KSR Postgame UK MBB vs Missouri SECT 3/12/26

Summary

KSR Postgame Show: UK MBB vs. Missouri (3/12/26) – Detailed Summary

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Episode Overview

This episode of the KSR Postgame Show covers Kentucky Basketball’s tense victory over Missouri, 78–72, in the SEC Tournament. Host Matt Jones and co-host Ryan Lemond, broadcasting from Nashville’s DraftKings Sports Bar, break down the game’s pivotal moments, UK’s fluctuating performance, standout players, coaching strategy, crowd atmosphere, and take calls from excited (and relieved) fans. The tone is energetic, occasionally humorous, and thoroughly blue-blood Kentucky.

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Main Theme

Resilience & Grit in March
Kentucky squandered a 16-point second-half lead but regrouped and rallied in the closing minutes. The hosts focus on the team’s newfound “fight," Mark Pope’s late-game adjustments, and how multiple players contributed to staving off a collapse and keeping tournament dreams alive.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Game Recap & Turning Points

• First Half / Early Second Half: Kentucky built a commanding 16-point lead, looked in control.
• Missouri Rally: Missouri’s Mark Mitchell took over offensively—"he is going to dominate for about 10 straight minutes and there’s not gonna be anything you can do about it." (Ryan, 02:04)
• Lead Lost: The Wildcats saw their lead vanish, falling behind by 1 with three minutes left, drawing nervy flashbacks to a late collapse against Missouri at Rupp earlier in the season.
• Clutch Finish: UK’s “big guys” (Aberdeen, Away, and Garrison) made crucial plays, both offensively and defensively, in the final three minutes to retake and secure the win.

2. Player Contributions & "Fight"

• Aberdeen: Key free throws, hit big threes, grabbed critical rebounds: "If we got one guy I want at the free throw line... him." (Matt, 06:57)
• Away: Took over late with drives, defense, clutch scoring—named Player of the Game.
• Garrison: “Did not score a point, but still made a difference… five blocks.” (Matt, 08:21)
• Chandler: Timely threes, but also turnovers/slips—hosts debate if he was fouled on one late play.
• Diabate & Yellowvich: Provided key rebounds, hustle plays, especially when the offense stalled against Missouri’s zone.

3. Coaching & Adjustments

• Mark Pope’s Decision to Double Mitchell: “That was a key adjustment... really won the game." (Matt, 05:46)
  • First time they actively threatened/doubled on Mitchell with under 4 minutes left, forced tough shots/turnovers.
  • Hosts question why this wasn’t enacted sooner but credit Pope for the timely switch.
• Zone Offense Woes: Kentucky’s offense struggled against Missouri’s zone, relying on individual shotmaking and second-chance points.

4. Tournament Implications

• SEC/NCAA Seeding:
  • Win likely bumps UK off the dreaded 8/9 seed line: "I think it ensures they're not an 8 or 9." (Matt, 03:45)
  • Win vs. Florida could move them up to a 6, otherwise likely a 7.

5. Locker Room & Fan Culture Moments

• Nervous Energy: Multiple hosts admitted to pacing, turning away, or leaving their seats late ("I got up, I was pacing... watched the next segment out on the big screen outside the arena." – Ryan, 09:35)
• Caller Autumn’s Rant: Called out negative “BBN” fans ragging on Coach Pope: “Turn in your fan card and delete your X/Twitter account because I am so sick and tired of you all constantly ragging on Pope!” (Autumn, 18:24)
• Tradition: Teachers and parents calling in, discussing watching the game with students/kids during class, bonds through generations (Rebecca, 44:57 / Casey, 36:38).

6. Officiating & Rule Frustrations

• Missed Goaltending: “100% was a goaltend... but I’ll take it, I’m not gonna complain." (Matt, Ryan 08:07)
• Flagrant Fouls to the Face: Debate over inconsistency (Ryan, 25:04; Matt, 27:13).
• Ref Accountability: Discussion of how officials are graded, and if TV-hungry refs are a problem (Pat Adams specifically).

7. SEC Tournament Atmosphere & Crowd

• Lower UK turnout in the arena than typical, but hopes for a packed house next round due to regional matchups (Kentucky, Florida, Vanderbilt, Tennessee).
• References to a group of British tourists at the game embracing the Kentucky spirit (11:32).

8. Fun/Light Topics & Call-In Highlights

• Superstitions: Shirt/no shirt debates for Chandler, fan blame games for losses.
• Ramadan & Mo Diabate’s Resilience: “He’s being really tough out there and not being able to drink or eat is something... to be credited for.” (Nancy, 34:28)
• Nickname Games: Running joke about lineups with initials (AOC/MAGA), DJT.
• KSR School Excuse Notes: “We have a note for kids so they don’t have to go to school...” (Matt, 37:17)

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Memorable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• On the win’s significance:

  • “That was a tough victory... [UK] actually was able to fight back and get the victory tonight and now they move to play Florida tomorrow.” (Ryan, 02:04)

• On Kentucky’s late-game fight:

  • “To me, the story of the game... you said the key word to me: fight. Something they didn’t have... They fought, even fought off that huge rally.” (Matt & Ryan, 04:41–04:55)

• On Mark Mitchell’s dominance:

  • “We had no answer for them... he could have scored 60 points if Missouri gave him the ball every time.” (Matt, 04:56)

• On zone struggles:

  • “I think when Missouri was able to get in their zone, I think we struggled the whole game.” (Ryan, 05:58)

• On Aberdeen:

  • “He hasn’t missed a free throw in the last two minutes all year.” (Ryan, 06:58)

• On Garrison’s defense:

  • “Brandon Garrison did not score a point, but he still made a difference on the defensive end with five blocks.” (Matt, 08:21)

• Atmosphere:

  • “We were sitting up in section 333 next to some really nice British ladies who were just in Nashville visiting and decided to come to a basketball game... We got them to cheer for Kentucky the whole time.” (Ryan, 09:35)

• Caller Autumn’s Fan Rant:

  • “J. Lawless and Big Blue Nation, you all need to turn in your fan card and delete your X Twitter account because I am so sick and tired of you all constantly ragging on Pope!” (Autumn, 18:24)

• On crowd in Nashville:

  • “I think you could start to feel the big blue mist a little bit more… and you felt it this morning at the show too.” (Ryan, 16:04)

• On superstitions:

  • “No T-shirt [for Chandler]… played well and he did not have a T-shirt on." (Matt & Ryan, 33:33–33:55)

• On Diabate fasting for Ramadan:

  • “He said Pope goes what time do you get to eat today? And he said 6:51 pm. He knew the exact minute.” (Ryan, 34:41)

• On passing down UK fandom:

  • “And the tradition of UK basketball just keeps getting passed on. And the bonus is, since we won, we get to do it all again tomorrow.” (Rebecca, 44:57)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Game Recap & Heroics: 02:04–07:26
• Coaching Adjustments (Pope): 05:01–05:46
• Zone Offense Discussion: 06:23–07:02
• Player Praise / Stats: 26:03, 30:03–31:16
• SEC/NCAA Tourney Seeding: 03:45–04:41
• Crowd & Atmosphere: 11:43–12:28, 16:00
• Calls & Caller Highlights: 14:53, 16:54 (Moffat), 18:01 (Autumn), 36:38 (Casey), 44:57 (Rebecca)
• Fun/Superstition: 33:28–34:01 (Shirts), 37:32 (School Excuse Notes)
• Ramadan and Diabate: 34:07–34:55

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Player of the Game

• Ortetega Away: 21 points, 9-of-18 shooting, plus key defensive stops in crunch time.
  • "He was a superstar today. He proved today that he should have been first team All-SEC, not second team." (Matt, 30:20)

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Closing Thoughts

The show exuded relief and renewed optimism—the Cats weathered a scary second-half storm, made big plays under pressure, received balanced (if imperfect) team contributions, and left fans looking forward to a high-stakes matchup with Florida. The hosts’ banter, detailed breakdowns, and regular calls from diverse Kentucky voices gave the episode both analytic depth and communal fun.

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For Future Listeners:
This postgame breakdown epitomizes the roller-coaster energy of March basketball for Big Blue Nation: anxiety, analysis, celebration, and the hope for a deep SEC (and NCAA) tourney run.

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[Ryan Lemond]

It is the local Toyota dealers. KSR Post game show the Cats win a big one here that is important for the season. Their morale in the NCAA tournament winning against Missouri in a thriller. 7872 I'm sitting here with Ryan Lemon. We are hanging out at the DraftKings Sports Bar and grill here in, in Nashville in Kentucky. That was a tough victory. Got up 16 in the second half, looked to be all in hand. And then Missouri said, I'm gonna give this dude Mark Mitchell the ball and he is going to dominate for about 10 straight minutes and there's not gonna be anything you can do about it. And a 16 point lead went down to a one point deficit. But with three minutes to go, the big guys for Kentucky away. Aberdeen make plays, four big ones. Aberdeen gets a rebound on a free throw, gets fouled, makes two threes which gives him the lead away. Takes it to the basket, gets a huge shot to put Kentucky up three defensively. Garrison. And away. Back to back stops Garrison, makes Mitchell take a bad shot and then always strips it the next time down. And then it finishes with Aberdeen take to the basket right as the shot clock buzzer goes off. And Kentucky, unlike the game in rough where they had a big lead that they lost and then wilted in the last two or three minutes in this game, big lead, lost it, but then actually was able to fight back and get the victory tonight and now they move to play Florida tomorrow. I think it probably ensures that Kentucky, I think it ensures they're not an 8 or 9 and it probably put some right on the 6, but probably more likely a 7. But if you win tomorrow, could get up to a six. So I think, I do think it keeps them out of the 89 game, which is what I really wanted to see this weekend do for the Cats. Ryan is with me. Ryan, to me, the story of the game. Well, really you got a lot from a bunch of guys. Nobody was perfect right away, I thought played really well in the second half. So. So in the first half, Aberdeen made a couple big shots in the free throws, made some back, took some bad shots down the stretch. Chandler hit a couple big threes, but also had some mistakes. Garrison had no points but five blocks. The abate made some important play. I mean, there was a lot of guys that gave you stuff and it ends up you getting a victory.

[Matt Jones]

You said the key word to me, fight.

[Ryan Lemond]

They did, yes.

[Matt Jones]

Something they didn't have. And they had Missouri Rupp Arena. They fought, even fought him off, that, that huge rally. But you said that the two biggest plays of the game to me with those two defensive stops because.

[Ryan Lemond]

Because we had no answer for them.

[Matt Jones]

The dude could have scored 60 points if Missouri gave me the ball every time because we could not stop.

[Ryan Lemond]

We could not stop them. And they tried in the second half. They tried. Moreno, nothing Tried Diabate. Nothing. Didn't put yellow back on him a lot. Tried Garrison early, nothing. But then Pope said in the post game press conference, I thought this was interesting. When they called timeout or when they. When you had the. The under four timeout, he for the first time told, oh, wait, he could double.

[Matt Jones]

Double Mitchell, double Mitchell.

[Ryan Lemond]

And he threatened to double, which caused Mitchell to take that shot. And then he did double the next time. Knocked him off his leg. You could argue, why didn't we do it before that? But that was a key adjustment. Adjustment that I think Pope made. And it made a big difference.

[Matt Jones]

Big in game adjustment right there. That really won the game. Those two plays were the biggest plays of the game. And you mentioned a couple things that have frustrated me. We started playing when we lose, lost that lead. We were playing like we were behind when we had the lead, but we were playing.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, we went away. Well, we. You know, when they played zone, I think this is a really good win for Kentucky because I actually think when Missouri was able to get in their zone, I think we struggled the whole game. We did in the first half when they played zone, we struggled. But what would happen is we would get an offensive rebound or away or Aberdeen or Chandler would make a play. But in general, our offense struggled against that zone.

[Matt Jones]

It did.

[Ryan Lemond]

And in the second half, it really struggled to get you out of here, Carrie. Bruce, see you later. We really did struggle to in that second half, but they made the plays when they needed to down the street.

[Matt Jones]

You're right. We struggled.

[Ryan Lemond]

And they actually went out of the zone in the last three minutes, which I don't really understand.

[Matt Jones]

Aberdeen took two horrible shots early in the shot clock against that zone. We just had trouble trying to figure it out. But then he's money at the free throw line at the end of the game. If we got one guy, I want the free throw line.

[Ryan Lemond]

Dude, he.

[Matt Jones]

Him.

[Ryan Lemond]

He is. What is it? Hasn't missed a free throw in the last two minutes all year.

[Matt Jones]

I think it's what somebody said something.

[Ryan Lemond]

You got to give him a lot of credit for that. That's. I mean, when he got fat, we're down one. We got two straight offensive rebounds. That's the biggest play of the game. Diabate gets one, kicks it out within. We miss, I think Owe misses an open three, and then Aberdeen gets a second one and he gets fouled. And I knew when he got foul, I was like, well, he's making those. And that got us to 71, by the way.

[Matt Jones]

Rule of 70, rule 71. One again, we mentioned Colin Chandler. You know, he's back. Made some threes, made some good run out dunks, but he made a couple really bad turnovers.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, he slipped. He slipped on that when they got the steal. I don't think. Actually, I think he might also gotten fouled. You know, I'm talking about when he had the Runway.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I thought he just got into a hurry, man.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, he slipped there. I'm sorry. He got fouled on the play where it was like a one point game and he turned it over.

[Matt Jones]

Yes, I think he got fouled on that one.

[Ryan Lemond]

Like if I was standing where I could see, I think he got fouled and they just didn't call it.

[Matt Jones]

But, but all those guys did their. Did their job, man. They showed a lot of fight.

[Ryan Lemond]

But Garrison, that was, that was, that was a goaltending it.

[Matt Jones]

100% was a go to that ball was on the way down. I don't even know if it was going to get to the rim.

[Ryan Lemond]

But the rule is that they can't review it unless they call it a goaltending, which is. That seems like a bad rule. But. But I'll take it. I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna complain.

[Matt Jones]

You know. Brandon Garrison did not score a point, but he was still made a difference on the defensive end with five blocks and trying to guard Mitchell and get taken some space.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I mean it was. I don't think anybody was. Was perfect, but a lot of people contributed. Yellow, I thought played pretty well. Yellow bitch. They didn't seem like Pope trusts him after the beginnings of games.

[Matt Jones]

He does not play at the end of the game. He's not out there. Is it because he's a defensive liability is why he's not probably.

[Ryan Lemond]

And we were just getting crushed defensively anyway. I guess that was a thought process. You got to give a big shout out to Mitchell. Yeah, I mean was, you know, a couple times our defense was poor, but in general, man, he just, he just took us. We.

[Matt Jones]

We were trying everything to stop that guy. And like I said, he could have scored every time down if he wanted to if they would have gotten the ball.

[Ryan Lemond]

I feel like he was. And the other guy had. The guy that was crying at the end. Yeah, he had I think seven points in the second half. I mean, that we did. I think people thought it was the same guy because it felt like they were scored every. I mean from the 11 minute mark on, it's. I think they scored almost every possession.

[Matt Jones]

Well, they did. That's why we lost that 16 point lead also disappeared and they're up one point, so.

[Ryan Lemond]

But a good, A big win.

[Matt Jones]

I gotta ask you, when did you get up, start pacing?

[Ryan Lemond]

Five minutes ago. We were sitting up in section 333 next to some really nice British ladies who were just in Nashville visiting and decided to come to a basketball game.

[Matt Jones]

Really?

[Ryan Lemond]

They were like, I can't do the voice. But they were like, we were here a couple years ago and went to hockey, so we thought this would be fun. And we got them to cheer for Kentucky the whole nice. But then at the timeout where they had cut it to five and it went to timeout, I, I got up and I was pacing and so I walked outside, watched the next segment out on the big screen outside the arena.

[Matt Jones]

Did you really?

[Ryan Lemond]

And then watch the last three or four minutes in the arena. I do have floor access, which I didn't know I had, so I can't.

[Matt Jones]

I don't blame you. That was a, that was a gut punch to all of us. I think we were all on pins and needles there for a while.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I mean when you got down one, I, I thought, I didn't think we were gonna win.

[Matt Jones]

It crossed everybody's mind. This is a major collapse. We once again for this team. Second time against Missouri, but we pulled

[Ryan Lemond]

it off, but they get it. And now you get Florida. You get a great opportunity tomorrow. Right? You got a chance. I think it is kind of a no lose game. Right. You know, last year we were in a similar game against Alabama. We had lost twice during the year. Really not been competitive in the games and then really weren't competitive a third time. Be interesting to see if that happens again. But I think this would be, this would be a big one if we're able to do it.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, all the pressures on Florida, Kentucky go out and just play carefree. You know, they're, they've done what they came to do. At least try to get to Friday. They did that. Just play loosey goosey.

[Ryan Lemond]

Why is Mario wearing red dickies pants?

[Matt Jones]

He's had those on all day.

[Ryan Lemond]

Why'd you wear red? I mean, red is our rival's color. I understand, but you could wear blue. Kentucky's playing today. All right. All right. Well, you got the victory. Your man Brandon Garrison got a big defensive stop BG with the play. 859-280-2287. We will take your calls. Interesting about the crowd. Actually seemed like less people from Kentucky at the game today than yesterday.

[Matt Jones]

Was it? Because it sounded like it got loud in there a couple times it did.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, maybe not. Maybe there were more. Just the arena wasn't as full yesterday or as yesterday, but it was spread out over the whole thing. I think there were. It were right, Gabe. There were empty sections last time. There weren't empty sections today. But. But there's a lot of Tennessee fans that had tickets and I think they were just coming in was ending. But I'll tell you tomorrow, Tennessee's losing right now by seven. But if Tennessee wins and you get Kentucky, Florida, Vandy, Tennessee tomorrow, that actually will probably be a packed out.

[Matt Jones]

That's a college basketball junkie dream.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's a great. That's a great day. Even if it's Auburn Vandy. Maybe not as big a crowd, but that'll be a great, great, great two games.

[Matt Jones]

Well, with the. Is the crowd for Auburn Tennessee, I

[Ryan Lemond]

haven't seen it empty or Kentucky, Kentucky fans left.

[Matt Jones]

I thought maybe fans might stay and root for Auburn against Tennessee.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, by the way, Miami of Ohio lost. They did. So can I just suggest what needs to happen?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Let's hear it first for Billy first four Auburn, Miami in the playing game. Who's not watching that? That's a great way to get people to watch. They got to do that. Auburn, Miami in the playing game. Come on.

[Matt Jones]

You know who beat Miami Ohio today?

[Ryan Lemond]

UMass. Right?

[Matt Jones]

You know who their coach is?

[Ryan Lemond]

Bruiser.

[Matt Jones]

Frank Martin.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, that's right. Frank Martin is the coach. Frank Martin, Bruiser. He's in Arkansas with. Yeah, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Frank Martin has surfaced and he beat Miami Ohio today.

[Ryan Lemond]

And then after the game said Miami of Ohio better make it.

[Matt Jones]

You lost in the first round of the tournament to a very much.

[Ryan Lemond]

You gotta let him in though. Who wants to see another terrible team instead of Maya?

[Matt Jones]

That's been my argument the whole time.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I think I've come to your side.

[Matt Jones]

Thank you. But Jimmy Dykes can't use his line though. Can't say they haven't beat anybody because they've beat everybody. He can't say that now.

[Ryan Lemond]

By the way, Jimmy Dykes told that KSR story, but he got it wrong.

[Matt Jones]

He got the. Got the pronunciation.

[Ryan Lemond]

Pronunciations flipped. All right, we're gonna take a break. Be right back. Take your calls. 859-280-2287. It's a local toilet dealers. KSR Post Game Show. Welcome back. Local toy dealers. KSR Post Game Show. 859280, 2287 Dub A Dub. We are here at DraftKings. Doing great. If you're. If you're in Nashville DraftKings. Great place to come watch game. They got all of them right here.

[Matt Jones]

This is a great area too, that we're in the VIP area.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. But I don't think everybody's allowed back here, so you don't need to gloat.

[Matt Jones]

It's very.

[Ryan Lemond]

Where did you watch the game, by the way?

[Matt Jones]

Tin Roof.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, Shannon, I watched it at Tin Roof.

[Ryan Lemond]

Were there. Were there people there packed upstairs where

[Matt Jones]

we did the show? I think a lot of those people that didn't go to the game.

[Ryan Lemond]

Was everybody nervous?

[Matt Jones]

It got kind of really uneasy there when they lost the lead by one point. Yeah, a lot of words that might get me in trouble if I said them on the air.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, really?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, don't say them then.

[Matt Jones]

I would never do that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay. 859-280-2287. Who's up next? Brad. Brad, go ahead. By the way, if you are in Nashville, go to Tin Roof, Shannon's plane. As soon as we finish this show, we're gonna go there and you can say hello. But Shannon's playing right now at Tin Roof. If you are in Nashville. Want to go. Go ahead, Brad.

[Caller]

Hey, Matt, Ryan. How y' all doing?

[Ryan Lemond]

Doing good.

[Caller]

Great win today. I don't know if y' all been watching a little bit of this, but old dad Doc is just back on his. Let me.

[Ryan Lemond]

Here's what Dan Dakota wants. Dan Dakota wants your attention because if he. If he doesn't say crazy stuff, he doesn't get any attention. So we. The thing you own over Dan Dakota is your attention. So don't give it to him.

[Caller]

Perfect. Perfect. Well, it'd be great to see you get a video. The riding on the horse hasn't happened yet.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm probably do it tomorrow or maybe Saturday, but. But I. It has not happened yet.

[Caller]

Well, be careful.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't want to do it. I think it was a terrible decision by me. I think I should get to average the two nights of points. At which point he only has nine.

[Matt Jones]

That's a big fat no. I'm going to make you a deal.

[Ryan Lemond]

What's that?

[Matt Jones]

You scrape me eating by myself for a week.

[Ryan Lemond]

You can scrape eaten now because there's other people that will be upset. You don't get to speak for the whole Kentucky fan base. Anything else, sir?

[Caller]

That's it, sir.

[Ryan Lemond]

Appreciate it.

[Caller]

Have a good time down there.

[Ryan Lemond]

Thank you. We are having a good time. It's good. I think you're. You could start to feel the big blue mist a little bit more. And you felt it this morning at the show, too.

[Matt Jones]

You know, I think most fans would have been happy just to get to this point, win the first two games and then play Florida. But now that we're here, I'm like, let's just be.

[Ryan Lemond]

What if you win?

[Matt Jones]

Let's just go out and get it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Let's just go win a title.

[Matt Jones]

Let's just finally get to the.

[Ryan Lemond]

Let's go win a title, Mario. It's not that hard. It's not that hard.

[Matt Jones]

Just three and three.

[Ryan Lemond]

One, one in 2018. Like, why don't we just go ahead and do it? By the way, first time we've won two games at the SEC tournament since

[Matt Jones]

2018, which is very sad. Very, very bad.

[Ryan Lemond]

That first time we won two games since 2018.

[Matt Jones]

That was the Shay team the last time we won the tournament. That group.

[Ryan Lemond]

Who's next? Moffat. Moffat. Go ahead, Moffat. Hey, guys.

[Caller]

What a fun game. I got so nervous at work, I had to pull over. Stop listening. Turn the phone on or the game on my phone, actually. Watch it. Nothing. Nothing makes a work day better than a good Kentucky win. I hope we beat Florida tomorrow. I'm feeling good. I just want to give a shout out to my son Marcus. Go, Big Blue. Let's go beat Florida.

[Ryan Lemond]

Let's do it. I like. I will say, though, these games during the day that we win, that's kind of fun.

[Matt Jones]

It is fun. Now we got the rest of the day to kind of soak it in and enjoy it.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's right. You know, we're in suite tonight. Those games tonight are gonna be awful. It's like Georgia versus Ole Miss, Texas A and M Oklahoma. I wouldn't watch those games if they were playing them in my house and. But we are going tonight to. To enjoy it.

[Matt Jones]

Well, you guys will have fun and not watch one second of the game.

[Ryan Lemond]

I mean, what's. You guys. You not gonna go?

[Matt Jones]

Well, I didn't know I was invited.

[Ryan Lemond]

They're always invited. Or at least sometimes.

[Matt Jones]

I thought that was the trancy boys.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, I think we got enough tickets. I'll figure out, I think. All right, who's next?

[Matt Jones]

Autumn.

[Ryan Lemond]

Autumn, Go ahead, Autumn.

[Caller]

Hey, Matt. I just wanted to say you kind of stole my thunder a little bit earlier today with not calling out the trolls. But you know what? I have sat back all season and just let people's idiotic takes on coach Mark Pope go. But you know what?

[Announcer]

We are in tournament season time, and enough is enough.

[Caller]

J. Lawless and Big Blue Nation bdn. You all need to turn in your fan Card and delete your ex Twitter account because I am so sick and

[Announcer]

tired of you all constantly ragging on Pope.

[Caller]

And you know what?

[Matt Jones]

As.

[Ryan Lemond]

Who are you talking about, Autumn? Who are you talking about?

[Caller]

Jay Wallace and who's Nation? Hashtag bbn.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay, I don't know who those people are, but okay. All right.

[Caller]

And turn in their big blue fan cards, because it's tournament time, and we only want people who are ready to support not only the players, but Coach Pope. Thank you. Go Cats.

[Ryan Lemond]

There you go.

[Matt Jones]

Love it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Who's Jay Wallace? I don't know, but he just got called out on. On statewide radio, whoever that is.

[Matt Jones]

And hashtag bbn, I'll make her life a lot easier. Just learn how to do the block button. Block them and don't ever have to.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, I've learned that from you. I bought people. You make one. It doesn't take much for me.

[Matt Jones]

Now they say something bad about you, Pope, me, whoever, my friends, you get blocked automatic.

[Ryan Lemond]

There's like, if you say anything personal or if you go, you stupid lib.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Block.

[Ryan Lemond]

Just.

[Matt Jones]

Just block them.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. No. You know, part of why I said that about Doc Itchy is I think Kentucky fans have a right to express frustration as long as they do it in express, in a respectful way about the team, the coach, whatever.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemond]

But people who have no skin in the game, so people who are not Kentucky fans, like, what do you care what they say? Especially people that don't. I mean, Dawkish doesn't have a lot. Like, there's. Who cares? It's one thing if they're on ESPN and, like, you have to listen to them. Yeah, but this is different. You don't have to listen to him.

[Matt Jones]

No, he wants to poke the bear.

[Ryan Lemond]

He wants attention.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Try.

[Ryan Lemond]

I mean, that's what he wants. And it's. You know, it is what it is. When I was pacing outside, so I watched five minutes to go to, like, two and a half minutes outside the arena, but there's a big screen, like, where the fan fest is.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

I was watching it there, and. And, you know, most Kentucky fans are in the game, so nobody's talking to me. This Auburn fan comes up to me, a very nice guy, but talking about how he likes me from afar, and he won't stop talking. And, like, we're in the big possession, like, Aberdeen, shooting those free throws, and he's just like, I wanted to go, hey, man, it's two minutes to go. And he looks at me, he goes, this game's close, isn't it? And I was like, yes.

[Matt Jones]

Don't you wish you could appreciate the call?

[Ryan Lemond]

The problem is you can't appreciate the person. You're not allowed.

[Matt Jones]

Appreciate the call, sir. I gotta watch this.

[Ryan Lemond]

You're not allowed to do that. Who's next?

[Caller]

Eric is Eric.

[Ryan Lemond]

Go ahead, Eric.

[Caller]

Hey, Matt, this is Eric from Cincinnati. I have two things. One's like, I want to talk about the game and it's a positive note. And I have one thing I've been dying to talk to you about from UK Athletics on a more negative note. Is that okay?

[Ryan Lemond]

Sure, go ahead.

[Caller]

Okay. Well, the first thing was I, me, like everyone has had my issues with Pope, but I think that like overall these past two games, like the effort is outstanding. Like people are playing hard. Brandon Garrison's had his two best games probably of the year. If we could just have hit open threes this game, I don't think it would have been close, honestly. How many open threes did we.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, we did miss. We missed like four. Well, at one point I, I tweeted about this, we were up like 13 or 14 and both Chandler and Cam had wide open threes that if I, I think if they hit, they bust the game open and they missed them both. So that you're right. I mean, open threes now they might say, you know, they missed. They missed. I think quite a few open ones too, but nevertheless, go ahead.

[Caller]

Yeah, I just think like they just played tough and everything and not a great memory, but it's what we always think. Like I thought we were so much better than Auburn like back in like 2019, but it's hard to beat a team three times in a row. So that's just how it is.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Caller]

Tomorrow. This is on a negative note. This isn't about any players, but this is just something. I still think it's unacceptable. I think the money going around with like Eli and Mitch is just unacceptable. I remember when I was a student in 2019 and they're raising everyone's tuition and yet somehow Eli's getting a couple hundred thousand dollar raise. I just think it's disgusting, honestly, how they're throwing money around to each other like it's nothing.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I mean it, you know, and I appreciate the call. There's going to be plenty of time for them to, to sort of answer that. I asked on, I guess, what is today? Today's Thursday, so I guess I asked on Tuesday to have either Eli on or have a statement about the decision to add $1.8 million. And they said they get back with Me. And I still haven't heard anything. So that's the way it goes.

[Matt Jones]

They'll. They'll contact you at midnight on.

[Ryan Lemond]

Right before you go. Right now.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Right. For you on vacation.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Who's next?

[Matt Jones]

Darren.

[Ryan Lemond]

Darren. Go ahead, Darren. By the way, Louisville's down 5749 to Jay Lucas, who looks exactly like he did when he was a senior in high school. Go ahead, Darren. Yes.

[Caller]

Got a question on referee. I. I can't stand Pat Adams almost as bad as I can't stand Doug Schauss. And is the question is, is there some sort of accountability by the SEC or the ncaa? Like how they grade them on their performance to kind of keep them accountable?

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, the ncaa, from what I understand, the NCAA actually does grades for the tournament. And, you know, they. They. They pick the best guys to be in the tournament, then they grade them as they go. The SEC says they do do the same, but I also think, like, once you're kind of an SEC guy, you kind of are. But remember, conference, like, Pat Adams doesn't just do sec. He does a number of conferences. But. But, yeah, I mean, my thing. I actually don't think Pat Adams is a bad referee. My problem with Pat Adams is he likes to be on television. And I don't like referees that like to hear. To be on television.

[Caller]

Correct. If he. Him. Him and Doug Shaz both, I don't think they could blow their nose or wipe their backside without reviewing that monitor.

[Matt Jones]

You know what I mean?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. I appreciate the call. Doesn't it feel like. I don't know if we've just had more hits to the face or people just can't. Like, it feels like we've got more flagrants to the face in these two games than I've seen all year.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Malachi's got a black eye from taking an elbow to the face.

[Ryan Lemond]

And the one. I mean, we only. We only made one free throw from it. But the one for Diabate was a little bit of a godsend there, because it was. I didn't even see it coming. It was un. Whatever it was un.

[Matt Jones]

Observed.

[Ryan Lemond]

Unobserved. Unobserved flagrant.

[Matt Jones]

You know, they. They. The way the rules are, you know, any. Any hand to the face or whatever. To the face. It's. They gay. They're calling it regardless.

[Ryan Lemond]

Like, that's a little, though. I mean, it's one thing if you hit the guy in the face. It's another thing if you just. Like. I honestly felt like with the one there with. With. With the abate I don't know sometimes, I mean, they're not trying to hit him.

[Matt Jones]

If you're just making a basketball move or a basketball play and you.

[Ryan Lemond]

But I mean that's what they do in the NFL with, with hits to the helmet with quarterbacks. Whether you mean to or not doesn't really matter. So. Right, we'll do one more and we'll take a break. Who's next?

[Matt Jones]

Dave.

[Ryan Lemond]

Dave. Go ahead, Dave.

[Caller]

Hey, glad we won today. Relieved, looking forward to playing Florida again for the third time. But can we get someone other than Jimmy Dykes to call a game? He shouted out, you guys and the Malachi Moreno's mom call in. And he got the pronunciation of Moreno. Exactly.

[Ryan Lemond]

So I went up to him at

[Caller]

the game, everybody on the set.

[Ryan Lemond]

I went up to him after the game and I told him that he had flipped it and he said, oh, I bet Big Blue Nation won't say anything to me about that online. And I said, don't check your Twitter, because everybody had, everybody had written him. I mean he was trying to. It's nice. He was trying to tell the story, but it didn't really. Didn't really work out.

[Caller]

And talking about the flagrant fouls to the face, the one on Jasper Johnson was definitely should have been a flagrant. That's one they missed. They took it.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't understand why that one was not. You're right. After I just said they call it all the time. I don't, I don't think he did it on purpose there. But if he hit him in the face, like, I mean, I don't understand why that one wasn't.

[Matt Jones]

That's what Jimmy was saying too. He's like, that's clearly a hand to the face. That should be a flagrant one. And they didn't even wave that one off.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I'm with you, sir. I don't know why they did that,

[Caller]

but appreciate the call tomorrow. Go cat.

[Ryan Lemond]

Me too. 859-280-2287. Remember, tomorrow's game is at one Easter. Correct. So it's actually 30 minutes later than the game today. It moves back to the normal time of 1 o'. Clock.

[Matt Jones]

Right, 1 o'. Clock. So our KSR is at normal time tomorrow.

[Ryan Lemond]

It will be. We will have a pre show tomorrow from 9 to 10. That'll be Shannon and Billy and then we will do 10 to 11:30. So it'll only be an hour and a half tomorrow. Still, still TBA on location and all that. Well, we hopefully will know before the end of this show. So we're gonna take a break and be right back. It's a local toy dealers KSR postgame show. All right, welcome back. It is the local toy dealers KSR postgame show. All right. We just got it worked out. So tomorrow we will do KSR live at Tin Roof in the morning. It'll be the regular time for the show. So it will be 9 Central, 10 Eastern. We will be at Tin Roof. Hopefully I'll know before this show ends what time they will open the doors. But we are going to be at Tin Roof for an hour and a half, nine to 10:30. May have a couple special guests as well. So we weren't going to do it Friday, but you know what, the excitement has overcome us and now we're going to do it.

[Matt Jones]

Might as well. I mean we're, we're playing Florida tomorrow, the chance for a huge win, best win of the season. So why not get everybody fired up as I go into the arena.

[Ryan Lemond]

That means you can't let me yell tonight because I got to keep my voice, your voice.

[Matt Jones]

And we can't let you get injured on the electrical bull tonight either.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, well, I'm not doing it tonight If I, if I do it like I think my thought is if we lose tomorrow, maybe do it tomorrow night. If we win tomorrow, hold off for maybe Saturday night.

[Matt Jones]

So you can.

[Ryan Lemond]

I have to be able to get on that plane to go to ESPN Sunday morning though. So you can, if I get hurt and can't get on that plane and I miss the bracket show, it is on you, not me.

[Matt Jones]

No, I'm trying to give you a pass here. Not do it tonight.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm not doing it tonight because we're playing tomorrow.

[Matt Jones]

You can't.

[Caller]

I don't want to.

[Ryan Lemond]

I want to hurt my back and then not be able to stand you

[Matt Jones]

walking into the ESPN studios on, on crutches also.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I cannot agree. Get hurt.

[Matt Jones]

That's a big deal for you.

[Ryan Lemond]

I could not get hurt this, this weekend. I'm just saying. Who's next?

[Matt Jones]

Let's give our Johnny Rocker personal injury attorney, moneymaker of the game, Matt injured small town compassion with big city results. When you call the rocker at 270-321-4429 and I think because of his offensive and defensive performance at the end of the game, we go with Ortega away 21 points, 9 of 18 from the field. He's the first Kentucky player to score 20 plus points in two games in the SEC tournament since De' Aaron Fox.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, really?

[Matt Jones]

35 minutes. He was plus seven on the plus minus. Ortega, always our player.

[Ryan Lemond]

I thought he was great tonight. You know, it's easy to focus on the defense. Great defense. We did not play on the bigs, but actually thought our defense on the perimeter players for Missouri was pretty good.

[Matt Jones]

It really was that. That's. They didn't hurt us there. It was the big guys, but him doubling down at the end was the difference. He was. He was a superstar today. He's. He proved today that he should have been first team all sec, not second team.

[Ryan Lemond]

One person writes. Matt, would you call today a AOC game? Definitely. It was definitely AOC Aberdeen. No way. Chandler combined for see 52 of our 78 points. 52 of our 78 points for away. Aberdeen, Chandler, AOC, AOC.

[Matt Jones]

And like we talked about earlier, they each made plays when we needed it the most. You know, they made some mistakes, but when they need. When we needed them, they were there for us.

[Ryan Lemond]

By the way, Aberdeen had seven assists.

[Matt Jones]

How many turnovers? I don't think he had it. We had one bad turnover.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, Aberdeen had seven assists, one turnover. So he took a couple bad shots. But, you know, you give. You give me 16 and 7. If you're. If you're. You're Aberdeen, I'll take that.

[Matt Jones]

And, you know, the. The Florida guards match up pretty well with aoc, so if our big guys can kind of hold their own with their court.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't think people like that nickname.

[Matt Jones]

I kind of like it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Aoc.

[Ryan Lemond]

I mean, I would do the same thing if we had a player whose name was like, M A G A, you know, I would. You. I don't know. Who's next?

[Matt Jones]

Kentucky Chucky.

[Ryan Lemond]

Kentucky Chucky. Go ahead, sir.

[Caller]

What's going on, man?

[Ryan Lemond]

And, Ryan, how you. What's up?

[Caller]

Doing a long time.

[Ryan Lemond]

No talk. Nice.

[Caller]

Talking too much, man. Hey, listen, likewise, fellas. Y' all stay safe down there. Listen, this may sound stupid, and I know you talked to Jimmy Dykes. You know, you got that personal celebrity

[Ryan Lemond]

relationship, but it's not a celebrity relationship. No.

[Caller]

Oh, come on, Matt. You know, you the man. But I'm gonna move on from that. But my question is this. Is it part of his stick to talking basketball terminology that nobody understands?

[Ryan Lemond]

Maybe a little bit. I mean, he's, you know, I, I not just because I. He's always nice. I actually think he's a good announcer. I think it's tough because we have him so much and he's not actively rooting for UK like Tom and Jack. That Chucky. I Think we tend to, you know, he frustrates us because we have him so much. I mean, the same thing used to happen with Pat with Vital, and. And I think that's probably. I mean, we've had him like 10 times a year for the last 20 years. So I think. Don't you think that's part of.

[Caller]

Could be. But could you do me a favor? When you talk to him, could you ask him, you know, when he uses these, you know, the guy on the pin downs got to do the floppy dog ear thing, could he explain what that means?

[Ryan Lemond]

I actually think that's a fair question. I think that's a completely fair question. I think that's fair. I preach. Good to hear from you, Chucky, because they do say floppy action a lot.

[Matt Jones]

They do.

[Ryan Lemond]

And I don't know how many people in our fan base. Can you explain to people what floppy action.

[Matt Jones]

No, I grew up in a basketball household. I didn't start using. I've never heard the word floppy basketball till, like, I think last year.

[Ryan Lemond]

He does say floppy action a lot without explaining what it is.

[Matt Jones]

I agreed. I'm not. And I really don't know what it is.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, no, I think that's. I think that's a completely, completely fair.

[Matt Jones]

I got a point for you. What did Colin Chandler not wear today?

[Ryan Lemond]

No T shirt. He was asked about that. Tyler Thompson asked him about. And Tyler. And he said that he didn't think about that. But it is worth noting he played well and he did not have a T shirt on.

[Matt Jones]

Played well against Vandy or the shirt of his anim. Played bad. Wore the shirt against Florida. Played bad. Did not wear this. Played. Wore the shirt last night.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Didn't wear the shirt today.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think that's one more right.

[Matt Jones]

Guess who was in the stands. Brandon Garrison's son.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes. Two for two. All right, who's next?

[Matt Jones]

Nancy.

[Ryan Lemond]

Nancy, go ahead.

[Caller]

Hey, Matt and Ryan. Nail biter for sure today. Another one. But I have to give Mo date some credit. You know, he still observing Ramadan, and you really got to give him credit. He's being really tough out there and not being able to drink or eat is something, you know, to be credited for. And that's all I got.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Caller]

Go Cats. Let's hope we have a win tomorrow.

[Matt Jones]

I love it. They get him up before sunrise so he can eat a hearty breakfast. And that's got to last him all the way until sundown. But so since he's.

[Ryan Lemond]

I asked him about that in the post game.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

And he. He said pope goes what time do you get to eat today? And he said 6:51pm he knew the exact minute that he gets to start eating food. But think about, he's playing two of these games and he doesn't get to drink water during the game.

[Matt Jones]

So these early games may be beneficial for him because he's actually playing on some energy from his early morning breakfast. Well, I mean he's played pretty well these two.

[Ryan Lemond]

I know, but the game starts at 11:30 local time and he has to eat at 7:30. You think he still got the energy four hours later?

[Matt Jones]

Oh yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I was still full after my big breakfast. I ate this morning continental breakfast.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay. Tin Roof will open the doors in the morning at 8:00am 8:00am okay. So if you want to get your, get your seat, we will, we will go 9 to 10:30. The pre show will not be at Tin Roof so we will only do KSR at 10 roof. But they'll open the doors at 8 so you can get a table and get yourself get some brew before the game.

[Matt Jones]

It's like old school KSR down here. But we're doing back to back shows at Tin Roof, man.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's true. We've only done one for so many. I didn't even schedule the Friday show cuz I was like, I don't want to be disappointed again. And now we're going to get to do it.

[Matt Jones]

I love it. It's back to the old.

[Ryan Lemond]

Mario even has a graphic. Let me see if this graphic looks good. Mario.

[Matt Jones]

Mario's good at that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, dude, put something on there that's like special, you know? I don't know. Something that's suggesting like we're just decided to do it. What would the word be? This is how, this is how Mario and I come up with stuff. What would we say?

[Matt Jones]

Breaking news.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's not breaking news exactly. It's like surprise, surprise, surprise show. No, no, not you ma'. Am. She thought I was saying surprise to her. I'm sorry. Scared her. I was like surprise.

[Matt Jones]

Scared her.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right. Yeah. Surprise Friday morning show. There you go. All right, who's next?

[Matt Jones]

Casey.

[Ryan Lemond]

Casey. Go ahead, Casey.

[Caller]

Hey, Matt. My dad used to make me listen to these shows growing up and I hated it. And I can't believe I'm calling into one now. But I have to tell you, my

[Ryan Lemond]

son, you don't still hate it, do you? You don't. I mean, you don't love it now?

[Matt Jones]

I love it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay, good. Okay. All right.

[Caller]

But my son is 9 years old. Huge fan. We were at the Florida game last week. I was excited to pick him up from school yesterday. Tell him that we won. He said. I know. He said I had a tab open on my Chromebook while we were doing work and I kept the live score.

[Ryan Lemond]

My kind of kid.

[Caller]

I know I'm raising it right. I just had to tell you that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Love your show and appreciate the call. And Jackson should get to skip school tomorrow, too.

[Matt Jones]

Well, you put out.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's three straight days I have put out. For people who haven't seen. If you go on X, Mario put this on the Facebook page. The note. We have a note for kids so they don't have to go to school.

[Matt Jones]

School excuse.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's a school excuse. And basically it says that your kid is working for ksr.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemond]

Now, of course, none of your kids are working for ksr, but their teacher doesn't have to know that.

[Matt Jones]

Right?

[Ryan Lemond]

Right. They're on a special. So it's a collective lie to the state.

[Matt Jones]

So every parent should download that and

[Ryan Lemond]

give it to your school, edit it

[Matt Jones]

for your kid, give it to the school, and your kid can stay home and watch a catch beat.

[Ryan Lemond]

Somebody just noted Moreno, Aberdeen, Garrison, and Andrea Yellow Vic would be maga.

[Matt Jones]

It would be. So that. That combination on the floor, we got to call it the MAGA combination. As the MAGA team.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. We don't ever have three. We don't ever have three bigs at once, though.

[Matt Jones]

I'm going to ask Pope to do it, you know.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay. AOC as much as much. Oh, and then somebody was like, Matt Denzel, Yellow Vich. Trent. Noah is djt. That's Donald J. Trump.

[Matt Jones]

Well, there you go. We got all kind of new nicknames.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, we're not gonna. That one I'm not doing.

[Matt Jones]

There's two games in a row Trent's not played.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't think he's gonna play with Cam. I think Cam's got his minutes.

[Matt Jones]

Cam hit one from the logo today, Jack. That went up from the logo.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I think I. I mean, I think Cam allows you. The only thing Noah gives you more than Cam is rebounding. Cam's not a very good rebounder, but

[Matt Jones]

it seemed like a lot of the time, though Cam was a non factor today, I thought.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I do. I mean, played 13 minutes. It doesn't feel like he played that long, but I think those are 13 important minutes stretches the defense. And you also have, like. I'm sitting here looking at the minutes for away Aberdeen and Chandler, you know. Oh, a played 34, Aberdeen 35, Chandler 33. So that's none that 16 minutes he does they don't play. Williams gets 13 of those.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

And I think that's helpful said earlier

[Matt Jones]

just having him out there. The defenses have to honor him. They know he can jack one from anywhere.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Who's next?

[Matt Jones]

Grayson.

[Ryan Lemond]

Grayson. Go ahead, Grayson.

[Caller]

Hey Matt, I am Grayson from Austin and I was wondering what you.

[Announcer]

What you thought about the end the SEC tournament.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, it's been fun so far. Two for two. Grayson and Austin. Wish you were here. Tennessee and Auburn playing. By the way, who are you for? I think I'm for Auburn.

[Matt Jones]

I'm absolutely.

[Ryan Lemond]

I appreciate the call. Yeah, I think I like to see Auburn win. You get Auburn and Vandy. I feel like we could beat either one of those teams if we beat Florida.

[Matt Jones]

Absolutely.

[Ryan Lemond]

So beating Tennessee three times a year. Year would be hard.

[Matt Jones]

It'd be hard. I want you know my brother's family are all Auburn people so I kind of root for them when I can. So I'm definitely rooting for Auburn to win.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I think Auburn is playing for the tournament. They win this game. I think they're, they're probably in if they're, if they don't they might still be in but I think this would get them in if they won today.

[Matt Jones]

They explained Miami of Ohio losing kind of bumped Auburn to the first four out.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Louisville is down four to Miami with four minutes to to go. I know Terry Miners is sitting in that WHAS studio being nervous about it. We'll see. We'll see what ends up happening. All right, who's up next?

[Matt Jones]

Cody.

[Ryan Lemond]

Cody. Go ahead, Cody.

[Caller]

Hey Matt, what's up? I've been sitting on. I've been seeing on X that there's rumors flying around about JQ playing tomorrow.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Anything about that and if I think that's very unlikely. Yeah, I mean you know, I, he, he didn't, I watched. He did quite. And didn't even warm up today like he done. From what I understand he hasn't done anything with the team so I, I

[Matt Jones]

don't know where those rumors come from when he's not even practicing with the team.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Why would he go? How's he going to play?

[Ryan Lemond]

I mean the guy who knows all this is Mario. He's got the plug. If you'll stop eating chicken fingers and answer the question. Do you think, do you think he'll play tomorrow? No, I think the answer is no. I'm not. I haven't seen the rumors but I think it's, it's no.

[Matt Jones]

We talked about it earlier the last time he played was the Missouri loss at home as the last time he played in a Kentucky uniform.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. 859-280-2287. We are going to take a break. Cats in Florida will get their third attempt at it tomorrow. And we're going to do KSR live tomorrow in Tim Roof, which we didn't think we were going to do. We'll take a break and be right back. It's a local Toyota dealers KSR post game show quarterback. It is the local Toyota dealers KSR postgame show. Remember, we are on the road to the SEC tournament, which of course is sponsored by Clayton and Croom and our favorite Burnt Tavern bourbon, which we've learned about this trip. Clayton Croom has a new store here in Nashville. While you're in town, you should check it out. It is. Where is it in town here? 12 South. Is that a road?

[Matt Jones]

Why not south? Well, it's over there by north.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's not a.

[Matt Jones]

Goes north one way and south the other way.

[Ryan Lemond]

Does it?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, anyway, Clayton and Croom has belts, leather bags. They've been a great sponsor of ours and I, I, I, I have, I get a ton of stuff from there. So do you all do. It was new store on 12 south in Nashville. I was right. 12 south, that must be like a shopping center.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, it's got to be. Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Then Burt Tavern there in Garrett County. Thank you to them for sponsoring us on the road at the SEC tournament. Which now goes another day.

[Matt Jones]

Another day. Like I said, most I think UK fans were hoping just to get to Friday. Now that we're here, I think they're

[Ryan Lemond]

gonna keep it going.

[Matt Jones]

Keep it going. I mean you take away that 11 to nothing run because Florida opened the game with. We outscored him the rest of the way.

[Ryan Lemond]

I agree.

[Matt Jones]

Just carry that on into this game.

[Ryan Lemond]

Who's up next?

[Matt Jones]

Kevin.

[Ryan Lemond]

Kevin, go ahead.

[Caller]

Hey guys, what's up? I just wanted to tell you I listened to the game on the radio with Tom and Goose and it was something funny that they did. I guess there was a play where there was, they were reviewing a foul for be a flagrant and Goose said that some friend of his was there who he knew from the Milwaukee Bucks that was reviewing. He, he, he was reviewing the referees like, like judging him or whatever. And then like the he he said, I just asked my friend and my friend said it's common foul, you know. So like a couple plays later, I guess Moreno gets held and they like pull his jersey, you know, and they're stretching it Out. They don't call nothing. And. And a goose goes, how could they miss that call?

[Ryan Lemond]

And

[Caller]

Tom goes, I asked your buddy over there.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's a good question. I actually thought the officiating was pretty good today, to be honest with you. All things could say, I don't think the referees played a role, which is the best you can ask. Right.

[Matt Jones]

They called.

[Ryan Lemond]

He missed that goal tending. I'm glad. I'm glad that didn't happen against us.

[Matt Jones]

That's probably the most glaring mistake they made. They called the double technical when it probably should have been called a double technical. And Brandon Garrison, their guy kind of shoved each other.

[Ryan Lemond]

By the way, I love Brandon Garrison, and the other guy started it, but my man, again, the game is over. The only way you'll lose it is getting involved in an altercation. Don't get involved in an altercation. Right.

[Matt Jones]

Like you said, what's Kentucky's record when he gets a technical?

[Ryan Lemond]

That's true. He's undefeated when he gets a technical. Well, so keep it going.

[Matt Jones]

I think he should get one of the first minute of the game tomorrow.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, stop. Slow down. Who's up next? Rebecca. Rebecca. Go ahead, Rebecca.

[Caller]

Hi, guys. I just wanted to share my favorite part of the game today. I'm a teacher, and so I got to put on the game for my students this afternoon while they work. And I just got to sit back and watch them cheering along and enjoying it and realizing that 20 plus years ago I was sitting in a classroom just like them, enjoying this. And the tradition of UK basketball just keeps getting passed on. And the bonus is, since we won, we get to do it all again tomorrow.

[Ryan Lemond]

Love it. That's very cool. And I agree with you. I mean, I understand that. You know, I understand there's learning to take place, but your kids have a better chance of remembering that than anything else. And. And you. And you get to connect it to when you were in school. I love it. Great stuff.

[Caller]

Thanks.

[Ryan Lemond]

Appreciate the call. Auburn's up 10 on Tennessee. Miami is up one on Louisville with a minute and 12 seconds on WHAS. Terry Miners will follow us. His happiness or sadness could depend on the next minute and 12 seconds. We'll do four more. Who's next?

[Matt Jones]

Thomas.

[Ryan Lemond]

Thomas. Go ahead, Thomas.

[Caller]

Yeah, I love the guard play. They'll talk a lot about that, but we have some peripheral stats that are great, too. I know Garrison drives us crazy, but he had four block shots.

[Ryan Lemond]

He did? Yeah. I thought he actually had nine. They didn't. They only gave him credit for four. But go ahead.

[Caller]

Yeah, we had nine block shots. That's kind of worth 10 points. You got yellow bitch and Diabate on offensive rebounding. They were. I mean, seven to six. That. Those are largest numbers. These peripheral players doing their row. That's substantial.

[Ryan Lemond]

You're exactly right about that. And I think. I think diabate and yellow bitch specifically, you're right. They do a couple things that you don't necessarily stick out, but they're big plays and usually it's yellow bitch in the first half that does it, sir. And diabate in the second half.

[Caller]

Yeah, it's a team effort.

[Ryan Lemond]

I completely agree with you. Appreciate the call. Three more. Who's next?

[Matt Jones]

Danny.

[Ryan Lemond]

Danny. Go ahead, Danny.

[Caller]

Hey, guys, I know it's a fun trip, but freshman Kentucky win. But Kentucky did it again. They won on my birthday. I'm 62 years old today and fortunately, happy birthday. I get to follow Kentucky and they always usually do very well in the SEC tournament. So it's been a wonderful day.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, happy birthday. How are you going to celebrate it? You got a treat for yourself. You're going to go have dinner somewhere nice?

[Caller]

No, we're. We're going out tonight to one of our favorite Mexican restaurants in.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, wow.

[Caller]

In La Grange or Crestwood, Kentucky, we're going to Gustavo's Mexican restaurant.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, he's a good guy. Well, good.

[Caller]

Well, enjoy it is a great friend of ours. We've been, We've known him for a long time.

[Ryan Lemond]

But anyway, man, I told you, I

[Caller]

said be careful on the bull there, Matt.

[Ryan Lemond]

Appreciate the call. So. So tomorrow, by the way, if you are in Lexington, KS Bar will be open to watch the game tomorrow as well. So show up there and scream and get us a victory.

[Matt Jones]

You know, I think Mayor Linda Gorton tomorrow, Lexington should just shut Lexington down at one o' clock tomorrow. Let schools out, shut all the businesses. Let everybody go home.

[Ryan Lemond]

Don't shut all the businesses. We need to be open in order to have the game on at KS Bar. I don't think we should shut all the businesses.

[Matt Jones]

See, I was thinking I'll shut the business. They would come to our restaurant. So all the business.

[Ryan Lemond]

We qualify, we are a business.

[Matt Jones]

Just our place. Shut all down. All the business.

[Ryan Lemond]

Shut them all down except ours.

[Matt Jones]

That's why they come for lunch. Have a good, you know, watch party for the, for the game tomorrow. School needs to be let out, so I go home and watch the game with their, with their parents. It's a good holiday.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, well, I don't know if she'll go for that, but Two more. Who's next?

[Matt Jones]

Nate.

[Ryan Lemond]

Nate. Go ahead, Nate.

[Matt Jones]

Hey.

[Caller]

Hey, man. How's it going? Thanks for taking my call. Thought it was a great game today. One frustrating thing I have with this team, and it seemed to happen a lot this year, is we just give up that one big game. That one guy on the team. Mitchell had 32 points today. McKinnon had 28 points yesterday for LSU, that's 60 points. We've given up just two players over the last two games.

[Ryan Lemond]

McKinnon really frustrated me yesterday, but I have to tell you, I don't know that Kentucky could have done a whole lot with Mitchell. I mean, I. You know, you could make a decision to double him earlier and try to get somebody to beat you, which they did at the very end. But he was kind of a horse. And some of those shots, you know, sometimes. Sometimes he hit. He hit it. We. You know, he got open. But a lot of times those were just contested shots, Ryan, where he just overpowered our guy and said, I'm scoring.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, there were a couple of times we played really good defense on him, and he still scored. Basket. There's nothing you can do about that.

[Caller]

Yeah, then there's that one play.

[Ryan Lemond]

He was.

[Caller]

He took that wide open three there. Towards the end of the second half, I couldn't. Nobody.

[Ryan Lemond]

I could. Well, so Moreno was laying off of him and he hit that three. And part of me was like, why didn't you get out there? But then on the other hand, it's probably. You'd rather him take that shot than try to drive to the basket. So, you know, sometimes you just got to say, a dude's playing well. And to some extent, he was doing that.

[Caller]

Yeah, he had a phenomenal game today. I just hate to see that happen, to do that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Well, I appreciate the call. Charles Barkley always says, you know, you get a guy who's playing circuit, there's really nothing you could do. You know, you're not gonna be able to stop. And I'm not saying he was. He's like that normally, but he was kind of like that today. Cock.

[Matt Jones]

The caller said he wasn't just doing it inside, he was getting it done outside.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes, he was. You know, we'll do one more and then we'll call it a day. Cane's lead 73. 70, by the way, 35 seconds to go. Who's go ahead?

[Matt Jones]

Terry Miners.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, Terry. Miners is on the line. Terry. It's a four point game.

[Caller]

Ryan. Come to my man upside the head.

[Ryan Lemond]

Why?

[Matt Jones]

Why?

[Ryan Lemond]

Why did you do that?

[Matt Jones]

That's just Terry and I, our little song we sing to each other.

[Caller]

Okay, that's his song on here. Matt, you talk more on this after show than a guy doing a filibuster for FL four days in Washington D.C. good golly miss Molly. The cats are going to beat Florida tomorrow. I'm going to beat Florida tomorrow. I don't know they're going to win the tournament, but I think they're going to beat Florida just as the way it is. But can I have like three minutes of my own show because it's almost over.

[Matt Jones]

We can feel time.

[Ryan Lemond]

You know what? I was going to take one more call but you do you get to have a show? I take up most of your show yesterday and today so I will shut up so you can on the air. Okay?

[Caller]

You are the best Matt Jones. But Ryan, anytime he starts babbling like that, just hit him upside the head with the skillet and let you other guys talk a little bit.

[Ryan Lemond]

Come to my way. That's why I don't want to talk. Okay. See now get you. All right. Thank you very much. There you go. Louisville is down three with 20 seconds to go. The Terry Miner show is next on whas. For the rest of you I will see you tomorrow morning 10 Eastern 9 Central. Pre show will be with Billy and Shannon at 9. I'll be back at 10 with the guys live from Tin Roof. Cats win. What Was the final score? 78, 72 I think that's right. Close enough. We'll see you later. This has been the local toy dealers KSR postgame show.

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