we're most likely to be at the 6. There's still a very slim chance to be the 5 or the 7."

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Listener Interaction and Highlighting Key Bench Players (07:28 - 12:30)

Listeners call in to share their insights and commend standout performances. Colin Chandler is lauded for his defensive prowess and offensive contributions, solidifying his role as the team's sixth man. The importance of the bench in maintaining Kentucky's offensive momentum is emphasized, especially in the absence of Jackson Robinson.

Notable Quotes:

Ryan Lemon [15:20]: "He was our Johnny Rocker role player of the game."

Drew Franklin [15:22]: "With Jackson Robinson being out, no one can replace that. But Colin Chandler playing the way he has for the last two games can be a huge difference maker."

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Experiencing Comic Con Amidst the Postgame Show (08:28 - 23:59)

The hosts vividly describe their surroundings at Comic Con, interacting with attendees in various costumes, including iconic characters like Batman and Homer Simpson. The bustling environment adds a unique flavor to the postgame analysis, making the show both informative and entertaining.

Notable Quotes:

Drew Franklin [06:05-08:36]: "This is a party because we are doing the postgame show... Some of the best people watching you will see anywhere."

Ryan Lemon [09:14]: "So if you're listening and you walk around here at Comic Con, come by and see us."

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In-Depth Game Analysis and Player Contributions (12:33 - 18:35)

Further analysis highlights Caleb Carr's standout performances and the strategic deployment of bench players like Travis Perry and Brandon Garrison. The hosts discuss how defensive strategies effectively neutralized Missouri's key players, ensuring Kentucky's dominance throughout the game.

Notable Quotes:

Ryan Lemon [14:10]: "I also want to add Brandon Garrison has to have points off of that bench."

Drew Franklin [15:34]: "With the Jackson Robinson out collectively though, that group hit four threes."

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Expert Insights with Matt Jones (23:41 - 36:31)

Matt Jones joins the show to provide expert analysis on the game's outcome and Kentucky's strategies. He praises Andrew Carr's crucial role and discusses Coach Mark Pope's decisions, particularly the effective use of bench players to gain a competitive edge in the SEC Tournament.

Notable Quotes:

Matt Jones [23:41]: "Andrew Carr is one of the best games he played at UK... four of the five starters in double digits."

Drew Franklin [36:02]: "Coach Pope saw the big picture and maybe we should shut up and let Pope coach."

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Final Thoughts and Closing Remarks (36:31 - 55:43)

As the show progresses, Ryan and Drew reflect on Kentucky's growth throughout the season and their improved team chemistry. They express optimism for the SEC and NCAA tournaments, urging listeners to support the team fervently. The hosts also share humorous anecdotes about their experiences at Comic Con, maintaining a lively and engaging tone until the very end.

Notable Quotes:

Drew Franklin [46:38]: "If you do that in Nashville or in the NCAA tournament, you're going home."

Ryan Lemon [55:15]: "Proud of who you like."

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Comic Con Highlights and Humor Throughout the Show

Throughout the episode, the hosts share amusing encounters with Comic Con attendees, discuss elaborate costumes, and engage in light-hearted banter about the festive environment. These moments add a unique and entertaining dimension to the postgame analysis.

Notable Quotes:

Drew Franklin [34:07]: "I'm getting closer to people than I intended to get here."

Ryan Lemon [50:33]: "But there's a lot of fur. Furries here, too."

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Conclusion

The KSR Postgame Show successfully blends in-depth sports analysis with the lively and diverse atmosphere of Lexington Comic Con. Ryan Lemon and Drew Franklin provide listeners with a comprehensive recap of Kentucky's victory, insightful discussions on player performances and tournament implications, and an entertaining glimpse into the unique setting of the postgame show. Their dynamic interaction with callers and engaging storytelling ensures that both sports enthusiasts and casual listeners find the episode informative and enjoyable.

Final Notable Quote:

Ryan Lemon [55:43]: "Go Cats. We'll be back live."

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Transcript

[Ryan Lemon]

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[Drew Franklin]

Missouri. Who did I say? Michigan. But whatever you're cooking, you're cooking.

[Ryan Lemon]

There's a lot going on down here right now. The voice you heard was Drew Franklin. I'm Ryan Lemon. Matt is off for the postgame show. This is a party because we are doing the postgame show at the Lexington Comic Con down here at the civic center shops. And it is Drew. Some of the best people watching you will see anywhere, any day, anytime.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm overwhelmed. I want to talk about how Kentucky just won a road game to improve its tournament seating in both tournaments. But we just took a picture with the guy from Halo. There's like fairies walking around. I don't know why we're set up next to the door, but this is a very aggressive situation for us and I'm going to do my best to focus on basketball, but this is a lot going on.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, we're at the concourse here to Comic Con. We are by the exhibit Hall B where all the vendors are. Okay, so it is a constant line of people going in and coming out. And they're walking right past us as they come out. Drew, I'm telling you, I mean, okay, and look, I can say this with love, okay? My son, oldest son, Gavin. This is his Super Bowl. He loves it. He's kind of a geeky nerd. This is the geeky nerd super bowl and they love it. You can dress however you want and you're not going to be judged at all. And I love it.

[Drew Franklin]

You know, the, the draw are the people that are here that were famous at one point, most of them in the 90s. But I think the best part are the guests. I mean, I'd say every third person that walks through the door, has a sword or some kind of ears on. It's just. This is overwhelming. Like, I'm so excited we beat Missouri. We started the SEC play on Wednesday, and. And I've got, like, the Joker from Batman hanging on me, wanting to take a selfie right now. Like, what are we doing?

[Ryan Lemon]

Kentucky wins it, 91 to 83. They started out kind of slow, got down by about 8 or 9 early. 11 to 2, 11 to 4, something like that. But then after that, they just got hot. Travis Perry hit a three and they did not trail again. They led by eight or nine most of the first half, ended up winning by eight. They got up as many as 16 in the second half. I mean, Drew, they shot the ball great. They shoot like that. You've said it a million times. If Kobe Bray can hit the shot makes it that much better.

[Drew Franklin]

It's a lazy way to look at basketball because there's so much more to the game than making threes and making shots. But there's a direct correlation with. Did Kobe Braya play well into Kentucky win all season long? I'm glad he played well. You mentioned those first few minutes. I'll be honest, about five minutes in the game. I thought we were going to lose by 30. I mean, my arms were in the air. Missouri was doing everything. We hit the front rim on, like, the first six shots. True. It just didn't feel like one of those days. But then they kicked it into gear and didn't look back. A huge win. I know they beat Oklahoma on the road recently, but otherwise Kentucky's been pretty bad on the road. This is a big stamp on the end of the regular season and good confidence for a lot of those guys moving into postseason play, starting here in a few days.

[Ryan Lemon]

Second game in a row where they got to play with the rotation. Knowing that Jackson Robinson's out. I think that kind of makes a little bit of a difference when you know he's out. You just got to accept it and move on. And Kobe Bray has really, you know, looking for a shot, not hit a couple in a guy's eye tonight. I mean, he just can take this team to another level when he's hitting shots like that.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, Kobe Bray hit three threes and you. Kentucky needs him to do that. But Colin Chandler hitting threes takes this team to another level. With Jackson Robinson being out, we all know someone has to step up. Not just Kobe Braya. He can't take on that full load. We need bench points. They had five against Auburn. Stepped it up in the Last game of the home game against lsu, kind of worried, like, was that just a one off because LSU looked like a team that had quit. But no, Colin Chandler looks like a guy who can play. He had two threes today. The bench played well and that's what they're going to need to win tournament games.

[Ryan Lemon]

You know, you picked Andrew Carr to be your MVP of the season. Now we're seeing what a healthy Andrew Carr can do. The guy was battling down low, man, he was banging down there, getting rebounds, blocking shots, scoring in the paint. Maybe we're seeing the resurgence of Andrew Carr. A healthy Andrew Carr, I don't think.

[Drew Franklin]

Any of us, because we're all so caught up in the season, realized how much he was hurting. In January and early part of February, even when he was playing, you could see him go to the bench and they'd put the ice pack on. He literally couldn't sit down, sit down. So even in these games, that's why I throw his stats out the window. He played several games where he's still hurt, but in the last week or two, he looks like he's all the way back to the guy who, who made big plays in the last stretch against AGA and Seattle and in the, in the end of the Duke game. So, I mean, you hate losing Jackson Robinson for the season, but having Lamont Butler and Andrew Carr healthy is big news on the injury report.

[Ryan Lemon]

And Ortega Oway had two points at halftime and really looked bad. He was struggling, he was in foul trouble. He missed a lot of shots. Kind of looked like he was even selfish a couple times. And drew, then he comes out and scores 20 points in the second half. That's the second game in the last two weeks. For the second half, he just dominated. Dominated the second half. The Oklahoma game, he dominated the day. Ended up with 22 points.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm kind of distracted here at the, at the Comic Con. I'm trying to. Did we hit the KSR parlay? We did, yeah, I thought so. I thought we cashed that. I wasn't going to celebrate it yet. Shoot my bow and arrow. We're in a place where there's more bow and arrows than I'm carrying, but yeah, I felt like you were expecting a big game from Carr, big game from Brea. Six and a half was way too many points to get the cast today. I mean, I didn't know about a win, but I knew they'd play well. Did not expect them to win like they did. But that just has to give them confidence going into sec Tournament on Thursday.

[Ryan Lemon]

So let's talk about that. You know, when they beat LSU this past week, that took the nine seed off the table. So we knew there would be 5, 7, 8, or 9. I mean, I'm sorry, 5, 6, 7, or 8. Winning today takes the eight seat off the table, I believe. If I understand it. Do you have any idea the scenario? The five. I think to be the five, a lot of stuff has to happen. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I haven't seen other results. So if something's happening that I don't know about, again, we're overwhelmed by fairies and Disney characters and Homer and Marge Simpson, But I think we're most likely to be at the 6. There's still a very slim chance to be the 5 or the 7, but I think 6 is the move.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's what Matt sent me a text. He said with a six, if Florida and A and M both win, which, if I remember right, Florida plays Ole Miss. I'm not sure who A and M plays.

[Drew Franklin]

A and M plays lsu. We would need LSU to win to get to the five. That's kind of like what's happening right now. Where are you off? What. What. What characters are we?

[Ryan Lemon]

We are Millie and Moxie from Helluva Boss.

[Drew Franklin]

Ah, I recognize it now. Anyway, just letting our listeners know that there's just things going on up on us. We're trying to talk SEC scenarios, and there are people that are fully painted red all up on our grills right here. Mario's loving this more than he should.

[Ryan Lemon]

Mario will post all the pictures. Maybe you should post some even during our show so people kind of feel about what's going on here. So we are live. What? We're gonna post them all. He's gonna post all the pictures.

[Drew Franklin]

How did we end up outside the door? We don't even have a table. We're literally. I wish people could see us. I'm sure Mario will show it.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, Brandon was here with me.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, Brandon does a great job. We're not complaining.

[Ryan Lemon]

There was a DJ down there, and she's. The music is banging. Yeah, it's very loud.

[Drew Franklin]

I get that.

[Ryan Lemon]

So we were trying to find just somewhere in the concourse that had a couple electrical outlets. Well, Brandon found some over there. Those didn't work. I found some by the restroom. That's not the best idea. So we settled on this one right here, which is good work. Kind of great spot for people watching.

[Drew Franklin]

It's just very distracting, like right now. Spider man mask walking up on you. I think I just saw Meatloaf, the singer has nothing to do with Comic Con, but I'm pretty sure that was actually him. He doesn't have a booth. I'm glad we had. We won the game because this is. If this were a loss and we're trying to put the pieces together, this would not be a great show.

[Ryan Lemon]

So if you're. You're listening and you walk around here at Comic Con, come by and see us. I go, okay, we should have our own booth.

[Drew Franklin]

We're getting a little swarmed here.

[Ryan Lemon]

Come by and see us. If not, the phone lines will be open. 859-280-2287. That's 859-280-CATS. This is the Loco Tortoise KSR Postgame Show. CATS a winner at Missouri. Drew finish the season out with. Back with.

[Drew Franklin]

What are these guys? What are you all. Oh, this is. This is the video game. What is the. What is it? Army of Two.

[Ryan Lemon]

Army of two.

[Drew Franklin]

Let's be an army of four.

[Ryan Lemon]

All right, we'll take our break. Come back live from Comic Con. Ryan and Drew here at the KSR postgame show. All right, welcome back. This is the local tiller dealers KSR postgame show. Ryan and Drew live from Comic Con. Lexington Comic Con. Downtown Lexington. The Lexington Civic center shops right by Rupp arena, where tonight, Drew, there's a rodeo.

[Drew Franklin]

Unbelievable.

[Ryan Lemon]

So if you stand here long enough, you're going to see folks dressed as goblins and fairies and superheroes. And then walking the other way, we guys in cowboy boots, cowboy hats, and big old belt buckles.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm actually thinking about staying for the rodeo. I haven't told this to anyone, but I ordered a pair of cowboy boots for Nashville and they got here yesterday. And I feel like I need to scuff them up a little bit, get them dirty before we get down to Broadway. So maybe I'll test run them at PBR tonight. But, yeah, this for a game to be out of town in Columbia, Missouri. I can't remember Lexington downtown being quite like this.

[Ryan Lemon]

It is kind of a neat. When you're driving through town, you're listening to Tom and Jack on the radio, and, oh, by the way, there goes Mario and Luigi walking by or something like that.

[Drew Franklin]

Our Mario or the real Mario?

[Ryan Lemon]

The real Mario.

[Drew Franklin]

Yahoo.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yippee. 859-280-2287. We'll get your phone lines in just one minute. I want to talk about one more thing before we go to the phones. Kentucky had the game at hand. They were up by about 16. And then Henry Clay product Marquise Warrick Came in and lit Kentucky up. The dude hit like his first four shots including a couple three pointers. You know he's Henry Clay's all time career scoring leader. He goes and plays for Darren Horn up at Northern Kentucky University transfers for his one year at Missouri he lit he was the Missouri's best player there in the second half and really for.

[Drew Franklin]

Our Lexington listeners who know he is he took a back seat this season. He was maybe Missouri's best player last year and they kind of over recruited for him. He's been coming off the bench not contributing nearly as much as he did a year ago but I think he saw that UK logo and recognizing Lexington and chimed in. Had a big game at Northern Kentucky. He was their main player from for his first two years. He had a big buzzer beater in the conference tournament had like a 40 point game. So I wasn't surprised to see him play well against the Cats today. I'm just glad it didn't result in a loss for Kentucky.

[Ryan Lemon]

Congratulations to him.

[Drew Franklin]

He went 5 of 8 from the field and 4 from 6 from 3. I think he was chomping at the bit to see some familiar faces the the other way.

[Ryan Lemon]

Now their their main score that you and I talked a little about in the pregame show. Caleb Glenn Grill Grill Caleb Bar and Grill Ortega locked him up man or take it deserves a lot of credit and well and Carlin Chandler because when Ortega was on the bench and foul trouble Chandler started guarding Grill. They locked him up that he struggled all day today.

[Drew Franklin]

I still don't know why he comes off the bench. Maybe they studied the John Calipari method of reading Rob a year ago because he's by far their best player. His splits on his shooting like from three from two and from free throw line he's among the best you can find. I mean an absolute great player but today I think he went 2 for 6 wasn't much of a factor at all. That's the guy that I thought if Kentucky were going to lose he didn't have a big game because he's so good. But today they did a good job of silencing him and it looks like.

[Ryan Lemon]

A lot of people are sending us the the graphic that's got the scenarios on it for the SEC tournament. If Florida wins and Texas A and M win which they're both favored to Kentucky will be the 6C.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah I did the Matt's favorite game percentage chance before today. A little behind on the results. I don't know what who did Arkansas win that's how out of touch I am. I don't know about that. Yes, but it was. It was like 9% chance to be the 5, 3, 3% chance to be the 7 and like 40 chance to be the 6. So we're heading for that 6 seed playing in the night game in Nashville.

[Ryan Lemon]

So they would get the what the. The three seed bracket. Who is that? Tennessee or. No, no, Tennessee or Alabama. I guess one of those two teams.

[Drew Franklin]

Just more importantly, it gives us the whole all day experience in Nashville. I mentioned this on pre game show. I don't know what Kentucky fans will do waiting for that game. Might go check out Opryland, maybe the boots store.

[Ryan Lemon]

Johnny Cash music.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, they got the mural with the wings. They might do that. Or they might booze all day and create a crazy environment. Why is everyone pointing at us?

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, because that man is very scantily dressed.

[Drew Franklin]

Goodness. Thank God this is radio and not tv. I see more of you than I want to see here. Yeah, sir. Yeah, I see that.

[Ryan Lemon]

You need to cover up a little bit.

[Drew Franklin]

Goodness gracious. All right, here we go.

[Ryan Lemon]

859-2287. Who's our first caller? Billy.

[Drew Franklin]

Nate.

[Ryan Lemon]

Nate. Go ahead, Nate.

[Drew Franklin]

Hey, guys. Saw more of him than I see.

[Ryan Lemon]

How are you, Nate? Good, good, good. Enjoying the banter.

[Drew Franklin]

I know you all are probably super busy watching all the.

[Ryan Lemon]

The fun stuff come in and out of those doors. Yeah, man, it is a parade of all stars.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I want to start off, shout out.

[Ryan Lemon]

To Colin Chandler locking down defense off the bench. I mean holding grills to eight points is absolutely crazy to me. And then the Kentucky, the Kentucky kid in the first half, two three pointers a P or one three pointer a.

[Drew Franklin]

Piece really helped out.

[Ryan Lemon]

I also want to add Brandon Garrison has to have points off of that bench. And I'll hang up and let you.

[Drew Franklin]

All speak on that.

[Ryan Lemon]

And also shout out Kobe Bray. Man, keep shooting your. Appreciate that. Yeah. Trent and Trevor both had a big three pointer. It was Travis's three pointer in the corner that gave us the lead for good the rest of the game. But Colin Chandler is stealing Travis's minutes, man, because Colin keeps. He was a good defender. Now he's contributing offense and I think he's stealing some of Travis's minutes.

[Drew Franklin]

We love the Kentucky boys. I mean, I love Travis because he's from my backyard. Matt, with Trent from 13th region, Colin Chandler just has an athleticism that neither of those guys have. Yeah, and his ceilings a little bit higher. With all due respect to our Kentucky boys, in the last two games, he's shown a lot of potential. I wondered if senior night against LSU was a one off because that was a game. I mean, as much as I love Winning by 30, LSU looked like they tapped out early in that game. I wondered if that was just a one off, a fluke for Colin Chandler. But then he responded today, hit two threes, played good defense. On the pregame show, we were all kind of doing the. We're laughing because people just keep walking by messing with us. On the pregame show, we all kind of went around the table of which bench player needs to step up for us. Yeah, I didn't say him, but he's the answer.

[Ryan Lemon]

He was our Johnny Rocker role player of the game.

[Drew Franklin]

You're Johnny. I went with Trent Noah. But Colin. With Jackson Robinson being out, no one can replace that. But Colin Chandler playing the way he has for the last two games can be a huge difference maker for this team in both tournaments.

[Ryan Lemon]

And the collar mentioned Brandon Garrison not scoring any points neither than Ansley Almanor. Those guys, they've got to contribute. They didn't really need them today. But going forward, you've got to get something from those two guys.

[Drew Franklin]

In the first half when I thought we were going to get smoked by 30, Brandon Garrison at two turnovers, missed the three. He wasn't playing well, shot an airball. Yeah, I mean, we're on radio. I can't say the things I said about Brandon Garrison. I like Brandon Garrison, but it was not a great start for him and I really worried that he was setting the team back. But he's also to his credit, you know, if I'm going to knock on him early in this game, the last two of three games, he's played really well. It's just all those bench guys, whatever the rotation is, at least two of the four or five have to play well and need more out of him. And hopefully getting more of Chandler playing like he did today. I really think he's had a breakthrough recently.

[Ryan Lemon]

Let's go back to the phone lines. Who we got? Billy.

[Drew Franklin]

Jake.

[Ryan Lemon]

Jake, go ahead. Jake. Jake, are you there?

[Drew Franklin]

Okay. No, they're. Jake, are reconnected. Billy, we there?

[Ryan Lemon]

We're good. We're good. Let's.

[Drew Franklin]

You want to talk to Spider Man?

[Ryan Lemon]

Clayton is next. Clayton, go ahead. Clayton. Oh, he hung up. Clayton hung up. All right, try one more.

[Drew Franklin]

This is such a wild show already.

[Ryan Lemon]

Already. Scott, are you there? Scott, go ahead.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes, I am, Captain Hook.

[Ryan Lemon]

How are you? Scott, we appreciate you being there. Yes, go ahead.

[C]

Yeah, all right.

[Ryan Lemon]

Hey, I'm hearing all These other players.

[Drew Franklin]

But where's the talk about Andrew Carr?

[Ryan Lemon]

A healthy Andrew Carr has got this team rolling right now. Let me tell you what, we have.

[C]

Missed him so much.

[Ryan Lemon]

The guy's healthy, he's rebounding, he's blocking shots, he's scoring.

[C]

I love him, man.

[Ryan Lemon]

Love to have him back. Thank you, Scott. Yeah, we talked about him in the first segment. You're absolutely right. He, him, him battling down in the paint, fighting for rebounds, blocking shots, scoring in the paint. I mean, I just wish we had a healthy Andrew Carr all year.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know if you could hear me clapping. Captain Hook was next to me, but Carr. We were so focused on Butler being hurt and Robinson being hurt that we kind of forgot he was on his climb back to being healthy. He's been so good the last few weeks, and this team, I think, will go as far as Carr can help him go. When we beat Duke in Gonzaga early year, he made the buckets down the stretch. Both those games, Kentucky was down at halftime, and Carr was a big part of the second half resurgence. So if Kentucky's gonna do anything special in Nashville or in the NCAA tournament, Andrew Carr is gonna be a big piece of it. In the last couple weeks since he's come back from that back injury, it looks like he's ready to do it.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, he would. Especially with, you know, Amari and Brandon kind of rotating that five spot. You got a physical four that can come in there and do what he did today. Just makes you that much better.

[Drew Franklin]

What is this wolf?

[Ryan Lemon]

I'm not sure.

[Drew Franklin]

It's a purple, by the way. There's an actual wolf here. I went.

[Ryan Lemon]

We saw it.

[Drew Franklin]

I went to pet what I thought was a dog, and they're like, whoa, whoa. That's an actual wolf. I didn't know you could just walk around with a wolf.

[Ryan Lemon]

They walked him down through the concourse here.

[Drew Franklin]

I went with you when I saw a white wolf. Yeah, Yeah. I just thought it was somebody's pet. I went for. For a little tap on the head and. No, that's the. Get away from that.

[Ryan Lemon]

This looks like the Washington husky is what this guy is the wolf. Who's our next caller? Billy? You're not dressed up, are you, Ryan? Didn't you wear a knight's costume one time? I did, yes. I didn't do it today. I should have. I. We know what it would fit right in. This is where I. The only place that's acceptable to dress like that.

[Drew Franklin]

This is the most absurd show we've done in a while by the way.

[Ryan Lemon]

Who's next? Billy Stub is next. Stub. Go ahead, Stub.

[Drew Franklin]

Hey, Drew.

[Ryan Lemon]

So I don't know if you remember hearing Tom Hart mentioned Venture river on the, on the broadcast.

[Drew Franklin]

So excitement personally. I didn't hear it personally, but I got several tweets about it. Thank you, Tom Hart, for mentioning the best water park in Kentucky. Best water slide, most intimidating water slide in this side of the Mississippi. So I'm glad Tom gave us that reference for Travis Perry in Lyon County.

[Ryan Lemon]

I, I, I mentioned it. He said, he said the, the water park that you like so much over there.

[Drew Franklin]

I've got a story about that, but let's hear from the caller first.

[Ryan Lemon]

All right, go ahead, sir. Excitements around the way. That was the commercial. But anyway, I thought, I thought what Missouri did. Their switching really killed them because it'll let. It allowed Kobe Braya a few times to. He got isolated on somebody and he was able to get space and make threes up and, and there was other players that were able to take advantage of it too, too. So switching against Kentucky is probably not the best thing to do. But great win, man. It was a great win.

[Drew Franklin]

Great.

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't know who your MVP is, but mine is Amari Williams. Well, I appreciate the phone call. He's guy we really haven't even talked much about. You know, he was battling their, their big butt guy. They got a big butt post player like that. Amari was battling with him. We did all of our damage from the perimeter though, today.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Can I tell a Venture river story? Yes.

[Ryan Lemon]

So this is in Lyon.

[Drew Franklin]

It still haunts me. Scottie Pippen came out with some shoes. They're called the Uptempos. They say air on them.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

I wanted them so bad, but I grew up in a family that had a little, little bit of a budget when it came to sneakers.

[Ryan Lemon]

Gotcha.

[Drew Franklin]

They weren't my budget, but Venture river had this big white slide right there in Travis Perry country. My dad told me, if you go down that slide, I'll get you the Pippins. I found my confidence went down that slide.

[Ryan Lemon]

What did you balk? Still haven't gotten those Pippins at that point.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, of course it was very intimidating, especially for a young lad like myself from Madisonville. But I finally got the courage to go down the slide. Still waiting on those up tempo. Mike Franklin, if you're listening.

[Ryan Lemon]

Shame on you, Mike Franklin.

[Drew Franklin]

Venture river in intimidating place.

[Ryan Lemon]

Now. Batman is here getting our picture with him. Here we go, Batman. All right. 859-280-2228, 7. We need all. One more. We need to take a break. One more. We'll take a break. Ryan. Jay, go ahead. Jay. Hey Ryan. Hey Drew.

[Drew Franklin]

Great to talk to you. Long time listener, first time caller.

[Ryan Lemon]

Just wanted to say congrats to the cat today. I was really impressed with the performance for a gussie road win. My one other comment though, just a question.

[Drew Franklin]

I guess the replays you guys have.

[Ryan Lemon]

Talked about it sometimes drive me nuts when you can see it so clearly on the TV like the, the shot clock potential violation that immediately you could see.

[Drew Franklin]

Is there a reason that they don't.

[Ryan Lemon]

Just like have somebody in the booth.

[Drew Franklin]

A person that could just instantly radio.

[Ryan Lemon]

Down and when it's how do we know so much quicker than it seems like the refs get it. I appreciate the phone call. Well, I think there's going to be changes made.

[Drew Franklin]

There has to be.

[Ryan Lemon]

There's going to be changes. I don't know if we'll get that guy back in New York or back in the studios making the call.

[Drew Franklin]

The NFL model.

[Ryan Lemon]

Go to the but you know, I've heard it's a couple of different suggestions like giving each coach one challenge a half and if you win the challenge you get to keep it. But if you lose the challenge, you lose it. So I think there's some adjustments that will happen before next season.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I think even the nit this year is going to the challenge role because the NIT no one really cares about. They can try new things. They might have even tried 4/4 a few years ago. Maybe I made that up. But I think they're doing that this year. They, they just have to do something like everyone knows, even the officials in the SEC knows this is not the way to go moving forward. I'd rather go back to just having bad calls, moving mad at those rather than all the reviewing because it's gotten ridiculous and happened again today. And it's not just pro or negative against Kentucky. It's not just Kentucky games. It is college basketball mostly. The SEC.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's a good looking picture right there. 859-280-2287. We'll take our break. Come back. Go back to the phone lines. Kentucky An 8 point winner over Missouri 91 83. The over hit, the KSR parlay hit and there's Super Mario with a guy dressed like Luigi. I love it. We'll be right back. This is the local Tour leaders KSR Postgame Show. Welcome back. The KSR Postgame Show Local Tour leaders KSR Postgame show. Ryan and Drew here Live at the Lexington Comic Con. And Matt Jones joins us now to kind of help explain what our scenarios are for the SEC tournament. Hello, Matthew.

[C]

Well, that wasn't why I was coming on. I was coming on because I was listening to you. I got a little break here and I was listening to you guys and you sounded like you were having so much fun that I couldn't help but join in. How are things there at Comic Con?

[Ryan Lemon]

Dude, it is a. Some of the best people watching I've ever witnessed in my entire life.

[Drew Franklin]

We're overwhelmed. We're getting swarmed. Well, good.

[C]

Well, I will, I'll make it quick then. I just wanted to give just a couple things on the game. What an awesome victory today. You all mentioned a bunch of it. Andrew Carr I thought was, that's to me that's one of the best games. Andrew Carr, maybe if not the best game he's played at uk. Four of the five starters in double digits. Butler with eight. You got a good performance from Colin Chandler off the bench. You scored all those points. You made over 50% from three. I thought defensively, honestly, you know, the game ended up a nine point game, but they had to hit like four or five crazy threes at the end in order to do that. You know, I didn't hear your all's first segment, but I'm not sure Kentucky could have had much better game, especially when you consider how they started. And then really the only sort of slow times in the second half were that period where they had to take Amar. They took Amari and Butler out. Otherwise, you know, when the top, when the first five were playing, you know, how could you do much better than that?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, they started out so slow and then once they start hitting threes, man, Kobe's hitting threes. Travis Perry hit the three to give him the lead. Colin Chandler hit a couple threes and it just started snowballing. They kept that eight or nine point lead the first half and kind of then just held on to it the entire second half. Never challenged after that.

[C]

Yeah, I mean that's. That, that, that's kind of my look at it and then, you know, look when you. I love the minute distribution. Okay. You have 34 minutes from car, 37 minutes from brea. I think you would have had even more from away and Butler if it wasn't from foul trouble. They still are like they're going to, they're not going to put Amari over 30 minutes no matter what it looks like. But they definitely went to the starters more and then you Know Drew, Colin Chandler, man, I'm. I don't know. I feel like this is a guy who. I don't know what happened in these last three weeks, but he looks like a player to me. Is he our sixth man now? He played the most minutes of anybody off the bench.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, we said this earlier. We love the Kentucky boys, but he brings an athleticism that they're just not capable of off the bench. And we're going to need the bench now. The Jackson Robinson out collectively though, that group hit four threes. If they continue to do that, that's exactly what you need to replace Jackson Robinson. Colin hit two. Trent hit one. Travis hit one. If you can maintain that, then the Robinson absence isn't hurting you as much because you're making up for that loss of scoring. And then you add Chandler's athleticism as defense, too. So the bench. The bench made a big statement heading into the tournament when we all know the bench is going to be a big part of it moving forward.

[C]

I said Ryan on Twitter, you know, I mean, defensively, he might be kind of with Jackson Robinson right now. Very similar. Offensively, not the same. But I said, if you could get 60% of Jackson Robinson from Colin Chandler, then you could get kind of spicy. I mean, do you agree with that? Like, that he. He kind of looked like that tonight? 16 minutes, you know, eight points. If he played as much as Robinson, you'd be looking at like 14 or something. That feels like exactly what you need from him, right?

[Ryan Lemon]

I think you take that. Absolutely. And he's got so much confidence right now. Any shot, he's not afraid to take it. He gets a little glimpse of daylight and it's going up. That's what I like about it. You know, I think the more and more he plays, the more and more confidence he's getting out there.

[C]

Seems like you guys are very popular out there. Are you all just drawing all the nerd groupies at Comic Con?

[Drew Franklin]

Let me. Let me speak for where. And maybe he didn't have a decision, but where we set up, I'm not sure. Could have been worse because we were literally in the entryway. Like, right now. She's from little. I don't know what you're from, but, like, they're just people up taking pictures left and right. We're in the middle of the crowd.

[C]

But that's what you want, though.

[Ryan Lemon]

Why is it worse?

[Drew Franklin]

That's great.

[C]

Why wouldn't you want that?

[Drew Franklin]

I will say there's never been a KSR post game show with more swords and fairy ears involved in this one.

[C]

It's like. It's like a party at my fraternity in college. Lots of swords. Swords and lots of.

[Ryan Lemon]

You said that.

[C]

You said that. Yeah, that's exactly right.

[Drew Franklin]

A different game of swords than they're playing here. I think I saw the OVW booth. I saw the OVW booth. Y'all have a great.

[C]

Who was there? Who was there?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, Cash Flow had just left.

[C]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

Which I thought was cool for him to be here now that he's a Tuls King star.

[C]

Oh, he's a star now? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Al had just left. There were more coming in. I kind of feel like it's a place Shannon should have been, though. It would be a great spot for him.

[C]

Well, all right. So I want to let you all do your thing. I. It's hard to have people in two different places for the post game show with the callers, so I will let you do it. But I'm thrilled by the win. I think the scenario, Ryan, to answer your question, is if we assume Ole Miss beats Florida, which I think or should be Florida beats Ole Miss, which I assume they will because they're at home and like a 10 point favorite, then if A and M wins, we are a six, and if LSU wins, we are a five. So I think. And even if Ole Miss were to beat Florida, there's still a very good likelihood we're a six. So I think the most likely scenario is a six, which would put Kentucky playing at Thursday at 9:30. I don't think our opponent is clear yet, but I think it looks to me like just looking at it, it would be. It would Drew be Texas or is that what it looks like to you? Who would be our opponent there?

[Drew Franklin]

I don't have in front of me. That sounds about right. I know we're kind of dodging the Arkansas matchup.

[C]

I think Arkansas will be above us. I think Arkansas will be.

[Drew Franklin]

Not that I'm afraid, but that would have come with nerves I didn't really need.

[C]

I think Arkansas will be in the upper bracket. So I think. And I could be wrong about this, I think you get it might be the winner of like Georgia. And I want to say maybe Georgia and Oklahoma or Georgia and Texas, something like that. I think that's probably Ryan, who we would play in the first game.

[Ryan Lemon]

Who do you foresee potentially being the three that we could meet in on Friday?

[C]

It looks like. I think it's Tennessee. I think if Florida wins tonight, I think it's. I think Tennessee is the three. And so you could have a 9:30 Friday night Kentucky, Tennessee matchup.

[Ryan Lemon]

Wow. Broadway will be rocking if it's Kentucky and Tennessee on Friday night. There's no. No doubt about it. Well, good. I appreciate you, Judge. You jumping on with us.

[C]

Yeah, let me. I think that's if. Is that right, Drew? The Tennessee. Am I right about that? I think that's correct.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I'm going off the cuff here. We're being sworn by fairies. I know we likely. I haven't seen the results today. Likely play Oklahoma or Georgia on Thursday, then head on to the next round. So.

[C]

That's exactly right. You have Oklahoma versus Georgia. We would play the winner and actually right now it would be Tennessee if Al. If Auburn beats Alabama, if Alabama beats Auburn, then Ryan, I think we would get Alabama for a third time on that Friday night.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, I don't really like either one of those matchups, to be honest. What would you take?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I'm just happy that we're, you know, a not on Wednesday, which was settled earlier. But just get a night game. We know Kentucky's gonna get in there. We've talked to so many fans even before today that are fired up to make the SEC tournament bigger than it's been the last few years. It's been an early exit. Our coach hadn't cared. I think this is going to be a good reset this year and the night game is going to set that place on fire even more.

[C]

Well, you say you wouldn't want to play it. I mean, I would ask you, Ryan, who do you want to play? We have to play either Auburn, Florida, Alabama or Tennessee. I mean, you got to play one of them. So I feel like, I mean, I don't know. I don't know who you're choosing. If you don't choose one of those.

[Ryan Lemon]

I guess if you go, LSU is.

[Drew Franklin]

Not an option again, at that level.

[Ryan Lemon]

It'S hard to beat it. It's hard to beat a team three times. So maybe we should want to play Alabama because they couldn't beat us.

[Drew Franklin]

Selfishly, I'm a little mad. It cuts into our karaoke night. We'll be later working, but that's all right. It's for the greater cause.

[C]

Yeah. So I think that's how it works. I believe if I'm correct, if Alabama beats Auburn, it will be Alabama. If Alabama loses to Auburn, it will be Tennessee. I think that's. I think that's how it goes. And it does look like, just looking at this, at this thing, it does look like we will play the winner of Georgia and Oklahoma, assuming depending on what happens in the Oklahoma Texas game tonight. So that is my. There is your update.

[Drew Franklin]

You want us to tell Harry Potter for you before you go? Any messages for Harry Potter or Dragon Ball Z or Lord of the Rings?

[C]

Is there not off the Dragon Ball Z? I hope this has a good day. I don't know what that. I don't know what Dragon Ball Z means. That's probably also something from the fraternity when I was in in college at Trancy. But either way, I hope you all have a wonderful, wonderful afternoon.

[Drew Franklin]

Thank you, y'all. Y'all were just dragging balls.

[Ryan Lemon]

Matt, when you get bored later, just look at Mario's pictures. It's insane.

[C]

I mean, this is.

[Ryan Lemon]

We've been here a couple years in a row and this is by far the best people watching we've ever had.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know that Mario will leave here. Mario loves it more than anyone.

[C]

Oh, wait a minute. I just saw the picture of the guy with his. With his wings and that outfit he was wearing with not a lot on. Oh, is that the guy? Did that guy give you a hug? Ryan, Is that what happened?

[Ryan Lemon]

I gave you a fist bump. I didn't want to get too close to that, so I gave him a fist bump.

[C]

That is quite an outfit. All right, well, with that, you guys have a good rest of your show.

[Drew Franklin]

Thanks for. Thanks for giving us this. I've gotten closer to a few people than I wanted to get today.

[Ryan Lemon]

That is Matt Jones and appreciate you joining us. Mag, have a safe trip back. Ryan and Drew here. We'll take our final break, come back our final segment and hit the phone lines. 859-280-2287. This is the local toilet KSR postgame show live from Comic Con, Lexington's Comic Con downtown Lexington. All right, welcome back. Final segment of the Loco Toyota dealers KSR postgame show live from Lexington Comic Con. Ryan Lemon and Drew Franklin here. Drew, we'll go to the phones when he. A lot of calls this second, but I got to say something. Some of the costumes are probably PG13, almost rated R that have been walking around today.

[Drew Franklin]

And the rated R's have felt the need to get up against my thigh for a photo. So as you're asking me about Colin Chandler, I'm getting closer to people than I intended to get here. But it's been a fun show. I'm glad Kentucky won. If this had been a loss doing this goofiness and everything going on, a little bit of would have been a little different.

[Ryan Lemon]

I was looking to see if Abby was going to smile at the costume that just walked by.

[Drew Franklin]

She. Yeah, I actually pretended to not look at that. My wife's here. That was. That person was not wearing much clothing. That's what you get at comic con.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's the PG13 slash rated R costume we just saw walk past us.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know what she might be heading to new Circles to work tonight.

[Ryan Lemon]

859-280-2287. Let's get some callers. Billy who we got bluegrass. Bluegrass. Go ahead. Bluegrass. What's going on guys?

[Drew Franklin]

And I hope Matt, a lot's going on. We've been.

[Ryan Lemon]

We've been awful hard on. On substitution patterns. Don't you think, with Mark Polk. But I think today was his A game. I think we needed the freshman early. I think Carr need to play late and I think I guess the day of the nerd with comic con. I guess having to flip smartest guy in the room really works out. Don't fellas? Amen.

[Drew Franklin]

It's a good point. Pope should be here with a booth with his analytics. He's the nerd of basketball. This is the nerd convention.

[Ryan Lemon]

I'm surprised he's not walking through here as soon as he lands back in Lexington to go to check out some of the comic con.

[Drew Franklin]

So I expect him to walk in at any minute. But to his credit, we got to tip our cap in January and February when he was playing these bench players a lot.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

I know we all thought he was giving them too many minutes, but he was just trying to get them experience. And even though it's. It stunk in the moment. As a fan saying why is so and so playing this many, many minutes a game? I think it gave them the time on the course that they needed to be big contributors next weekend in the ncaa. There's Colin Chandler being a big example.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yep. You know, get just giving those guys a little experience here and there a minute before TV timeout is now paying off because you need them now with the injuries and things that have happened.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean it was frustrating and some of the losses Kentucky took back in January and February. But he saw the big picture and I mean maybe we should shut up and let Pope coach because guys like Chandler that we thought might have been getting too many minutes before, maybe not even too many minutes. Just he didn't look the part. He's had a breakthrough that he would not have had if he hadn't played those earlier in the. In the SEC play.

[Ryan Lemon]

I totally agree. 859-280-2287. Who's next, Billy? Dave. Dave. Go ahead. Dave. How you doing? Great game today. It was. Well, that's a good game, Dave. Absolutely. A few things real quick here. First off, this team has grown so much from the first of the season till now. They've grown and they've just played together today. There's just. It's really great to see this. Great for the bluegrass and great for the Wildcats. Second thing is nobody wants to look up and see us in the NCAA tournament in our bracket. We're a dangerous team. There is no doubt. Third thing is we're going to SEC tournament. Going to SEC tournament. Can't wait to see there. Drew, I've seen you every game this season. I'll tell you what I always tell you. Don't be late, Drew. See you in Nashville.

[Drew Franklin]

I know who you are. I have not started the game in Rupp without giving him a fist bump. I'm glad to know you're going to Nashville. Cannot wait for that. I've already been working on my karaoke songs for Ms. Kelly's. Ryan, I'm gonna get you on the stage.

[Ryan Lemon]

I would enjoy it.

[Drew Franklin]

Nashville's right around the corner.

[Ryan Lemon]

So our show will be Thursday morning, 9 to 12 Eastern Time at 10 Roof on Broadway. What might be affected is Shannon's Alice Bluegown concert Thursday night. If Kentucky's playing Thursday night, they're going to move Shannon's concert, but I don't know when.

[Drew Franklin]

Do you not. It's going to be a Shannon issue.

[Ryan Lemon]

Billy, do you know, I hate that.

[Drew Franklin]

His show is thrown off, but we got bigger pictures with the basketball game. I don't know what he'll sell. Maybe.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. Did Shannon say when they're. When they would potentially move it to? Because Kentucky's going to play Thursday night now. Possibly now. He didn't say that. He's got to play four hours straight. No matter when that is, no breaks. Oh, like doing the fine bomb show.

[Drew Franklin]

It's all right. Yeah. It does think that our Thursday night plans are thrown off, but without no due respect to Shannon's band, Cats. Basketball games a little bigger. Shannon will find a place around it. They'll still be fun.

[Ryan Lemon]

When you talk about the NCAA tournament brackets, you get a three. We've already talked about this many times. There aren't any twos out there that scare you, but if you get a four, there's some ones that can still scare you a little bit.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I mean, I don't want to get too far ahead, but I feel like winning today gives them a three. I mean, you win one game in Nashville, I think you feel very good about today. Was a huge step before I commit to it and put it in concrete. They could surprise us. But I think today went a long way. I mean, I think if you win Thursday, there's no way. There's not. They're not a three seed, so. Today was big for NCAA seeding.

[Ryan Lemon]

Billy, did St. John's end up winning today? They were playing Marquette. I don't know who won at the buzzer in overtime versus Marquette.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, my goodness.

[Ryan Lemon]

Rick Patino's got the magic going, Drew.

[Drew Franklin]

I kind of want Rick to get the Lexington draw. This city would embrace Rick.

[Ryan Lemon]

They would.

[Drew Franklin]

He'd be holding court at Rubies before and after the game. We won't be here. We'll be following Kentucky to Denver or wherever it is. But Rick and Lexington would be a fun side story.

[Ryan Lemon]

I think Rick should probably go to Dunkin Donuts every morning he's here in town.

[Drew Franklin]

Do the cow.

[Ryan Lemon]

Do the cow.

[Drew Franklin]

Or wherever his old steakhouse was. Go there.

[Ryan Lemon]

859-2802. That. You forget your wallet?

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know. I don't know why he just handed me that. She just left.

[Ryan Lemon]

So did you never get to go to Patino's restaurant? Bravo.

[Drew Franklin]

No, I'm familiar with it, but that was a little before me. I went to Patino's camp.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

But I was only about 13, so I wasn't going to Patino. Bravo. That night.

[Ryan Lemon]

It was downtown, you know.

[Drew Franklin]

I know where it was. Yeah. Where Sawyer's was for a little while. But, no, I went to Patino's camp two years. You know, I feel like I came up with the Patino system. He yelled at me one year. Good for. For goofing off. Shockingly, I was talking and laughing when he was giving a little. Little bit of a coaching lecture.

[Ryan Lemon]

859-280-2287. Who's next, Billy? Jake is next. Jake. Go ahead, Jake.

[Drew Franklin]

Hey, how y'all doing?

[Ryan Lemon]

Sound like you got a little too.

[Drew Franklin]

Close to some people there, Ran.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, we got way too close to some people, Jake.

[Drew Franklin]

We can feel their sweat, unfortunately. Hey, I'm not afraid to. St. John's bring them on. We won tonight.

[Ryan Lemon]

We won today, and we're gonna beat them, too. God, I preach it, man. The way the Kentucky's playing, they shoot like that, can beat anybody.

[Drew Franklin]

NCAA Tournament, national championships, nighttime.

[Ryan Lemon]

All right. Well, we hope so, Jake. We appreciate the phone call. Yeah, I mean, this is the way they've played the last couple games, Drew, since the take out the Auburn game. But the other games lately, does it give you a little more optimism going into March?

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, definitely. I'm trying to close this door. How'd I get stuck holding this door open?

[Ryan Lemon]

You are the door holder.

[Drew Franklin]

No, I mean, as much as I didn't feel like this game was that important. Other side of seating, outside of seating. It's got to do a lot for the confidence, especially the bench. I just mentioned getting four threes off the bench. That's exactly what they need with Jackson. Robinson being out. With all due respect to Jackson, he was never a big defensive star. I mean, he was probably one of the better on the team, but the team just not a defensive team. So with him being out, they had to find guys that can make threes and pick up scoring. And if you get Colin Chandler getting you two threes, Noah hitting one, Perry hitting one, it's not going to replace Robinson, but it certainly helps.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, yeah. Think about it. They scored 91 points without Jackson, Rose, Robinson, zero from Almanor, zero from Garrison, and you still got 98, 91 points. I think you take that and you.

[Drew Franklin]

Can'T expect that every night. But just getting those guys going a little bit, maybe you get two out of three. One out of three. You just got to get something. Because in that Auburn loss at home, I mean, the bench gave you five points. If you do that in Nashville or in the NCAA tournament, you're going home. I'll see you back in Lexington.

[Ryan Lemon]

859-280-2287. Who's next? Billy? We have five on the line. Ryan, if you're cool with that. All right, let's do the final five. Batting in the fifth hole. Who is it? Quinn. Quinn. Go ahead, Quinn. What's up? Ryan and Drew? How are you, Quinn? Doing good. I'm so pumped. Colin, he's our new six man. He's going to be scoring 12 points a game in the tournament. I am more excited for the NCAA tournament because we don't have to see, hopefully, SEC teams for a little while. And hopefully we've toughened up a little bit since then since playing all these SEC teams. And since you guys are at Comic Con. Captain America, best superhero. Best Batman is Christian Bale and the best Spider man is Toby Maguire. Oh, C A C S cat, SK Atta boy. Appreciate the phone call.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm with him on the Batman. I don't have a strong opinion about Superman.

[Ryan Lemon]

Now, we were going to try to get Jason Isaacs on the Guy from White Lotus. But did he leave before we got here?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, it's very busy in there. And I went looking for him and I got overwhelmed. Steps into the building. So when we're done, I'm gonna go find him. But it was not. We weren't gonna get it set up before. Before we started our show.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. I guess the reason he's here and I didn't know this, of course. I think Brandon probably knows he was in Harry Potter. I don't know what that is.

[Drew Franklin]

The white people leave their house dressed like that. I'm not judging them.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, they're. They're.

[Drew Franklin]

Holy cow.

[Ryan Lemon]

I love. If you drive in downtown Lexington right now, they walk down the sidewalk dressed in their costume. I love it. It's like some sort of. I agree.

[Drew Franklin]

But that person was fully blue. How do you even get that? Is that like a spray? Is that a shower?

[Ryan Lemon]

Some sort of makeup? Pancake makeup.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, carry on. Sorry.

[Ryan Lemon]

What the hell are we talking about?

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know. With there's. I hope people understand the situation we're put in. Ryan plugged us in. You did a great job. But we could not have been in a worse spot for traffic coming through.

[Ryan Lemon]

But that's a great spot for people watching is.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't want to call them freaks because they all good for them living their life. And there are a few freakish things going on around us, though.

[Ryan Lemon]

And this is a day that the freaks, the geeks, the nerds can celebrate and be party is one.

[Drew Franklin]

And they deserve judged. It all be you. I mean that everyone be yourself. But it's a little overwhelming right now. While we're trying to break down ball.

[Ryan Lemon]

All right, let's go to our fourth caller. Billy, who we got? What about any number four? Any Michelangelo's Donatellos?

[Drew Franklin]

But I haven't seen a Ninja Turtle yet. I'm actually looking for him. If you want a furry, we got those.

[Ryan Lemon]

Plenty of those. Moffat is next. Moffitt, go ahead. Moffat. Drew, Ryan.

[Drew Franklin]

It's an honor to be on with you guys. I'm out here with my two daughters, Scarlet and Lucy.

[Ryan Lemon]

Four years old, two years old. They just want to say one thing on the radio. Girls, go ahead. Go Big blue, baby.

[Drew Franklin]

We're ready for this. SEC Tournament. March Madness, baby. Let's go.

[Ryan Lemon]

Go Cats. Now that's a dad raising his daughters the right way.

[Drew Franklin]

I love it.

[Ryan Lemon]

You know, calling in show, getting her to perform on the show. We've got some geisha girls I think now.

[Drew Franklin]

Hello. Make sure.

[Ryan Lemon]

Hello.

[Drew Franklin]

Smiling for a photo. Call is exactly what we need, though, that enthusiasm.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

As quickly as it went by, the regular season's over. Forget the records. The seeding is going to be what's going to be. We need absolute best in Nashville and wherever they put us the week after that. We need BBN's fastball, because I think it's going to be a fun couple weeks here.

[Ryan Lemon]

The crowds at the SEC tournament have been chomping at the uk Crowds at the SEC tournament have been chomping at the bit to have something to cheer about, and we just haven't had that the last five years. Now we got a chance to get it. Drew.

[Drew Franklin]

I was at KS Bar for the game, and I was talking with some friends, and they were like, we're not going this year because we spent so much money the last three years just to come straight home. And I hate that attitude, but I completely get it. They said they'll be there on Saturday, but it's kind of just. It's been that bad. This sounds absurd, and we don't. I hate looking backwards, but in the last 11 post games, Kentucky's lost nine of them. Kentucky basketball has lost nine of 11 post games. That's unacceptable. Far past unacceptable. And I don't mean to look backwards, but we got to throw that stat out to know that there's excitement moving forward. We hope to erase that in Kentucky. Getting back to being in the. The big part of the conversation in March Madness.

[Ryan Lemon]

All right, caller number three. Billy, who we got is next? Garrett. Go ahead, Garrett.

[Drew Franklin]

Hey, fellas. Thanks for taking my call.

[Ryan Lemon]

I just wanted to say a couple things really quick, and I'll hang up and listen. First one is, with Jax being out for the season, I think Pope has.

[Drew Franklin]

Been able to practice efficiently with the.

[Ryan Lemon]

Lineup that he's wanting to play, and that's why we're seeing the guys play a whole lot better. And second off, with Amari leaving as.

[Drew Franklin]

A senior, if Mark Mitchell enters the transfer portal, I think we need to go hard after him because that guy can play. Thank you guys for taking my call. Have a good day.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, Mark Mitchell definitely turned it on for them in the second half. He's a big guy. Six, nine. What? He played two years at Duke or he transferred to Missouri, so I don't know if he. We are on the air right now. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I want to do you a favor. I'll talk about Mark Mitchell while you're there. You talk to her, okay? He's one of the LSU stars. He and Caleb Grill. I thought we're going to give Kentucky problems. The fact that Kentucky shut them down, especially Grill, is why they won that game. I know Caleb Grill looks like an assistant coach and has been in college basketball since I was a kid, but, I mean, that's a big part of the reason why they won today.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay, now we just stopped by a young lady who said her best friend. Best friend is named Ashley. And, Drew, today is Ashley's birthday, so you need to wish Ashley a big happy birthday from big blue nation and ksr. Happy birthday to you cha cha cha Happy birthday to you cha cha cha.

[Drew Franklin]

Happy birthday dear Ashley Happy birthday to you. I don't know why I was doing the trump dance during that. I didn't know what to do with my arms. But I hope we filled that song. Well, great radio there.

[Ryan Lemon]

All right, we got two.

[Drew Franklin]

I was just practicing for my karaoke coming up when you get ready. Yeah, I've been working on my Hugh Jackman. I think I'm gonna go with the greatest showman at miss Kelly's this week. You gonna participate with me?

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, I just. I do wagon wheel with Alice bluegown.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay. I don't want to steal you. What in the world is this?

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't know what this.

[Drew Franklin]

I can't even identify that. All right, we'll do one more, but we got to Talk to radio 859-280-2287.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, I don't know why I'm giving the phone number. I've only got two callers to go. Billy, who's our next caller? Number two. Casey's next. Casey, go ahead. Casey. Hey, fellers.

[Drew Franklin]

Good to talk to you guys.

[Ryan Lemon]

I'm so excited. Are heading down to Nashville for all the KSR fun and all the altus young fun.

[Drew Franklin]

Shannon did say his show was going.

[Ryan Lemon]

To be moved around the game, so we should be good there.

[Drew Franklin]

And I just wanted to say how.

[Ryan Lemon]

Impressive this osaga away can go the whole game so silently and score 23 points. It's awesome and I hope you guys have a great weekend. Go cats. Everybody get ready for that. Thank you, Casey. Glad you're feeling better and we will look for you down there in Nashville. Yeah, take it. Did not play well in the first half. He was struggling. Like I said, there's couple times I thought he was being a little selfish. Had only had he had a scoop and score for layup. That was his only point to the first half. Then he got hot in the second half. The Ortega away that we seen all year. He kind of took over there for a little bit.

[Drew Franklin]

He's kind of got that Antonio Reeves in him. And before anyone gets outraged at the speaker, I don't mean that they're the same player, but he's kind of a guy. You look up, you're like, he had 18 or he had 20 or he had 22. It's obviously Kentucky's best scorer, and every game at 2 this year, he's had double digits. But sometimes it's very quiet, and you look at the box score at the end of the game, and he played so well. You're trying your best to get Mario's attention. Mario, Mario, get in here.

[Ryan Lemon]

This is Mario's first ever trip to Comic Con. What are your. What are your thoughts today, Super Mario?

[Drew Franklin]

A lot going on, man. A lot of different costumes. I've seen some cool costumes, like the Simpson. Homer Simpson. That's probably my favorite. You're big on that. I don't know. I just saw it out. The blue, the hair, the. The little crush on Marge. Yeah. Margie's hair. And the. The skin as well. Well, they painted yellow and all that. Yeah. That was probably the best one that I've seen so far. Why didn't you do a better job keeping the guy that wasn't wearing clothes from leaning up on us? Like, I'm going to. I don't know if I'll ever wear these jeans again. Parts of him touched me that I didn't want him to touch. Sorry I had to do that to you, my man. But they were doing a. They were break dancing over there. They had like a.

[C]

A full.

[Drew Franklin]

Everybody in costume was doing a break dancing. And the dude from Good Burger, I don't know if you guys know who that is. Welcome to Good Burger, home of Good Burger. He was there. Over there. So y'all. Y'all have to see the videos once I put it out. All right. We're gonna make a day out of it, too. Yeah, for sure.

[Ryan Lemon]

Some of the costumes are a little PG13, little revealing.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, some of them. I don't know if you guys like the one where the dude with the wings. That's what I'm talking about. These jeans, this right here on the left side of my jeans.

[Ryan Lemon]

A little too close to Drew.

[Drew Franklin]

I touched more of him than I intended. He was showing a lot. He was showing a lot. Good for him.

[Ryan Lemon]

A lot of spider mansion.

[Drew Franklin]

Not too many spider mans. Not. Not too many spider mans.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, we've seen a couple Batmans.

[Drew Franklin]

Seen a few Batman. The Pac man was underrated. I like that one.

[Ryan Lemon]

But there's a lot of fur. Furries here, too. Like the people right over here.

[Drew Franklin]

The furries, Ryan.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm not familiar with the furries.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, don't be.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, well, future Comic Cons. I would like security from the wings guy. Yeah, wings. I was. I mean, I'm a people person, but there, I got limits. I feel like the. My zone got penetrated there. I didn't want that comfortable. I didn't know he was displaying that much because I was more focused on his wings.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

But, you know, I got. When I rewatched the video, I was like, oh, no, I probably shouldn't put this out. Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

So when. So you've taken a bunch of pictures, you got some videos. When will everything you posted, how could people find it that are listening?

[Drew Franklin]

I'll put it on all our social media. Just give me about an hour and a half to hour. We'll get it out.

[Ryan Lemon]

And you saw Luigi? Super Mario Luigi? Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I didn't really like that, but, you know, it was whatever.

[Ryan Lemon]

All right, he's Super Mario. We got one more caller. Billy, who's our last caller?

[Drew Franklin]

Wayne.

[Ryan Lemon]

Wayne, Go ahead, Wayne. Hey, how's it going, man? How are you, Wayne?

[Drew Franklin]

Hey, there's Gambit from X Men.

[Ryan Lemon]

Watched a better game. This is the team that showed up against Tennessee. It showed up against Duke, that showed up against Gonzaga.

[Drew Franklin]

This is a team that can beat.

[Ryan Lemon]

Anybody in the nation. I feel this team that showed up today, that's with the heart that they have. And then one other thing I need.

[Drew Franklin]

To do is to correct Mark Pope.

[Ryan Lemon]

In his pregame or is after the game talk show. He went on about how Missouri had only lost one game there this year.

[Drew Franklin]

They've lost two.

[Ryan Lemon]

He kept going on.

[Drew Franklin]

He must have said it four or five times. He said it four or five times in his postgame. So Missouri's only lost one game here this year.

[Ryan Lemon]

And I'm like, no, mark, they've lost two.

[Drew Franklin]

You just beat them.

[Ryan Lemon]

They've lost two. Now, that was number two loss. Yeah, they were 181 going into the game. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Somebody listens to Tom Leach.

[Ryan Lemon]

So is that it? Okay. All right. We appreciate it. We're going to tell Mark Pope to pay attention.

[Drew Franklin]

He's probably a little distracted by the wind and trying to get on a plane to go right back to Nashville, but that's right. That was. I don't want to throw off the stat there, but they were 18 and one going into that game. You can. You can handle that. 18 and 2. Now also, MO did the thing, and I hate when people do This. I knew it when he said it. They do their senior day after.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

They should have done it before we spoiled it. Like Kentucky, the tradition. I know nothing matches Lexington, but you gotta do your senior day before. I remember being at an Indiana game. They lost in Nebraska and they did senior day after and no one was there. Missouri did that. I just think that's a terrible move. And Kentucky ruined their senior day because as much as I love, you know, beating another team, those seniors deserve better than to lose to Kentucky like that and then be celebrated. Just a weird, weird way to do it.

[Ryan Lemon]

What about their cheer? M, I, Z, Z, O, U. That's not how you spell Missouri.

[Drew Franklin]

I get that a little. That's been their way for a while for me. And I said this this morning, just watching the game. It's so yellow.

[Ryan Lemon]

It's very yellow.

[Drew Franklin]

It's too yellow. They need to work in some other colors. It's just very unbecoming of them. Forget the actual outcome. Just not a pleasant experience watching a Missouri home game.

[Ryan Lemon]

So a great way to end the regular season with the win on the road at 50. Ranked. Oh, boy. 15th ranked Missouri 91, 83. Hang on, we got one more picture here with some folks. Thank you very much. I appreciate everybody who called in today. Appreciate all of our people who stopped by here at Comic Con for pictures.

[Drew Franklin]

All right.

[Ryan Lemon]

Thank you, man. Good job.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know, Ryan.

[Ryan Lemon]

What were they?

[Drew Franklin]

I do love this. Like, I'm a big believer of whatever you like. Be it maybe just don't rub it on my thigh while I'm doing radio.

[Ryan Lemon]

Like I said, my. This is my son's super bowl. And he kind of opened up my door to experience things like this. And once you experience it, you want to come back the next year, Be.

[Drew Franklin]

Proud of who you sell.

[Ryan Lemon]

Proud of who you like.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm actually very. It's very cool. Everyone gets to have their celebration here. Just our post game show was very distracted today. So fun.

[Ryan Lemon]

One though, for Drew Franklin, for Matt Jones and for Billy. Our sports who answered the calls, run the spots, kept us in line. This has been the Locoteurs KSR postgame show. Be back live. KSR Monday morning route for Florida and Texas A and M tonight. We want that six seed.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Go Cats.

[Ryan Lemon]

Go Cats. We'll be right back. No, we won't be right back. We're done. Goodbye.