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Obviously the Cats play tomorrow as well in football. Let's just really two different things to talk about. First the game. I thought Kentucky actually played really well. I said great on social media and we had a lot of sort of negative folks saying it wasn't great. It was. It was. It was bad or it was. It was just serviceable. You know, you win by 46 and you're up by 30 at halftime. I'm gonna take it. I thought a lot of good things happened. First of all, you look at this roster for Eastern illinois. Tallest player, 6, 7. You need to dominate them inside. They dominated them inside side. Pretty much all the bigs had nice point nights. You should do that when you're taller than the other team. And then they did. So I'm not going to complain about that at all. They dominated on the glass. You know just sitting here looking at the stats Kentucky had. Diabate had 20, Garrison only six but yellow Vic with 11, Moreno with 11. They out rebound them 49 to 17. That's an insane number, Billy. I'm not sure I've ever seen a 49 to 17. That is rebounding description. Yeah, that's crazy. Shoot 61% from the field. That's pretty good. 36% from three. Decent. Not great but you'll take it. 21 assist, you like that. I, you know, free throw line, they didn't take very many but 12 for 16. So overall good with it. The one negative number you sit and look at it is 13 turnovers. That's too many. But a lot of those, I mean you got to have a little bit of context. A lot of those are at the end of the game when the game's over. I mean we're up 42 with 13 minutes to go. I think at that point maybe we had seven turnovers. You get six in the last little bit. I mean I'm not going to get upset about that. It's. It's hard to keep your interest when you're up 43 in general. My sort of wonders about the team though are still there. You I mentioned Brandon Garrison only have six. You know I still watching the game. I don't. Well first of all let's say the positive. Diabate was excellent. 20 points, 8 for 9. High energy. I loved he needed a bounce back double double because I don't really think he played very well against. Against Louisville. I thought he was really good. It was good to see aberdeen continue. Had 26 the other night, 13 tonight. He ran the point, thought he played well. Jasper Johnson, little inconsistent, but especially in the second half, thought you saw some good stuff from Jasper. He's gonna have to be the backup point guard. If you listen to the game, the announcers who clearly had been talking with Pope said basically he's gonna get run at backup point guard. I think that's a good decision. Good to see that. So I'm generally happy Cam Williams came in, hit two threes. That's what we want to see. You know, negatives. I'm still a little concerned about away. I mean he had 12, he gets 12 in his sleep. He still though, to me looks a little lackadaisical and just doesn't, he doesn't completely look to me like the guy I saw last year. And I thought Jack Givens Goose had a really good point. On the post game show against Michigan State. They are one of, if not the most physical teams in the country. They're also a team that gets out in transition. They're, they're kind of like they sprint up the floor. They either get you with a layup or then they run a long set. That's the way they play. Try to get transition or if they don't get it, then let's set up our offense. On defense, they're, they're going to be the most physical team we play. Probably they're going to beat you, they're going to bang you. It's going to be a real test to me for oa. Jack said this, so I'm stealing his point. But will away be the, away from last year? Take it to the basket, draw fouls, draw the defense, or will he settle for threes from outside? That's going to be the question. Which away is it going to be? That Michigan State game will tell me a lot about where he is because the Louisville game, he was bad. And then even tonight I just, I just haven't felt like I've seen the otega that I saw last year. Defensively, by the way, I thought Kee was really good. We held him to, what was it, 19 in the first half. That's a pretty amazing number, especially when you consider that nine of them were three threes on back to, on back to back to back plays. So in a minute we gave up nine and the other 19 minutes I think we gave up 10 points. That's pretty good. At the end it gets sloppy. We fouled a lot. I gotta be honest with you. I don't care. Whatever this game was over at that point, Michigan State becomes a very important game and we'll have a lot of time to preview it. Now, what I was the most interested in after the first half was. All right, well, what's Mark going to say about, first of all, Jalen Lowe? I give Mark Pope credit. I think he's a lot more honest about injuries. Once you get him to talk. It's. It's interesting, Billy. I feel like he's a lot more honest with the fans on that postgame radio show than he is with the media. I'm not saying he's not being honest with the media, but he's a lot more open.
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Billy Reed
Yeah. Wants to give him a little extra.
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Matt Jones
I think he just likes talking to the fans. I think that. I agree with you. I think there's something about when the fans are sitting there looking at him and they've stayed after the game, he just wants to be more open. He said about Jalen Lowe essentially said very similar injury. Now it's just about. And I think what he said was sitting with his. With our medical staff, his family and his agents. You don't say agents, but he did, right? He did say that.
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Billy Reed
Correct.
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Matt Jones
And making a decision. And that's a. You know, we'll see. I mean, there's a lot for. It sounds like to me and I've talked to a couple people that you. A couple of you are written me who work on these injuries, like he's going to have an unstable shoulder all year, which means this can happen again. And it can happen again. And at some point he's going to have to get that fixed. So do you want to do it now or do you want to wait and do it later? And I don't know what the downside of waiting and do it later is, but I would guess there must be some. Maybe it's just pain. I don't know. Gotta remember he still has another year of college eligibility. If he stops now, he might have two. So what happens if you play eight games, lose your sec, your second year of eligibility and then get hurt? So they're probably thinking about all that and he says they're gonna decide over the next few days, so we'll see. Luckily, it's not a worse injury or he would have already had surgery, so that's good. Then there was the whole Louisville thing, the pregame Louisville thing, which he gave two completely different answers to in his two postgame comments. In the comments to the media, here's what he said. In the comments to the media. He said there's really not much to it. At some point, I'll tell you the story, but I'd like you guys to prognosticate on that for a couple more days. It really is nothing. And then he quoted Taylor Swift. What did he say about Taylor Swift?
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Billy Reed
I didn't hear this.
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Matt Jones
We didn't know he liked the media, so I didn't. I didn't hear it because I. I just saw it on Twitter. So he said something about Taylor Swift, which. Yeah, I don't know. I mean, I like Taylor Swift, but, like, I don't know if this is the. The time to bring up Taylor Swift, but he said, I'm a big Taylor Swift fan and I just love to leave out these things that keep everybody wondering and guessing. It really is nothing. It's just something about the emotional level of the team. So I have to tell you, I didn't really like that answer just because I love Mark Pope. But, like, this isn't the time to screw with us. You know, we just lost the Louisville three days ago. We don't know if our point guard's gonna play. I don't think this is the time to put, like, B side album drops, you know, if you're gonna say something happened before the Louisville game, just say it. Well, I kind of wonder, Billy, if between when he talked to the media and he walked out and talked to the fans, I kind of wonder if somebody at UK said to him, hey, can we stop all this teasing?
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Billy Reed
Oh, really?
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Matt Jones
Well, I say that because then he said something different to the fans. To the fans on the post game show. He said, we are very meticulous about our emotions, but we don't want to be controlled by them. And then he told this story about how they do this thing before the game. The goal leading up to the game is to keep your emotions in check. And then right before the game, they flip the switch, is what he says he do. He does something where they flip the switch and, like, say, get really pumped up. That's how I listen to it. And he said, quote, we flipped the switch in the locker room an hour and a half too early. And that hurt us. So I don't really know what that means. I guess that means they do some kind of thing where it's like, you know, game time. I don't know. I guess. I mean, I have no idea because I'm. I'm not there. So I don't know. But he says we did it an hour and a half too early. Now, the question is, why would that matter? I guess it could matter if, you know, some of the rumors we've heard about, you know, potentially interactions with fans or interactions with each other. If those were true, I don't know. He said he would say more about it later. I. I just have to tell you, but I don't like this thing. I don't know why he's doing this. I think Drew said it really well in the pregame show. We all, both the fans and the team, need to move on from the Louisville game. And this kind of like teasing back and forth of what. What happened. I just don't know what that does for anybody.
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Billy Reed
Oh, he's kind of laughing about it, you know, poking fun. I don't know how they're overreacting about a comment he made, but, you know.
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Matt Jones
The last person that did that was Cal. The sort of. I don't think laughing the fan base is a great idea, especially after we just lost a Louisville. Now, he did say in the post game, like, we're embarrassed by the performance we gave you against Louisville. And he thanked the fans for coming out. See, I love that about Pope. He doesn't scold Kentucky fans for being upset about the game. Our previous coach would do that. He'd scold us for being mad about losses. Pope does not do that. He recognizes we lost and that is bad. So I give him. I give him a lot of credit for. For. For doing that. But I don't understand the desire to kind of keep this story going. Do you disagree?
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Billy Reed
No, no, not at all. This is kind of his first misstep.
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Matt Jones
To me, I think it's a misstep. I do. I think it's a misstep. And I think it's a misstep born out of, like. I don't know. I'm not sure why he's doing, but either way, I hope he just gets rid of it before the Michigan State game. Either way, it's not the end of the world. I think Kentucky actually played well tonight. You beat Michigan State, a lot of these things will go away. He did also note there were two other things I thought were interesting. Number one, he noted that he thinks the biggest problem against Louisville was not getting back on transition, which J. Billis pointed out a lot during the game. He said they did a thing tonight where if you didn't sprint in the last 10 minutes of the game, he was going to make you run seven teams. I think 17s are apparently some kind of sprint drill. And then in the last 10 minutes, you can see those guys going crazy. And he essentially said the next home game, which is, I think he gets loyal Maryland, they're going to do it the whole game. And then, well, I've already, my mind's already slipped on what the second one was. What was the second one he said?
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Billy Reed
I'm not sure.
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Matt Jones
All right, I'll think of it. He had a, he had a second comment I thought was important. But I do like that he recognized that in the Louisville game getting back on defense was maybe the, the most important issue. So. 859-280-2287 what did you think about the game? What do you think about the low news? What would you do if you were Jalen Lowe, knowing what we know about the injury, which is it could happen again. But also he might be the player most crucial to us having a chance to win the national championship. Oh, oh, I remember what it was. He said, I'm a little upset with how behind I am with these guys. Basically thinking they should be better than they are. That's another thing I give him credit for being honest about. How many coaches would come out and say we're just not as good as I think we should be right now?
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Billy Reed
None. None.
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Matt Jones
None. They would all just tell you to be patient. He's like, I am disappointed that I'm still having to teach basic stuff and that's on me. I just, I appreciate him saying that. I appreciate his honesty. I just wish he would just end the pregame loyal story. 859-280-2287 we will take a break and be right back. It's a local toilet dealers KSR post game show. Welcome back. It is the local toy dealers KSR postgame show. Couple open lines, slower phones tonight this is the kind of night that that happens though the sort of bad non conference games when we win by 40. So this is a good chance for you to get in. Women's coach Kenny Brooks is going to join us here in the next segment. He's got a big game coming up tomorrow and then next week and we're going to check in with his, his team. I don't know if we've ever had a coach on the post game show that wasn't you ever remember us doing.
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Billy Reed
That having not who had just currently played in the game we're talking about.
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Matt Jones
I like that though. By the way I said it doesn't happen very much with the rebound margin. The last time Kentucky won the rebound margin by 32 according to Big Blue History. This is only the second time that's happened since 1998. We out rebounded Vandy by 39 and 98 in Ohio by 36 in 2021. So that's in part when people say, well, why do you think the game was great? We have like the third largest rebound margin in the last 30 years. It's pretty good. I think that makes it a pretty good, pretty good game. 859-280-2287. All right, who's up first?
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Billy Reed
Brad.
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Matt Jones
Brad. Go ahead, Brad.
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Caller
Hey, what's up fellas? So we blew out Wagner. So that was good. We did, you know, we didn't have a good offensive game, but issues I did see was we played some rotations that I don't think we're going to be able to play against Michigan State. I was hoping to see a little bit more, you know, play in regards to messing with the rotations.
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Matt Jones
Like who would you have wanted to see?
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Caller
Well, like I don't think we can have Garrison and Mo playing together. You're almost essentially three on five offensively.
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Matt Jones
Well, I mean I agree with you. If there was ever going to be a game where you could do it though, it would be Michigan State. You know, I mean like if there was going to be any game this year that you could play two dudes like that together, it'd probably be them because they're a physical team that probably will have two guys like that in the game at the same time. So I don't disagree with you. I think against a lot of our schedule you don't want to play those two guys together, but you actually might want to do it against them.
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Caller
Yeah, I mean another three guys I would really like to see grow this year and I think they can, they've showed in spurs that they can is is a cam yellow bitch. And I guess, I mean he's already showing it to Chandler. I think Chandler is going to just continue to build upon his success.
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Matt Jones
He is your MVP by the way of the BBN Classic.
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Billy Reed
Oh, is that right?
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Matt Jones
Yeah, yeah, they named him mvp. He gets, he gets an MVP trophy. So he only had four points tonight, but his past performances made him mvp.
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Caller
Sure.
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Matt Jones
Yeah.
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Caller
And then on the, on the away thing, it just seems like he's checked out. I don't know if you guys saw but there was a pretty odd picture pre game before uo and he was in street clothes I think during a walk. Walk through. So I don't understand.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, but there were other guys in street clothes in that picture. I mean he wasn't the only one. I mean he was the obvious One, but there were. There were a couple other guys. I. I'm with you. I don't want to say checked out, because I appreciate the call that. That makes it sound like he's not. Like he's not. He doesn't care. It does not feel like, though, the OA that we've had where he is locked in 100% effort, attacks the basket, diving for every loose ball. It doesn't feel like we've seen that yet. And I don't know why, but I think Michigan State will be the best test because that's a team that plays like that. Right. So that's a team where they're all always. In some ways. So let's see. Let's see you match that. I think. I think it's, you know, Jack said it earlier. I think that's gonna be a huge test is. What is Otega like in that game? Who's next?
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Billy Reed
Joe.
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Matt Jones
Joe. Go ahead, Joe.
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Caller
Hey, folks, thanks for taking the call. Just wanted to note how. How lucky are we that Denzel, first of all, is just on the team? Because it was supposed to be the Indiana guy who I think is just a two guard, not a point guard.
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Matt Jones
Say that again. You're talking about Lamar Wilkinson.
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Caller
Yeah, he's just a shooting guard. Right.
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Matt Jones
At Indiana. Yeah, I, I, you know, I haven't seen him play. I think he is a shooting guard, but can also kind of move over and can't handle the ball if he wants. But he is, I think, primarily a shooting guard. Yes.
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Caller
Okay. Yeah. I thought he was just a pure shooter, but, yeah, I was just gonna say I have confidence in denzel. He was plus 37 tonight. Jasper was plus 13. So a little concerning there.
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Matt Jones
But also, remember, Jasper's playing with the bench, Right. So, I mean, Aberdeen's getting to play with the starters. Jasper's playing pretty much the entire game with the reserves. So it's not. You know what I mean? It's not an equal comparison.
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Caller
That's true. That's true. Last thing was, I guess. I guess it's good you couldn't physically actually buy the. The Jalen Lowe stock that you've been talking about. You might be down a lot.
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Matt Jones
Yeah. But I think with injuries, I feel like injuries don't count in the stock market. Appreciate the call, you know, I mean, he can't help getting hurt, right?
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Billy Reed
No, I think you lost all your money on that one. You had to.
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Matt Jones
I don't think injuries. I, I don't think injuries should count in the stock market.
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Billy Reed
You got to hold.
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Matt Jones
Is There any. I don't know what. Yes, I am holding if he doesn't play.
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Caller
Okay.
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Matt Jones
No, I'm holding. You sell your stock. You had a lot of holding. Yeah, I'm gonna buy more of it. By the way, Clemson fumbled inside the one against Louisville going, trying to take the lead, and now they got the ball back and they've just run it in the inside the 10 again. We'll see if they're able to get it in. Are you rude? This is a tough game for me because I hate Louisville, but you know how I feel about dab.
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Billy Reed
I am definitely rooting for Dabo here.
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Matt Jones
I'm rooting for. I am rooting for Dabo. But, you know, maybe if they win.
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Billy Reed
We'Ll get a dab on the post.
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Matt Jones
Game tonight after Kitty Brooks dabo. Yeah. Okay. That would be a surprise. Who's next?
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Billy Reed
Brian.
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Matt Jones
Brian. Go ahead, Brian.
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Caller
I'm at first time. Long time.
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Matt Jones
Who are.
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Caller
I'm calling today? Actually, a couple things. First, I want to give a shout out to my brother for hooking me up with a ticket to the game. He got called in after, right after the game was over to go deliver a baby.
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Matt Jones
Okay.
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Caller
We were supposed to hang out tonight, but he. He got called in for baby delivery, so.
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Matt Jones
Well, shout out to your brother for coming through. And I hope the baby ended up amazing.
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Caller
Right. And my other point about the game, I was thinking, I was like, with a game like this, like, we're gonna blow this team no matter what. It's kind of more like looking at, like, trends and, like, players and, like, how they do in the game more so. Yeah, I guess my biggest, like, complaint was, like, just Jasper and, like, the backup point guards and stuff, and not really, like, seeing a real defined, like, player step up there, which is kind of disappointing.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, I mean, I get it. It's gonna, you know, it's gonna have to be Jasper. I. I think if you don't have Jasper do it, then you're taking away what makes Colin Chandler so good. Right. So I think it's gonna have to be Jasper and he's gonna have to be good. I mean, look, if I'm Jasper Johnson and I see what, you know, he's played his entire life playing against Mikhail Brown. Right. The kid from Louisville. Like, they've played against each other their whole lives. And Mikhail Brown was a star against your team and you played six minutes. So you can either complain about that and say you should have been in more, or you can say, okay, I got to step up. So my hope is he sees that and elevates his game. He's going to play in a game that he's going to play in a game Tuesday, which if you remember every year the Champions Classic is like next to Duke in Carolina, it's the most watched college basketball games of the year. He's going to have more eyes on him on Tuesday than maybe any game we play the rest of the year. So if I'm Jasper Johnson, I'm going to get chances in a game that matters. I hope he is more focused for that game than he's been any all season.
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Caller
Yeah, I think it was good to see him hit a couple shots and like, I just, I think for a play, a scorer like him just seeing the ball go in the basket is huge. I just wouldn't like to have seen him made a couple better reads on some of those passes.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, well, I, I appreciate the call. I mean, I'm excited about this game against Michigan State in part because I think we need to win it. After losing the Louisville game, I also think the rest of our non conference schedule looks a lot harder than it did two weeks ago. Indiana's been good. North Carolina's been good. St. John's we knew was good. Gen Zag has been better. This is probably the easiest game of the power games we have in the non conference. You got to go win. And by the way, we're going to play six top 25 teams in the non conference. I mean, I'd be surprised if there's very many other teams that do that. Who's next?
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Billy Reed
Hunter.
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Matt Jones
Hunter. Go ahead, Hunter.
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Caller
Matt. Billy. Ironman, Rutledge. Good to talk to you guys. As far as like the game goes, we won by, we won by 40 plus. And in my opinion, like the great teams, they win these games by 30 to 40, like the really good teams every year.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, let me, on that point, let me just, I'm gonna look, I'm looking real quick at the scoreboard. Okay. Because I had a lot of people get like, how could you say this was great? All right, so I'm going to look right now real quick at the scoreboard. I'm just going to look at the top 25 teams in the country because almost everybody played tonight. Illinois beaten Colgate by 18. Carolina's beaten North Carolina Central by 26. Looks like Duke beat Indiana State by 38. Arkansas beat Sanford by 4. Creighton beat 4. Creighton beat Maryland Eastern by 27. Texas Tech beat Milwaukee by 17. I just say that to say if we didn't play well, how do you explain the fact that we won this game more than any other team won their game in the top 25? And by the way, some of these teams played really bad teams as well. Go ahead.
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Caller
Exactly. And like, I don't understand, like, I agree with you. I don't understand the. Oh, like it's whatever. But like most of the great teams when they play these games, they win 30 plus. That's how you know that they're good. That's how I tell that we have a good team from maybe average team is, you know, do we beat him by 20? We beat him by 40. The other thing I'd say though is the one thing I will say is this game has left me with a lot more questions than answers. Is specifically because of Mark's post game comments. Like, Mark's a smart dude. He doesn't just say something to say something. So what is his intention by this? And I don't really know. And hopefully we get some answers. That's my, my take. Have a good night, guys.
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Matt Jones
Appreciate it. I don't know. I listen. He has been pretty perfect in dealing with the fans. Like, I've seen no mistakes. I don't understand how he's handled this Louisville thing. It's not the end of the world. It's not the biggest thing in the world. But it's the first time I'm like, what are you doing? And the fact that he also gave two different, like he said two different things tonight. Not contrary, but like he wasn't gonna say it and later he said it. It's just. It's almost like they're not exact. What I think happened is he wish he hadn't said anything and now he doesn't really know how to get out of it. Who's next?
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Billy Reed
Josh.
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Matt Jones
Josh. Go ahead, Josh.
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Caller
Okay, well, first thing is I'm sure you've already done it, but if not, if the folks haven't mentioned it, a big shout out to UK women's volleyball.
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Matt Jones
Actually, haven't they won tonight? Yes.
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Caller
Yeah, they won. They were down two sets to, you know, to nothing. And then Mustard got their championship stuff together and it was just a great overall effort.
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Matt Jones
So you were at the volleyball game? You were at the volleyball game?
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Caller
No, no, actually, I was at the basketball game. We were just. It's a harder ticket to get the volleyball games these days, especially when they're playing against Oklahoma. But we were one. I would. I really enjoyed and I think overall, I think this UK team is going to get a lot more out of this game, I know the score was lopsided, but as I was watching it, I saw that Eastern Illinois was a better team than I think the score reflected. I saw them executing sometimes to get into the rim against our defense. And as you've noted, they've all, they've played some pretty good defense, but I do think that they had skills enough that when they go back and they take a look at this, they're going to be able to isolate where we need, where we have some, some significant weaknesses. You know, there was a, yeah, there was a period of time and I think it was in the, you know, the second half of the, top of the second half. He had a lineup in there and I didn't know if we were going to score for a little while. I mean it's, you know, obviously it's still early in the season. They're learning how to play together. I'm not so worried. I'm, I'm hoping OA wakes up when it's going to be. When it's, yeah, I agree.
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Matt Jones
When you're on the big stage, that's the question is will that happen? And I'm with you. I hope, I hope it does. I, I, I, I don't think Easter Illinois is good. I appreciate the call, but I actually think they're probably better than the other teams we played this year and we did. I mean, not obviously Louisville, but in the BBN United classic. So one, one concerning thing, by the way, the SEC, Billy, right now, you know what the SEC's record is against Power 4 opponents?
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Billy Reed
No. Is it bad?
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Matt Jones
The SEC's record? Not right now against Power 4 opponents is 2 and 9. Ouch. You know, we were the best conference in ever in basketball last year. You could argue one of the best conferences of all time. And they're 2 and 9 right now, which, and that includes one really good win, Alabama against St. John's but like Central Florida beat Texas A and M by 15 tonight on or 12 on their home floor. We have some bad losses so far. I just say that because, you know, you get some of these scores and it's like maybe the conference isn't as good. And where that will matter is, you know, last year we lost 10 games and we're still what, a three seed? Is that what we were?
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Billy Reed
Believe so, yeah.
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Matt Jones
I think we were a 3 seed with 10. Well, I ain't gonna happen this year if the SEC's non conference record doesn't get better. 859-280-2287 callers hang on because now at the top of the next segment, we're going to bring on UK women's coach Kenny Brooks. Then we'll go back to the calls. He's got a game tomorrow at Marshall and then Tuesday a huge one in Memorial Coliseum. We'll deal with it. That's next here on the local toy dealers KSR postgame show. Welcome back. It is the local toilet dealers KSR post game show. Clemson just scored to take the lead on Louisville 20 to 19 with six minutes to go. Kentucky men obviously win and the women play tomorrow at 1 o'. Clock. They are at Marshall there in Huntington, right on the border. So we wanted to bring on the coach of the women's team. Kenny Brooks also has a big game next week. Kenny, first of all, I gotta say, who do you have to talk to about your schedule maker? You've been on the road at Buffalo and on the road at Marshall. Who's scheduling you with all these road games in land and kind of random places?
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Kenny Brooks
Well, I have to take credit for that, Matt. You know, it was very intentional, obviously getting back to Buffalo. Clara Strack is from Buffalo. Got to go back there. It was a tremendous experience for everyone. The community really rallied around us. We actually have probably as many people there than they did. And then this game here, I just thought it made sense. Playing it on the road is going to give us an opportunity to get ready for SEC play. And so the schedule is very intentional and hopefully it works out for the best for us.
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Matt Jones
You know, you mentioned you, you were in Buffalo. We're leaving for Buffalo tomorrow. We're going up there for a Bill's game. Me and Drew and Billy and Mario, we're driving up there. Any Buffalo tips?
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Kenny Brooks
The wings are as advertised. So you got to go. I think it's a place called Wing Nuts. It's pretty good. So you, you have to try that. I absolutely love Buffalo is my, my second favorite team. I'm a die hard Cowboys fan which obviously they're not doing too well. So I've adopted Buffalo Bills because all the Kentucky boys as my secondary team. But, but the trip was, was, was wonderful and everyone there really greeted us nicely. So we got a dub. So it was all great.
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Matt Jones
Hey, you got Ray and Dion and Maxwell all up there as well. You probably went up there some when you were recruiting Claire. I would think so. You probably know the area well.
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Kenny Brooks
Well, I actually don't. You know, the way the whole recruiting process went. We didn't even go to Buffalo to see her. She came to see us. But you know, we wanted to make sure. We wanted to make sure we got back up there for her. And that was my first time there. So it was really good trip.
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Matt Jones
I think it's cool you do that. I remember used to do that at Duke for some of his guys. He would, he would go play a game in their home place. Roy Williams did it, so I always thought that was cool. Now you're playing at Marshall tomorrow. That's. That's a good team. I see they played Indiana very close and played the Buffalo team that we just talked about. Tell me about what you're expecting in Huntington tomorrow.
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Kenny Brooks
Well, you know, they, they thrive on chaos. They're going to try to speed us up. They're. They're not as tall as we are, but they're fast and they, and they're going to try to just run around and cause havoc. Their system is very similar to Tennessee and we felt like this would be a really good preparation to get this under our belt. We have a new team, essentially no Georgia Amore. So beating a press is going to be different for us. So this will be a really good test for us. By no means is it going to be an easy game for us, and we're going to have our work cut out for us, but we think it's going to help strengthen this team and try to build some chemistry as we go along to try to get ready for the sec.
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Matt Jones
Do you do that? Like, that's interesting. Do you schedule sometimes games in the non conference to mirror teams that you will play in the conference play?
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Kenny Brooks
Absolutely, absolutely. We're going to play like we played Morehead State. That's not a game that I really love to play. They're very methodical. But that's going to mirror some of the teams in the sec. This game in particular is going to mirror some of the teams in the sec. And the only way that you're going to get ready for it is if you've seen it a little bit to some semblance. And this is going to be, this is going to be great preparation and Julie does a tremendous job. I think the Lexington fans, Lexington people are very familiar with her. From Transylvania and that's the coaches from Trancy.
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Matt Jones
That's my alma mater. She won us the national championship there.
- [37:05]
Kenny Brooks
There you go. There you go. And next year, next year we'll bring her back to, to Memorial and she'll be able to come back to Lexington. So, you know, this game had a lot more meaning, you know, than just the actual game. And, and that's why we really, you know, signed up to play this game.
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Matt Jones
Oh, that's great. Yeah, of course. I mean, she. My alma mater's only national title. You mentioned your team's height. I'm sitting here looking at the stats. You guys are averaging 11 blocks a game. I would think that has to lead the country, isn't it?
- [37:32]
Kenny Brooks
Well, you know what? It does. We led the country last year in block shots and that's something that's part of our defense. You know, our DNA on defense is not, you know, fast, where we're going to run and steal the ball and trap you. Our DNA is to protect the rim. And women's basketball, when you have a Clara strike and a Tiani key and Amelia Hassett, which we affectionately call the triplets, they really cause a lot of havoc. And it makes us a very efficient defensive team. And that's the way that's what we lay our hat on, is that type of defense. And it really works for us. And then on the other end, it gives us a plus two because we're a really good offensive rebounding team because of our height.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, also your three leading scores. So I, I watched some of the. Of your last game. It is a very different team than the team last year because you don't have Georgia. I think a lot of people tomorrow and then Tuesday when you play Purdue, will be seeing this team maybe for the first time because the games have been on the computer and there's that YouTube dispute. It is very different than the team we saw last year.
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Caller
It is.
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Kenny Brooks
And obviously when you have such a player that a dynamic player as Georgia, they almost like once in a generation for a coach. So you have to go and, you know, you have to rebuild and restructure your team. And we've been very fortunate to have Tony Morgan, who was an all ACC performer at Georgia Tech. She's come in and, and Matt, I can't, I can't tell you how excited and happy I am for her just because she's put in so much work. And when you follow a legend, you know, someone who's played for the, for the coach for five years and is the sixth pick in the WNBA draft, sometimes people will shy away from that. But she's come in and she doesn't match. It doesn't. She doesn't mind if I say George's name 100 times. She feels like that's the blueprint and she's been able to take what we've given her and put her own little spin on it. And, you know, As a result, you know, she had one of the more dominating games I've ever seen from a point guard the other night with 11 points, 16 assists and zero turnovers and.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, wait a minute, 16 assists and zero turnovers.
- [39:34]
Kenny Brooks
Wow, 16 assists and zero turnovers. And, you know, so she's putting her own stamp on it. She's trying to get comfortable. Everyone's trying to feel the way out in this day and age, you know, for. It's a little bit difficult for coaches as well as fans when you have the transfer portal and essentially you're having, you know, a pretty much all new team. Everyone has to get used to each other and. And so that's what we're doing right now. And, you know, we're stumbling and we're fumbling a little bit, you know, but it's a good thing when you can win while you're doing that. And we're creating our own identity.
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Matt Jones
On Georgia, by the way, you didn't get to hear it. She was great on the Big Blue Madness. Like, she's got a future in that. She's. I think, you know, she was one of my favorite interviews that I've done since I've been here. All right, so you got the game tomorrow. I don't want to skip ahead, but Tuesday you guys play Purdue. Schedule picks up starting with tomorrow and then the Purdue game at home. You want to make, I think, a huge crowd impact on Tuesday. Talk about what you have going on Tuesday and Purdue coming into to Memorial Coliseum.
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Kenny Brooks
No, Purdue's coming in, obviously a Big Ten opponent right up the road. It's gonna be a great test for us, you know, and. And we want to get Memorial this time of the year, it's difficult for fans. I get it. I understand. They got to make a choice. You know, they got the men's games, they got women's games. We're in full swing with our volleyball teams doing great. You know, we have soccer that's doing well, you know, so. So you have to pick and choose. This will be the last time that we'll be at Memorial for a month. You know, we're going to be able to go on the road and, you know, test our wits on the road a little bit. So we want to. We want to get the fans in, we want to pack the house out. We want to give the young ladies, the Wildcats, a great send off, so to speak. But we want to show everybody what's to come and I think it'd be a great opportunity. And, you know, there's going to be some fans. I know the men are playing on Tuesday. I think they play a half hour later than we do. But, you know, rest assured, we're going to show majority of the game on the, on the big screen at Memorial while it's going on. So come on out. You can double dip, you know, you can cheer on the Lady Cats and all the while still see the men playing and cheer them on to victory against Michigan State. I just think it would be a wonderful opportunity. And, you know, we got a lot of special things going on in the house. You know, we need people there to show that we're going to be a great basketball team.
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Matt Jones
Well, I'll talk more about that when we get. When we get you off. But it is a big night for you guys and good luck. Hopefully we get a 12 Big Ten win and good luck tomorrow in Huntington as well.
- [42:07]
Kenny Brooks
Man, I appreciate you, man. You do a fantastic job. Thanks a lot.
- [42:10]
Matt Jones
Thank you for staying up with us, Kenny. We appreciate.
- [42:12]
Billy Reed
Thanks, Kenny.
- [42:13]
Matt Jones
Now, he can't. He can't say this, but I think, Billy, they have like one of the top recruits in the country coming. Like, like they. I think they have a recruit that if they come, like, it'll be like the. Maybe the number one class. Oh, yeah, they already have a couple of really good ones. So part of the reason I think they. That we want to have the crowd they want to have is like one of a really top recruit is on campus Tuesday. So just throwing that out there. All right, who's up next?
- [42:42]
Billy Reed
All right, let's go to Andrew, number two.
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Matt Jones
Andrew, number two. How are you, Andrew?
- [42:51]
Caller
Doing? Good. Thanks for having me on.
- [42:53]
Matt Jones
Of course.
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Caller
Question. With the injuries, we've got what, you know, what's the possibility? I mean, we've got a lot of big games coming up and there's going to be some lineups we got to throw out there that, let's just say it can't guard. Can't guard very well. Is there any thought you think of maybe playing a little zone in the future just a little bit?
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Matt Jones
Because last year they could a little bit occasionally. But I actually disagree with you that they're going to be lineups where we can't guard. I think in Louisville, we didn't. Well, wait a minute, Let me put that back. There are lineups where we won't be able to guard. But the good thing about this team is we should be able to always put a lineup on that can guard every kind of team. Now, against Louisville, we didn't, but I think it was more execution and effort. I don't think it's like last year because I think last year we just had guys who simply. I don't care how well they played, they were not going to be able to guard Alabama. I don't feel like Andrew, this year's team is like that. I think pretty much every team we play, if we execute, we will have players who can guard them.
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Caller
I hope so. Last year it just, it just kept coming back that we just. We can't stop a straight line drive. Why don't we zone?
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Matt Jones
But we weren't athletic last year. I mean, I agree with you. We should have played more zone maybe last year. But this year's team is not last year's. I mean, last year Kobe Bray couldn't guard anybody. Jackson wasn't a very good guard, or Andrew Carr couldn't guard anybody. Like, I mean, we just had some deficiencies that I don't. Travis Perry like, I just don't think this year's team has those deficiencies.
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Caller
Yeah, I agree with you. One more quick question. I'll get off here. What do you think about the bottom half of the sec? I think it's going to be significantly weaker this year. And, and I don't think. I think we're going to have a chance to rack up some wins this year. I just think. Don't think we're going to get as many quality opponents down the bottom.
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Matt Jones
Totally agree with you. It's a weird conference schedule for us this year. I appreciate the call. It's a very weird conference schedule because we play all the bad teams at home. So like, you know, we have a home schedule where we shouldn't lose. I mean, the only two good teams we play at home are Florida and Tennessee. The rest of our home games are against like the worst teams in the conference are. But the counter to that is we play all the good teams on the road. We play Alabama on the road, we play Auburn on the road and we play Arkansas on the road. And I, I think we play Ole Miss here. They're, they're. They're supposed to be decent. But so because of that, I think we're actually going to have. Even if we struggle, we're actually going to have a pretty good conference record. But I do think, you know, it's not going to be like last year where every single game was a war, but it also meant you could get a quality win the bottom half of the sec. He's exactly right. It's much worse this year. I still think Alabama is Really good. Florida's really good, Tennessee's good, Arkansas's good and Ole Miss is probably going to be all right. And then I just think there's a huge drop off after that and I think there's just a lot of teams. I may be missing somebody but there's like A&M's bad, Georgia's bad, Mississippi State's bad. South Carolina is really bad. I don't think Vandy's good. I haven't really. I don't. Texas did not look good against Duke. Don't know much about Oklahoma. I just think it's a much weaker conference than it was last year. Who's next?
- [46:26]
Billy Reed
John.
- [46:27]
Matt Jones
John. Go ahead John.
- [46:30]
Caller
Hey John or hey hey Matt. Sorry. First time, long time.
- [46:33]
Matt Jones
Who?
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Caller
What's up? First off shout out to Louisville Mail tonight they upset Manual in the second round of the six day playoffs on a two point conversion.
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Matt Jones
How's Mail upset? Manual isn't male always good and Manual is rarely good. Is it different this year?
- [46:50]
Caller
This year Manual smoked them in the regular season Mail just wasn't that good. But then played at Mail tonight and close it out on a two point conversion so they're moving on.
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Matt Jones
Okay. Well congrats to the Middlesborough win. Billy, have you seen they play?
- [47:07]
Billy Reed
I don't know John. Do you know?
- [47:10]
Caller
I'm not sure on that.
- [47:12]
Matt Jones
Go ahead.
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Caller
So I don't know if you saw about Steph Curry but you know. So a few years ago he started his Curry brand that de' Aaron Fox actually signed to and they were with Under Armour. They announced today that he's leaving Under Armour and Steph Curry was wearing Nikes today. So I just wanted to know what your thoughts on it.
- [47:35]
Matt Jones
Yeah, that's interesting. That's quite a change. Yeah well dear and will be the face of the brand I guess and.
- [47:43]
Caller
And you don't think he's going to be tied to Under Armour contractually since he signed with Curry brand even though.
- [47:50]
Matt Jones
They were under no idea. I would have to see what his what his agreement is. I appreciate the call. That is weird though that I saw the deal was expiring. I didn't know he'd wear different shoes that night. That's got to stink if you're Under Armour. One second he could get out of them. He's already in the other one. That's kind of.
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Billy Reed
Middlesborough did win tonight 44 to 36 over Hazard.
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Matt Jones
44, 36. All right. I think we get Pikeville next week. That's gonna be tough but I want him to Beat Pikeville because then they'll come up here. I might actually get to see him play. Louisville with a really, really, really stupid personal foul. Under two minutes to go and I think they just gave him a personal foul. That gives him a first down and it doesn't end the game or no way. But I guess they called it on Clemson because it's third. No, Louisville's now got third and 29.
- [48:42]
Billy Reed
After Clemson like dropped a punt.
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Matt Jones
Oh, Clemson dropped the Punta. Louisville's actually driving to kick a field goal here. Oh, okay. And that. So that 15 yards takes them out of field goal.
- [48:55]
Billy Reed
Well, wow, Play by Louisville right there.
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Matt Jones
Still though, what a stupid play. Yeah, but you're right. That is a big play. Well, we'll see what happens here. They'll get a field go right here. 859-280-2287. We will take a break. When we come back, we'll take more of your calls. Final segments, the local toy dealers KSR post game show. It is a local toy dealers KSR post game show. Just an unbelievable ending to this Clemson Louisville game. Clemson botches a snap to give Louisville field position to just need like 15 yards to win the game. Louisville ends up getting a false start. Then they end up getting a unsportsmanlike conduct that takes them out of field goal range. They end up getting 10 yards and then it's fourth. They get a 48 yard field goal. He misses it. Probably would have made it if not for the unsportsmanlike. And now Clemson looks like they're going to win on Louisville's field. That's gonna be two straight losses for. Actually, the game's not over yet, but. But looks like it's close to being over. That'll be two straight losses for Louisville at home to teams with a losing record.
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Billy Reed
Oh, that's brutal.
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Matt Jones
Louisville has their foot. Louisville's football team has like they could have been in the playoff two years in a row. I mean, they've lost some crazy games the last two years. Really have. Maybe we can beat him here in a couple weeks. 859-280-2287. Who's up next? Matt.
- [50:27]
Billy Reed
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Matt Jones
Well, it's been quiet, but he's been good both games. I thought he played against. Well, against Louisville as well. I think his role is exactly what you've seen. But I also think, you know, with Garrison, you know, there's always a world where he gets moved out of that starting lineup and Moreno or yellow bitch can find their way in. So yellowish. Been really good. I love the way he shoots. What I've been surprised with him is how well he plays defensively. His ability to keep his feet to slide and be able to stay in front of guys has really been surprising to me. Like, I. It's actually been quite impressive to me how he's done, and so I think he's got it. Not only does he have a great role, I think he's been really, really, really good this year. This game's not over, Billy. Right. I mean, I didn't realize they had two timeouts. I mean, there's a minute 24.
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Billy Reed
Oh, they get this third down, it's over. But yeah, I mean, it could.
- [51:56]
Matt Jones
I mean, if they don't get this first down, they're going to get the ball.
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Billy Reed
They could have 20, 30 seconds left, something like that.
- [52:01]
Matt Jones
Yeah, more than that, actually. 859-280-22. 87. All right, who's next?
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Billy Reed
Lacey.
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Matt Jones
Lacey. Go ahead, Lacey.
- [52:10]
Caller
Hey, Matt, what's up? Can you hear me?
- [52:14]
Matt Jones
Yes.
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Caller
Okay. I just wanted. I wanted to ask you a quick question. My family and I just got season tickets for basketball this year, and we're wondering what would your best way to get out of the Rupp arena parking lot There.
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Matt Jones
That's great. Great question. First of all, don't. All right, so first of all, don't park in the parking lot. All right? So that, like, the parking lot. The parking lot's the worst place to park at rope, because it takes you forever to get out of the parking lot. The key to Rupp arena parking is to. Is. First of all, do you want to. Are you cool paying or do you not want to pay?
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Caller
We don't mind paying.
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Matt Jones
If you don't mind paying. If you don't mind paying, then there are lots on, like, second, like on second Main street, second, third, like, start like that towards the. Towards trancy. Okay. There are little side lots that are easy to get out. So get on that side and then get out. So like there are little church lots or things like that that you can get out pretty quick and, and that's what I would do. And then now the, if you, if you don't want to pay, the best thing to do and I can't tell you where they are, Billy, because I'd be ruin it for other people. But there are side streets. There are side streets between KS Bar and RUP that think of your KS Bar and you're coming to rough. There's some side streets on the left on that drive that nobody uses. There's some parking over.
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Caller
Okay.
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Matt Jones
I walked by 10 minutes before the game and the street was had like 10 spots. So that's what I would do. And that's actually very close to the arena and free. So I'll just. That's the biggest hint I can give you.
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Caller
Okay. We come to KSR during football season and do the shuttle, so.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, there's no shuttle. Yeah. And it's about a mile. It's like 1.1 miles from KS Bar to, to the, to the arena. But in between there's some side streets there if you want to do it. So.
- [54:24]
Caller
All right, awesome. Thank you.
- [54:27]
Matt Jones
Good luck. Do you have any parking tips? You're downtown a lot, Billy.
- [54:30]
Billy Reed
No, I just, I just park the same place every time. But you get a city center. Yeah, but she asked the right person.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, I, Parking is an art, especially at rough. There, there are places. But the thing is, I don't want to blow everybody's spot. But what I just told you, there's a lot of options in those little side streets between KS Bar and, and, and there. All right, who's up next?
- [54:53]
Billy Reed
Andrew.
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Matt Jones
Why, why did he feel that? Andrew. Go ahead, Andrew.
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Caller
Hey, Matt. Have two things. First off, kind of worried about Brandon Garrison. Four turnovers in 16 minutes isn't ideal and obviously he's not Marty Williams, but if he's going to play and have a substantial role, he's gonna have that better decision making. I just worry that he's gonna be the odd man out when Quinkins comes back.
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Matt Jones
I worry about it too, but I, I'm more worried about his defense. I, I just think, I, I, I. Last year he was a decent defender and I feel like he's been really bad this year so far. Defensively he was awful against Louisville, but even tonight I, I'm, I'm just, I don't know, it feels like he especially on screen just makes really bad decisions.
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Caller
But go ahead My second thing was, is I'm a season ticket holder. So I was at the game tonight, and I'm surprised Pope hasn't tried a lineup of Aberdeen, Chandler, Mo, Yellow Bitch and Marino all together. I know it kind of limits the penetration from the guards, but I just think Yellow Bitch and Mo are just so good, and I just don't think you'd keep them off the court.
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Matt Jones
I just think that would be. I mean, you got. Yeah, I appreciate the call. Yeah, I don't. I mean, I don't think you play three bigs, but I do. I mean, tonight, a lineup that was kind of effective for him is they had Cam Williams at the three with Yellow Vic and Moreno, and it actually seemed like it worked decently well in general. I don't advocate that, but, you know, all those guys can shoot a little bit, so it probably. Probably works out okay. 25 seconds. Louisville has it on the 20. Who's next?
- [56:31]
Billy Reed
Eric.
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Matt Jones
Eric. Go ahead, Eric.
- [56:34]
Caller
Hey, Matt. Good to talk to you again. You may not remember me, but my wife still loves the car, so thanks a lot.
- [56:41]
Matt Jones
Still loves. Oh, yes, of course. Good, I'm glad. You know what? Yeah, I'm. I thought of you just the other day, actually, because now I'm about to probably get another one, so. The last time I had a new car was you. How long ago was that, by the way?
- [56:58]
Caller
I think that was 2017, October, September.
- [57:00]
Matt Jones
Around there been eight years. That's about what I thought. All right, go ahead.
- [57:05]
Caller
Yeah, I know everybody was really down after the Louisville game. I was, too. And like you were constantly pointing out after the postgame show, we had issues in that game with just assist to turnover ratio and the defense wasn't great. I think this was a good rebound game for us. We did exactly what we needed to do. And I think the thing that I'm most happy about with this is that this team has a huge upside and we were able to do in this game exactly what we needed to do after the loss of Louisville, because everything we struggle with in Louisville is fixable, even though it burns really, really bad to lose somebody like them.
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Matt Jones
So I agree with you. I don't expect us to be as bad defensively as we were against Louisville. It just doesn't make sense for how this team is built. So I hope. And we still scored 88 points. I mean, the problem to me was more defense than offense.
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Caller
I agree. And I think that this. We've got offensive weapons and the. The biggest problem I think that BBN is facing right now is that Last year's team didn't have great athletes, didn't have superstar players. And I don't know we have superstar players this year, but we have much better athletes. And Pope was able to get them to over perform a lot last year. I felt like. And I think BBN is going to expect the same thing out of this lineup. And if we don't, he's gonna have a lot of naysayers. Unfortunately.
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Matt Jones
No, he will. We're still a long way away from that, but I. I appreciate the call. Good to hear from you, Billy. You know that story. Do you remember were you with us in 2017 when my car got. What happened to it?
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Billy Reed
That was when I joined.
- [58:57]
Matt Jones
So I'm driving to a remote, I think it was in somewhere in eastern Kentucky, and I had a Cadillac, like an SUV Cadillac, and the engine locked up because I didn't change the oil enough.
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Billy Reed
Oh, I have.
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Matt Jones
I do know this, which was really stupid. And I got it towed back to the. To the Cadillac dealership. And that guy, he worked there and he bought it off of me because he said his wife had always wanted one and he could fix it. And he fixed it. Like, I thought that meant when your engine locked up while you were done. Right, Right. So I sold it to him and he fixed it. And then he gave his wife a car.
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Billy Reed
Do you regularly put in oil now?
- [59:37]
Matt Jones
Now I do.
- [59:37]
Billy Reed
Okay.
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Matt Jones
I wasn't as good about it, but now I will tell you. When your car locks up on the Eastern Kentucky Parkway and you end up on the side of the road and then you can't use the car anymore.
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Billy Reed
You learn, Billy, you don't forget after that.
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Matt Jones
Do not forget. At that point, Clemson has just beaten Louisville. Let's do three more. We'll call it a night. Who's next?
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Billy Reed
Let's go to Luke.
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Matt Jones
Luke. Go ahead, Luke. Hey, Matt.
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Caller
First time, long time.
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Matt Jones
Who are.
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Caller
Honestly, I was just kind of calling to ask about, like, given the Jalen Lowe situation, what would you say, like, realistically, let's say he, like, does not come back for the season. What do you think is like the cat's like, realistic destination going forward into the tournament?
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Matt Jones
Okay, so I don't, I don't, you know me. I don't predict what we're going to do in the tournament because I think. Think it's random. Right. So now if you're asking me though, what could. What could our record be, I think we still can be a contender in the SEC and a two or three seed. I don't think we can Be a one seed without Jalen Lowe. Now, when you get to tournament, I think we're an elite. I think we're a little bit better of a tournament upside than last year. So I think we're like an elite eight level team. But, you know, if you get a good draw, you can get to the final four. Still, if you get a bad draw, you could lose in the sweet 16 or second round. But I sort of see this team, if it reaches its potential without Jalen Lowe as being like, I don't know, 6 to 10. But there's also a world where they don't and we're like a six seed. So it kind of depends on if they reach their potential. Because the one thing about Jalen Lowe, beyond the fact that he creates offense is end of game situations. That's a dude who can get you a bucket. If nothing else is like, think about the Louisville game. We had a long period of time where we were not able to score and then they put him in and immediately we scored. Right. I don't know if we have a dude like that without him. And that's what worries me a little bit.
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Caller
Yeah, I, I agree. Well, that's all I had. I'm appreciate the call St. John's game, so I'm pumped for that.
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Matt Jones
Well, thank you. Enjoy it. You know, I mean, maybe Aberdeen will be that, but like last year, Jackson, Robinson, even Lamont Butler could like take somebody off the dribble and go to the bat. I just don't, I don't know. I don't know if. I don't know. Maybe, maybe guys will develop that. Jasper Johnson could be that, but he's got to play better. Middlesbrough, by the way, one. How about this, Billy? It was fourth and goal from the 15. Middlesbrough was up eight. The quarterback scrambled, ran, got knocked out at the one yard line as the game ended.
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Billy Reed
So that was Hazard trying to tie the game.
- [62:36]
Matt Jones
Hazard trying to tie the. Knocked out.
- [62:38]
Billy Reed
But I loved it. Seen that finish.
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Matt Jones
Wow. Who's next?
- [62:41]
Billy Reed
Two more, Cam.
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Matt Jones
Two more. Yes, Camden. Go ahead, Camden.
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Caller
Hey. Yeah. First, I just want to shout out Union county football. They beat Glasgow tonight. So that was a big win. The second round of the playoffs.
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Matt Jones
Congrats.
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Caller
And the. The next thing I want to say is I wonder if the coaching staff has thought about playing Yellow Vic and Diabate together. Because I feel like when, especially when Garrison's on the floor, he just gets caught in so many ball screens. He's just like. It just feels like he's constantly in no man's land. Like he. It's like he doesn't know how to guard it.
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Matt Jones
And I just, I agree.
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Caller
I feel like with diabate.
- [63:22]
Matt Jones
I'm sure they've thought about it. I don't know if they're going to do it, but I'm sure they thought about and they probably. You'll probably see it some. I like that two together. Because yellow bitch can shoot and I think you need to play diabate.
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Caller
Yeah.
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Matt Jones
With someone who can. Who can shoot because he really can't.
- [63:41]
Caller
Yeah. And I just want to say good teams win, but great teams cover. And it was a big spread tonight and we covered easily. So I was pretty excited about that.
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Matt Jones
Me too. I. I appreciate the call, by the way. Yeah. So Middlesbrough plays Pike Volt. Sarah was upset. All those rich kids got upset by Chad tonight. So congratulations to Paris for the upset. So if we could be pikeful, don't have to play Sare, who knows? We could be playing the state championship.
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Billy Reed
Dabo, congrats on the win tonight. What did you think after the game? Now you're 500.
- [64:18]
Matt Jones
Sorry, I wasn't mentally in the frame of mind.
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Billy Reed
That was like Mitch McConnell. Ryan's McConnell there.
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Matt Jones
Oh, one more.
- [64:28]
Billy Reed
Okay. All right. Dabo next time. Moby.
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Matt Jones
Moby, like the, like the techno dj. All right, Moby, go ahead.
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Caller
I have no talents of a techno dj, but my call has nothing to do with basketball. So it's great that it's the last call tonight. I just want to invite you, Matt, Drew, Billy and Mario to our house in northeast Ohio to do the post game football show on your way up to Buffalo tomorrow.
- [64:53]
Billy Reed
Oh.
- [64:54]
Matt Jones
Oh, that's a good invite. All right, let's see. Where do you live? What's the town you live in?
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Caller
I live in Hudson, Ohio, which is the northeast suburb of Akan. It won't put you too far off of the interstates.
- [65:06]
Matt Jones
All right, so I'm looking here. Hudson, Ohio. I see it. You are 4 hours and 46 minutes away. Okay, so let's think timing here, Billy. If we leave right at 11:30, really.
- [65:19]
Billy Reed
Noon, you got to pick me up.
- [65:21]
Matt Jones
Yeah, but we'll 11:45 because we're going to get out of there quick. The game starts at 1:30, so we're talking post game show around 5:30. You know, I mean, it's not the worst. That's. I kind of thought we'd end up between Akron and Cleveland.
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Caller
I heard you earlier this week say that. That's the only reason I'm bringing up. I'm a big fan. My wife and Kids should be okay.
- [65:48]
Matt Jones
That's the kind of random thing I like to do on these trips. So here's what we'll do. Because I mean, if we can get. I hope you understand, if we can get farther than that, we need to just do it. But if we're going to be close to there, like that's about where I thought we were going to be. So I tell you what, hang on. Give Billy your cop your address and your phone number and if it works out that we are close to that, then yes, we will do the post game show in your house if you now this and I'm glad to pay for it. I'm not asking you to do something, but will you have pizza there so that we can then get on the road when it's over?
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Caller
Would you like Costco pizza or you want me something local?
- [66:29]
Matt Jones
Let's do something local. I don't think we need Costco. I'm glad to pay for it. I'm not trying to put you out. You're hosting this. But we'll. But wait. I was going to go somewhere where we could eat while the show was going because we got to get still get to Buffalo that night.
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Caller
No, I got you. We'll get the pizza, we'll get some snacks and some Diet Coke for you. So I got you.
- [66:46]
Matt Jones
All right, well don't buy it yet until I know if we're going to be so Billy, I think this will work. I think we can go. I think we could do that because I literally thought it would kind of be somewhere between Akron and Cleveland. You're between Akron and Cleveland, so.
- [66:59]
Billy Reed
All right, so hold on.
- [67:00]
Matt Jones
Let you know.
- [67:01]
Billy Reed
Talk to you here in a second.
- [67:02]
Caller
All right.
- [67:02]
Matt Jones
Okay. Appreciate it. That would be nice and random. Final show on the postgame show and we do the show at their house.
- [67:11]
Billy Reed
It is about right where we were going to be.
- [67:12]
Matt Jones
So literally, if we don't hit any traffic, it's exactly, exactly where I thought we'd be. So. All right, there you go. You know, my ex girlfriend was from backwards, so I've spent a lot of time there. I've never been to Hudson. All right, thank you folks very much. Tomorrow our pregame show is at 9:30am so just what, 10 hours away from now? The bar opens at 10 if you want to come join us before Kentucky and Tennessee Tech Cats get a big win. Louisville loses in football. Good night. We'll see you later. This has been the local toy dealers KSR post game show. When you own your own business, you own every decision. Catch the red eye or take the.
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