KSR Postgame UK MBB vs Loyola Maryland 11/21/25

Summary

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KSR Postgame: UK Men’s Basketball vs. Loyola Maryland (11/21/25)

Date: November 22, 2025
Hosts: Ryan Lemond (in for Matt Jones), Billy R Sports
Theme: Breaking Down Kentucky's Bounce-Back Win and the Pulse of Big Blue Nation

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Episode Overview

This episode of the KSR Postgame Show covers Kentucky Men's Basketball's commanding 88–46 win over Loyola Maryland, focusing on the team's response after a crushing loss to Michigan State earlier in the week. Hosted by Ryan Lemond and Billy R (with Matt Jones off), the show analyzes the impact of Coach Mark Pope’s lineup adjustments, standout player performances, fan reactions, and what this win means for the Wildcats' trajectory. The tone is upbeat and optimistic, with fans and hosts sharing relief after a turbulent few days in Big Blue Nation.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. UK’s Response to Adversity (01:40–04:20)

• Immediate energy and focus: The hosts emphasize UK’s quick, spirited response to the Michigan State loss.

• Lineup shakeup pays off: With Diabate out (sprained ankle), Cam Williams starts at the 4, and Malachi Moreno replaces Brandon Garrison at center.

  "From the opening tip, there was just more energy, just that little breath of fresh air of mixing up the starting lineup."
  — Ryan Lemond, 02:22

2. Early Offensive Surge – Spreading the Wealth (04:20–05:30)

• Otega Oweh sets the tone: Scores UK's first 6 points by attacking the basket.
• Three-point barrage: Quick succession of threes by Colin Chandler (three in first half), Jasper Johnson, Andrea Yellovich, and Cam Williams.

3. Cam Williams’ Breakout Game (05:30–07:00, 37:13–38:05)

• Stat line: 13 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists – named "Moneymaker of the Game" by the hosts.

• Motivation for rebounding: Multiple interviews postgame, Williams expresses being “mad at himself” for not grabbing a 10th rebound.

  "He didn't want to score 20 points. He wanted 10 rebounds. That tells me about all I need to know about that kid."
  — Ryan Lemond, 06:11

4. Brandon Garrison’s New Role (05:50–07:30, 12:07–12:58)

• Strong response after losing starting spot: 11 rebounds, strong defense.
• Debate ensues with callers over his impact—hosts defend his play, seeing bench role as beneficial.

5. Other Standouts and Combinations (07:01–09:23)

• Denzel Aberdeen: Almost triple-double (11 pts, 8 reb, 6 ast); plays better off-ball, especially with Jasper at PG.
• Coach Pope experiments: Briefly runs Garrison and Moreno together; Jasper Johnson praised for three-point shooting and assists.
• Role for Trent Noah – “Mountain Mamba”: Key bench shooter.

6. Coach Pope’s Postgame Attitude (08:00–09:00)

• Positive leadership: Pope thanks fans, projects optimism.

  "Stay tuned. It’s going to be a great journey."
  — Mark Pope, quoted by Lemond, 08:50

7. Pace and Flow of the Game (07:30–09:03, 38:31–39:15)

• Remark on the game's rapid pace:
  • “Fastest basketball game since I’ve been in Lexington.” — Ryan Lemond, 07:41
  • Only 3 fouls in the first half, 17 total free throws.

8. Fan & Caller Reactions (11:37–45:28)

• Readiness to move on from Michigan State, celebrate growth.
• Calls for optimism and patience with the new players and Coach Pope’s system.
• Debate over social media negativity; hosts and callers urge positive support and perspective.

9. Injury Updates & Rotation Outlook (22:58–24:40, 33:02–43:25)

• Jaden Quaintance: Starting 2-on-2 drills, possible return soon.
• Jalen Lowe’s shoulder: Day-to-day indefinitely; impacts UK’s leadership and ball control.

10. Rotation, Chemistry & Future Lineups (28:36–32:26, 42:46–44:25)

• Lineup flexibility: Cam Williams’ emergence gives UK floor spacing; Diabate and Garrison possibly effective off the bench.
• Minutes distribution: Hosts predict Pope will continue using long rotations (10–11 players).

11. Looking Ahead—Critical Non-Conference Games

• Next up: Tennessee Tech, then key matchups versus North Carolina and Gonzaga.
• Emphasized need for a strong showing in these bigger games to rebuild fan confidence.

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• “[UK] just came out seemed… like a different basketball team.”
  — Ryan Lemond, 02:51

• “He looked like the Brandon Garrison I think we thought we’d get this year. He was all over the place on the defensive end.”
  — Ryan Lemond, 05:51

• “That tells me about all I need to know about that kid. He didn’t care. He didn’t want to score 20 points. He wanted 10 rebounds.”
  — Ryan Lemond, 06:11 (About Cam Williams)

• “Optimism and, and be positive looking forward. Did you hear him say that right at the end?”
  — Ryan Lemond, 08:50 (Re: Pope’s message)

• “This team… don’t talk a whole lot on the floor.”
  — Caller Seth, 26:31

• “Calls have been really good tonight. On after big wins, sometimes it goes a little astray. Tonight’s calls have been fantastic.”
  — Ryan Lemond, 35:41

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Key Timestamps

• [01:40–04:20] — Opening thoughts, lineup changes, UK’s energy and Otega Oweh’s fast start.
• [05:30–07:00] — Cam Williams’ breakout, importance of rebounding.
• [07:30–09:23] — Fast pace of play, Coach Pope’s postgame attitude.
• [11:37–16:16] — First wave of calls, fan opinions on Garrison, optimism for team growth.
• [26:26–28:33] — In-arena observations: team communication, bigs’ mentality.
• [28:36–32:26] — Lineup philosophy, stretching the floor, Walker Horn’s struggles.
• [37:13–38:05] — “Johnny Rocker Moneymaker of the Game”: Cam Williams.
• [42:46–44:25] — Predicting team MVP; hosts split between Chandler, Quaintance, and Oweh.
• [44:42–45:28] — Final caller props Andrea Yellovich, BBN gratitude for the hosts.

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Notable Player Stats

• Cam Williams: 13 pts, 9 reb, 4 ast; sparkplug in starting role
• Colin Chandler: 13 pts (multiple 3s), UK's best outside shooter
• Denzel Aberdeen: 11 pts, 8 reb, 6 ast (near triple-double)
• Malachi Moreno: 10 pts, 8 reb; continues to grow as a reliable starter
• Brandon Garrison: 11 reb; better effort in bench role
• Jasper Johnson: 9 pts, 5 ast; praised for smoothness at point guard
• Otega Oweh: 11 pts; aggressive drives set early tone
• Andrea Yellovich: 9 pts, 4 reb in 12 min (called out by final supporter for efficiency)

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The Big Picture: Optimism Returns

Despite recent adversity, the show’s hosts and fans home in on the positive trends—the energy shift from new starters, Cam Williams’ emergence, and the potential for this young UK team to come together. Coach Pope’s public positivity is seen as critical to the team’s morale. Several standout individual performances and new offensive options suggest UK’s ceiling remains high, especially as key injured players return and Pope continues to tinker with rotations. The coming games versus Tennessee Tech, North Carolina, and Gonzaga are circled as crucial for Kentucky’s narrative and for keeping fan optimism alive.

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Final Thoughts

The episode closes with a sense of renewed optimism and camaraderie in Big Blue Nation. The dominant win, strong individual showings, and willingness to embrace lineup changes are celebrated as necessary steps forward after adversity. Callers express gratitude for the show, the hosts’ vibe remains upbeat, and the anticipation for upcoming high-profile games is palpable.

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Summary compiled and structured for fans and UK basketball followers seeking a thorough yet engaging breakdown of the KSR Postgame Show, episode dated November 22, 2025.

Transcript

[Ryan Lemond]

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Man, what a difference of three days Make Right. You know, this time on Tuesday night, Big Blue Nation was in a panic. Full blown hysteria after they just got whooped and flat out spanked by Michigan State. Can't forget that game. But it was kind of nice to watch the game tonight and kind of enjoy, not be stressed out, not be anxious as they whooped up on Loyola 88 to 46. And it was never close the game and the score is actually not what's important. I think about what happened tonight. To me when it was important, what happened to a couple guys. Pope changed the starting lineup. Diabate out with a sprained ankle. So he puts Cam Williams at the 4. And he makes the move that a lot of Big Blue Nation have been talking about. He put in Malachi Marino instead of Brandon Garrison. And man, from the opening tip, there was just more energy, just that little breath of fresh air of mixing up the starting lineup. I think worked. The guys just came out seemed. Because you know, the worst thing you can do when you have a bad loss like you did on Tuesday is you come out and you get let. Let one loss turn into two. Why didn't think they would lose tonight, but there was that outside possibility that could come out a little flat, maybe not into the game, maybe slacking off a little bit and go just going through the motions because it was Loyola Maryland. But they didn't. And I think that's because the starting lineup changed. It came out and the energy was there, the effort was there. And from the very beginning, it looked like a different basketball team. Otega owe scores six straight points to start the game going hard to the basket. I mean, it was obvious from the outset they had talked to him and told him, look, you just need to get back to what Otega OA is good at. And that's driving to the basket, getting to the, getting to the rim. And he did it, man. And just that alone, that jump started this team when he came out that way with that effort, got those six straight points. Because right after that, it wasn't, it was shortly after that Colin Chandler hit like what, three threes in the first half, hit two of them back to back. Jasper Johnson hit a three. Yellow bitch hit a three. They were just bombing them in from everywhere. Cam Williams hit a three. And I, that's what I was most pleased with, how they responded to that awful loss on Tuesday, how they came out and played tonight. Like, I don't, I don't care. It was Loyola. I don't care. They beat him by 42 points. It was just the execution Was there, the effort was there. The energy was there. And I was pleased with what I saw. You know, Brandon Garrison, the guy loses his starting spot, maybe plays his best game of the year. He got. Had 11 rebounds. He only scored six points, but he had 11 rebounds. But he was more like the Brandon Garrison I think we thought we'd get this year. He was all over the place on the defensive end. He was going after the rebounds, and he was vocal, showed a lot of energy. I. I think maybe. Well, you know, he came off the bench all last year to Amari, so maybe that's just where he's more comfortable, just coming off the bench because Malachi deserves to start. The guy is just getting better and better each time out, each game out. For those of us, for those of you who thought maybe he was going to just be a project and the 13th man on the bench was sadly mistaken. The dude deserved to start, earned the right to start. He's a guy that could get a lot of double doubles for you. And I hope they keep that lineup the way it is right now with Garrison coming off the bench, letting Malachi start. But star of the game was Cam Williams. I mean, we've already mentioned his name a couple times. Got the start tonight. I love his hair. I think it's all because of the hair, the change in the hairstyle. He came out, had a great game, 13 points, team high, nine rebounds, four assists. And he interviewed with Maggie Davis after the game on the floor. Then he interviewed with Jack Givens on the sideline after the game. And both times he said he was kind of mad at himself. He didn't get that 10th rebound, you know, so he knew he needed one more for 10 rebounds. That tells me about all I need to know about that kid. He didn't care. He didn't want to score 20 points. He wanted 10 rebounds. So he's earned the right to play and to start. So Denzel Washington. Denzel Washington. Denzel Aberdeen almost floated around with a triple double. 11 points, eight rebounds, six assists. If he'd have played more minutes, he may have gotten a triple double. And he's a guy that just plays better off the ball. You know, when. When Jasper was running the point and Denzel was running the two. I like that it seemed to work a little bit. You see, there was one rotation, Billy, where actually Pope played G. Garrison and Malachi together late in the game. And I think he did that just to see could they possibly play together at the 4 and the 5. I don't think really anything Happened. But I think that was just a little experiment that Pope through out there. Do you catch that?

[Billy R]

I did. It was good to see BG not check out and get those 11 boards. I mean, despite him playing poorly, he's still going to be important until JQ comes back. How about how quick this game went, Ryan?

[Ryan Lemond]

Dude, this may be the fastest basketball game since I've been in Lexington. It took out over like an hour and 45 minutes, maybe less than an hour and 40 minutes, something like that.

[Billy R]

The first foul was until 235 left in the first half.

[Ryan Lemond]

They didn't know we shot, what, three free throws in the first half? Something like that. They only shot 17 free throws for the game. Fastest job ever. I come in, Doug Schalls. We give him a hard time. Doug wasn't having it, except he did call a couple guys stepping on the sideline. They're eating it. Come on, Doug, let that go. But it was Cory Price needs to look it up. This may be the fastest game. Since when Delkin, McCarty and Pope and those guys used to blow teams out by 30. Maybe one had one of those games went fast, but this one just blew by. So congratulations to Mark Pope. He came out, was very gracious in his postgame comments to Tom Leach and to the crowd. He. He thanked everybody for coming out here and. And Billy, the last thing he said before he took the headsets off and walked away, the last thing he said, we really appreciate you guys being here. Stay tuned. It's going to be a great journey. I loved it. That's what I want my coach to say. I don't want him to have his head down, staring at the ground and acting like he just got beat up on the playground. I want to be, you know, optimism and, and be positive looking forward. Did. Did you hear him say that right at the end?

[Billy R]

I did, yeah. It was good to hear him in a good mood after the last couple weeks that we've had. But he talked about decisiveness of the team. You know, you mentioned away him scoring all those points at the beginning of the game. I think we were definitely looking for something like that. And I mean, Colin Chandler, he missed a few shots tonight, but man, that guy can shoot. And he has improved a ton since last year.

[Ryan Lemond]

He. He's your best outside three point shooter. Cam Williams may be number two, but how about the Mountain Mamba? Trent Noah knocking down a couple shots. Yeah, he's got to get on track as long as he can come off the bench, knock down a couple shots like that. He's gonna be so valuable. So, you know, it was, it was a feel good win. The, the fan base needed it, the locker room needed it, and that 6 foot 11 head coach needed it, needed a feel good win, and tonight they got it. 88:46 over Loyola. Next up, John Pelfrey brings his Tennessee Tech team in here on Wednesday. But tonight we want to hear from you. Hopefully there won't be any belly aching that we had last Tuesday after the Michigan State game, but it was warranted. I'm not saying it wasn't warranted. It definitely was. 859-280-2287. That's 859-280-CATS. Ryan Limited here on the Postgame show tonight with our buddy, Billy R. Sports. We'll be right back. This is the KSR postgame show. All right. Welcome back, the local Toyota dealers KSR postgame Show. Ryan Lemon in for Matthew Harper Jones. Tonight, Billy R Sports running the show. You know, Billy, back in the day used to run a show we had on 6:30 wp called the scoreboard show for high school football. Well, tonight's big region finals night, so I've been following all these high school football scores and there's a big one going on over at Frederick Douglass. They're going to overtime against Ryle right now. Winner moves on to the Final Four, loser goes home. It's 2020 going into overtime. Trinity advanced to nine and six. They play off St. X, beat Male and South Warren is beating Henderson County. So Those are the 68 scores. So throughout the show, I'll try to give you some high school football scores as well. Is that all right with you? Kind of. I, I feel like I'm kind of like Rick Shaw on the high school.

[Billy R]

Exactly like Rick Shaw. Do you miss working Friday nights, Ryan?

[Ryan Lemond]

I miss it. I love it. As the best thing we did when I worked at Channel 18, even the TV stations in Evansville I worked at high school football on Friday night, to me is the best. I love it and I miss it. And that's why I'm kind of into it. By the way, you know, we all know that Matthew is a big Middlesbrough yellow jacket.

[Billy R]

That's right. How they do.

[Ryan Lemond]

They're getting beat 42 to 6 by Pikeville.

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[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Matthew will not be making the trip next week to watch his Jackets play because they're getting whooped by Pikeville. The Pikeville Painters 42 to 6. All right, 859-280-2287. Who we got first? Billy J. Dub J. Dub Go ahead, J Dub.

[Caller]

How you doing, Brian? Where's Matt at?

[Ryan Lemond]

He's had some stuff he had to take care of tonight because he's got a busy weekend. So we figured this would be a good night for him to take a night off.

[Caller]

Okay, that sounds good. Hey, man, all I was gonna say was, oh, man, Brandon Garrison, my goodness, like, you couldn't. You couldn't be. You couldn't be worse. At what he's doing right now, it's just terrible.

[Ryan Lemond]

You didn't think he played good tonight?

[Caller]

I did not.

[Ryan Lemond]

You didn't What? Did you watch the game tonight?

[Caller]

I did.

[Ryan Lemond]

The dude had 11 rebounds and was one of the best defenders on the floor tonight.

[Caller]

I know. Well, I don't think so. I think Cam Williams was the star tonight.

[Ryan Lemond]

He was the best player. But as far on the defensive end.

[Caller]

Brandon Garrison Dirt did his job again against the division. What was that, Division two or.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, they were Division one. They're just not very good. So, J Dub, we appreciate it. I totally disagree with J Dub's analysis of Brandon Garrison. Yes, he played poorly the other night against Michigan State, but tonight, like I said earlier, I think was his best game of the season. Billy.

[Billy R]

Yeah, Part of it is him doing it against the better competition. It's easy to do it when you're taller than everybody on the roster. But look, I mean, there's going to be a role on this team for bg. I'm just glad he hasn't checked out.

[Ryan Lemond]

Right. I think that's why Pope was trying to prop him up on his news conferences this week, try to really praise him because they'd already made the decision to sit him. But you can't lose him. You got to keep him engaged because you're going to need him. You know, maybe Malachi gets in foul trouble and he likes to play two big guys. We saw it last year, played Cam and Brandon a lot. And I'm sure they'll play Malachi and Brandon as much until JQ comes in, and then they'll rotate those minutes so I try to get another one. Who we got next?

[Billy R]

Chad.

[Ryan Lemond]

Chad. Go ahead, Chad.

[Caller]

Hey, what's going on, guys?

[Ryan Lemond]

What up, Chad.

[Caller]

Can you hear me?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, go ahead, Chad.

[Caller]

Hey, hey, Ryan. I appreciate you doing this show, man. You doing a lot better than Mr. Jones.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, no, no, no.

[Caller]

Billy. Billy, you getting too much slack. You need to take up for yourself. Don't want them boys push you around. And go, cats.

[Ryan Lemond]

There we go, Chad. What a great call. Thank you, Chad. Yeah, I didn't like the Billy, slander that was going on about the. The veggie tray and the suitcase. Billy, I tried to take in the shoes I tried to take up for you this week.

[Billy R]

It was a business trip, Ryan, you know, had to dress up for it. And then I had somebody tweet me a veggie tray, their snack before tonight's game tonight. So it's catching on a little bit.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, something needs to be said for your trying to eat healthy. When we're all in there eating Twizzlers and Little Debbie cakes and chocolate chip cookies the whole trip, you're trying to at least eat something a little healthy. So good for you, Billy. Who we got next? Drew. Drew. Go ahead, Drew.

[Caller]

Hey, guys, Just want to say you guys don't get enough credit. Ryan and Billy, so I'm glad you guys are on tonight.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, that is our call of the day, Billy. Thank you. No matter what he says from here on out, that's our call of the day. So go ahead, Drew. Take as long as you want.

[Caller]

I just want to say all those guys on Twitter cut it out with the negativity because you're embarrassing us, so. And give our. Give our guys some more time. They're not used to playing with Pope like the guys last year, you know, Jackson Robinson, you know, give him some time. We got Malachi and freshmen coming in, so. I'm excited, Drew.

[Ryan Lemond]

We appreciate it. Yeah. You know, I try to remind myself, Billy, that the calendar does say November. I mean, we're a long way away from March. There's a lot of basketball to be played, but still, it stinks when you play so bad and get embarrassed. National television in the most historic basketball arena of all time, and you're getting beat so bad, the other team puts their walk ons in at the end of the game. That was. That was just an embarrassing moment. That does not. Does not happen to Kentucky basketball. And we all had to sit there and take it.

[Billy R]

Yeah. And we heard from Dan Issel and Frank Franklin today about it a little bit, you know, but when you say it's November, that makes it even more impressive. What Malachi Moreno's doing right now is that isn't.

[Ryan Lemond]

Does it not? Yeah, I mean, like Drew said, they're. You know, these guys are getting used how to play with Coach Pope. Malachi seems to have picked it up pretty quickly. I mean, they. They just play better when he's on the floor right now. Now, like I said, I think. I do think Brandon Garrison played his best game of the year so far tonight. But Malachi deserves and has earned that right to start, and he played well again tonight, so. All right, let's get another one. Who we got? Billy?

[Billy R]

Mike.

[Ryan Lemond]

Mike. Go ahead, Mike.

[Caller]

Hey, guys. How's it going?

[Ryan Lemond]

How are you, Mike?

[Caller]

Good, good, good. I'm calling from Knoxville, Tennessee. I live here. I'm UK fan. Been UK fan all my life. But anyway, so the reason I called, so to me, and I'm just saying this because adversity defines true leadership. And Mark Pope this past week.

And.

I love Mark Pope, I drove from Knoxville whenever he was brought in for the press conference. Hashtag, you know, 23, 24,000 are up. Oh, yeah, I stood in line for four hours. You know what I mean, to get into that building, to be there. And so I love Mark Pope. I think Mark Pope isn't a genuine great guy, and I think he's got a lot of. And he's a very intelligent. I'll never forget the Duke game last year where he. He called that play and told him to. What's that kid's name? You know, the one that he did, the spin move. He told me it's when he spins, come over and do the weak side and help. I mean, that's Mark Pope. Yeah. And what he did tonight. And I, I, I. I'm glad to see him, you know, engaging and, and coming out of, you know, that, you know, I love the fact he cares and he wants to win. He hates to lose. I hate to lose, but. But we can't let those kids, man, see us like that. And I'm just thankful, man, that hopefully that, you know, hopefully he has time to. To come out of that and then move forward and, and really be that. That leader that he is, that we know that he is, and the coach that he can be and, and do some great things this year, because I believe, I truly believe the potential is there. I believe we've got the great. We've got some great players. I think they just need true leadership, and we need an alpha male on that team.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, Mike, appreciate it. He said a couple things, Billy. I agree with. One, in a time like you said, adversary brings out is when you look to your leaders. And I said that on the show this week. When in a time of crisis, you look to your leaders for leadership, for guidance. And we didn't get that from Coach Pope this week. We got kind of doubled down and kept it secret and made excuses. You don't need that. And he. I think the caller. Mike's also right about. Need an alpha male. Need a leader. That's why Jalen Lowe was so important to this team. That's why Matt named him the MVP of the team before the season even started, because of his leadership. He is an alpha dog. He's the one that's going to get in your face and tell you when you do something wrong. And he's a great leader. Great floor leader, great floor general coach on the floor. And they're missing that right now. So Aberdeen or Jasper, those two guys have got to learn how to take care of that, and I think they will. What do you think, Billy?

[Billy R]

Yeah, I mean, I hope so. I mean, Aberdeen has had to pick up a lot of the slack with Jalen Lowe out. Mark Pope in the post game talked about being a sore loser after the game, and if that disqualifies him from the job or not, I don't think it does, but I do think that he needed to show some leadership and. And not just in wins against, you know, stinky teams like this.

[Ryan Lemond]

Ryan. I agree. I totally agree. Oh, let's get another phone call then. Who we got?

[Billy R]

Hayden.

[Ryan Lemond]

Hayden, Go ahead, Hayden.

[Caller]

Hey, how you doing?

[Ryan Lemond]

How are you, Hayden?

[Caller]

I'm doing good. I was going to ask Matt earlier, but he hung up on me too quick. I'm a coach at Somerset Christian High School baseball, and we're needing somebody to come out and throw the first pitch. So I thought maybe Ryan would do it since Matt hung up on me too early.

[Ryan Lemond]

I will 100% come down and do it. I'll throw a fastball right across the.

[Caller]

Middle of the play game of the year.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, if it's colder, if it may be cold and snowy. First game of the year. Let's wait maybe to the little warmer.

[Caller]

We ain't worried about that. We'll. We'll get you a sweatshirt and everything. But no, besides that, I think Dan himself needs to keep his mouth shut. 70s he might have played ball like that. Dan is Dan Isle Daniel back. Back in the 70s, you might have been able to talk like that, play ball like that. However he's talking. But it's the first five games of the year and he's already talking like it. I think he needs to suss it up for a while and just keep his mouth set until we get to March.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay, Hayden, appreciate it. Get back with me about throwing out the first pitch. I'll be glad to do it. Yeah. For those who don't know what Hayden's talking about, Dan Issel was on a radio show, I believe. Was it earlier this morning or last night or something and said he did not see one thing, not one thing that was going to make him optimistic about this team this year. Well, if the only game you watch was Michigan was Louisville and Michigan State, maybe you feel that way. Although I thought they played pretty well. Louisville game, Louisville just played better. But maybe the only game you saw all year was Michigan State because the other games were on the computer, as Matt likes to say, and maybe they're going to see him. Well, then you might want to say something like that. But again, it is just November. I'm going to keep saying that. I'm trying. I'm trying to remind myself, I think, Billy, that we still have a long way to go.

[Billy R]

Long way to go, Ryan. So, I mean, Daniel still knows more than us, but. Are you panicking yet?

[Ryan Lemond]

No, I'm not. I needed a feel good win tonight. I got it. I need another feel good win Wednesday against Tennessee Tech. We'll get that. I need him to go out and play well at home against North Carolina. That's. That. That's what's going to win a lot of people back over you. You play well against North Carolina because you may not be Gonzaga in Nashville. Gonzaga is really good. That's got. That could be a tough, tough game for you. But you got to play well against North Carolina. You can't throw in another stinker after you just got embarrassed by Michigan State. You want to take one more if we go to the break or go to the break?

[Billy R]

Yeah, one more will go.

[Ryan Lemond]

One more. Wilson. Go ahead, Wilson.

[Caller]

Hey, Ryan. Thanks for taking my call.

[Ryan Lemond]

Thanks for calling in, Wilson.

[Caller]

I was at the game tonight. The crowd was pretty good, actually. I was kind of surprised considering Tuesday, but it was really refreshing. And I think Cam Williams emerging could be big for this team, but on a bigger level. This week's been kind of exhausting for me to read social media, all the gloom and comments about what Pope's saying in a press conference, what happened before the Louisville game. So it was just really nice to go watch the team play, have a great game and see a young player emerge. I just think we should go into this as fans. We should be optimistic about the team and instead of settling on gloomy things. I get it. We haven't looked good in these big games, but let's cheer for the team. Let's be optimistic. I think we got a good squad.

[Ryan Lemond]

Appreciate it, Wilson. You know, we said the last thing Pope said before he took his headphones off tonight was, it's going to be a great journey. If Cam Williams starts playing like that. He had a good report about Jaden Quaintance. Did you hear that? Billy said Jayden Quaintance was playing in two on two drills in practice? Scared Pope to death. Went to the team doctor. The team doctor said, no, no, he's good. He can do it. So Quaint is now playing in two on two drills. So it's the first time he's been in non contact drills since practice started. So, you know, you get him back. You get Malachi getting better every game. You get Ken Williams, you know, starting to improve. Maybe Garrison gets into that role. If he comes off the bench and gets you 11 rebounds every time. Oh, that's. How valuable is that? To have a big guy come off the bench that could do something like that for you? So, yeah, you're just.

[Billy R]

Somebody's gonna have to sit.

[Ryan Lemond]

I mean, it's not going to play.

[Billy R]

The four with Mo when he comes back, right?

[Ryan Lemond]

You wouldn't think so. And you know, yellow bitch is still trying to fight for get on the floor and get some. Get some minutes here there. So it could be a good problem to have. I do have an update on the Frederick Douglas football score. Yeah. In triple overtime, Ryle 28, Frederick Douglass 27. Douglas goes down in triple overtime De Ryle. How about that?

[Billy R]

Wow.

[Ryan Lemond]

A couple other. I'll give you a couple other scores. Corbin won at Highlands tonight, knocked out Tayton Lorenzen in Highland 35, 21. And Boyle county just destroyed Cub Cath 4114. So those scores from the from foray. So there you go. And here's one more. Here's a from the text machine. Did Matt pass on the postgame show after Middlesbrough went down to Defeat at Pikeville 42 14? Yeah, maybe that's what it was, Billy. Maybe he knew the Jackets weren't going to pull this one out and he'd try to bail on us.

[Billy R]

I understand.

[Ryan Lemond]

I understand. All right, we'll take our break. Come back. 859-280-2287. Local toilet KSR post game show. Ryan's in for Matt. We'll be right back. All right, welcome back. Local tour leaders KSR postgame show. Ryan Lemon in for Matt Jones tonight as Kentucky wins it over Loyola Maryland 8846 in a game that was never close. Five guys in double figures. Cam Williams led the way with 13. Denzel Aberdeen 11. Otega away 11. Colin Chandler also 13. I'm sorry. So we had two guys with 13. Cam Williams, Colin Chandler two with 11. Ortega and Denzel Aberdeen, Malachi had 10 points, eight rebounds. Brandon Garrison 11 rebounds. Jasper Johnson almost in double figures with nine points and five assists. He. He had five assists. Aberdeen had six assists. They show me. I know again, I know I was a lesser opponent, but those two guys running the point made me feel a lot better about going forward than I did against Michigan State. Denzel did not look comfortable at all. And against the pressure Michigan State was bringing Tuesday night, Jasper seemed to handle it a little better. Jasper's just an assist machine man. He comes in and he's got the lob down with Malachi. He's kind of always looking up that way to give it up to the big guys. So I feel comfortable if he's got to step in and run some of that point because you got to think low. Is going to get hurt off and on all season. That shoulder is going to get sore, he's going to get bumped, he's going to miss time here or there if he's going to try to fight through it. We had to live with this last year with Lamont Butler. Remember, he'd get bumped and maybe he had to sit out a game and then come back. Missed the last game of the year against Tennessee, so just get ready for that. But I feel a lot better about Denzel and Jasper for sure at the point. All right, who we got next? Billy?

[Billy R]

Seth.

[Ryan Lemond]

Seth. Go ahead, Seth.

[Caller]

What's going on, Ron? How are you tonight, buddy?

[Ryan Lemond]

Well. What's up, Seth?

[Caller]

Hi. So we went, me and my wife, we got blessed with tickets to the game tonight. And just a few. We were sitting six rows up from the opposing team, from the back, from behind their bench. And so there's just a few little things that I noticed tonight. One, this team don't talk a whole lot on the floor. They talk some, but it's like really kind of like when somebody messes up and they're just kind of explaining what they were trying to do. Two, our bigs. Brandon Garrison kind of does. Does a little bit better when he's actually playing good. But our bigs, and my wife even pointed it out, they don't realize how big they are. They almost play like they're. They're smaller than they are. And I think that especially if Joelovich and Moreno would definitely just like be those big post guys and just get in there and get boards, I think it would contribute a lot. Cam Williams is a demon. I need that. I need that every game from him. He absolutely is a blast to watch in person. Him and Aberdeen and Billy, real quick, let me Put you on something. And I'm being 100 sincere when I say this because I love a good veggie tray. Charcuterie board. You need. You need to try. You need to try the pickled house or candied jalapenos. You can get them@buc EE's. And the pepper jelly, dude, you put that like the. You get like a Ritz cracker with some cream cheese and some pepper jelly and like a little piece of like, provolone or like a little bit of meat on there. Dude, it is absolutely fire.

[Ryan Lemond]

There we go. Okay.

[Billy R]

That's what I'm talking about.

[Ryan Lemond]

Martha Stewart radio tonight. So appreciate it, Seth.

[Billy R]

Thank you.

[Ryan Lemond]

You know, the veggie trays are good except for celery. Did you have celery on your veggie tray?

[Billy R]

There was none.

[Ryan Lemond]

Good.

[Billy R]

Broccoli and carrots and then even a little like beef jerky and cheese that nobody wants to talk about but was delightful.

[Ryan Lemond]

I would go with that. I'm okay if you even have cauliflower. Just no celery at all. The only thing celery is good for is to hold the peanut butter and then you lick the peanut butter out of the celery, then throw the celery stick away.

[Billy R]

Well, let me tell you, it's hard to eat healthy at BUC EE's. Seth is on to something.

[Ryan Lemond]

But Seth did have a pretty good. Made my mouth water a little bit. I'm not gonna lie. 859-280-2287. Who's next?

[Billy R]

Angus.

[Ryan Lemond]

Angus. Go ahead, Angus. Hey, guys.

[Caller]

How y' all doing today?

[Ryan Lemond]

How are you, Angus? Oh, yeah, go ahead, Angus.

[Caller]

Oh, hey, sorry, sorry, sorry. I actually like this lineup to start the game. It gives us a chance to spread the floor a little bit to get some threes up before the game with most sitting on the bench. I do think he'll be good at coming off the bench. So Cam Williams, it's great to see him finding his role and getting some confidence going. If you guys don't mind, I'd like to give a little bit of a shout out too, if that's okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

On a night like tonight? Why not?

[Caller]

Yeah, dude, shout out. Cam Taylor. Shout out. My brother Zach and the rest of further boys. Go cats, man. Thank you, guys.

[Ryan Lemond]

You know, Angus did bring up a point that I think a lot of people are going to agree with when you start a guy like Cam Williams. Now you've got four shooters on the floor. Diabate. The reason Mark Pope went out and got diabate was for he needed Somebody to get tougher inside. You know, we got pushed around last year. We had trouble with teams that played physical. He needed a good defender that could push people around. He went and got Diabate. He's perfect to that. But he's not your outside shooter. That Pope likes to have that 4 guy knock down shots. That's why he brought in yellow bitch. That's why he brought in Cam Williams. So Billy, what do you think if they go with that lineup of bringing Diabate and Garrison off the bench?

[Billy R]

Off the bench? I mean, yeah, I think that would be good. I, you know, we talked a lot about Mark Pope's offense and him not really recruiting to his scheme this year. Right. Going to get Mo to get more physical and get these guys with experience. So it's not exactly the team he's coached in the past. I would love to see Diabate at the 5 or Moreno at the 5 with Diabate on the bench because that allows a guy like Cam to start so you can space the floor.

[Ryan Lemond]

One guy I was really disappointed in shooting tonight was Walker Horn. Oh, I mean he had two, two looks. He was over two from three. I mean, you're in the game for one reason, Walker, and that's to knock down that shot when in the final seconds of the game you got to hit that shot. So he really brought down our three point percentage tonight over two. You know who was the worst three point shooter of the game? Who? Well, that besides the guy that missed Cam Williams, he was only one of four. He had this great game and he's known to be a shooter, but he was doing everything else. That's why he's the MVP of the game. He was a vital member of the team to help them win and didn't do the one thing he's known to do and that was knock down threes. All right, who's next?

[Billy R]

Let's go to.

[Ryan Lemond]

Go ahead, Sam.

[Caller]

Hey, Ryan, thanks for taking my call. I had two games on tonight. I was watching my, my father in law, coach Ryle make a big one there. So happy about that. But I wanted to ask you a question. If, if Colin Chandler didn't go on that mission trip, can you imagine how scary he would be right now without taking that break off of basketball? Have a good night, man.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, you know, it's a good point. He goes two year mission, came back last year. Kind of took him half the year to seem to kind of knock off the rust. But then by the end of the year he was, you could tell he got his confidence back. He's playing with a lot of confidence right now. I like him as anybody. If you got the. You need a shot. I'm putting the ball in his hands and say, go knock it down for me, son. So he had three threes in the first half, was on fire again. Billy, He's a guy that is. It's gonna be hard to get him off the floor.

[Billy R]

Who are we talking about? I'm sorry. We were.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's all right. Colin Chandler.

[Billy R]

Oh, yeah. Drew, as the president of the fam club, I'm a little jealous because that guy has been phenomenal this year, hasn't he? I mean, just, he's been their best shooter. No doubt.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's why I said it's going to be hard to take him off the floor. Going to have a heck of a problem if Lowell comes back, Otega starts playing better. You got Aberdeen and you got Chandler.

[Billy R]

Well, those are big ifs right now.

[Ryan Lemond]

Somebody's going to have to sit out of those four guys, because if you like camp at the four and Malachi at the five. So, like I said, it's a good problem to have. And it's just November. They got time to figure it out.

[Billy R]

So are they going to shorten their rotation, or are we going to play 11 guys?

[Ryan Lemond]

I think that's just how Pope does it. I just think he plays guys, he doesn't like to play a lot of minutes. I've heard him say it before. You, like, you know, analytics show you you play your best one fresh legs. So he tries to save. Get your fresh legs, save them for late in the game. And also it gives the bench some minutes in case you have to play them late in the game. They're not coming in cold. They've already been on the floor and ran them down the court a little bit. So those are his reasons why he likes to play 10, 11 guys. And he's not going to change. I just think that's the way he coaches. Who's next, Billy?

[Billy R]

Let's go to Kendall.

[Ryan Lemond]

Kendall. Go ahead, Kendall.

[Caller]

What's going on around first time? Color.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, I appreciate you calling.

[Caller]

Now, I was gonna see. You got Dan Clay. It's on the bench, obviously. Probably top five round draft pick. I mean, when he comes back, how do you think he comes? Because he come off the bench or does he start how. What do you think he averages?

[Ryan Lemond]

I. I think he'll do exactly what he did with Jaylen Low when Jaylen Lowe was coming back the first time, you know, bring him in about the first TV timeout. Maybe somewhere in the middle of the first half. You know, Jaylen. Jaylen Low has yet to start a game here because he got hurt in big blue white game and then played partial against Louisville. Played partial against who was the other game you played partial against? Valparaiso. Maybe. So I think he'll do the same thing with Quatons. I think he'll just kind of baby him in, bring him off the bench. By the end of the season, he's starting and he's your man. He's the guy. He's gonna be the best player on the team.

[Caller]

Thanks for the call.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, 859-280-2287. Let's get another call. Billy, who we got?

[Billy R]

We got Dustin.

[Ryan Lemond]

Dustin. Go ahead, Dustin.

[Caller]

Hey, Ryan. First time, long time.

[Ryan Lemond]

Appreciate you calling.

[Caller]

Yeah. What did you think about that Brandon Garrison pass at the four minute market the stands? What was up with that?

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't. I don't know if I remember what you're talking about.

[Billy R]

I do. That was bad.

[Ryan Lemond]

He threw one up in the stand.

[Billy R]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, yeah.

[Caller]

Rebound underneath the basket.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's right.

[Caller]

He threw it. It went up into the stands. I don't know what happened with that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, well, I'm not going to fault him. Like I said, I think this is the best game he's played. You know, just seem to be more active on the defensive end. More active going rebound. So they obviously got to him this week and he actually came and played. Instead of pouting on the bench, losing your spot, he came and played his best game.

[Caller]

For sure.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay. Appreciate the phone call.

[Billy R]

Is that your dog in the background?

[Ryan Lemond]

Did you hear my dog?

[Billy R]

Yeah, sure did.

[Ryan Lemond]

There's all kinds of people here at my house. Well, I got one son here downstairs making cookie with these. His. His female companion. I got another son here with two other guys and they're downstairs making music, writing music and songs. So there are people all over my house right now.

[Billy R]

Okay. Well, eventful night at the Lemon household. You're lucky the game ended so quick.

[Ryan Lemond]

I do have breaking news, Billy, though. A guy just texted me. The Somerset Owensboro Catholic score and Owensboro Catholic 1:27-19. That game was played at Kentucky Wesleyan Colleges football field. So once bro Catholic aces move on again. We got you. Wanna take another call or take our final break?

[Billy R]

Let's take our final break here.

[Ryan Lemond]

Final break. We'll come back Our final segment. 859-280-2287. Calls have been really good tonight on after big wins. Sometimes it goes a little astray. Tonight's calls have been fantastic. You guys have done a great job. So we've got one more segment, so line up with phone calls. 859-280-2287. We'll be right back on the KSR Post Game Show. Welcome back. Final segment of the local Toyota dealers KSR postgame show as Kentucky whoops up on Loyola Maryland 8800. There's some high school football scores I got to get to tonight. Pulaski beat West Jessamine, Owensboro beat Fairdale, Woodford county beat Scott county in a tough one, 45:31. Campbellsville shut out Newport Central Catholic Christian Academy, Louisville 1. LCA beat Mayfield 35:16. And I already told you that Corbin won at Highlands and Boyle county beat Cub Cat. But here's, here's what I'm going to bring it up again, Billy. Next Friday night, Boyle county plays Corbin. Boyle County's probably got the best senior in the state, one of the best seniors in the state. And Seneca Driver. Corbin's got the best junior in the state in Malachi Brown that's been getting recruited by Ohio State. I mean the kid is legit for Corbin. Kentucky and all the other schools have offered Seneca Driver at Boyle County. So if you want to see two of the top kids in the state playing the final four next week in Boyle county plays Corbin, that will be slug fest for sure. So, all right, our final segment. We got some callers lined up. Let's get through them and then we'll get out of here tonight. Billy, who we got?

[Billy R]

Yeah, before we do that, Ryan, it's time for our Johnny Rocker, personal injury attorney moneymaker of the game.

[Ryan Lemond]

I can't wait to hear who you picked injured.

[Billy R]

Get small town compassion with big city results when you call The Rocker at 270-321-4429. We try to normally pick somebody that wasn't the player of the game in this segment, but tonight was all about Cam Williams. 13 points, 5 of 9 shooting, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 seals and 26 min. It was his breakout game. He is our money maker of the game. My question for you, Ryan, is how many minutes does he average the rest of the way?

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, he's earned it. I mean he came in and provided a spark against Louisville. He's, he, he's earned more minutes. So I'm going to say if I put the over under, if he gets 17 minutes a gain, you go over.

[Billy R]

Or under, I want to see over. I just don't know with the log jam at that position exactly. But I would I would say over after seeing the night, like Ton think.

[Ryan Lemond]

It'S because, like I said earlier, I think it's because of his hair. I think he redid his hair, wore it out a little bit. Boom. Has this massive game where he was the star of the game. Like I said, you've picked him as a Johnny Rocker player of the game. Maggie Davis has a TV player of the game. Jack Givens named him as the radio player of the game. So he is a clean sweep tonight. It's Cam Williams. All right, got colors lined up for our last segment. Who we got? Billy.

[Billy R]

We got six calls. Let's start with Shelby.

[Ryan Lemond]

Shelby. Go ahead, Shelby.

[Caller]

Hey, good afternoon, gentlemen. Thank you for taking my call. Currently making a two hour drive back home from the game to Mufflerville, Kentucky. And I got two takes for you. One, I hate how much Mark Pope subs. I think we got three and a half minutes into the game and he was done changing up the starting lineup. I can't stand that. And number two, Have y' all ever seen a game before where there was no fouls called? I think it was two minutes left in the first half or foul. That was pretty crazy, so.

[Ryan Lemond]

And Doug Scholz was one of the officials, and he let him play. They just let him go tonight.

[Caller]

That's surprising. I hate it. I hate. I'm sure every Kentucky fan hates him as much as I do, but thank you, gentlemen. Y' all have a good night.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, Shelby, be safe driving home. Yeah, they were the fastest game ever. I think they only shot two free throws in the first half, maybe three. And only shot 17 free throws for the game. That's my kind of game. We don't have to stay up in the middle of the night to do the postgame show. Get Billy out there to decent hour and move on to the next day. Who we got next?

[Billy R]

Josh.

[Ryan Lemond]

Josh. Go ahead, Josh.

[Caller]

Yeah, I was really excited about the game. I'm gonna be a prophet right now. If we. I believe we'll beat North Carolina and Gonzaga and we'll just come out victorious.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, Josh, I hope we're right. We appreciate that. They play, they shoot like these. Okay, go ahead. I'm sorry.

[Caller]

And then I want to. I hated that my Mayfield Cardinals got beat tonight, you know, by Lexington Christian.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, LCA beat him 35, 16.

[Caller]

Yeah. But Mayfield seal the biggest winning school around here, so. All right. Y' all have a good night.

[Ryan Lemond]

Appreciate it. Mayfield's one of the winning schools in all the United States when it comes down to like that. So. But LCA winner tonight, 35, 16 over Mayfield. All right, get another one, Billy. Who we got?

[Billy R]

Sherry.

[Ryan Lemond]

Sherry. Go ahead, Sherry.

[Caller]

Hi, guys, this is Sherry from Corinth, Mississippi. And I just have to say this. I am dead at that first caller who said that BG had an awful game because it. He did so good.

[Ryan Lemond]

I am 100 on your side. And we. I got a bunch of messages, people criticizing that first caller. Yes, Brandon Garrison probably deserved to be criticized after the Michigan State game, but not tonight. Tonight was his best performance of the season.

[Caller]

Not tonight. And he was probably. I mean, he may have been looking at some social media and saying all that and came out and was like, hey, I'm gonna prove y' all wrong, because he did good. And I'm with y' all about the fro. I think Cameron Williams spro probably helped him out tonight. He changed his look and come out and showed out.

[Ryan Lemond]

Appreciate it. Share. You're exactly right, Billy. I think. Go ahead. I think I'm gonna wear my hair as a fro the rest of the week, just in honor of Cam Williams. I know.

[Caller]

Unless. Put it as a. Well, we can't just do a pro. We got to put that bleach right there in the front. Yeah, right there in the front. But anyway, I think y' all are doing a great job. I love listening to all of y' all in the mornings, and Matt's wonderful, but I love y', all, too. And y' all have a great night tonight.

[Ryan Lemond]

Thank you, Sherry. Appreciate. Another great call, Billy. Just another great call tonight. Come from Mississippi. Anytime you're gonna brag on us, we're gonna say, oh, yeah, that is our call tonight for sure. No doubt about it. So we get a couple more like that, it's gonna be a good show. Who we got next, Billy?

[Billy R]

Only two left. We've got Rick.

[Ryan Lemond]

Rick. Go ahead, Rick.

[Caller]

Yes, sir. Rick from Monticello. And I wanted to thank you, Ryan, for coming on and. And talking Wayne county football for the last few weeks. Really appreciate that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I saw they got beat last week, though, right?

[Caller]

Right. Yes. They didn't do good, but. But anyway, I appreciate Ryan coming on and talking about it, and I think Chandler is going to be a player of the year. To me, he's the one that's doing everything right now. It's hopefully continues it and good. Garrett, BG tonight. Had a good game, guys. Y' all do great. I've been listening to KSR for probably 10 years now, every day.

[Ryan Lemond]

Thank you, Rick. Appreciate you very much. If you had to Pick the mvp. I think right now. I think Rick's right. I think it is Colin Chandler. But we had to pick an MVP at the end of the season, Billy. Now we've got into it. Who do you think it's going to be?

[Billy R]

That's a great question.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Billy R]

Can I say Jaden Quaintance joins the team and it just looks completely different.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes. Because that is highly, highly, highly possible that could exactly happen.

[Billy R]

What I'm banking on right now, I don't know if Jalen Lowe is as effective, if he's going to be battling through that shoulder injury.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's the thing. He may be on and off all season long.

[Billy R]

Do you hear what Mark Pope said in the pregame? That he'd be day to day forever?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, we've heard guys with shoulder injuries and somebody told Mark, told Matt that it just doesn't heal without surgery. It's just gonna always. It's gonna be a. We saw it last year with a Lamont Butler. Lamont tried to play through it. He'd missed time here there. He gets bumped. Teams are gonna go after that shoulder and they set a pick. You don't think they're gonna go after and not knock that shoulder out again? Of course they are.

[Billy R]

So who would you pick?

[Ryan Lemond]

If I, if, if Lowe was healthy, I would pick him. Quaint is a really good guess. So since you, since you picked Quatin's, I'm gonna pick. I'm still believer in Otega. O way, man. I picked him as my player of the game tonight. Before the game. I just think it's there. He just got to find it. He's got to dig deep. Look, look. Look in the mirror. Look at the mirror and just remember what made him the player he was last year. And he's not a three point specialist. You heard Pope not just bragging on Otega on the offensive end tonight. Bragging about Otega on the defensive end tonight. Said he played his best defensive game of the year. So that's, that's the Ortega we need to get. So I'm still holding out hope it's going to be him, Billy.

[Billy R]

Okay, I'm. I'll be optimistic with you. You know, if Low doesn't play a lot, maybe Aberdeen becomes that guy. But yeah, he just misses some shots really poorly sometimes.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, he's. He's a better off the ball. They just got to play him off the ball as much as they can. All right. Is this our last one?

[Billy R]

It is. Nate is up.

[Ryan Lemond]

Nate, go ahead, Nate.

[Caller]

Hey, guys. How y' all Doing good.

[Ryan Lemond]

How are you doing, Nate?

[Caller]

Doing well, sitting here in Mount Sterling. Made it back from the game. How about we shout out Andrea Yellowic? 12 minutes, nine points, four from seven. Free. Four for four for seven. Phil, go. Like what? Nobody's even mentioned this guy yet.

[Ryan Lemond]

You're right.

[Caller]

Let's go. Colin Chandler. Shout out Drew. And shout out all you all. You all do a really good thing, I think. Ryan, you're really killing this. This, this post game stuff. I think I love this stuff. Secondly, Billy, you're the man. Keep being you. Keep doing what you're doing. BBN loves you. Have a great night, fellas.

[Ryan Lemond]

Thank you, Nate. BBN loves you, Billy. You keep being you.

[Billy R]

It's a great way to end it.

[Ryan Lemond]

He's right about Yellow Bitch. We hadn't even mentioned him and he came off the bench. Only played 12 minutes, got nine points. Four, seven the field. Four rebounds though. That's where he can earn himself some minutes too, by crashing the board. Get some rebounds when he's in there.

[Billy R]

Yeah, but the lowest plus minus on the team.

[Ryan Lemond]

He did. What was it?

[Billy R]

Plus five. Bami. Besides Walker Horn and Zach Town.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, Walker Horn, he's the guy. He's got to improve what he's doing out there. I mean, he comes off the bench, he's got two, three pointers and he can't hit either one of them. I mean, come on. Walker over two from the field heard our shooting percentage tonight.

[Billy R]

They could have had 90.

[Ryan Lemond]

Zach Tow had a shot in the lane and turned it down to. Those guys have got to come off the bench ready to play. Don't be sitting over there just not paying attention. You, when you come in, you got to execute. Zach Tao, take that shot and you get it in the lane. That's my coaching for the day. All right. Kentucky wins at 88. 46. For you math wizards, that's a 42 point win that beat the spread. So congratulations to the. Oh who? Those of you who bet that. Excuse me, we got KSR pregame show tomorrow starts at 12:30 as Kentucky plays Vanderbilt at 3:30. Go Cats. Let's beat Vandy for Ryan for Billy. This is the local tortiers KSR postgame show. Good night. Amazon five star theater presents real customer reviews performed by a real serious improv podcaster. Tonight's review, spatula for the stars. When I'm dead and civilization eventually collapses, this spatula will remain. It will be the only rune uncovered by some unknown species of the future upon which they base their assumptions of our existence. Eggs. They will Posit these extinct people like to eat their eggs and this was their primary tool for cooking them. Let us teleport and put this device in the Milky Way exhibit. 5 stars Zachary Find your perfect gift this holiday on Amazon the Chase Inc.

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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. A game like this. Yeah, it calls for an ice cold Coca Cola. Ah, crisp and refreshing. That's a game changer right there.

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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.