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Matt Jones
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Billy Gillispie
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Matt Jones
Libre US welcome everyone. It is the local Toyota dealers KSR post game show the Cats get a necessary and important win against Indiana at home. 72 60. The renewal of the rivalry after over a decade of it lying dormant. Kentucky wins kind of going away in the second half in a surprising but very important victory. You can give us a shout 859-280-2287. We'll be taking your calls. I'm in Middlesborough with my with my parents here. So I'm this. I haven't done a show here in a while, but glad to be with you guys late on a Saturday night. I know the weather is bad right now in Lexington and central Kentucky. I'm told that it has dropped like 10 degrees in temperature in the last hour. So for people who are driving home from the game, everybody, please be careful because I know it's not the best condition. It was a really good day for UK athletics. The volleyball team, of course, makes the Final Four. But on this basketball thing, this was, I think, about as close as you can get to a must win game in December for a lot of reasons. One has to start getting wins against teams that are decent, even just for a tournament resume. I mean, they've played four top 25 teams going into tonight and they've lost them all, which isn't the worst thing in the world for your tournament resume. But you got to beat somebody and losing at home hurts you double. And they needed to win. And in the first half it looked a lot like the Kentucky team. We've seen pretty much against every good team this year. Stagnant on offense. I think he was kind of fortunate that Indiana fouled quite a bit in the first half. Even though Kentucky didn't shoot free throws great in the first half, it kind of kept them going. But the second half was a different Kentucky group. And the optimist within us can say that's closer to the Kentucky team that was envisioned before the season started. Two guys made the difference, Jalen Lowe and Modi Abate. I don't think it's a coincidence that those guys have been out. Diabate did not play in the last couple of weeks. But really, in terms of health, you haven't had those two guys together since the Louisville game. And having them on the floor together, they was a huge difference. Jalen Lowe was plus 24. I want you to think about that for a second. Keegan won by 12. He was plus 24, whereas and Modiabate was plus 18. It was just a different game when those guys were in. Diabate was a beast on the glass, as was Brandon Garrison. This was one of the few games against a good team this year where Kentucky has had an obvious advantage in an area. And that was on. That was height and on the boards. Kentucky did. And you're going to hear me talk about Barkley and Vital in a minute. But Barkley did a good job of calling this early. Barkley was like, you got him via size. He basically said, just put the ball up on the glass and get offensive rebounds. He called that early and it ended up being a really good strategy. Kentucky missed a lot of layups, but because they were able to hit the glass, get the offensive rebounds, they got put backs. And I thought Diabate was excellent. There's a picture that's gone viral, but it should. There's a play where there are five Indiana guys under the glass and one Kentucky guy. And the Kentucky guy was Diabate and he got the rebound. Same thing with Brandon Garrison, by the way. He's been kind of an easy dude to give a hard time to this year and I think a lot of the year he's deserved it. But not tonight. Played hard, really had a lot of energy and aggression. I think the, the kind of spark that started the second half, a lot of it was Brandon. I think the energy he had in the first half when they were struggling scoring, he had back to back scoring plays that were big. And then of course the dunk was nasty. Should have been an N1. I think he deserves a lot of credit. Great game for Brandon. And then Jalen Lowe. You know, Billy, I held on to my Jalen Lowe stock after everybody was telling you held. It was overvalued. Yes, because you saw in the second half tonight he's not going to be consistently great. He's a streaky guy, but this team cannot be really good without him. They just can't. He is. Again, Barkley noted this, but we've been saying this since the beginning of the year. He's the only guy on the team who can consistently get his own shot. Now tonight he missed that shot. He missed a couple of layups, but he's the only guy that can cross over his man consistently and get his own shot and get open and then get other guys open and get other guy shots. No one else on the team can do that. You know, there are some guys who can get buckets occasionally, but you know, I like Denzel Aberdeen, but when he starts that cross back dribbling, that's usually not going somewhere good. Oh, Waken can like bully his way into the, to the basket, but he's not a guy who can beat him. You know, beat a player to the side. The bigs, that's not their strength. Low can do it and it just opens everything up. The moment he got in, in both the first half and the second half, it's just different with him. And if he ever gets to the point that he starts shooting the ball well, I mean, he was a 90. I think Billy was a 91% free throw shooter at Pitt. And he missed three free throws tonight. But if he gets to the point that he starts shooting the ball well, okay, now it's a different thing because he was clearly hesitant to shoot at times from the outside, but it's just a different offensive team without him. Now, he causes some problems for you on the defensive end, but the rest of the team's defense, I thought the defense was actually great the whole game. In the first half, Kentucky played really, really poorly offensively, but they stayed in the game because of their defense and their energy. And I think from a, I Mean, Indiana scored 117 points against Penn State earlier this week. A Penn State team that took Michigan State to the final horn today. 117. And we held them to 60. Now, some of that was they couldn't really get in rhythm. I think the constant foul calling probably helped us a little bit because they never really got in the rhythm of their offense. But we extended out on the shooters, except at the very end. We did a pretty good job of keeping them off the glass. And I thought from an energy perspective, Kentucky gave energy all night, but then they started to click in the second half, especially offensively, and it's a positive step. You know, excuse me. I don't know. I, I, I don't know if this team can be really good. I still think, you know, I want to see low play more. I want to see what happens when quaintance comes. There's a lot of things I want to see. But they had looked abysmal in some of these games. And tonight in the second half, you started to see a team that you were hoping to see, and you started to see a team that can have success, that can beat and play with good teams. I mean, I kind of wish we could have just pulled out that North Carolina game because your resume looks very different if you win that. But you go, we play St. John's next Saturday. St. John's has struggled. They don't really have a point guard. Like, we haven't had most of the year. So I think that's a winnable game for us Saturday. And now I feel like there's a chance we can actually win it, which is not necessarily something I felt like earlier today. Two things before we take a break and then get to your calls. I liked Barkley and Vital. You didn't get to hear it, right, Billy? So you didn't. Yeah, none of it I could have done without the camera on them, even though. But like, for me, Dick, vital to me is college basketball. And Television. And Charles Barkley might be my favorite non Kentucky basketball player of all time. And I think he's the best former player sports announcer in any sport ever. And you put the two of them on a game, it's a Kentucky game. That's kind of cool that they're on a Kentucky game. And I enjoyed it. I actually thought, you know, it's clear Barkley hasn't watched us play. He discovered Jalen Lowe was on the team, I think, during the game. But I actually thought his analysis was pretty good. He called early on that we were not spread out and we were not getting any offensive movement. He noted the two guys that changed the game when they came in. I actually thought he did a really good job of talking about the problem. And he had a great line where he said, dick Vital said, well, now they're getting paid or something like that. And he said, well, you can't get paid and lose, which is what was happening. I do want to know where he ate his fried chicken. You didn't hear that, Billy. He said that he had the best fried chicken of his life in Lexington last night, but he didn't say what the restaurant was. Right. Like, that restaurant, I think. I think it was Frank and Dinos, but I don't know. And now I want to have the chicken, don't you? If Charles Barkley, who grew up in Alabama, is telling me that the best fried chicken he's ever had in his life is in Lexington, don't you want to know where that is?
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Billy Gillispie
Oh, it'd get overrun. Just like sissy.
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Matt Jones
I think it would be, like, the best thing that could happen. But he didn't say the name of the place. But I think it was Frank at Dinos. But I could be wrong. Don't everybody go rushing for the fried chicken there until we get confirmation. But I thought he was good. And people are like, well, they didn't talk a lot about the game. I mean, what'd you think when it was those two? But those two guys will go down in history as two. As maybe the two most important basketball announcers of all time. Dick in college and Charles in the NBA. And to have him in rup. And to have Charles talk about Rupp arena and Kentucky basketball like he did, he said, like it was a religious experience the first time he came to Rupp Arena. That's a cool thing. So there'll be plenty of games where we can get analysis of the game. I actually thought tonight was kind of awesome. And then secondly, I do want to say this like I'm at home, obviously, I wanted to. I'm visiting my parents. Was very cool to get to watch that game tonight with my dad and watch us win that game, you know, it was very cool. Kentucky basketball unites people and families and the like, and I'm very grateful I got to have that this evening. So I missed the pregame show today, but I also appreciate everybody understanding that I wanted to do the show tonight, but that was also a very cool thing for me personally. 859-280-2287. We will take your calls. The weather is bad. Not here, but it is where a lot of you all are. So stay warm and we'll be up with you tonight. We'll take a break and be right back. This is the local toy dealers KSR postgame show. Welcome back. It is the local toy dealers KSR postgame show. All right, so a number of you've written me and said it was the American, I guess he said down the broadcast. I don't know how I missed that because I heard him talk about. I heard him talking about the woman in the kitchen that, that he thought worked there, but I didn't hear it was the American. That's the most good publicity Billy, the Americans gotten since Billy Clyde was in town back in the day. One of the great Billy Clyde legends was at the American, although I don't know if it was. Nobody ever really knew if it was true. But I haven't been to the American to eat. Maybe I used to go with my family, but it's probably been 10 years. So now maybe we have to go for the fried chicken, right?
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Billy Gillispie
It'll be a little busy for a while, maybe.
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Matt Jones
It might be busy. That might be the best, the best advertisement it's going to be. It's for all y'. All. Billy.
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Billy Gillispie
Hadn'T heard that enough.
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Matt Jones
I got to eat at the gondolier in Harrogate, Tennessee. It's pretty much the same. 859280, 2287. Let's get. By the way, Alabama is getting run off the court by Arizona. Arizona and Michigan are like, both really, really, really good. And Arkansas won today, too. So who knows, maybe Arkansas and Cal might be one of the favorites, although they remember Arkansas did almost lose to Winthrop and Samford. So with Cal, you give it and you take it away. But there's still UCLA and Gonzaga tonight. Who's up first?
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Billy Gillispie
James.
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Matt Jones
James. Go ahead, James.
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Caller
Is it me?
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Matt Jones
Yes, it is. Yes, go ahead.
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Caller
All right, so I've been screaming about platoon. I don't Know, for a month now. But why did Cal do a platoon in 2015?
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Matt Jones
Is that what you're leading with after we just won?
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Caller
Yeah, I am.
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Matt Jones
Okay. You've waited 10 years to ask that question.
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Caller
No, I'm just asking tonight.
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Matt Jones
Okay. All right. Well, I appreciate the call because he had a lot of good players, but I'm not going to focus on that tonight. Let me. I actually thought where you were going with that was Pope narrowed the lineup in the second half. Basically, for most of the second half, only played six dudes. He essentially was playing low away, Williams, Garrison, Diabate, and then he gave a few. Few minutes to Aberdeen. Not a lot. I mean, he basically stuck with those guys. And it. And it worked. You know, Chandler didn't really get in much in the second half. Noah didn't really get in much in the second half. Moreno really didn't play. I thought that lineup worked. You know, away is so much better when he can kind of be in that secondary role. And obviously Low controlling the game and Diabate hitting the glass. And Cam Williams, I thought, played pretty well. He. I. First of all, we got to start those guys. We started the first half poorly, and the second half was starting poorly offensively. And then he immediately put Low in. Low and Diabate should start every game from now on. I think Low away and Diabate are in. I'm open to switching at the other positions, but Low away, Diabate, I cannot imagine a scenario where those three guys shouldn't start. And everybody else, you know, I could see Chandler, I could see Aberdeen, I could see Cam Williams, I could even see Garrison Moreno. But you gotta. You gotta have those guys in at the beginning games. Who's next?
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Billy Gillispie
Austin.
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Matt Jones
Austin. Go ahead, Austin.
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Caller
Hey, gentlemen. How y' all doing tonight?
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Matt Jones
Doing good.
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Caller
Good to hear it, Matt. Great job. Diamond hands on Jalen Lowe. I was right there with you.
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Matt Jones
Well, I just. I don't know. And he's gonna have bad games. Okay. He is. He is going. You know, he. He made some bad plays at the end of the Louisville game. We're going to have to live with that. But without him. We ain't beating anybody good without him. In my opinion.
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Caller
100%. 100%. I agree. Tonight was much needed. I was ready to throw the towel in on this season if we didn't win tonight. So this was a big one for us, and I'm glad we got it. But I'll shut up and let you. Let you guys.
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Matt Jones
Me, too. I agree. And I thought the first half was one of the more miserable halves. Of basketball by both teams I've ever seen. And then I thought we looked greatness. I really thought we played really, really well in the second half. And the crowd, again, I wasn't there, but I'd be interested if somebody was at the game. The crowd seemed awesome on tv. Like, it really seemed like that place in the second half was rocking. I'd be interested those of you that were there. Is that correct? Because it just felt like one of those great atmospheres in that second half. And we only went on what, a 17 to 2 run in just a few minutes. That would have been one of those. I think it would have been really, really cool to. To be in the building. Who's next?
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Billy Gillispie
Heather.
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Matt Jones
Heather. Go ahead, Heather.
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Caller
Well, hello there. I haven't talked to you in a while, so, like, I feel like I've got a lot to. To air out here. But first I want to say prayers to Larry and your mom and you.
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Matt Jones
Thank you. She's listening downstairs and he is asleep, but I will pass it on.
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Caller
Okay. And then I too left Dicky V and Chuck something different. And I loved hearing them. And then tonight I really felt like I was watching a whole different team. They had energy and effort. They was tough. I mean, we had really a lot of tough out of any of our players. And then Mo Diabate comes in and it's like he's incredible Hulk or something. You know, just showing toughness and rebound. And Lord, I scream at my TV every game like somebody get in there and rebound. And it was nice to just see him rebound tonight.
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Matt Jones
It was. They. They did a great job. You're exactly right about that. Nice to hear from you, Heather. By the way, I glad to hear your voice. Appreciate the call. I. I love the toughness I thought they gave. Even though I. They did not play well in the first half. I thought they gave energy the whole game I loved, you know, the Gonzaga game was such a meltdown in every way that, that having that energy and, and, and I, I again, not to keep praising Barkley, but Barkley said that at one point he's like, they're not playing well, but they are playing hard. And that's true. I think they were. And then it started to click in the second half and I don't think think there's going to be a lot of games this year where we're going to be tougher inside than the other teams. Maybe some, but not a lot. But we were tonight. And so we needed to take advantage of it and we did. And you know, Indiana's not an athletic team and they don't have a lot of size and we were able to take advantage. And then I don't think you can dismiss Lamar Wilkinson getting in foul trouble. He got his fourth foul early in the second half and that took away. They just didn't have a whole lot of offense outside of him, which is crazy to think. They scored 117 the other night and they didn't have a lot of offense. They just didn't. And we did a good job of getting out on their three point shooters and contesting them. I thought. Thought we did an excellent, really excellent job at that. Who's up next?
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Billy Gillispie
Larry.
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Matt Jones
Larry. Go ahead. Larry.
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Caller
This is Bird Dixon. Larry Bird. But I know mayor. I just won for his dad.
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Matt Jones
Okay, thank you.
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Caller
My name is Larry and his dad's name Larry. But he's Millsboro. Worked over there a lot.
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Matt Jones
But where do you live, Larry? Where do you live, Larry?
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Caller
I live in Leslie County.
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Matt Jones
Leslie County. All right. Good deal.
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Caller
Yeah. Yeah. List y' all all the time and listened everything and you're pretty well on about 9% time, but that's pretty good. You can't be 100 time. You know what?
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Matt Jones
What? What? Can I ask you where. Where are the 10 where I mess up?
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Caller
Well, we should have probably kept Stokes. Cause we don't have no money on football because basketball gets it. But I'm. I watch on the radio. I. I listen to uk. I don't watch tv. I watch on the radio. This old woman called in, said I washed it on the radio.
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Matt Jones
There you go. Well, Larry, my. My good friend. My good friend Chris Mosley used. His dad used to own the. The Napa there. I think so. I don't know if he still does.
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Caller
Chisel chin. We called him chisel chin. I played football.
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Matt Jones
Good.
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Caller
Yeah, I know. I'm out.
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Matt Jones
Well, you are good. I just talked to Chris the other day, y'.
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Caller
All Every night, whatever the game is, I listen y' all see.
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Matt Jones
Thank you. Later.
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Caller
It's gonna turn you back on. See you.
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Matt Jones
Appreciate it. Thank you. I see Billy. I liked him.
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Billy Gillispie
Yeah.
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Matt Jones
What I did. I have a soft spot for people from eastern Kentucky and that's Larry. And he knew. I've never heard my friend Chris's dad called. Did he say chisel chin?
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Billy Gillispie
I didn't understand a few words.
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Matt Jones
I didn't understand that. But you know what? I'll ask Chris if that's true.
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Billy Gillispie
Light up when he mentioned that.
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Matt Jones
I mean, I'm sure everybody. It's the Napa store and Leslie I'm sure he. I'm sure they knew him. I mean, there's only one, so I'm sure they knew. Who's next?
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Billy Gillispie
Butler.
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Matt Jones
Butler. Go ahead. Butler.
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Caller
Hey, man. How you doing, brother?
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Matt Jones
Doing good.
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Caller
First of all, I hope your dad's doing good. Is he all right?
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Matt Jones
He's doing okay, but thank you for. Thank you for asking. We had it. We had a good day, so thank you.
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Caller
Okay. Well, second of all, everybody always asks how the. The person in need is doing. How are you and your mom in the close family done? Because that's. That's just as important. You know, people don't ever ask that. They need to ask that. How are you all holding up?
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Matt Jones
It's very nice of you to say. And. And we're doing all right. My mom's, you know, she's also. She's got a lot going on, too, so. But, yes, thank you for asking that.
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Caller
You're very welcome. I mean, you all were there for me when my dad was in the hospital. You even gave me tickets to a football game and all that, and that. That helped in that time of need. You know, you're going through a rough spell, and any little thing like that helps. So nobody ever asks how the family's done. They ask how the person in the situation is done, but they don't ask about the family. But anyway, well, thank.
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Matt Jones
Prayers, too, and I hope things are going well with you. I remember you now, and I hope things are going all right. Thank you for calling.
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Caller
Oh, you're very welcome. But my question is, do you think, going forward now, do you think we're back on track, or do you think this.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, I don't know. I mean, I. I asked. I think we'll know a lot more on Saturday. I. I don't think Indiana is very good, but at the same time, I don't think North Carolina was very good, and we lost to them, so. So, yeah, it's certainly more positive. Let's see how we do against St. John's win or lose. I want to see that. The offense that I saw in that second half, because we saw. This is the first time in the second half, in my opinion, that the offense has looked good since that stretch of the Louisville game where we came back, you know, because we were down like 20 and we cut it to four. That's. I don't really know that the offense has looked good since then, and I think it looked good tonight, and I. And so I want to see. All right, can we continue that?
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Caller
Do you think Jalen Lowe is back now full time, or do you think.
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Matt Jones
Well, I mean, they played him a lot in that second half. I was worried because he only played seven minutes in the first half. And so I was thinking, like, are they just only going to play him 15 minutes? But then they played him 16 minutes in the second half. Basically they only took him out. They didn't start him. He came in two minutes in and then he set out two minutes in in the middle. So if he's playing that much, then I gotta think they're gonna keep playing him. So. So I hope the answer to that question is yes.
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Caller
Okay. My last thing is, do you think our defense should not be. I mean, in the beginning of the season, I remember Ryan Lemon saying that this is a dagum good defense.
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Matt Jones
Should have been. But, but, but you got to play the right guys, so. And I. It's good to hear from you. I appreciate the call. So the problem is, this is how I would read the defensive side. We. Diabate is a really good defender and he was out. Right. I think all the guys were mispositioned and then I don't think we were given effort. And I think Brandon Garrison, who should be a good defender and was good tonight, was not playing well. And then we have a couple guys who just are not good defenders. Okay. Trent Noah is not a great defender, and so when he's playing a lot, that's going to hurt you a little bit. I think Cam Williams, he got a great block on that three, but he had not been playing well on defense. I actually thought he was good tonight. Moreno is a good perimeter defender, not a great interior defender. So, I mean, we were having to play some guys who maybe that wasn't their strength. Chandler has played good defense some this year, but. But tonight especially was not. Low is not a good defender, but you got to have him on for the offense. The one thing low can do is get you steals. He kind of got the steal. That sort of ended the game. But I thought, oh, way played really good defense tonight, too. This is the. So if Kentucky's good, this is an OA night, right? Like, we can't. If we were waiting on OA to score 23, I. I think you're in trouble if you're. If you're. I mean, if that's what you're waiting on tonight, to me, is always kind of not. Because, like, you don't think about him and then you look up and let's see, what did he have here? Let me pull it up. Oh, we had 10 points well, four rebounds. It didn't have as many as I thought but 10 to 15 is where you want him and playing good defense and I thought he ended up with that tonight. Three he hit was big. We had. We. I don't think we'd hit a three yet. And then he hit one that I think cut it to a two point game. 859-280-2287 let's take a break. Gonzaga and UCLA starting now. This is part of the year. We probably want Gonzaga to win games like this. So we need to pull for him. Top 25 matchup. This is the game we played in last year. It's in Seattle. We'll take a break. Be right back. This is the local Toyota dealers KSR postgame show. So Billy, during the break I was trying to think. I was thinking about the Larry that called and said that chisel chin. Right, Right. But that you know, I didn't occur to me. I think of someone having a chiseled chin but that's probably the same thing, right? It just more some people add the Ed is it. Well I look it up and it says chisel chin is someone who has a strong, well defined jawline with sharp angles symbolizing confidence, strength and attractiveness. And they're showing examples. And yeah, that's a chisel chin. And my friend Chris Mosley. So I don't know if he was talking about his dad or him but I don't think either one of them thought they were going to get this much airtime at least that their chin would on the post game show. Right.
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Billy Gillispie
How handsome they are.
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Caller
I guess.
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Matt Jones
Yeah. I mean who knew in Leslie county you get in that kind of. That kind of run. 859-280-2287 A couple things I'd like everybody to prayers for the stuff for the situation at Brown University tonight. I don't think they still have not caught the shooter. Right. Am I right about that? Billy? This mass shooter tonight, I had not.
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Billy Gillispie
Heard of this news.
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Matt Jones
Yeah. At Brown University two students I think are dead and they're like eight seriously wounded kids were studying. I don't know if it's in the library or studying somewhere for finals. And a shooter opened up fire. You know my friend Craig Greenberg who's the mayor of Louisville, his son goes there. So you know they still have not caught the person. So prayers to. To everyone there that every. Hopefully everybody. Yeah. So a Brown University professor says that the shooting broke out in a review session for an economic next class. It's awful.
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Billy Gillispie
Terrible.
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Matt Jones
8, 592-80-2287 who's up next?
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Billy Gillispie
Kyle is next.
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Matt Jones
Kyle. Go ahead, Kyle.
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Caller
Go cats.
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Matt Jones
Go Cats.
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Caller
Just want to say that Terry miners interrupted episode. Matt was very good. Just love that. So I had to get out of the way first.
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Matt Jones
We got a lot of good feedback on that and I appreciate that. He and I both probably got a little more in depth than we thought we would. But go ahead.
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Caller
You did well. And I take. I'll go all the way back to the early 80s with that guy. But man, the crowd of rough was just lit up. You can just tell you coming through on tv, the. The energy was there and it seemed to really rub off on the players. But man, one thing I saw. Did. Did you see the stupid sign? Dispy do Dunkaroo. It's dipsy do. Can't they spell that right up there?
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Matt Jones
Oh, did they spell it? Was it a student? Yeah.
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Caller
Was it a student sign? But they just kept showing it, you know. Dispy dude. Come on guys.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, it is. Although I do wonder like if a kid. If it was in the student section. Like do kids in college remember how big a deal Dick Vital was?
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Caller
Like that is very true.
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Matt Jones
I mean he was doing and I appreciate the call he was doing game. He's been doing games this whole time. But post Covid he doesn't. It's not. He hasn't done as many. But I don't know because like in my era he's a legend. But I don't know if like college kids now if that's. What do you think, Billy? I mean you're a little younger. What are you, 30?
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Billy Gillispie
I'm 30. I remember Prime Dick Vital.
- [32:32]
Matt Jones
But so you, you. Because like he would. They showed the Watford shot. He was doing that game. You know that was 2011, 2012 season. So.
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Billy Gillispie
Yeah. Mario doesn't give me a lot of hope for what these kids know from back in the day.
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Matt Jones
You're like, what are you like three years older than him? Like, you don't have to act like you're four years older than me. Yeah, okay. By the way, we crashed the American website. I mean it's. It doesn't work right now I guess from people looking up the chicken.
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Billy Gillispie
Thank you, sir Charles.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, no kidding. Who's next? Stubborn stub. 859-280-2287. Go ahead.
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Caller
So the pajama pant wearing Bob knot boot lickers can go back to Indiana and suck on chili dogs outside the Tasty freeze. This was a big win. Go cat.
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Matt Jones
I appreciate it. Appreciate the call. If I was an Indiana fan, I would not have enjoyed the broadcast because it felt like, to me, vital. And Charles only talked about Kentucky at one point. Charles Barkley said Gideon on a jalen low shot.
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Billy Gillispie
He was feeling it.
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Matt Jones
I think Charles especially was actively rooting for Kentucky. I don't know what India, but I cannot imagine Indiana fans enjoyed that broadcast. I just can't. Maybe they did. Let's one second. Because I forgot to do this a minute ago. Volleyball. The women make it to the Final Four. I heard an amazing crowd at the volleyball game. Mario was there, said it was, like, wild. They will now make the Final Four. Did pit. Is that who we play next? Pitt?
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Billy Gillispie
Let me look it up here.
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Matt Jones
Pip Pip. I think pit beat Purdue, and I think we play them next. Um, but we will be in the Final Four. That game is Thursday night in Kansas City. We will have a watch party at the bar. That should be a lot of fun. Thursday night. And then the finals, I believe, are on Sunday. So I think the semifinals are on Thursday. And then if we win, the finals are on on Sunday. I believe we put. We. We play pit. And I think that's one of the two teams this year that beat us. If I'm correct, we've lost twice. Nebraska. And I think the other one was Pitt.
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Billy Gillispie
Did beat Purdue today, so.
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Matt Jones
Yeah. And I think one of our two losses is to pit. So. Congratulations, though, to Craig. Only the second Final Four in the history of the school, and they dominated today. One kind of one every set going away. Who's next?
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Billy Gillispie
Jeff.
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Matt Jones
Jeff. Go ahead, Jeff.
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Caller
Hey, Matt. Chef and Barstow, how are you doing tonight?
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Matt Jones
What's going on? I'm good.
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Caller
I'm actually a student in the UK and just to answer your original question about Dick Vital, Big Vital is basketball royalty. People have controversial opinions about him. I think he's great. He's awesome. Diaper dandy and all that stuff. But the reason I called tonight was I was actually the student that hit the half court, and that was pretty exciting.
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Matt Jones
Okay, so, yeah, you hit the shot. They showed this on ESPN for $10,000. You. Your celebration was actually muted. I would have thought if I'd hit it, I'd have been going crazy. You did. Were you expecting to make it?
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Caller
Honestly, I knew it was going in from the very second. I was missing the first two on purpose, actually. It was all scripted. You know, you got to hype up the crowd beforehand, and then. All right, I got people.
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Matt Jones
You got. You got to do three. You got. You got three shots. Is that right? You missed the first two and made the third.
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Caller
Yes, sir. You got to miss the first two, pump up the crowd, get the crowd reaction, and then swish. No backboard, no nothing. Just a sploosh.
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Matt Jones
Okay. Can I tell you the only thing I was disappointed in when I saw it on the replay? If I'm you and I make that shot, how did you not run over and hug Barkley and Vital?
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Caller
I don't know. Those guys have to be treated with higher respect. I don't want to.
- [36:34]
Matt Jones
Fair enough. Fair enough. That's a good answer. So what are you going to do with the money?
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Caller
I have no idea. Honestly. I'm a college student, so I'm probably gonna end up saving or putting it towards.
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Matt Jones
Just remember, at least save about 3000 bucks or maybe a little bit more for your taxes, all right? I don't want you to get a bill at the end of the year and you're not be able to pay it.
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Caller
I'm an accounting major. Trust. I know what that's all about.
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Matt Jones
Oh, okay. Well, good. You didn't. You didn't need me. Well, congrats. Good. Nice shot. Well done.
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Caller
All right, thank you.
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Matt Jones
Appreciate the call. What about that? Yeah, that was. That was smooth. Nothing but net. He just. He just held up his hand like he knew that. That was like Steph just knew it was going to go in. I would have run over to Barkley. You know, I've known Dick Vital for a while, but I've only met Barkley once. And he was very nice. But like, that's my dude. I mean, Barkley, Kornizer, Letterman, like Stern, those are my guys. And I really wish. I can't believe he was there tonight. Who's next?
- [37:31]
Billy Gillispie
Speaking of dudes, Matt, let's give our Johnny Rocker personal injury attorney, moneymaker of the game, injured. Get small town compassion with big city results when you call The Rocker at 270-321-4429. And tonight was about mo and low. But our moneymaker tonight goes to Brandon Garrison. Six points, three of six from the field. He had five rebounds, two of them being offensive rebound. But I thought he brought a necessary energy tonight. He got, you know, sat down for the entire second half last game. Could have easily quit, but he came back and showed some toughness. I'm giving him our money maker of the game tonight.
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Matt Jones
Is that like your sports announcer voice there? It is.
- [38:06]
Billy Gillispie
It is, yes. Just for one segment.
- [38:08]
Matt Jones
All right. Well, it was very good and I agree with you. Brandon Garrison, I think he was. Look, dude, did not play the last 28 minutes of the game against North Carolina Central. Mark Pope said in one of his two postgame comments, I'm not sure which one, but he said something to the effect of, I rarely lose my temper on guys because I don't think you can do that anymore. Excuse me. But he basically acknowledged that he did it with Brandon Garrison, and it must have worked because that. That's the best game he's played this year. He played the way he played last year. That's how he played last year, when he's playing well. Energy, hitting the glass. That. That's the Brandon Garrison that you really were excited to have come back. And really, we had not seen it, I think, at all this year until that game. And so that. That also is a. Is a good sign. Who's next?
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Billy Gillispie
Cadence.
- [38:59]
Matt Jones
Cadence. Go ahead, Cadence.
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Caller
So first, what you were saying earlier about the crowd being lit on the broadcast. I was there. It was incredible. One of the best atmospheres. It was similar to the UNC game, which I was also at. It was pretty nice. Second of all, I agree about Brandon Garrison. I don't think that he could have done anything better than just come on and just absolutely play his butt off, like getting offensive rebounds. We haven't seen that from him this year. I thought it was big of him to do that.
- [39:35]
Matt Jones
Yeah, I agree. I agree. And so the crowd, I mean, the crowd is a huge part of this because especially kind of to start the second half. I think the crowd was a big part of getting. Of getting the energy to make the run. Crowd was loud. I think it was only Indiana. Second, true road game. And so anytime these teams go on the road for the first time. We saw this when we went to Louisville. Like, teams get kind of rattled first time, they're on a true road game. And this was only their second. My guess is that crowd for that Minnesota game wasn't much. So this was probably the first time they had faced a real environment.
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Caller
Yes, sir. And one more thing. I think that when our crowd's getting big, like when we get those points in transition and we're just running up and down the floor, teams can't keep up with us. And that's when we get in the game and it's just like, you can't stop us.
- [40:26]
Matt Jones
Yep. Appreciate the call. It's another thing Barkley said. Get in transition. And I also think this crowd was cheering effort. I think the effort was so bad against Gonzaga, and it was that the team, the crowd just wanted to see effort, and they got a Lot of it tonight. We actually play Billy, the winner of Texas Wisconsin tomorrow. So we might play Texas for a third time. Oh, and I believe both of those other Texas games have gone to five sets. So I'm going to pull for Wisconsin tomorrow, but it will probably be Texas. Probably another Kentucky type. More Marcus Spears on my screen.
- [41:02]
Billy Gillispie
Oh, that's right. He was their cheerleader in the, in the stands for that.
- [41:05]
Matt Jones
Well, we've already had one. We've actually already had to watch parties at KS Bar for Kentucky. Texas. We had, that was our one. So we've had two and we've won both of them. So let's keep it going. Who's next?
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Billy Gillispie
Drew.
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Matt Jones
Drew. Go ahead, Drew.
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Caller
Hey, Matt, I thought Cam Williams was a very underrated player today. Even though he air balled and got roasted by Charles Barkley. I feel like he played great defense.
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Matt Jones
That was a really bad shot. What do you think happened on that? That was like, that was a really, really bad shot. But go ahead.
- [41:39]
Caller
Yeah, he just hasn't hit a three. Seemed to hit a three all year teams. But if that's energy we get from one broken clipboard. I say we send Mark Pope all the clipboards he wants. I love the energy tonight from all the players. And final thing is my favorite Charles and Dicky V moment was when Charles asked Dicky V. If Patino wanted championships at Louisville and Dicky V. Said no.
- [42:04]
Matt Jones
Yeah, I don't know if I think Dick, I think Dicky V. Forgot but it actually kind of worked. You know what I mean? Like I don't think he was trying to make a joke but it kind of worked as a joke.
- [42:15]
Billy Gillispie
So yeah, it worked out anyway.
- [42:16]
Matt Jones
It worked out. So I liked it. I appreciate, appreciate the call. Apparently they're doing one more game together. They're doing one of the like the first four in the NCAA tournament. I think they're going to do that together as well. But. All right, let's take a break. 859-280-2287. We will come back for our final segment. This is the local toy dealers KSR postgame show. Welcome back. It is the local toy dealers KSR post game show. A couple other things went on tonight. John Cena lost his final match in the wwe. Tapped out. You guys called Billy.
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Billy Gillispie
You called it.
- [42:54]
Matt Jones
Tapped out. Yeah, but you go out on your back.
- [42:56]
Billy Gillispie
Yeah.
- [42:57]
Matt Jones
Like people were outraged. People were outraged. Don't know anything about wrestling. You go out on your back. Every major wrestler in history has gone on their back except Sting. And everybody widely says that that was the worst decision is they had Sting win his last match. And you don't. You don't win your last match. If it's, like, planned, everybody loses. So now he tapped out. That's a little surprising because, you know, his thing is, don't ever give up. And he gave up.
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Billy Gillispie
Why do you make him lose? Wouldn't you want to give them their flowers for their last match?
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Matt Jones
No, because you go. It's wrestling. You go out on your back so that you build someone else up. It's like you're paying your dues.
- [43:34]
Billy Gillispie
Okay. Yeah.
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Matt Jones
You know, you're saying, I'm going to take this rub of my final match and I'm going to give someone else a career boost from it. So they usually have them lose to somebody that is, like, up and coming. Now, Gunther's not up and coming. He's been around for a long time, but, like, he'll always be the guy known as ending his career. Right?
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Billy Gillispie
Yeah. So that's.
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Matt Jones
That's why you do it. The spurs and the. Just one against the Thunder. So the spurs and the Knicks will play for the NBA Cup. Do you care about the NBA Cup?
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Billy Gillispie
I'm just glad the courts will be gone soon.
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Matt Jones
Well, that's Tuesday night. The NBA Cup. Can you tell me who has won the other two NBA Cups?
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Billy Gillispie
The Lakers won it because they treated it like their Mickey Mouse championship. They had a couple.
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Matt Jones
The Lakers did win it. Now, can you tell me who won it last year?
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Billy Gillispie
No, no. Is it the Pacers?
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Matt Jones
I think it's Milwaukee. We see if that's right. The Lakers won the first one. I think it was Milwaukee. See if that's right.
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Billy Gillispie
The Bucks. Yeah. 2024, man.
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Matt Jones
See, I know my NBA Cup. Did I hear you thought I was doing TV for the New Orleans bow?
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Billy Gillispie
Yeah, yeah. At one point.
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Matt Jones
Why did you think that?
- [44:58]
Billy Gillispie
I. I didn't know.
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Matt Jones
Like, I'm not on. I'm not on espn tv.
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Billy Gillispie
Yeah.
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Matt Jones
I'm on the radio.
- [45:04]
Billy Gillispie
I don't know why you thought they.
- [45:05]
Matt Jones
Were just gonna advance me to television.
- [45:07]
Billy Gillispie
I had high hopes for you. Yeah. I thought you.
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Matt Jones
Okay. You thought having never called, never calling a football game in my life, they would put me on television, do it.
- [45:19]
Billy Gillispie
Yeah. I thought they had the faith in you, but, you know.
- [45:21]
Matt Jones
Well, they did.
- [45:22]
Billy Gillispie
People were giving me a hard time. I would argue the stats stay the same if I was giving you.
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Matt Jones
But you're not gonna be able to go, right?
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Billy Gillispie
No, I can't go.
- [45:28]
Matt Jones
Yeah.
- [45:29]
Billy Gillispie
So.
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Matt Jones
So now I'm gonna have to find a new stats guy.
- [45:34]
Billy Gillispie
Yeah.
- [45:34]
Matt Jones
So I'm trying to think.
- [45:37]
Billy Gillispie
They don't know what they're getting into either.
- [45:38]
Matt Jones
I can't take a. Ryan.
- [45:40]
Billy Gillispie
Why don't you just bring Corey?
- [45:41]
Matt Jones
Drew's got Drew. Drew's busy. I don't know. Mario's not really a stats guy. Yeah, I don't know. I guess I'll.
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Billy Gillispie
And I asked them for.
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Matt Jones
I guess I'll just use one of theirs.
- [45:53]
Billy Gillispie
Default.
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Matt Jones
Yeah. Yeah. Well, it's a shame. It would have been nice. But you know what? You're too cool.
- [45:59]
Billy Gillispie
Well, I can call in. It sounds like you're going to take calls on the broadcast, so you should.
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Matt Jones
You should call in. You should have takes.
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Caller
Yeah.
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Matt Jones
Who's up next?
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Billy Gillispie
Brad.
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Matt Jones
Brad. Go ahead, Brad.
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Caller
Hey, Max. First time a long time.
- [46:11]
Matt Jones
Who. What's up?
- [46:14]
Caller
Hey, just great win. We needed that. Certainly against rival State. I wanted to pick your brain on what you meant exactly by the inside presence, how we took advantage of that. I think we played great and it's good to see Garrison make a great effort finally. But we were out rebounded by Indiana. It's kind of hard to believe.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, but we were. But that's. But I actually think, though, I believe our points in the paint and our points in the paint and points off transition were a lot. I believe we had a big advantage on that. I can't. I saw the stat at some point in. During the game. I don't remember what it was. I think they had. Let's see, they had. In terms of Turnovers, they had 18 turnovers. We only had four. We were out.
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Caller
That's. That's a huge deal.
- [47:01]
Matt Jones
We were out rebounding. We had offensive rebounds. We had 14 and they had eight. So.
- [47:08]
Caller
Yeah.
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Matt Jones
And I think a lot of our offensive rebounds we scored off of. So I think what I. Right. I think total rebounds is sometimes a misleading stat. Right. Because. Right. You know, and they got some offensive rebounds at the end on long threes. You know, those last few possessions where they shoot along three or you shoot a three, it'd be a long rebound. They'd get it. They get another three, miss it. But I just felt like we had an advantage. I mean, Barkley noted that in the first half. And then I think we took advantage of it because I agree we still didn't shoot the ball all that well. I mean, what did we shoot for? 3. From 3. We shot from 3. 20% and we shot from the field 38%. So I mean, I, I think the, The. The baskets we got around were huge for us.
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Caller
Yeah. I think we had some great pull ups. I think first half that effort was poor and I was worried. Second half, I think that we just moved the ball so much better and we passed. Transition was there and I think we need to run with the team more. And it was.
- [48:08]
Matt Jones
I was disappointed.
- [48:09]
Caller
I thought Marino would have had a bigger game this game, given the size advantage. And he just, it seemed like he couldn't get going.
- [48:17]
Matt Jones
No, you're right. You're right. I appreciate the call. They shot 26 of 29 from the line. If they don't shoot 90% from the line, then this game's over. Or to put it another way, if we shot 90% from the line because we missed 13 free throws, you know, if we shot 90% from the line, just doing the math here, we would have won by 20 some. So they kind of stayed in. We get. We took more free throws, but they made. They. We took 38. They took 29, but they still made one more than we did. What are you gonna say?
- [48:51]
Billy Gillispie
I was gonna say if you saw Kentucky stats before the game, I don't know if you would have thought they would have won this game.
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Matt Jones
If you saw Kentucky's stats, like how it ended.
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Billy Gillispie
Yeah, like before the game.
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Matt Jones
You're probably right. I think that the stat, you know, I mentioned offensive rebounds, but he makes a good point. Probably the stat that matters the most is they had 18 turnovers and we had four.
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Billy Gillispie
That Jalen Lowe effect, I mean, only.
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Matt Jones
Four turnovers in any game is kind of impressive. Brandon Garrison had two of them, so. And one of them was a team turnover. So Denzel Aberdeen was the only person besides Garrison on the team with a solo turnover. That's pretty amazing. That rarely happens. We'll do five more. Who's next?
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Billy Gillispie
Matt.
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Matt Jones
Matt. Go ahead, Matt.
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Caller
Hey, Matt. Prayers to you and your family. First of all, most importantly, the whole estate is. Is lifting you guys up. Hope you realize that.
- [49:48]
Matt Jones
Thank you very much. And I do. I do feel that and I appreciate it.
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Caller
Second of all, congratulations to the volleyball team. And third of all, I just want to share something. My son met Charles Barkley in 2012. We're getting on a cruise ship to go on a cruise in New Orleans. And he met Charles Barkley and he was a great guy and thought was great having them do the game tonight.
- [50:16]
Matt Jones
I've met him once, but I've seen him probably four or five times in public settings and I've never. This is true. I've never seen him fail to be nice. Actually, both of those guys, if you were to say to me, Matt, who are the three or four people you've seen that are celebrities? Who are the unfailing, the not unfailingly the nicest to people that come up to him? Those are two of the four. And that's not like I've. I've watched them both over the years. Just be nice to everyone that comes up and I can tell you that's a hard thing to do. And those guys, and especially somebody like Barkley and Dick Vital who are insanely famous. So you're right. They're. They're both really, really nice.
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Caller
He was great to my son. My son ran across. He actually ran across a road as Barkley was heading to the casino. And my son ran across the road and he was pretty young at the time and he kind of got grabbed by one of the security guys. But then Charles Buckley was like, oh, it's okay. He talked to me for a minute. And then what even made it better is my son was at a game tonight, so it was pretty awes.
- [51:22]
Matt Jones
That is awesome.
- [51:23]
Caller
Again, well, thank you again. I just want you to know that we're all, all thinking about you all the time.
- [51:31]
Matt Jones
Appreciate it. Thank you. As somebody notes Billy, this is a good point. If you look at their rebounds, nine of them occurred on Miss Kentucky free throws.
- [51:44]
Billy Gillispie
Oh, that's pretty.
- [51:45]
Matt Jones
I mean, that's actually though, that that matters. They out rebounded us by three, but we got only two rebounds off their free throws. And they got actually not nine. They got 12 rebounds off our missed free throws. So that's 10 of the advantage right there. Who's next?
- [52:01]
Billy Gillispie
Carl is next.
- [52:03]
Matt Jones
Carl. Go ahead, Carl.
- [52:06]
Caller
Hey, Matt, couple shout outs, guys. Shooting the ball to halftime. Man, that. I think I got the crowd going. Got us going in the second half. Second is UK Volleyball, man. Are we going to be facing two teams in the final four from the sec? I mean, shoot, man, we're ruling that.
- [52:25]
Matt Jones
Yeah. And well, we're gonna play. We're probably going to end up. If we make the finals. We're going to be of Nebraska. I mean, Nebraska is going to be the one. I mean that, that's. That. I watched them play today. They're. They're. They're pretty tough, sir. Yesterday. I guess they're pretty tough. Go ahead.
- [52:41]
Caller
Well, I mean, we put it on everybody else in volleyball, but that's all right. Is Indiana that good?
- [52:47]
Matt Jones
No.
- [52:49]
Caller
Great, Great win today. They're not good. I mean, Louisville put them in the dirt for a little bit. Watch. I just got finished watching Arizona, Alabama. I Mean, Arizona is tough. Number one. We're not. We're not in the league, man.
- [53:03]
Matt Jones
Well, we need a point guard.
- [53:04]
Caller
Who is our point guard moving forward?
- [53:06]
Matt Jones
Well, Jalen Lowe is our point guard. I think that's clear. I mean, he is our point guard. Like, he's the only point guard we have. And he's not perfect, but he's about a thousand times better than our other options. Denzel, Aberdeen play.
- [53:20]
Caller
What's.
- [53:21]
Matt Jones
What's the time? Well, he played tonight. I mean, played 20 minutes. No, he played. I think he played 24 minutes. He played 16 in the second half. So I. Listen, I. The minutes when he's out, I am worried because when he's out and. But when he was hurt, we have no ball movement at all on offense.
- [53:43]
Caller
None. None.
- [53:44]
Matt Jones
But. But when he plays this team. This team has been. This is what I would say, and I appreciate the call. This team has been really good in two segments of games against teams that have any talent. Talent or. We've played five good teams, relatively good teams, and we've had two segments of games where we've played well. And in both segments of those games, Jalen Lowe has been the driving factor. That is why I've said since the summer, this team will go as far as how he plays. He doesn't necessarily have to be the best player, but he is the. We will go the way he goes. And that's why I think he's so important. And we have to keep him from getting hurt. When he dove Billy into the thing.
- [54:33]
Billy Gillispie
Yeah.
- [54:33]
Matt Jones
I was like, no, no. Okay. I like the effort, but no. Okay. Because if he gets hurt, it's over. I mean, we can't. We have to have him. Everybody else, like, Diabate is great to have and, like, but we. We can't. We have to have him. We don't have a point guard otherwise. By the way, you'll see St. John's that's their problem. They don't really have point guard either. Three more. Who's next?
- [54:54]
Billy Gillispie
Jay.
- [54:54]
Matt Jones
Jay. Go ahead, Jay.
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Caller
Hey, Matt. Just wanted to echo what everyone's saying. Prayers for you, what you're all going through with your family. Always tough. Just wanted to. Quick hitters here as you get to the end. Basketball, volleyball, and American. I think on basketball, I think we'll be okay. As long as we get healthy and stay healthy. Yeah, I think we'll be all right. And as far as Kentucky and Indiana go, Joby's greatest win was beating them in the 75 Mideast Regional Final in Dayton. It even Surpassed the national championship.
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Matt Jones
Well, I mean they said that Barkley, Barkley and Vital talked about that game and it is kind of amazing. Vandy or Indiana lost one game in two years and it was that game.
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Caller
It, that's true. We, we kept them from back to back undefeated national championships.
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Matt Jones
That's unbelievable in the Lord's work. And a lot of people think the 75 team was better than the one that went undefeated in 76.
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Caller
So by that, by that time of the year they were won't get into all the John Wood and crap and how that worked out. But anyway, volleyball, I went to the match today, 64 years old. That was one of the greatest in person UK events ever went to. And on top of the win, stood in line to get in before the match with Todd Spoboda and he was just as awesome as I figured he would be. So that was cool.
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Matt Jones
Nice guy.
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Caller
American. The fried chicken there is the bomb. It's, it's really good. But all right. If you go get the pork crusted, the pecan crusted pork tenderloin, it's indescribably good. I, I, it's, it's so good. So that's it.
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Matt Jones
Well, I appreciate it. Thank you, sir. And I, and I, American could not pay for this kind of publicity tonight.
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Billy Gillispie
Right down.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, I mean the website's down. Like they couldn't pay for this kind of publicity. By the way, cool that UK had shuttles that went from the volleyball game to rub. That's a, I didn't know they were going to do that. But that's a, that's a cool thing they did. Two more. Who's next?
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Billy Gillispie
Tyler.
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Matt Jones
Tyler. Go ahead, Tyler.
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Caller
What's up, Matt? I live in Indiana. I, I hate iu. So I'm really glad that we got that. We don't have to hear it from any fans.
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Matt Jones
Well, and their guy won the Heisman tonight, so they can, you know, they can take a loss to us.
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Caller
That's right. I got, I have young kids that play sports and the things that I always tell them are like, I don't need you to be an all Star, but I need all star effort. And yeah, I feel like we saw that tonight. You know, nobody stood out necessarily as like dropping 25 on Indiana, but the fighting for rebounds, the all star effort, I love that.
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Matt Jones
I totally agree with you. And they gave it the whole game, even when they play poor.
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Caller
Yeah. And lastly I, I would like to thank Louisville for giving us an exciting football coach. And they've also given me my wife who is a UofL dancer who gave my kids and they're all Kentucky fans. So thanks.
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Matt Jones
Well, good. Well, congrats to you and your wife. I appreciate the call. By the way, we should know since you mentioned Will Stein. He hired three coaches today, added to his staff Cutter left, which. Which means we have another coach named Cutter or another person on the team named Cutter. What are the chances there would be two cutters on a roster? When you count player and coach?
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Billy Gillispie
Probably has never happened.
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Matt Jones
Probably not. Cutter left, which. Who was the Oregon offensive line coach? Houston safeties coach Josh Christian Young and I can't remember the other guy's name but that he hired three coaches today. I think maybe the wide receiver coach from utsa which is where he was. Where he was before Oregon. One more. Who's next?
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Billy Gillispie
Brian.
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Matt Jones
Brian. Go ahead, Brian.
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Caller
Hey, man, energy tonight was great at the game. I just think that the crab was awesome. Spitting on the last call. So I want you to do something. You've got to send something back to damn dockage. That's all I got.
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Matt Jones
What did he say? Did he say something?
- [59:31]
Caller
Oh, no, just from a couple weeks ago.
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Matt Jones
Oh. Well, let me say this about Dan Dockage. I'm not over the years having on many different occasions not a huge Dan Dakotch fan on a lot of levels. But I will say this about Dan Dakotch. When I put out the thing about my dad, he sent me a nice note Twitter or excuse me, a nice text which, you know, he didn't have to do. So some. There are things more important sometimes in sports and I think it's good to know that, you know, even a guy like even. Even after all the stuff over the years with him, he was nice enough to do that. So. But I appreciate you calling, sir, and, and I'm. It gave me a chance to say that because I meant to say that on the air the other day. Thank you all very much for listening. I will be up again in the morning doing ESPN with with Myron and everybody. Have a safe ride for the rest of you going home. Cats with a huge win as they renew the rivalry against Indiana and get a big victory play again On Saturday against St. John's this has been the local Toyota Dealers KSR postgame show. What a matchup we got, y'. All. This is that classic HBCU vibe. Non stop action. The band is rocking and the crowd lit. Chance echo drum beat everybody showing that school pride. Game like this. Yeah, it calls for an ice cold Coca Cola. Ah, crisp and refreshing. That's a game changer right there. Yeah, that taste always hits the right note. Just like the band at halftime. And just like that, we're back at it. Passionate fans, school colors everywhere and an ice cold Coca Cola. That's a winning combo no matter the sport, no matter the yard. Everybody knows fan work is thirsty work. So grab a Coca Cola and keep that HBCU pride going. We finally switched to T Mobile because with them we can be connected here and there.
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