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Ryan Lemond
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Matt Jones
Chandler throws it To Oway in the right baseline. He spins into the paint, goes up and scores it to tie the game. Santa Clara coming the other way. Gamaluga, right side, comes into the circle, throws it Back to Graves.
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Caller/Listener
Three seconds. A three good with 2.4 to play. Into Oway.
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Matt Jones
No timeouts for Kentucky. Long three for the win. He did it. Oh, man. Oh, the tie. Excuse me. Oh my. It ties that up.
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Caller/Listener
C A T S Cats.
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Ryan Lemond
Cats.
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Matt Jones
Welcome everyone. It is the local Toyota dealers, KSR post game show. We are taking over Cardinal Stadium. How about that? Big win. That's right. Busch Stadium I guess is what they call it here. These folks can't even hear me on a speaker and everybody else doesn't even know what goes, what's going on. But the Cats win one we will always remember on a shot that will live in Kentucky lore for a long time as they win in overtime, 89 to 84. Matt Jones and Ryan Lemon, we are here right outside of your Cardinals stadium.
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Ryan Lemond
I love that stadium.
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Matt Jones
That's Bush Stadium.
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Ryan Lemond
Yes.
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Matt Jones
Play. I have to tell you that this was, you know, if you go to home games at Rupp arena, you see where they, they do the entrance and they play a minute and a half of the greatest highlights in Kentucky sports history. This shot will be playing on that for the next 75 years. You got to see in person those of you that went one that will last forever as the Cats get a much needed win to move on to the second where they almost certainly play Iowa State. And also to get a chance to keep advancing an Otaga away. 35 points, eight rebounds, seven assists. Only four players in in the history of the NCAA tournament have ever had an NCAA tournament game like that with 35 points, eight boards and seven assists. Let me give you the names. Oscar Robertson, Bill Bradley, Larry Bird and now Otega. Away is the fourth one. That's a pretty unbelievable list today.
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Ryan Lemond
Ortega always submitted himself as a Kentucky basketball legend for the rest of his life.
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Matt Jones
A lot of people don't realize he also broke the record today for most points ever by a two year player at Kentucky. He broke Bill Spivey's record today during the game. It's him first, Bill Spivey second, Antonio Reeves third. Now for history for two year players. I have to tell you, Ryan. And then before we get into more details, and you also got to give it back a big shout out. It was BG time. It was BG time.
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Ryan Lemond
Peanut butter jelly time. Yes, it was.
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Matt Jones
How about. Brandon Garrison has seven rebounds, six blocks. Six blocks including two huge Ones in overtime.
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Ryan Lemond
To block a three pointer on the perimeter like that late in the game is huge.
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Matt Jones
And do it twice.
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Ryan Lemond
He did it twice and then only that. Got the block, went down the floor, got the feet for a dunk after he blocked that shot that one time.
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Matt Jones
We won't talk about away on that play.
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Ryan Lemond
No, he didn't walk.
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Matt Jones
I didn't see him walk. Did you all see him walk? He took the exact perfect amount of steps. But Brandon Garrison, I. You got to give him a ton of credit for playing, but this will be remembered as an away Ortega away defining legacy game. And that shot we were talking about, you know, how do you rank it all time? It's hard to know. I guess we kind of need to see what they do in the tournament. If they get beat by 30 next game, maybe we don't remember it as much, but I. It's for postseason shots. You know what you're talking like Tony Delk in the 96 championship game for the corner Aaron Harrison shots over the years, a lot of our other ones have actually ended up being in losses like the Patrick Sparks game. But this one ends up in a win. That's just amazing.
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Ryan Lemond
It will be one of the greatest NCAA tournament shots in Kentucky basketball history.
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Matt Jones
I think it's one of. Objectively, that's a shot we'll see for 50 years just at the NCAA tournament, period. Yeah, I mean, that sequence where he scores, they hit the three, we come back and tie and there's no timeout. So it just goes back and forth. They'll play that. I mean, that's, you know, it's not Lightner, but they'll play that like that. That's going to be. It's certainly going to be like they play the dude from Carolina that hit the shot against.
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Ryan Lemond
How many times we've seen that Bryce Drew last second shot and the Tyus Edney last second shot. Those were kind of jumpers and layups. This was nearly a half.
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Matt Jones
I don't know about you all. I heard him call it. I heard. You know what's crazy? Mario and I were standing there before the game and we were bouncing those balls. Did you notice how much people had little issues with the ball?
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah.
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Matt Jones
And I remember thinking I wouldn't. And I was watching Kentucky warm up and guys were shooting off the glass and none of them were going in. And I thought, I think these balls are just too inflated. You're not going to be able to bank shots in. Well, I was wrong. He banked in a 35 footer with that inflated ball.
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Ryan Lemond
You know, you mentioned some of the shots. Brandon Knight hit it last second shot to win again.
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Matt Jones
Those are good, those two Brandon Knight shots. Yes.
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Ryan Lemond
Princeton and Vernon Hatton throw in well and in from, like 3/4. Court 1 time, I think an NCAA tournament game. But this. The pressure of what could have been. That could have been the end of the era. Mark Stoops era. If he misses that.
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Matt Jones
Mark Stoops. Mark Pope. And it also wouldn't have been the end. He's getting a little worked up. He's just excited. He's excited. He's getting a little worked up. That's okay. Let's. Let's just talk a little bit about what happened down the street. First of all, can I tell you the story where I watched the game?
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Ryan Lemond
Yes. I've been waiting to hear this.
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Matt Jones
All right, so I. I found a little alleyway where I could watch and pace back and forth. So I did that. The whole first half, I just was walk watching and just walking back and forth. In the arena. In the arena. First half. We get to the end of the first half, they take the lead.
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Ryan Lemond
Yes.
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Matt Jones
And I go, all right, I'm out.
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Ryan Lemond
I can't do left at halftime.
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Matt Jones
So I walked. I walked down here to a park like, two blocks away.
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah.
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Matt Jones
And I sat there and I watched it on my phone. And I guess. I mean, these. These. These girls right here, there's a child. There's like a child's volleyball. Girls volleyball tournament going on. So there are. Those kids are everywhere, Right? And I'm sitting there and I'm holding my phone like a crazy person, screaming the entire time, just yelling and screaming. When Aberdeen hit that three to put us up seven, I started thinking, okay, we got this. Let's get in the mo. We're good. Then they come back and go up four. And I'm sitting there going, okay, now what do I say if the season has ended? How do we look at this? Blah, blah, blah. When away makes that shot, thankfully, there might. There might be security footage somewhere on in that park. I just start running and going. And then I look and, like, no one's there. And these people are staring at me. But I couldn't help it. I was way too excited.
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Ryan Lemond
You were the crazy, wacky old man in a park full of female volleyball players. They're all like, what are you doing here?
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Matt Jones
That makes it sound much worse than it was.
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Ryan Lemond
I think it was.
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Matt Jones
All right, so we get to overtime, and in overtime, we're up four, I think, with like, 48 seconds or something after the Garrison ones. So I walk into this, like, hotel bar to try to watch the end of it. And I don't know if you all have ever done this, but I'm so into it. I'm staring at my phone and I've got my head down, staring at my phone, and I end up walking up. And this was one of the most embarrassing things in my life. I walk up and I get, like, right here next to a woman that's a stranger, and I don't see her because I'm looking at my phone. And then I look up and I am three feet from her nose. And she has a look on her face like, what are you doing? What is wrong with you? And I. I had to apologize. So I. I was a little out of control. But you know what? It was worth it. We got the victory.
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Ryan Lemond
We is who he is. We Kentucky basketball fans. We celebrate like we want to celebrate. So if that's how I help you, if you help Kentucky Wildcats win by doing that.
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Matt Jones
I think I did.
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Ryan Lemond
I think I certainly do it all for it.
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Matt Jones
How many of you guys were in the arena? All of you? Yeah, pretty much. I mean, you were. That you were there. Talk to me about what it felt like in the arena during that period.
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Ryan Lemond
First of all, I was kind of surprised how many Santa Clara fans were there. They had a more of a turnout than I thought they were going to.
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Matt Jones
And the Iowa State fans, I'm sure, cheered for them, too.
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Ryan Lemond
And the whole, you know, we were kind of living and dying by three and not hitting them. And I think I could just feel our fan base just kind of tense up. You just feel it in there. And I think they stayed tense until always basket went in the end the game. I don't know if a lot of people were scared to death of that game in there.
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Matt Jones
Even though the game stayed close the whole time. I actually think it was two completely different games. In the first half, I actually thought we played excellent defense, like really good defense. But offensively, we got away from a game plan. We didn't go. We stopped going to the basketball. We were shooting threes, but not even shooting good threes. We were shooting like contested threes or off the bounce threes. Then in the second half, I thought our offense was much more efficient. We were driving the basket, kicking it out for threes. Those were better looks. Guys were finishing. Diabate was great. I need to mention him. He ended up with 17 points in the game. Garrison was great. Aberdeen made big shots. And then of course, away gets 35. But our defense kind of disappeared. We started and we couldn't. Poor Moreno and yellow bitch kept dropping offense, dropping rebounds, giving them second chances. But the key thing is with four minutes to go, four minutes to go games essentially Todd, and the question is, are you going to be able to out tough them? And this team did it.
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Ryan Lemond
You got to give credit to both the Abate and Garrison on the defensive end there. They got physical with their big guys and I think that really bothered them. And then always good as he was offensively, he was getting it done on the defensive end too. He was trying to slow those guards down. It got hot and did a good job.
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Matt Jones
So Chandler finally made one. That was a big one. You know, he missed all those open shots and he hit one. He got a steal at a big point in the game there as well.
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Ryan Lemond
Stretch where AOC hit back. Yeah.
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Matt Jones
And Chandler, I saw you, I saw you tweet aoc. You got some nice replies to that. I'm really happy, obviously for the fans, I'm happy, you know, I'm a fan. I'm happy for myself. I'm really happy for the team. You know, this team has for a lot of the year felt like it underachieved. It's been frustrating at times. I did, I really didn't want to see them go out losing like to this team. Nothing against Santa Clara, who I actually thought played really well in the second half. Although I did have a bad interaction with the Santa Clara fan right out there. I was just standing there talking on the phone to Billy and she walked by and goes, you people from Kentucky are so smug. I wanted to be like, look, come on, you're, you're in Santa Clara, you're in San Francisco, lady. Like, come on. That's a different level of smug. But they were pretty upset. I mean, and I would be too. You haven't made tournament in 30 years. If you're a Santa Clara fan, that one will stick with you forever.
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah. Cuz I'm sure they thought they won the game. Of course the kid hit the three pointer with two seconds left. Game over. We win. We just knocked off big mighty Kentucky.
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Matt Jones
So now Iowa State is going to beat Tennessee State. This isn't a game. But you all may not have seen this because you might not have been watching. Their best player got hurt at the beginning and is on crutches. Joshua Jefferson. So he's an all American. And if he doesn't play, that's a different game. Now they're still winning by 30 tonight. But if he I hate to see any kid get hurt, especially in the tournament. I think he's a senior too, but if he doesn't play that game looks completely different than what it. Than what it looked like. He's a four. He's a forward. That kind of is the kind of dude we struggle to match up with. So just something, something to watch.
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Ryan Lemond
Hey, you hate for anybody to get hurt but if it opens up a better path for us, you know. And Virginia was getting beat by Hobson. Virginia win.
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Matt Jones
Virginia won. So Alabama's losing right now or. No, they now took the lead. The Hofstra. But. But so Virginia has, has won. Tennessee's about to play Miami of Ohio here in a few minutes. But we will be playing Iowa State. People have asked what time. They will not announce that until after the. In the late games tonight you and I were talking about. I mean I think the thing to watch is if St. John's and Kansas both win tonight so that they play each other then I think that'll be the 5:30. That'll be their big game. It's primetime game and I would guess if that happens they'll put us at that game before it that like two. It's like 215 or 230. If one of those teams loses then I think they might put us in that 5:30 game because CBS. CBS his last games at 5:30. Then the other games are on TBS, TNT. I would be surprised if they put Kentucky on the other networks. So my guess if I'm guessing if Both Kansas and St. John's win, I would guess will go 215. 230. If Kansas or St. John's loses then I think we would play 530. That's a complete guess. But that's where where I.
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Ryan Lemond
If Iowa State hangs on a win, that ticket on Sunday is gonna be a hard one to get.
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Matt Jones
Yeah. Are you guys gonna go on Sunday? I do think that's going to be.
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Ryan Lemond
Be a hard ticket.
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Matt Jones
I think it's. And if Purdue, if Purdue wins tonight and you have Purdue, Kentucky and Iowa State in the same session, I do think that will actually do. Very difficult ticket to get if we did it.
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Caller/Listener
Yeah.
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Ryan Lemond
Kentucky fan earlier told me he was trying to get one real quick and I think the cheapest like 250 already.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, it's going to be expensive. But this guy has a thing that says he bets his friend he couldn't get on the show. $5. What's your name?
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Caller/Listener
Yeah.
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Matt Jones
You all right? I can't believe Ryan already handed him the headset. I wasn't going to do that. But I tell you what, it's $5, and you came and we won. What's your name?
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Caller/Listener
Kaden.
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Matt Jones
Kaden, where are you from?
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Caller/Listener
Henderson, Kentucky.
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Matt Jones
Henderson, Kentucky, in the house. What you think of that win?
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Caller/Listener
Dude, that was electric. I've actually never been to a UK game. That was my first time.
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Matt Jones
That was your first game? Well, they're not always like that. All right, Kaden, the only way I'm gonna let you be on this show is you lead this crowd in one more Cats chant while we go to break. Take that off first and let them go. Ready?
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Ryan Lemond
Y' all started?
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Caller/Listener
Y' all started?
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Matt Jones
No, you started. Oh, There you go. We're gonna take your calls, guys. You all will have a hard time hearing me now, but I thank you guys very much for coming. It awesome win. Enjoy yourselves. The Missouri pep rally's coming here in a minute. Boo. We'll see you. We'll be right back. This is the local Toyota dealers KSR postgame show. Welcome back. It is the Local Toy Dealers KSR Postgame Show. 7727 or 7745254 is the text machine. 859-280-2287. I have seen some people sort of downplaying the game on. On. On Twitter or on Facebook, etc. I'm not listening to any of that. You got, you know, yes, it's Santa Clara. I get all that. But if you can't enjoy this game, if you can't enjoy a half court or just inside half court shot to send it to overtime and an overtime win in that environment, like, that is why we do sports. Like, that's why you're a fan, is for moments like that. So for me, I'm hearing no slander. This is nothing but joy today.
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Ryan Lemond
We are long overdue to celebrate a big win. I'd like to be North Carolina. They're home watching.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, I mean, Wisconsin is at home. I mean, there's a. But I don't even. It almost doesn't even matter me about that. You, You. You play sports to have moments like that, moments of elation. You know, I tweeted out, there's a whole commonwealth of students in high schools, grade schools, middle schools, who their teacher put that on in their classroom today. Right. And some of them have sent me videos. Some of them even said, matt, I'm not going to write it on social media because I don't want to get in trouble for my principal. But, like, think about what it was like for them to be sitting in there. They'll remember that for the rest of their life. They really will. They'll remember sitting there and watching that for the rest of their life. In that moment, how can you not love it? The video at KS Bar, it's in, if you haven't seen yet, Insane at KS Bar today. When he hit it, Drew ends up on the up standing on the bar, doing a Ryan Lemon up there. It's just awesome. Like, how can you not love that moment?
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Ryan Lemond
And they will for always remember Ortega away now. Like, we remember some of these last second shots over the years. We will, you know, like you said, you mentioned Tony Dilke's three in the corner against Syracuse. We can all can see it. These kids and watch those games in their classroom today will always remember Otega heaving one from.
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Matt Jones
Do you agree with me that ends up on that montage that plays forever?
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah, absolutely. It will. It has to. It's one of the. Like I said, it's one of the most historic shots. The fact that tied a game in the NCAA tournament to send it in overtime is one of the biggest shots in UK history.
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Matt Jones
And if they were to make some kind of run, right? If they were to beat Iowa State or to beat Virginia and Tennessee in this week, if they were to make some kind of run, that's the moment.
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah, right.
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Matt Jones
Like, that's the moment. And sports in life. But sports is a game of inches. You miss that shot is a completely different conversation we're having. You make that shot and it's like, you know, you've been washed in the blood of the lamb and we don't even have to think about anything and can get ready for our next game.
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Ryan Lemond
A great wise old philosopher said, sports is awesome.
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Matt Jones
Sports is awesome. Yeah, I do remember somebody said that.
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Ryan Lemond
Awesome. Yes.
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Matt Jones
All right, so we will be in St. Louis now for the next couple days. Happy? Let's get started. Now, let me just say Billy has the flu and is literally like a sick as I've ever seen, Billy. But because no one else knows how to run the get UK games, he came in today. Billy, you're a trooper. Thank you very much. You doing okay?
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Caller/Listener
Yeah, I'm here, guys. Thank you, though, for saying that.
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Matt Jones
You can hear it in his voice. But thank you for coming in, Billy. That seriously, I know how sick you are. I appreciate it. All right, who's up first? Dustin. Dustin. Go ahead, Dustin.
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Caller/Listener
Matt and Ryan, how are you?
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Matt Jones
You all doing amazing?
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Caller/Listener
Legacy. Do you think this is a legacy
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Matt Jones
game for Brandon Garrison today, I think two people's two players. I do think this is a kind of legacy game for two players because oa, I think was always going to be remembered as a really good player. But he kind of, I think in fans mind will move one notch up. I mean, he's. And not, maybe not into the all time greats, but into the all time. Wow. We. I think what happens with OA is what happened with the Harrison twins, right? I mean, what. In some ways the Harrison twins are thought of as much is a little bit higher than they would have been because of those postseason shots. I think. Oh, wait, and then I think Brandon Garrison, who has been a very controversial player, including to yours truly, even if he never plays here again, even if he never plays here again, I'm gonna have fondness for the guy because of today, right? I'm gonna have fondness for him because of today. Because that really, I don't think you can help but feel something positive for him because of that. I, I do think it will change the way fans look at him.
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Ryan Lemond
It absolutely will. Because he had the big game in the SEC tournament.
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Matt Jones
He's B.G.
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Ryan Lemond
big game Brandon. That's what he's gonna be.
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Matt Jones
And he also did such a Brandon Garrison thing. Gets the blocks, gets us the win and then fouls with two seconds to go. Like that was Brandon Garrison in a nutshell. He fouls out with two. He completely didn't need. Like if you, if you. It was the quintessential Brandon Garrison game.
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Ryan Lemond
You lose your head at the moment for a silly foul.
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Matt Jones
Really, it's ex. That is Brandon Garrison to a T. All right.
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Ryan Lemond
Yep.
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Caller/Listener
Last question for Ryan. Ryan, have you ate a donut yet since your donuts last summer?
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Matt Jones
Appreciate the call. Yes. If you've eaten a donut since the donut challenge.
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Ryan Lemond
I've had a donut with icing on it, but not a regular donut. I can't eat a regular donut.
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Matt Jones
You can't even look at him anymore.
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Ryan Lemond
I can't do it. I'm just not ready yet. If you got icing on it or whatever, that's okay.
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Matt Jones
Mario's walking around doing interviews here of the players. Wright State nearly pulled it off on Virginia. That would have had one on Tom Crane. Tom Crane said Virginia would roll them. And I was like, I think Wright State's gonna win. Even though I didn't believe it. Tom Bright again. Who's next?
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Caller/Listener
Drew at KS Bar.
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Matt Jones
It's Drew Franklin at KS Bar. Drew, how are you?
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Caller/Listener
Oh, I couldn't be Better guys. What a.
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Matt Jones
What a game.
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Caller/Listener
What a finish. What a Brandon Garrison time.
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Matt Jones
Yes. How so? Tell me what that environment was like in there. I saw the video, but it looked awesome.
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Caller/Listener
Well, it was amazing. We had BG chants throughout the game. I had to call in to make two points. One, I agree with you because anyone that has any negativity right now just needs to shut up. That was amazing. And we will be talking about always shot decades from now. And two, as you just asked, KS Bar was awesome. When I got here, there was a line out the door. Yeah, we got a little nervous, a little uncomfortable at times. But when that shot went in, that was an all time moment with the fan base. And I know you guys are in St. Louis, but wish you guys could have been here to see the KS Bar crowd too.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, I do too. And I appreciate everybody that was in the group because I was by myself in a park. Drew. But nevertheless, I got to enjoy it as well.
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Caller/Listener
I heard that.
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Matt Jones
Yeah.
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Caller/Listener
I just wanted to call in and check in from KS Bar. We're loving it as much as you all. I'm enjoying the postgame show. Ryan, get it together.
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Matt Jones
But what a game.
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Caller/Listener
Now let's go on and win the next round.
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Matt Jones
Appreciate it.
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Ryan Lemond
Drew's record at KS Bar for watch party.
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Matt Jones
Drew is amazing and he'll be there Sunday as well. So you got all weekend long that will that. Listen, as somebody who owns a bar, the difference in the people that will be at the bar tonight and tomorrow versus what it would have been if we lost.
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah.
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Matt Jones
Is quite substantial. So that will be good. Who's up next?
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Caller/Listener
Ben. Ben.
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Matt Jones
Go ahead, Ben.
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Caller/Listener
Hey, guys. So I was ready to give up when they hit that shot in to go up with two seconds left. And then all of a sudden I see Otega OWA pull up, you know, pull up a Harrison shot just banking in like that. I was, I was there when they made it shot in Michigan back in 2014 and I can honestly say that that's the first time I felt something in a long time with Kentucky basketball. You know, I just really appreciate Ortega oa and I hope he understands and feel the love from Kentucky. He's going down in history for sure. And I hope Aberdeen feels the same way. And BJ and all those guys, I hope they all real.
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Matt Jones
That's exactly right.
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Caller/Listener
They are to us.
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Matt Jones
Oh, I appreciate the call. You're exactly right. I mean OA, you know, there'll be somebody else in 20 years doing this show who will sit there at some moment in the future At Kentucky basketball. And they'll go, you know, it was like Jack given shot in 78. Tony Del can and, you know, Andrew, Brandon Knight and now Otega always name will be in that. Like, that's a. That is a cool thing that, you know, you get to have for your whole life.
- [25:28]
Ryan Lemond
That's what I said. He cemented himself in Kentucky basketball lore forever with that. That he just. Because it was like almost a half court shot and he banked it in to send it in overtime.
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Matt Jones
Let's talk about on that play real quick, if you want. So it's getting some attention online. If you watch the replay, Herb Sendak tries to call timeout and they don't give it to it. Now a lot of people are whining about it. I'm gonna give a preemptive response. He clearly did try to call time out, but he didn't do it immediately. I think he did do it before they inbounded it, but not immediately. And just a little note I had a coach tell me, coaches are told, if you want to call time out there, look towards the baseline official. The mid court official is watching the ball. So he may not see you. So you have to. So coaches know. Look towards the baseline official. Herb Sendak is chasing the referee, running down the court. He did try. I understand why he's frustrated. He started his press conference by going, I tried to call it. It's on video. I watched the video. He did try to call it, but A, he looked at the wrong official and B, he waited like a second or two before he did it. And so I think if either of those things he had done differently, they probably would have given it to him. But they ended up not doing it.
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah, A lot of times, like after the shot, the official even glanced over
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Matt Jones
real quick and he did. If you go watch the video, the official looks real quick at Herb. Nothing, sees nothing, starts running down the court and then he starts chasing after him. But there was an official on the baseline. He could have. He could have done it and he didn't do it.
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Ryan Lemond
That hesitation really cost.
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Matt Jones
That hesitation cost him. Now, you know, I get why he's frustrated, but like, some of that's on you. If you had done it immediately, you would have. Would have gotten it. But he did.
- [27:13]
Ryan Lemond
I'll take it. Would have hit the shot anyway.
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Matt Jones
I agree, by the way, also, I would say to her, why didn't you foul? Right.
- [27:20]
Ryan Lemond
Right.
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Matt Jones
Should have found moment. That ball gets inbounded, you should foul. And I also know one thing. You remember the guy who talked trash before the game, say Jack Gulke was his favorite March Madness player. I want you to go watch the replay. When Graves makes his three, that guy runs down the court and starts celebrating. When Owe gets the ball, he comes in to close out, and he's about a half a second late. And if he hadn't been celebrating like Jack Golkey, he probably would have cut him off and stopped him. But he's about a half second late getting back because his celebrating ass decided to do that instead of play defense. So I'm just saying a lot of people made mistakes there that they could have. Could have done something.
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Ryan Lemond
Ghost of Jack Gulke. Little karma right there, Sounds like.
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Matt Jones
That's right. Who's next?
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Ryan Lemond
Next?
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Caller/Listener
Autumn.
- [28:07]
Matt Jones
Autumn, go ahead, Autumn.
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Caller/Listener
Hey, Matt. I'm gonna try to say this without crying, but, man, when Ortega hit that shot, I just lost it. Tears were streaming down my face, and I just felt the frustration of this season, like, leave my body. Exactly a year ago today, my mom was diagnosed with liver cancer, and she has fought, and she is still here by the grace of God. And I just feel like when that shot went in, that was for her. And I'm so excited for this team, and I love this team so much, and I love Mark Pope. And I just pray that we, as a fan base, realize how blessed we truly are to be a part of the best fan base, the best team in all of sports, and that's Kentucky basketball.
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Matt Jones
That's really nice. Can. I want to go back for a second? What. What was your. What's your grandmother's name?
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Caller/Listener
It's my mother. My mother's name is Debbie.
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Matt Jones
Debbie. So Debbie got to. She got. She watched it today?
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Caller/Listener
Yes.
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Matt Jones
Okay. That's awesome. Well, first of all, we're praying for Debbie. I think it is. I'm gonna say Ortega made that shot for Debbie, aren't you?
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Ryan Lemond
I think he did.
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Matt Jones
That's exactly right. And thank you for. For listening and calling in, and God bless you.
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Caller/Listener
Thank you all. Go, cats.
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Matt Jones
Go, cats.
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Ryan Lemond
I think the microphone even picked him up when he let it go. He said, bank for Debbie.
- [29:28]
Matt Jones
Did he say bank for Debbie?
- [29:30]
Ryan Lemond
Called bank and said, that was for Debbie.
- [29:32]
Matt Jones
I didn't hear him say it, but I believe it.
- [29:34]
Ryan Lemond
Yeah, the microphone picked it up.
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Matt Jones
Mario, I want you to come here real quick for a second, because I. I want. I want. Mario went in the. Mario went in the locker room after the game while we came here. So, Mario, you. You were in the locker room after the game, right? Yes, I was. Tell me what those Guys were, like, a lot of smiles.
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Caller/Listener
Everybody laughing, joking around.
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Matt Jones
We had Jalen Lowe interviewing other, all of his other teammates. A lot of media was waiting for Ortega oe to return to the locker room, but there's a lot of good vibes in the locker room. Yes. What did you do when they, when he made the three? I was recording, so I tried to, like, record the, the last minute shot, but I panned to the St. Clara
- [30:11]
Ryan Lemond
student section, so I kind of missed the Ortega order.
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Matt Jones
Why were you showing the Santa Clara student section? Who wants to see that? I thought it was over. You were. What'd you think about BG time? Oh, bg's. Bg's the man. Touch money, baby.
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Ryan Lemond
Touch money.
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Matt Jones
That's all what it's about, man. Touch money. All right. Thank you, Mario. Appreciate it. Who's up next? Jackson. Jackson. Go ahead, Jackson,
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Caller/Listener
man. Matt, I know you're a lawyer. Can I. Is this grounds to sue for emotional distress?
- [30:42]
Matt Jones
No, because. Because you had no damage. We won, so you cannot sue. I'm sorry. You gotta just enjoy it.
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Caller/Listener
I feel like I went through every emotion of depression in that two seconds. And then when that shot went in, I, I, I'm, I'm out. I'm a mailman working, and I, I think these people probably think I'm insane, and I don't care. No, they weren't the happiest I've been in a while.
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Matt Jones
They were watching, too.
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Caller/Listener
Right. Again, like y' all said, just a great shot. I like, you know, under Pope and under, even the last few Cal years, it feels like we've had good tournament wins and have good wins in general, but we haven't had, like, a moment to remember. We've had wins, but we haven't had the moment. This feels like that moment.
- [31:30]
Matt Jones
This is a no, you're right. There hasn't been. I appreciate the call. The last moment for Kentucky basketball in the postseason that's really been a moment was when Tyler Hero hit that shot against Houston in the sweet 16 and took us to the Elite Eight. That's kind of the last postseason moment that Kentucky's had. And now you have it here with this one.
- [31:53]
Ryan Lemond
With this one. Like we've talked about, it's just so much more dramatic. We were about to bow out of the first round of the NCAA Tournament to Santa Clara, and he banks one in from half court.
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Matt Jones
I will say to the people in Kentucky, we're going to need you. From a crowd perspective Sunday, there's a lot of Iowa State fans here. We had more fans In Santa Clara, but we probably didn't have more fans than I was. State in the arena.
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Ryan Lemond
No.
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Matt Jones
So we in Purdue, if they win, we're going to need an invasion of the blue because there will be a ton of Cyclones here on Sunday and Kentucky is going to need to. To match the crowd.
- [32:29]
Ryan Lemond
God, just say. Tried to buy a ticket for Sunday. Now it's up to 300.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, that doesn't surprise me.
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Ryan Lemond
A tough ticket.
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Matt Jones
You get three good teams, all close. Who would Purdue play if they.
- [32:38]
Ryan Lemond
Miami or Miami or Missouri?
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Matt Jones
They could have to play Missouri if
- [32:42]
Ryan Lemond
Missouri ends up in that Final Four with us.
- [32:44]
Matt Jones
Oh, my God. I didn't think about that. If it's Missouri, Purdue, Iowa State and Kentucky, now that's a hard ticket. I didn't even think about Missouri. Wow. We need Miami to win because they won't have.
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Ryan Lemond
It'd be kind of a home game
- [32:58]
Matt Jones
for Missouri, but maybe Missouri fans would buy up all the tickets and then we wouldn't give them Diasta State fans.
- [33:05]
Ryan Lemond
That's fair.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, but there was that. There was a good Kentucky crowd. It wasn't quite what it normally is, I think, but it was a. It was a good crowd.
- [33:13]
Ryan Lemond
You know, we had ours. Our one section was all blue, and then we were kind of spread out.
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Matt Jones
They were spread out.
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah.
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Matt Jones
Yeah. All right, we're gonna take a break. 859280-2287 Text machine is 772-7745254. We'll take a break. Be right back. This is the local Toyota dealers KSR postgame show. Welcome back. It is the local toy dealers KSR post game show. Shout out to these UK fans. This is the greatest group of fans. They're standing out in this sun and it's hot here. I don't know what it's like in Kentucky, but this is a hot sun. They can't even hear the calls. They can barely hear me. And they're still out here. And that's why you're wearing a hoodie, man. You got to be really. He's not even worried about it. Look at it. No big thing.
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Ryan Lemond
We do need to give a shout out. We're at Sports and Social here at Ballpark Village and their manager, Drew, is a big Kentucky Wildcat fan. Northern Kentucky.
- [34:00]
Matt Jones
We're everywhere. We are absolutely everywhere. Also, we get tomorrow. Nothing to do but watch games.
- [34:07]
Ryan Lemond
It could be one of our favorite days of the year. Lay around on the couch all day.
- [34:10]
Matt Jones
Don't have to be stressed.
- [34:12]
Ryan Lemond
Order doordash. Matt pays for it. Watch ball. Games all day.
- [34:17]
Matt Jones
I mean we can go out of the house.
- [34:18]
Ryan Lemond
No, I prefer not.
- [34:20]
Matt Jones
Okay, well there's, there are places to go that she's been giving me recommendations all weekend and they've been good stuff. So. 859-280-2287 do you, how do you feel about Iowa State? I mean especially. Alright, so they're, they're gonna lose. He led the team in rebounding. Joshua Jefferson, second scoring. I think he's like third team all American. He is on, he is in a boot and on crutches. So I'm just going to assume it's unlikely he plays. They'll be the favorite. They can still beat us without him. They're still very good, but I do think we have a chance.
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Ryan Lemond
I saw Iowa State just kick the snot out of Kansas and ever since I saw that it scared me to death. And then they played Arizona like to the last second in the tournament, the Big 12 tournament. They're good. I mean they're very good. They're very, very good. But they don't scare me. Like I said, Kentucky may not have.
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Matt Jones
They play a style that we've done better against this year, generally speaking. And I think the, the Joshua Jefferson was the position where they had the biggest advantage on us. So I do think, you know, I mean I, I will probably even pick them. Although on the pregame show I'll probably pick Kentucky because that's just what I do. But, but I do think I, I think Kentucky has a legitimate shot and then I like, I mean if we get in the next round, I actually think the next round would be, would be easier than this.
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah.
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Matt Jones
Depending on how it works out.
- [35:44]
Ryan Lemond
You know, I didn't get to watch any of this game but they obviously had no trouble with Tennessee State.
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Matt Jones
I thought that would be closer and it wasn't.
- [35:50]
Caller/Listener
No. Yeah.
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Matt Jones
So Miami of Ohio and Tennessee are tipping off right now as well. Who's next?
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Caller/Listener
Anthony.
- [35:58]
Matt Jones
Anthony. Go ahead, Anthony.
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Caller/Listener
Hey Matt, just wanted to ask you what time is it?
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Ryan Lemond
BG time.
- [36:08]
Caller/Listener
It's BG time. Josh Jefferson, Justin Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson. It don't matter. Cat's by 90.
- [36:14]
Matt Jones
Yeah, appreciate it. Jefferson Starship, whatever you want, we'll still do it.
- [36:21]
Ryan Lemond
I think this Kentucky team, I didn't know we ever had a run at a final four but capable of pulling off some upsets.
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Matt Jones
There's two things I also think are worth noting. First of all, whatever else you want to say about this team, at no point this year have they ever given up in any game. Well, that's not true. They gave it up in a couple games, but in general they have fought through the vast majority of games and they have. In other situations where teams have given up, they, you know, they've shown resilience. Secondly, when Mark Pope built this team, we've had a lot of criticisms with how he built it and I think a lot of them are valid. But in his mind he was building it around veteran tough leadership. Well, that certainly showed through today with oa, Garrison, Diabate and Aberdeen being the four guys that took him. He was almost kind of validated for today for how he built the team because those guys are the ones that came out and play.
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Ryan Lemond
I haven't seen a box score, so I know about minutes played. But aberdeen, Chandler, all three of those guys played at least, probably 40 minutes or more.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, let me look, I'll pull it up. But you're right, they.
- [37:25]
Ryan Lemond
And then the three big guys kind of rotated between Mo and Garrison and
- [37:29]
Matt Jones
well, there was 45 potential minutes and let's see, away played 43, Chandler 42, Aberdeen 38, Diabate 32.
- [37:42]
Ryan Lemond
Yeah. Jasper Trent.
- [37:44]
Matt Jones
By the way, Cam Williams hit a big three.
- [37:46]
Ryan Lemond
We won't even talk about that.
- [37:48]
Matt Jones
Cam Williams had an important three when he hit it, so that was, that was a big one.
- [37:52]
Ryan Lemond
He didn't get a lot of minutes, but just when he comes in, he can just do that.
- [37:56]
Matt Jones
Yeah.
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Ryan Lemond
How important is that going to be?
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Matt Jones
I said this on social media. Away was the first person on the court when I saw him get there this morning and he was the last person to leave the court playing, you know, getting ready for the game.
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Ryan Lemond
He understands this is it, man. This is his last run. He's a senior.
- [38:10]
Matt Jones
Everybody's going to focus on the half court shot that take to the basket to tie the game. Right before it might have been just as hard a shot. I mean it was contested. He had to do his OA thing kind of physically get in, bank it in. That was a great shot too.
- [38:23]
Ryan Lemond
When he hit that shot, I thought that's what we'd be talking about here in the post game show was that crucial drive and shot.
- [38:28]
Matt Jones
That's kind of a quintessential away shot right there too. Like that's what he does as good as anybody we've had. Who's next, Matt?
- [38:34]
Caller/Listener
While we're talking about him, let's give
- [38:36]
Matt Jones
our Johnny Rocker, personal injury attorney, moneymaker
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Caller/Listener
of the game, injured.
- [38:40]
Matt Jones
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- [38:48]
Caller/Listener
and 7 hasn't been done in the NCAA tournament since Larry Bird in 1979.
- [38:53]
Matt Jones
He is our Johnny Rocker, personal injury attorney, moneymaker of the game. That is a really amazing stat. Larry Bird, Bill Bradley, Oscar Robertson, 35, 8 and 7 and Otega. And Otega. Oh way. I mean that's crazy, isn't it?
- [39:11]
Ryan Lemond
I mean he was close to getting a triple double in the NCAA tournament going in Dwayne Wade territory. But that was amazing numbers.
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Matt Jones
Brandon's numbers were kind of, kind of wild too. I mean Brandon Garrison was not triple double, but he was like triple something.
- [39:26]
Ryan Lemond
Yeah, well, you mentioned the abate had like 17 points. I think eight rebounds almost a day.
- [39:31]
Matt Jones
Brandon Garrison had 10 points, seven boards, six blocks. It's pretty nice.
- [39:39]
Ryan Lemond
Blocked a three point shot and then came back and blocked another three point.
- [39:43]
Matt Jones
Seven and six is quite a game. Who's next?
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Caller/Listener
Deacon. Deacon.
- [39:48]
Matt Jones
Go ahead, Deacon.
- [39:50]
Caller/Listener
Hey, how's it going, Matt? We're down here at PCB where UK students and spring break and the condo is just erupted. I mean we went absolutely below realistic. They said they heard.
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Matt Jones
I bet that would be fun.
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Caller/Listener
Absolutely unreal actually.
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Matt Jones
You know, there are a lot of places this game would have been fun. I do bet a condo for UK fans on spring break. That would have been a fun place to watch it too.
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Caller/Listener
Oh, it was unbelievable. Moji Abate is not a puppy. He's a big dog for sure.
- [40:18]
Matt Jones
Yeah, I appreciate the call. I mean Mo, we talked about it. 17 points, big shots, especially in regulation there at the end.
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Ryan Lemond
And he hit some big free throws.
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Matt Jones
He did hit a three.
- [40:27]
Ryan Lemond
Hit a three again. Yeah, they stepped the free throw and I'm thinking, oh no, you know, it's
- [40:32]
Matt Jones
interesting if Colin Chandler just hits half of his open threes that we win this game easily. Yeah, you know, he just was off in the first half.
- [40:39]
Ryan Lemond
I think he missed his first five, three point attempt.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, I think he was, I think he was what, one for eight or something. But, but, but you know, we won. So who's next?
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Caller/Listener
Matt?
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Matt Jones
Matt, go ahead, Matt. Matt. All right, who's next?
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Caller/Listener
Oh, I hung up on him.
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Matt Jones
I'm sorry. All right, go ahead.
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Caller/Listener
Mike is next.
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Matt Jones
Mike, go ahead, Mike.
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Caller/Listener
What's up guys? I just want to say, you know, I thought, you know, you gave Johnny Rocker though away and I get it, but I think I would have given to Garrison tonight. I don't think we win this game without Garrison.
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Matt Jones
No, we don't.
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Caller/Listener
You know, I, I give him hell all year. That's the job, I ain't going to lie. But you know, and I was frustrated with always some of the shots he took in the mid game. But, you know, we don't get too many moments like this. This will be one we all remember forever.
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Ryan Lemond
And we.
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Caller/Listener
We just got to build off this. And I'm telling you right now, I think Stokes comes to Kentucky. I think things change next year. I really do.
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Matt Jones
I appreciate it. I hope. Thank you guys. I hope, I hope you're right about that. We will see. But I mean, Garrison, no one has taken. No one has taken more frustration than Brandon Garrison. Certainly for me, I think I've said on here he might be my most frustrating player in a long time, but I also have. I can't dislike him really, because there's just something almost childlike about him, you know, and so it was great to see him have this game.
- [42:10]
Ryan Lemond
I tell you what I admire about Brandon Garrison is that he was a starter. Got benched because lack of effort a couple times, but then he ended up. He picked it up after that. Like he didn't sit around and pout. It's like he became a better player coming off the bench once he figured out what his role was going to be.
- [42:24]
Matt Jones
I can't remember his exact wording, but Pope was talking about away on the postgame show and he said something like, you know, we go at it sometimes. I think their relationship is kind of interesting. I think that Pope loves the guy. I also think they kind of maybe fight a little and bicker, but, you know, they got to share that moment. There's a great video of Pope's reaction to those shots. It's awesome.
- [42:44]
Ryan Lemond
I haven't seen that yet.
- [42:45]
Matt Jones
Yeah, it's on. I just tweeted it out. It's a very cool video.
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Ryan Lemond
You know, Caliperi almost. He welcomed that back and forth. He did play.
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Matt Jones
Cal used to love doing that, love doing that. And he kind of. I think Cal kind of respected guys who would do it.
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Ryan Lemond
Yes.
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Matt Jones
If you were good. Now if you weren't good, he didn't like that. But if you were good, he would. Who's next?
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Caller/Listener
Matt is back.
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Matt Jones
Matt. Go ahead, Matt.
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Caller/Listener
Hey, so where do we rank away shot with Aaron Harrison's three big shots in 2014? And then just the comments that I've noticed is our help side defense looks a little slow and we switch too many ball screens and then we get caught underneath. I think that hurts us a little bit. But our defense came up big.
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Ryan Lemond
It did.
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Matt Jones
Ha. That did happen. But I actually think that was intentional. I think they did not want to give up open three, so they were kind of making Santa Clara. They were not rotating until the last second to kind of keep them from kicking out on threes. I actually kind of agreed with that, with that mindset. The problem is they made some tough shots at the rim in that second half, which kind of hurt us.
- [43:46]
Caller/Listener
Yeah, I think the deep, the. The help side sliding over is about a step too slow, especially with Marino, but we recovered.
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Matt Jones
Yeah.
- [43:54]
Caller/Listener
What about.
- [43:56]
Matt Jones
What about Pierre Rondo at North?
- [43:57]
Caller/Listener
Too early to start recruiting him.
- [43:59]
Matt Jones
Oh, I think they're. They're definitely recruiting Rondo's kid. Are you kidding me? 8th grade and he scores 23 points in the state tournament. I appreciate the call. They're definitely. We're going to recruit him. Already have. Probably.
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Ryan Lemond
Why not offer him now in a middle school kid? Go ahead and make him the offer. Because I wonder, he's such an elite player, how many years he will actually play in Kentucky before he gets shipped off to overtime. Elite or one of these other.
- [44:21]
Matt Jones
North Laurel nearly upset St. Next St. X1. But North Laurel had a shot at the end to win.
- [44:26]
Ryan Lemond
North Laurel already, you know, they knocked off Warren Central in the first round, Nearly took down the favorite.
- [44:30]
Matt Jones
Saint X to Grayson county win.
- [44:32]
Ryan Lemond
The. Grayson county beat great crossing in the second game today.
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Matt Jones
Yes. 859-280-2287. We'll do one more. Who's next?
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Caller/Listener
Bill?
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Matt Jones
Bill. Go ahead, Bill.
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Caller/Listener
Hey, guys. First time, long time.
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Matt Jones
What's up?
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Caller/Listener
Hey. I just got to tell a story. My dad is in a rehabilitation nursing home, 91 years old. I had to make a phone call to the establishment to make sure that they had the game on. Okay. They did. They did get the game on. Me and dad watched the game. This game will go down in history. History is one of the greatest games that I ever watched just because I was with my dad. And this show by. Oh, this shot by OA will be remembered for 50 years, maybe a hundred, and I appreciate to watch it in person and love it.
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Matt Jones
That's awesome. Well, thank you, sir. God bless you and your dad. That's. That's a very cool story. I love this stuff. You know, there are. There's obviously been a lot of negativity some this. This year and, you know, I understand that some of that. Obviously we've had criticisms. You know, there were. There was stuff yesterday and all that. With all that said, Kentucky fans at their core, they want moments like this. This is what it's about. We've just. Even the calls on this postgame show. It's an example of what we've talked about. And this is why I love doing this and talking to you is for moments like this. And that's why I think it's such a cool day. We'll take a break, come back. Final segment. It is the local Toyota dealers KSR postgame show. Welcome back. It is the local toy dealers KSR postgame show. Final segment. Celebrating a huge win in the bluegrass. We've had multiple days of these daylight shows where Terry Miners has to sit there and wait on us until we finish. And I enjoy it, to be honest with you. And I enjoyed this victory. So Iowa State looks like they're going to crush Tennessee State. Utah State leads Villanova. Tennessee up a couple on Miami of Ohio and Bama looks like they are going to take out the pride.
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Ryan Lemond
You know, we said this last week in Nashville at the SEC tournament. We as a fan base, we deserve these moments. It's been a long time coming for us to have a moment we could celebrate. Got to celebrate with everybody at 10 roof down there in Nashville. Got to celebrate here at sports and social today in St. Louis.
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Matt Jones
We need. We needed this and let's all. I mean, if we can win Sunday, there's no reason not to think about it. We can win Sunday. Then you go to Chicago and you play Friday night. I mean, we'll have that Chicago arena packed with people. We will. We will have it absolutely packed. You know, I know you're going to have to drink mine. I don't. I don't. You know, that's not my. Thank you very much. This guy's bringing me drinks. He must not be a listener. But that. Thank. Does anybody want this?
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Ryan Lemond
It's just lemonade.
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Matt Jones
Oh, is it lemonade? Shut up. It's not lemonade. I don't want to. I don't want to. I don't.
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Ryan Lemond
You know, he'll drink it right there.
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Matt Jones
Hey, come here, Mario. You'll drink it. Oh, you already got him one. Well, I'm sorry. I can't do it. But Brian will. Brian will drink them both.
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Ryan Lemond
I'll drink them both.
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Matt Jones
I'll drive you home, Brian. There you go. All right, who's next?
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Caller/Listener
Brian.
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Matt Jones
Brian. Go ahead, Brian.
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Caller/Listener
How you guys doing? Just elaborate. Kind of like you were asking about the temperature. It's 82 and the sun is shining bright on my old Kentucky home today.
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Matt Jones
Well, that's great. That's what it is here, too. It's awesome.
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Caller/Listener
Yeah. I just wanted to reiterate and say, could you guys, would you say or not say that Modi's game today may be the best as a UK Wildcat that he's had?
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Matt Jones
Maybe.
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Caller/Listener
I mean, I don't know.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, I can't think of one better. I mean, he. I think he's been really good the last 10 games of the season or so this year.
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Caller/Listener
Yeah, I think with. With, you know, his experience in ncaa, you know, and then him going to the final four year, he. It seems like he just really enjoys the spotlight. And I know down the street stretch with no way you could tell he's getting a little fatigued playing all that time. He came up with some huge buckets and he was 6 of 8 field.
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Matt Jones
He was 6 of 8 from the field. He got hu. I think you're exactly right. Got huge buckets down the stretch. There. There is something to be said between him and. Go ahead.
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Caller/Listener
Yep. Yeah. Between him and bg, like I said, you know. I mean. Oh, wait. Not to downplay any part of his game at all, but between those two guys today, if we didn't have them, we definitely would have struggled to win, if not win.
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Matt Jones
I agree. I appreciate the call. I think we. I think one thing, like I said earlier, about to kind of validate some of Mark Pope's philosophy on this team. Again, it has not been perfect. I actually think, you know, it wasn't the best built roster, but part of his thought process in Aberdeen and Diabate was those guys have tournament experience. They won't get rattled. Aberdeen played 39 minutes, one turnover.
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Ryan Lemond
His point guard with a bouncy ball.
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Matt Jones
With a bouncy ball. Diabate, 17 points, eight boards and you know, doing. Doing his thing. So I think, you know, part of what they. Part of what he thought was as we get down the stretch here, I want guys who've been through these wars and he had them and they showed up today.
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Ryan Lemond
Bringing Brandon Garrison and Diabate off the bench is quite a weapon he's got sitting over there. And they both need to be played dark. The caller said their best here during tournament time.
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Matt Jones
And I still think there's a better game out there for. For Kentucky. I do. I mean, I think that's your best
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Ryan Lemond
from Colin Chandler yet at all.
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Matt Jones
You have not and you really haven't gotten in the last few games a lot from Moreno. Yep, that's still out there to have out there. And so, you know, now, I mean, you've got. You're not going to get performances like you got from away all that often. Right.
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Ryan Lemond
He can't go for 35 on Sunday.
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Matt Jones
He could probably. Don't want that. You probably want him to have to, you know, I mean, Kentucky had 29 points at halftime. Say it's 60 points in the last 25 minutes.
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah, our defense was doing the job. Our offense stunk it up in the first half. I'm sitting by an Iowa State fan and he leans over and goes, is this usually what UK tries to do offensively? Just jack up three pointers after?
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Matt Jones
That was bad. You. Were you in the crowd?
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah, I sat with Bill Mack in the first half. In the crowd.
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Matt Jones
Bill Mack, Bill. Because here's a superstar lineup.
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Ryan Lemond
Well, Bill Mack obviously is a Kentucky fan, but he went to Iowa State, so in between games, he had an Iowa State shirt on. He was gonna put on over his Kentucky shirt.
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Matt Jones
What's he gonna do Sunday?
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Ryan Lemond
He's all Ohio State. I mean, he's all Kentucky.
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Matt Jones
He's all Ohio State. That would be a weird decision.
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Ryan Lemond
Iowa State was his college girlfriend. UK's his wife.
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Matt Jones
Okay. All right, good.
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Ryan Lemond
Four more.
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Matt Jones
Who's next? Thomas. Thomas. Go ahead, Thomas.
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Caller/Listener
You guys have covered all the main points, but I would tell you, Casino and Owensboro's packed. Diabate pulls up for a three pointer. Everybody's screaming, no. He hits everybody. Yes.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, that's how I was, too. That was exactly.
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Caller/Listener
No criticisms. There's. Nobody should criticize this game. There's a. A memorable Kentucky victory in the NCAA tournament.
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Matt Jones
I totally agree with you. Appreciate the call. I mean, you can say we could have done this better. We could have done this better, but there's one goal in March and that's just a win. And that's what they did.
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Ryan Lemond
Best Kentucky NCAA tournament win since Houston.
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Matt Jones
That was a big. People forget that Houston team was good.
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Ryan Lemond
Such 2018 is it been eight years?
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Matt Jones
19. 19, 19.
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Ryan Lemond
That's a long time to have a win like that was a really good
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Matt Jones
win because that Houston team was good. And we had Hero and Johnson. We didn't play particularly great, but made the plays down the stretch to get the win. And then we thought had a great chance to go all the way because Carolina got upset. Then we lost Auburn in the elite.
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Ryan Lemond
Auburn and had a chance to beat Auburn because one of their top players.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, one of their pop players was out. That's exactly. I forgot about that. Who's next? Daryl. Daryl. Go ahead, Daryl.
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Caller/Listener
Hey, Matt. How you doing, buddy? Hey. First of all, this is Nolan's paw Paw, the one that was sneaking on his laptop the other day in class and listening to the game. I want to put it to rest on that final timeout. I. I looked at the video and Aberdeen is underneath the basket. You can't see him on video, but he had already grabbed the ball before he kind of called time out. I slowed it down, I stopped it, I made the. It go, but he grabbed the ball. And since he grabbed it, he cannot call time out. So if you look.
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Matt Jones
Is that the. Is that the rule?
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Caller/Listener
100%.
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Matt Jones
See, I didn't know that was a rule.
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Caller/Listener
Didn't call a timeout. Absolutely.
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Matt Jones
Well, if that's the rule, then that's. That's interesting. I didn't. You taught me something, cuz I didn't know that's what the rule was. If you grab the ball. Cuz you're right, he does have the ball.
- [53:35]
Ryan Lemond
Exactly.
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Caller/Listener
If you take the video and you keep hitting the stop button until Aberdeen picks that ball up, he has aer film. Herb Sendex hand is not extended his timeout. I've watched it several times, but Aberdeen sneaks out. You can't see it on video. He's like the ball because the referee didn't throw it to him. So he grabs the ball and. And Herb's not quite done that motion for a timeout yet. So that inbound referee on the end.
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Matt Jones
So you know what? Both of them deserve the timeout. I appreciate it. That's.
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Caller/Listener
Did not deserve herself.
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Matt Jones
I'm gonna assume you're telling me the truth, sir. I appreciate the call because I. I want to believe Darrell. Darrell I think was his name. I want to believe him. But if it. If the rule is that when you grab the ball, they can't call timeout. It is true. Aberdeen did have the ball in his hand. So if that's the case, then it was too late for Sendak to call it. I must trust that guy knows the rule because I didn't know that was the rule.
- [54:27]
Ryan Lemond
Only Kentucky fans are going to break down a film like this at the end of a game to see if the guy got a chance to call a timeout.
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Matt Jones
I hadn't seen Herb Sendak in about 25 years, and I would not have known that was Herb Sendak. Yeah, I had. I had not seen him since. I think. What did he coach? NC State.
- [54:42]
Ryan Lemond
NC State.
- [54:43]
Matt Jones
I think that was the last time I'd seen him. So I didn't even realize that was. That was him.
- [54:47]
Ryan Lemond
He's been in Santa Clara for what, nine, ten years? Something like that, I think.
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Matt Jones
I didn't know. I didn't. I thought if you had told me. Where is Herb, send that. I would not have known. And now I. Now I do. Who's next?
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Caller/Listener
Mike.
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Matt Jones
I will actually do three more. Mike, Go ahead, Mike.
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Caller/Listener
Is this me?
- [55:07]
Matt Jones
Yes, if you're on. Yes. Hey, this is Mike.
- [55:12]
Caller/Listener
Hey, I just wanted to call and say I love your show and I love Ryan Lemon, too. He's a good guy. And, well, I've got one statement. How about them cats? Cat, cat, cat. Appreciate it, man.
- [55:36]
Matt Jones
Appreciate it. Thank you, sir. Ryan Lemon is a good guy. And you got to be hot in that shirt.
- [55:41]
Ryan Lemond
I am sweat running down my boxer shorts right now, sitting here in the sun right now.
- [55:45]
Matt Jones
I had a deal. You weren't going to mention that word, boxer shorts. Anything having to do with undergarments, you're not going to mention. Who's next?
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Caller/Listener
Brandon.
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Matt Jones
Brandon. Go ahead, Brandon.
- [55:57]
Caller/Listener
Hey, guys, I just want to say what a hell of a game that was. I was one of the unlucky few that had to work. And I tell you what, I had it on my phone. I had the radio going, had customers backed up for 30 minutes after that last little bit going into overtime, and it was all worth it. And I just want to say, make them wait.
- [56:15]
Matt Jones
I. I agree. Like, listen, if they're not watching the game, that's on them. They need to wait.
- [56:20]
Caller/Listener
They should even. Yeah, they shouldn't even been out running around. I hope Billy gets feeling better. Love the pre show and KSAR show. Just great win. Thank you, guys.
- [56:31]
Matt Jones
Thank you very much. We'll do one more and then we'll call it a day and spend the next 36 hours getting excited till we have to play again. Who's next?
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Caller/Listener
Tanner.
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Matt Jones
Tanner. Go ahead. Tanner.
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Ryan Lemond
Tanner.
- [56:41]
Matt Jones
Tanner.
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Caller/Listener
Hey, Billy, first of all, hope you feel better, buddy. Matt and Ryan, I'm glad you guys are saying what you're saying. This is what March is all about. There's going to be time to question substitutions, recruiting classes. It ain't today. Today's a day to be a out of control Cats fan. And speaking of which, Josh, you gave up on the Cats two months ago. It ain't too late, buddy. We're playing Sunday. Come down to the B list, I'll buy you a beer. Because if it's March and the Cats are playing and you ain't watching, then what are you really doing?
- [57:14]
Matt Jones
Thank you very much. And Josh, get your tail down to the B list. And thank you all very much, all of you that are here. Appreciate it. And especially for sticking around in this. In this heat. Listen, this is what. This is why you. This is why You're a fan. For wins like this and games like today, you can put everything else aside. There'll be plenty of time, as he said, to talk about rosters and talk about this and talk about that. For today, Kentucky gets a huge win. Ortega Owe makes a shot that all of us will remember for the rest of our lives and the Cats move on. And who knows what happens on Sunday. My guess, just a complete guess, is St. John's in Kansas win. We'll probably play at 2:30 on Sunday Eastern. If St. John's or Kansas loses, we might be 5, 5:30. That's just a guess though. They won't announce it until late tonight after the games. Thank you all very much. Billy, go get to feeling better. So Sunday you're 100%. We'll be on the pre game show whatever time the game is. Two and a half hours before that we will be on the air. See you guys later. The Cats win. This has been the local Toyota dealers KSR postgame show. Step into the world of power, loyalty and luck. I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse with family. Cannolis and spins mean everything.
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