KSR Postgame UK MBB vs Vanderbilt 2/28/26

Summary

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KSR Postgame Show: Kentucky MBB vs. Vanderbilt — February 28, 2026

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Overview

In a jubilant postgame episode, Matt Jones and Billy (plus callers and special guest Tom Hart) break down Kentucky Basketball’s resounding 91-77 win over Vanderbilt at Rupp Arena. The hosts discuss what they call Kentucky’s “performance of the year,” highlighting key players, implications for the SEC and NCAA tournaments, fan experiences, and a lively section on “UK player fish names” that closes the show on a light note.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Game Recap & Player Highlights

(02:01–09:20)

• Kentucky's wire-to-wire dominance, leading by double digits most of the game.
• Key performers:
  • Colin Chandler: "Five threes in the first half, six for the game. He gave Kentucky the spread they really needed throughout." (03:19)
  • Denzel Aberdeen: “16 assists and one turnover in the last four games. That's a pretty amazing thing to see him do.” (04:06)
  • Otega Oweh: "When he gets that head of steam and starts going to the basket, there's nobody better in the country." (04:32)
  • Malachi Moreno: “11 points. He had four different post up scores with his back to the basket… I thought Malachi was great.” (04:57)
  • Bench Contributions: “Reserves came in, held serve, starters extended the lead and that’s what happened.” (05:56)

2. SEC Tournament Implications & NCAA Seeding

(06:00–09:20)

• "This probably ensures they will not have to play on Wednesday in the SEC tournament." (02:28)
• Kentucky’s now fourth win over teams in the NET Top 20; no other SEC team has four such wins (07:55).
• Potential for a double-bye if they beat Texas A&M and Alabama beats Tennessee.
• Bracketology: Most project UK as a current 6-seed with a chance to move up after today’s win (08:40).

3. The "Three-Headed Goat" Backcourt

(09:20–10:00+)

• Otega Oweh, Denzel Aberdeen, and Colin Chandler have been dubbed “the three-headed goat” by Oweh himself.
• On their impact: “They are 80% of our offense.” (09:24)
• Callers riff on the nickname, suggesting "Team AOC" for Aberdeen, Oweh, Chandler (14:28).

4. Fan and Caller Insights

(11:00–16:00+)

• Crowd energy at Rupp described as electric, especially early on (18:12).
• Ongoing conversation about fans in the lower bowl standing and cheering – "If the lower bowl gets into it, we can extend to 30.” (22:01)
• Shout-outs to fans listening in Hamilton, OH, and the UK baseball team for a win over St. John's (11:54).
• Several lighthearted stories from attendees about their eventful game-day, underlining the strong community feel around the team.

5. Officiating & Controversial Calls

(12:22–14:00)

• Brandon Garrison took a hard hit after a whistle—"He should have been kicked out" for the flagrant foul, says Matt (12:26).
• Confusion over a late foul called on Chandler; debate over whether the call was justified (13:11).
• Overall, hosts agree officiating was solid and allowed the game to be entertaining.

6. Special Guest: Tom Hart Interview

(35:37–41:47)

• On Chandler: “The Colin Chandler coming out party is huge for this team. He played with a ton of confidence..." (35:50)
• Chemistry talk: Injuries and roster tightening might have improved on-court chemistry (37:10).
• Tom Hart: “Great teams have multiple options, not just one guy.” (38:34)
• Shout-out to Harrison County and the Oddville community.

7. Tournament Outlook & Coach Pope’s Standing

(24:26–26:40)

• Win boosts optimism about a potential deep March run.
• Coach Mark Pope’s stock is rising with fans after up-and-down year—“Wins like this buy me into that next season.” (25:05)

8. Lighter Moments & Memorable Quotes

• On tournament unpredictability: “Those might lose in the first round or they just might go to the final four. Hallelujah, Halaback.” (27:00)
• Callers’ fun: Multiple lighthearted call-ins, including a 12-year-old with his grandfather at his first UK game (49:05), and a woman who named her fish after Kentucky players (51:21).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

On Chandler’s shooting:

• “Colin Chandler was playing like a dog... I'm back on track.” (Caller, 31:53)

Caller on three-point defense:

• “Vanderbilt shot like 70% from two-point range and the fact that we won a game by 14 when that happens says a lot.” (Jake, 16:15)

On SEC scenarios:

• “Would you rather have a chance for a double-bye or get rid of the possibility of playing on Wednesday?” – “Get rid of the chance of playing on Wednesday.” (19:54–19:56)

On Rupp Arena energy:

• “If just the rich people would stand up, cheer a little bit, you could get behind this team and just keep rolling.” (Jason, 22:01)

On optimism for March:

• “This team… they play like they are doing today, they can make some big noise in March.” (Caller, 20:19)

Matt to 12-year-old caller:

• “When I was 12, I went to UK games with my grandfather… some of my most fond memories… I hope you enjoy every minute of that.” (49:33)

[Fish Name Section – Lighthearted Segment]

• “Gerald Fish is a great name for a fish. Appreciate the call…” (53:12)
• “Is there a fish called an Oscar? People keep saying Oscar.” (56:38)
• “Anchovy Davis!” (57:28)

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Segment Timestamps

• Coach Pope/Game Plan Praise: 05:56
• SEC Tournament Implications: 06:00–09:00
• Caller with "Team AOC": 14:28
• Crowd & Lower Bowl Discussion: 22:00–23:30
• Tom Hart Interview: 35:37–41:47
• Three-Point Defense Analysis: 16:11–17:49
• Fish Name Game: 51:21–end (60:25)
• 12-Year-Old's First Game & MVP Q: 49:01–50:49

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Conclusion

Kentucky’s comprehensive win over Vanderbilt left Matt Jones and Kentucky fans feeling upbeat, viewing this as a major turnaround and a springboard to more success in the coming weeks. The team’s balanced attack, particularly the "Three-Headed Goat" guard trio and solid bench contributions, fuel postseason optimism.

The show captures the celebratory energy of Rupp Arena, addresses hot topics from tournament seeding to in-game officiating, and offers plenty of colorful, community-driven moments—including eccentric fans, calls from every generation, and the now-iconic UK Player Fish Name Game.

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Transcript

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome everyone. It is the local Toyota dealers KSR postgame show Kentucky with a probably the performance of the year in Rupp arena beating Vanderbilt 9177 and what really was from start to finish an excellent game by Kentucky to get a much needed victory that probably ensures they will not have to play on Wednesday in the SEC tournament and will certainly be big. Coming for seating you can give us a shout 859-280-2287. I am at KS Bar and Grill where it's been an exciting Day here, both before the game, during it and now folks here. Some hanging out after. Right now Kansas and Arizona are playing. It's 40 to 33 Arizona, but all of our attention was on Rupp and I think this was Kentucky's best performance of the year against a good team. From start to finish they led right out of the gate. Colin Chandler hit a couple big threes to start and really never took their foot off the gas. Going up 10 early and once they got a double digit lead, basically kept it the entire game. Went all the way up. At one point it was 22, but really stayed between 22 and 30, 13 the entire game. Vanderbilt would make shots, but then Kentucky would make a big play. Lot of people to stand out. We'll start with Colin Chandler. Five threes in the first half, six for the game. He gave Kentucky the spread that they really needed throughout. But he didn't just make threes. I thought he penetrated, he was able to pass at the right times. He was excellent. Denzel Aberdeen, quiet but with 15 points also I thought played excellent. Really good distribution. You know the, the stat that I heard today, I had no idea this was true. 16 assists and one turnover in the last four games. 16 assists and one turnover. That's a pretty amazing, pretty amazing thing to see him do. And he was excellent leading the team and really playing with, just playing with a calm but able to penetrate and score. I've been so impressed by him. Away in the second half was excellent. When he gets that head of steam and starts going to the basket, there's nobody better in the country at with a head of steam getting to the rim. And then today finished Kentucky was 12 of 14 on layups today. We've talked a lot about the missing layups in games. 12 of 14 on layups. I thought Malachi Moreno was excellent. 11 points. He had four different post up scores with his back to the basket which we really haven't seen a lot from him this year. One on one moves where you get little hook shots or little post up moves. I thought Malachi was great. If I just get him to grab the ball a little stronger, I think he would be why we don't want to be too good or he might not be here but he'd be in the NBA. But he is. I thought he played well. And then the guys who are the reserves who when they've gone in the game, it has been a problem for Kentucky. I thought tonight they had played their role really, really well. Diabate has been really good the last few games. Thought he was again you got to give him one shot a half where he gets the ball but he's going to shoot it no matter what. But the way finished at the rim was excellent. Brandon Garrison I felt like had some really good moments tonight. Brandon Garrison played really good defense I thought for a lot of the game got some buckets. Jasper Johnson came in especially in the first half and was very effective. And then yellow bitch here hit threes early. Didn't play a lot in the second half but with 16 minutes I thought was was played really well too. A total team effort. When you get all eight guys who played a lot of minutes when you get them all. Contributing this box score tonight is what I think an effective Kentucky team looks like. Starters play most of the minutes, reserves come in, hold serve, starters extend the lead and that's what happened. And I, I was really impressed with the entire game. I thought Mark Pope had a great game plan. He they attacked. They were able to not make the mistakes that they made last game and they attacked Vandy at their weakness. They did a just high ball screens. If Vandy did not extend out, they would shoot the three. If they came out they'd roll to the basket and if they gave the guy with the ball a step he would get to the rim. And really Vandy had no answer for it. I thought it was the best offensive game, the best offensive game Kentucky's played all season. So I got. You got to be happy about it. And the impact of this game is huge. So let's just start with the SEC tournament. Kentucky now 106 in the conference, play at A and M and play Florida. I think if Texas loses another game and they play Texas A and M actually I think. Billy, are they playing right now Texas and Texas A and M?

[Billy]

I'll check.

[Matt Jones]

If Texas A and M wins right now, then I think Kentucky is guaranteed to not play on Wednesday. But if not, Texas will basically have to win out for us to not play on Wednesday. Right now it's basically tied Texas 31 30. So. And if Kentucky beats A and M, it will also ensure they don't play on Wednesday. But probably by winning they've ensured they don't play on Wednesday. And what's crazy is they now have a chance. It's a small chance, but it's a chance to get a double buy. If they beat A and M and Alabama beats Tennessee tonight, there is a process they can get a double buy even if they lose to Florida, which would be kind of amazing. But that process does exist. If they Beat A and M. So the worst case scenario, which was you know you were gonna have to play on Wednesday at 1 o', clock, that is a very, very unlikely scenario because the win today you also got your fourth top 20 net win. No team in the SEC has four wins in conference in the top 20. That's big because when it comes to seating they really look at who you beat. As Jay Billis often says, you can, anybody can lose a game. Who did you beat? And they really focus on who you beat. Kentucky now has beaten a lot of good teams with this win. And then when you get to the NCAA tournament there was some talk amongst some bracket people online the Kentucky right now might be a 6 seed. Most of the teams on the 67 line of the seating, they all lost today. So Kentucky is probably looking at a six seed today. And if you beat A and M, I think you can make a strong argument that they're going to be a succeed which when you consider where they were during the course of the year, that's pretty awesome. So if you want to see Kentucky make a run in March, I'm not sure you could have had much of a better result than today. They had the three guards who I guess Otega away has named the three guards. Aberdeen, Owe and Chandler. The three head, three headed goat. Do you like that Billy? The three headed goat for away, Aberdeen and Chandler.

[Billy]

No, but they are really important. You got to have two of those three on the court at all times, I think.

[Matt Jones]

No, I mean they're not, they're not, they are the most, I mean they are 80% of our offense. And the three headed goat. You trying to say away can't name himself the three headed goat.

[Billy]

He can name himself whatever he wants

[Matt Jones]

but okay, well the three headed goat had a big impact in the game and they're playing well. You've gotten good contribution from four different big men. And then today Jasper was able to play good minutes too. So I'm very happy. I think the results in other games have come out well. And so tonight if you're rooting for Kentucky, I would say hope Alabama beats Tennessee, hope Florida beats Arkansas. If you want to see Kentucky have the best chance of having a good SEC tournament run, root for Alabama over Tennessee, root for Florida over Arkansas. Both of those results would be Good for the Cats. 859-280-2287 I'm here at KS Bar. Feel free to come out and say hello if you're sitting in traffic coming home from Mark Pope. We will take your calls. It is a celebratory Saturday as the Cats win a big one over Vanderbilt 9177. We'll take a break and be right back. It's the local Toyota dealers KSR post game show. Welcome back. It is the local toy dealers KSR post game show. The Cats get a big win against Vanderbilt. We are here at the KS Bar and Grill. Couple. Let me give a couple little shout outs. First of all, a guy writes in and says, matt, I'm walking down the street in Hamilton, Ohio and I forgot my AirPods and so I'm just letting it blow. Blair on the street. So hello to Hamilton, Ohio. And if you're hearing this guy's phone, you know what? We won. You have to listen to my voice. That's just the way it goes. He forgot his AirPods. That's okay. Also, shout out to one of our biggest fans, Meemaw, I know is listening in Glasgow. Hope you're doing, doing great. And then, you know all the people who I see holding the phone up to their ear here at the bar. Thank you guys for coming out too. I appreciate it. We, we like to try to. We'd love to be able to play it over the intercom here, but when the callers call, it echoes and so we're not able to do it. But it's nice to see everybody and it's neat. Billy, I'm looking around. All these people have the phone up to their ear so they're, they're listening to you. Did you have any important insight on the game before we get the call?

[Billy]

That is cool. We know that you're in a good mood when you start shouting people out on the radio too.

[Matt Jones]

That's true. Yes. And also a big shout out right here to the front row, the UK baseball team with a big win today.

[Billy]

Oh yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I can give you a shout out right here. Give a big shout out to our UK baseball guy right here. They. They beat St. John's today. Oh, he's turning red. That's okay. You. You got a big win. You get it? They won the series against St. John's the finish one. What time's the game tomorrow for people who want to go one o' clock at Kentucky Proud park tomorrow as UK plays St. John's 859280, 2287. Let's get first, Billy. Who's up?

[Billy]

I did want to say one thing. Brandon Garrison sure did get smacked in the face today, didn't he?

[Matt Jones]

First of all, that call. How did. He should have been kicked out And I'm not somebody who's normally kicked somewhere, but that was after the whistle when he got hit in the face. If that would have been in the regular course of play, then that would be a flagrant foul. But to get hit in the face like that after the whistle because I mean, I think the announcers. I don't know if Tom and Dane were 100% clear. Although they said it the fat. That was not even the foul, Billy. The foul was before that. That was after the foul. So to me that's. To me. I don't know how they don't kick him out there. Don't you?

[Billy]

No, they should have. But I did enjoy Doug sh. Trying to announce it and then like started booing him before he could say it.

[Matt Jones]

And that was a terrible call. On the three where they called the foul on Chandler.

[Billy]

Uhuh. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Come on.

[Billy]

Where he tripped him.

[Matt Jones]

That was, that was. That was a terrible call. I mean I, I actually don't mind that call when it happens, but I don't think that that happened right there, do you?

[Billy]

Yeah, he tripped him.

[Matt Jones]

You think he did tripping?

[Billy]

He did, but I mean did it impact anything? I don't know. Not the shot.

[Matt Jones]

Hey, thank you guys. Appreciate it. See, I'm being nice.

[Billy]

Billy.

[Matt Jones]

I'm talking to people. No, you. You would have called that foul.

[Billy]

Yeah, I think he tripped him. It's what the rule is.

[Matt Jones]

But that's just how he shoots.

[Billy]

Well, you can't do that. I mean, you just can't shoot with your.

[Matt Jones]

And have your foot. He didn't kick it out. I think you're wrong on that. I think when they kick it to the side to try to draw a foul, I, I'm fine with that call, but he just moved. He just kicked it forward.

[Billy]

Yeah, you can't be just kicking your feet out like that.

[Matt Jones]

Every Doug Shells apologist. By the way, I actually thought the officials were good tonight. I thought that was part of why the game was entertaining is they kind of just let him play. And I actually thought. Billy, the fouls, the. The officials were good. What did you think?

[Billy]

Yeah, I agree, I agree. Besides that guy not getting kicked out,

[Matt Jones]

I thought the way they officiated that game led to it being much more entertaining. Of course we won, so that's partially why I feel it. All right, who's up first?

[Billy]

Adam.

[Matt Jones]

Adam. Go ahead, Adam.

[Caller]

Hey, what's up, Matt? Typically conservative, but I like to see the pot stirred. So why don't call Aberdeen Chandler and away AOC

[Matt Jones]

Oh, I like. You know what we hadn't, we hadn't noticed that before. So you were. So are you saying now, sir, that you are team AOC

[Caller]

when it comes to Kentucky basketball? Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Look at my man. Team aoc, Aberdeen, Chandler. I, that's. I had not noticed that till right now. Well done, sir.

[Caller]

Appreciate the show, Matt.

[Matt Jones]

Appreciate you. I listen, those three guys, those three guys have been so excellent in this year, especially in SEC play. And you know Chandler, when he gets hot like today, this is a very difficult team to guard when he's out. You see the lanes, it gives away to the basket. And then Aberdeen, I mean Tom Leach said that statistic, Billy, 16 assists and one turnover in the last four games.

[Billy]

Incredible.

[Matt Jones]

That is incredible. I mean that's for a point guard and he's playing 37 minutes a game.

[Billy]

Somebody that won a title last year, bringing a lot of experience to this team right now.

[Matt Jones]

He had such a disappointing first half of the year and to turn it around like he's done, that's that really, I think he is the difference in the season, the, the way he has played. I mean, look, we haven't been great in SEC play, but we were bad for the first two games of the sec and really since then, his shift I think has been a big reason why Kentucky's been much better. Who's next?

[Billy]

Jake.

[Matt Jones]

Jake. Go ahead, Jake.

[Caller]

Hey, Matt, I just wanted to shout out a three point defense today because I know Chandler is getting all the praise and he definitely deserves it. But you know, Vanderbilt shot like 70. I think if I'm right on from two point range and the fact that we won a game by 14 when that happens says a lot. And I want to shout out.

[Matt Jones]

Wait, hang on just a second. Did you say, did you say they. That Vandy shot 70% from 2 point range? Is that right? Yeah.

[Caller]

Corey Price Tweet at like 35 minutes ago, I think it was saying that 77 from 2 that is now that

[Matt Jones]

is amazing to win a game with them shooting that percentage from 2 do.

[Caller]

Yeah, it was, it was unreal.

[Tom Hart]

And I don't know what vanity shot

[Caller]

from three, but the fact that we won that game by 14, it's just said so much about o Wayne Chandler career tonight. So I just want to give them a shout out and appreciate you having me on.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, so. Yeah, you're right. So Vandy was 7 of 28 from 3 and they were 30 of 58 from the field. So that means. Billy, they were what, 23 of them? 23 of. Of 30 from two. Wow. 23 of 30 from two and we won going away.

[Billy]

Yeah. And UK has been so bad at guarding the three lately, so that's a big.

[Matt Jones]

They missed some open ones as early but we, we had a hand in their face most of the time. Nickel was 3 of 12 from 3, so. And I think the two he hit were like back to back there and what it towards. Once again, game was over. Who's next?

[Billy]

Isaac.

[Matt Jones]

Isaac. What's up? Isaac?

[Caller]

Hey, what's going on guys? So I got lucky today. I want to shout out my, my buddy Greg, he won tickets to the lower level seats, like literally right behind where the ESPN guys are doing their announcing. So it was a whole new world for me just to, to be in the environment. It was a great environment. But just real quick, what was the crowd like?

[Matt Jones]

By the way? It's so hard for me on these ESPN games to, to be able to tell the noise. What, what was it like? Was it loud?

[Caller]

Oh yeah, so loud. And I know you guys are talking about, you know, you said the refs did good if you were in the arena. There was one rep in particular, it wasn't even Doug Shous, it was one of his, one of his guys. Yeah, they were just like letting him have it because every call it seemed like he made that was controversial was going towards Vandy. So that was just.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, he. Was he the one that. Was he the one that. What was the call he made? I. I know which one you're talking about because he had a couple calls back to back that were against us. You're right.

[Caller]

Yeah. And man, everybody was letting him have it. But just, just real quick I wanted to shout out, I'm a Morehead State alum. I saw Rocky Atkins down there and then right behind him coming from the, I guess one of the suites was Andy Brashear. And I was just shocked by that because I'm usually not that close to the floor. So it's just incredible.

[Matt Jones]

I mean that's what you were big time today. They had you seated with all the, all the, you know, leaders of the state. Well done.

[Caller]

Yeah, man. I felt like asking if we can get some legislation to keep that ref from ever coming to the state again.

[Matt Jones]

Well, you should try. Appreciate the call. So Texas leads A and M44 38. So basically if you would like to see us get a double buy, then it is probably good for Texas to win. But if, if a, if A and M wins, then that will ensure we don't play on Wednesday. So would you rather have the chance, Billy, for a double Buy or get rid of the possibility of playing on Wednesday. Which one's more important?

[Billy]

Get rid of the chance of playing on Wednesday.

[Matt Jones]

Then you want A and M to win.

[Billy]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

All right, who's up next?

[Billy]

Josh.

[Matt Jones]

Josh. Go ahead, Josh.

[Caller]

Hey, a long time caller calling in from work.

[Matt Jones]

All right, Is this your first. You a longtime caller or a longtime listener?

[Caller]

Longtime listener, first time caller.

[Matt Jones]

I'm.

[Caller]

I'm gonna. I'm gonna steal.

[Matt Jones]

I'm gonna.

[Caller]

Still, the guys says aoc like they. Those three were playing out of their mind today. Like they. Like, I'm actually. And I'm so proud of this team, the way they just keep fighting because I was at the Gonzaga game earlier this season and that.

[Matt Jones]

I just.

[Caller]

I felt like that was the lowest we could go, and they just kept fighting at that hole, and I want to get that double boss. It's very much possible. Even if A and M wins, we just need things to fall our way. But I think this team, like, can make us. They play like they are doing today. They can make some big noise in March. And we should do a theme night for. For Florida, I think. I think, like we did tonight.

[Matt Jones]

No, if we win. Yeah, I. I'm with you. If we. Especially if we beat A and M. I appreciate the call. If we beat A and M, then you could be playing in that Florida game where if you win, you definitely get a double buy. And I think rup, if we could win Tuesday, I think RUP will be electric on Saturday. Electric. It would be. That would be a special environment if you could get that win. If you could get that win Tuesday. I mean, it'll be a great environment anyway, but it'll be an especially great environment because, again, you beat A and M. If you were to beat Florida now all of a sudden you're sitting there knocking Billy, going, well, why not a five seat? Yeah, right.

[Billy]

Yeah, that would be big. Just end the season with that momentum, too.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, yeah, this was. Listen, this was a massive win for Kentucky today. Even if they lose the last two, this was a massive win for them. And we'll see it when we're announcing these balls brackets here in a couple weeks. Who's next?

[Billy]

Jason.

[Matt Jones]

Jason. Go ahead, Jason. Hey, Matt.

[Caller]

How's it going tonight?

[Matt Jones]

I'm doing wonderful.

[Caller]

Well, here. Here's what I got to say. I got to sit in the lower bowl tonight, too, and I feel like we just need a change around the. The stigma of the old people. Just that they don't want to stand up. And it's like we could have. We were up 20 at one point. Right. And if. If the lower bowl gets into it, we can extend to 30. And I feel like we could go undefeated at home in the sec if. If just the. The rich people just would stand up, cheer a little bit. You know, you can get behind this team and just keep rolling.

[Matt Jones]

See you. You. So where. Where were you at the game?

[Caller]

Yes, sir. I was in the long boat.

[Matt Jones]

So you were in the lower bowl. Did you stand up and were you loud?

[Caller]

Oh, I got told to sit down three, four, five times.

[Matt Jones]

And what'd you do?

[Caller]

Well, the first time, I was like, well, I'm not gonna sit down. Then the second time, like, well, I kill. Kind of feel a little bad. Then the third time, I'm like, well, I paid for my ticket, buddy. I ain't sitting down.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, so that's interesting. You went from confident to peer pressure to back to confident again. Yeah, interesting. Okay. There's probably some psychology to that. You know, I've said this for years. I think people should be not only allowed to stand, they should be encouraged. You also, I don't think, should be rude. So that's a balance. And I think usually we sit too much at the games. And, you know, today it felt like the arena was really electric early, but I couldn't tell if that was true after the first 10 minutes. But I will say again, when you watch these games on espn, it's hard to tell what the crowd is anywhere. Whereas if you turn the games on cbs, you can tell when the crowd's into it, when it's not. So I think it's just how they mix the sound. Appreciate the call. It's really one of my kind of pet peeves. Like right now, let's see. It's Texas. I don't know what games on cbs, but I was watching a game earlier today on the CBS Sports Network, and I'm telling you, watch a game on the CBS Sports Network and just hear how loud you can hear the crowd, and it just. It's just not the same on. On espn, and especially when we're on the SEC Network. I know today was on espn. Who's next?

[Billy]

Dw.

[Matt Jones]

Dw, what's up?

[Caller]

Hey, guys. So I've been super critical of Pope here this past year because it's just been a weird year, you know, but it's feel good wins like this going into March that make me think, you know, like, if he can be the dude for this thing of ours, then I wouldn't want anyone else, you know, I Agree with. Yeah, I know it's still a big if, but, like, wins like this buy me into that next season. Because you kept saying, you know, next season's his season, you know, make or break, but we don't have any recruits. I'm sitting here looking around, like, what do we have to even. Like, why even wait until next season if it's going to suck? But wins like this keep me into it, you know?

[Matt Jones]

Well, I mean, listen, think about. I understand what you mean. And we can point to bad losses, because they certainly exist, but you also can point. I mean, these are some. They've got some great wins this year. Right. I mean, they're going to go into the tournament having beaten Tennessee twice, having beaten Arkansas, having beaten Vanderbilt, haven't beaten St. John's and beaten Indiana. Those are good wins. All of them. Every single one of them. So you do have to, you know, you have to take the good with the bad. There are some terrible losses, but there's also some great wins.

[Caller]

Yep. Thank you.

[Matt Jones]

Appreciate the call. I don't know, would you rather, Billy, have a team that does what they're supposed to in every game or have a team that gets some great wins, but then also take some really disappointing losses?

[Billy]

Probably the. The one that's more consistent? Because I know what to expect, because there's been some really bad games in Nashville this year that we cannot forget. I can't forget.

[Matt Jones]

Well, but those were against good teams. Like, it doesn't. I mean, I don't want to lose by 40 to Gonzaga, but, like, what bothers me more is losing to Georgia at home. Yeah, right. Losing to Georgia, Missouri at home is what bothers me more. I still, though, love that you. When you go into these games against good teams, you really can't rule these Pope teams out, because then you go to the tournament, and we might be a. You know, succeed, and we got a good chance against the three and maybe against the two in the next round.

[Billy]

So we might have a tough time getting out of that first game.

[Matt Jones]

It might happen. You might lose to the 11. You're exactly right. Like, that's. That's just kind of how it's been so far with. With Mark. Who's next?

[Billy]

Charlie.

[Matt Jones]

Charlie. Go ahead, Charlie.

[Caller]

Yes. First things first. I want to wish my brother Patrick Booth a happy 40th birthday.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, happy, happy 40th. To Pat. This. Yeah, Billy's right. I'm in a good mood. I'm now saying, Happy 40th birthday to Patrick Booth.

[Caller]

He'll love it. I love it. All the ability, all the look, all man. And to the cats, those might lose in the first round or they just might go to the final four. Hallelujah, Hallaback.

[Matt Jones]

Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hollaback. And Louisville lost to Billy. Did you see that?

[Billy]

Clemson, right?

[Matt Jones]

Pat Kelsey is now. What did I see? He is now 1 and 13 against quad 1A teams, which is basically a top 30 team. Excuse me, top 20 team at home or top 40 team on the road. I think he's. He is. He's now 1 in 13. I think his only one is US

[Billy]

or 1A at the time.

[Matt Jones]

I think we were at the time. Because I think. I think they figure that stat out by what you were at the time and we were at the time. So that's his only. That's his only victory against. Against the team that has been good. So would you rather be that? Because they don't beat it. They don't lose to anybody bad, but they don't beat anybody good. Would you rather be.

[Billy]

No, I would not rather be that. So maybe there is some credence to what you're saying.

[Matt Jones]

That's right. 859-280-2287. We're gonna take a break. There's a guy screaming here, Billy, at the bar. I'm not gonna say anything, though, because we won. I'm gonna keep a very positive shout out.

[Billy]

That guy.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, he's got. He's talking to his buddy next to him, and his buddy's within three feet and he's yelling, but not like angry. Just. That's how he's talking. Isn't that volume? Take a break. Be right back. So local Toyota dealers, KSR post game show. Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. The text machine is 772-774-5254. One person writes, My son is listening to the FC Cincinnati game. His name is Henry. And he asked if we could turn the radio to listen to Mr. Matt instead. Mr. Matt.

[Billy]

Billy.

[Matt Jones]

Ash. Maybe you should start calling me that. What do you think?

[Billy]

I called you Matthew for a while. You said I was the only person to do that.

[Matt Jones]

My mom does. My mom. My mom calls me Matthew. Yeah, you know, I mean, there's been a lot in recent. Feels like it's happened a lot in the last few weeks. People come up to me and they're like, 23, 24, 25, something. And they'll. They'll show me a picture, Billy, of when I took a picture with them when they were like 9 or 10 mm. And you want, you want. There's very few things that will make you feel older than that, than seeing a picture of you with like this 6, 4 kid when they were 9 years old. And in my mind, Billy, I look the same, but I know that I do not.

[Billy]

Yeah. And they've completely transformed.

[Matt Jones]

They've completely transformed. And then you have to think, well, you probably have too. One person writes, matt, I'm with Billy. Excuse me. I disagree with Billy. I want to have the double buys a possibility because it will keep Kentucky playing hard. I think they're going to play hard. I mean having these two good teams left, you know, I'd like to see him stay out of the eight or nine because I think Florida is so much better than the other teams. If you can get in the bottom half of that bracket, then Billy, I don't see why you couldn't make a run in the SEC tournament. You agree?

[Billy]

I get that. I just want to make sure we have a show at ten roof in Nashville. I can. We cannot lose on Wednesday of the SEC tournamen.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I'm not as worried about that. And like I said, depending on what happens in this A and M game, that might not be a possibility even today. 859-280-2287. One person writes, Matt, Shouting out politicians is embarrassing. Why do people bring that up? I mean, if you see the governor, Billy, that's cool. Like if you ran into the governor. That's interesting, isn't it?

[Billy]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Same if you ran into the president. Like you'd be like, hey, I ran into that person.

[Billy]

Yeah. Imagine if you saw AOC today.

[Matt Jones]

I did. They scored. They combined. They combined for 61 points at team AOC3, the three headed goat. Who's up next?

[Billy]

Dwayne.

[Matt Jones]

Dwayne. Go ahead. Dwayne.

[Caller]

Hey, Matt.

[Matt Jones]

Hey, what's up?

[Caller]

Not much. Just left your bar today. Watch the game there. Got up this morning, went to work at 4am Found a couple of my friends, we went to Buffalo Trace and was like, where you want to go now? I was like, let's go to the bar and watch the basketball game.

[Matt Jones]

Let me, let me, let me hear your schedule for just a second. You got, you went to work. What time did you go to work?

[Caller]

4am I started work at 4am this morning.

[Matt Jones]

And then what time did you get off?

[Caller]

Got off at 10:30, then straight to Buffalo Trace, straight to Buffalo, went home, took a shower, straight to Buffalo Trace,

[Matt Jones]

then to KS bar, took a tour,

[Caller]

got done there, come to KS Bar. Watch the game. Shout out to Mallory from Hop Town. She was our waitress. She was excellent and very high expectations for the game. But when we, when it first started, Colin Chandler was playing like a dog. And I'm like, this game's gonna, I was like, I'm back on, I'm back on track.

[Matt Jones]

That's a, that's a full day by the way. I mean it is just, it is five, six o' clock and that is a full day. If you go from work to Buffalo Trace to KS Bar, to the, to, to the game, that is an absolute full day right there.

[Caller]

Oh, it's, it's been a day.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Caller]

And well, now I'm, now I'm headed home to kind of relax for a little bit.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I, well, go ahead and just

[Caller]

watch some basketball for the evening. Whatever's on tonight.

[Matt Jones]

All right. Well, there's some good ones. I appreciate the call. You've got Alabama, Tennessee at 6:30 and in Arkansas, Florida at 8:30. What time Billy is the women tomorrow they play South Carolina here in Lexington. That's a massive game. What, what time is that? Is that at 2 tomorrow?

[Billy]

I know it's mid afternoon. It's 2pm 2pm Carolina.

[Matt Jones]

So game sold out. It is best team. I don't know if South Carolina is the best team in the country this year, but they are the best. Number three coming into rough on senior night. Last game of the regular season. Huge opportunity for Kenny Brooks and his team to get a big win. That should be Memorial Coliseum. Should be crazy tomorrow. That should be a lot of fun. Who's next?

[Billy]

Travis.

[Matt Jones]

Travis. Go ahead, Travis.

[Caller]

Hey, what's up, Matt? Hey, man, what a great game today, man. I missed a round of 18 today just to stay at home and watch the game with my old man, bro. It was a great game. Shout out to Ortega and Chandler, man. They hit my parlay. And when we're hitting 50% from three, we're a tough team to beat, man.

[Matt Jones]

Well, that's true. I mean, you, you, you make 50% from three, there's gonna be very, very, very few people that are gonna beat you.

[Caller]

I agree. Just one more statement, man. You know, going down this stretch in March, man, you know, I need Moreno, you know, like I've won it all year, man. I just need him to be more aggressive on offense because when he gets in that post, man, I mean he's, he's a tough guy to beat, man.

[Matt Jones]

Like especially he was.

[Caller]

I think he had green and attacking the rim.

[Matt Jones]

I think he had four different baskets where he got the ball on the block and made a move. Couple times it was just backing him down. Couple times it was good footwork. But he scored eight points on post ups and I don't know that he's done that all year. So that was, I thought that was great to see.

[Caller]

I agree, man. I need more of that the upcoming weeks, man. And go Cats baby. Let's go.

[Matt Jones]

Appreciate the call. Tom Hart says he wants to come on Billy. Will you call him? You have his number?

[Billy]

I will call him.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. 859-280-2287. One person writes. Matt, do you think Arkansas can win at Florida tonight? No, but I think they'll cover. It's ten and a half points. I would definitely take Arkansas to cover the 10 and a half. I do not think the win. But you know I say this sometimes Arkansas. Cal Perry has these Cal Perry specials sometimes where like people, they come out of nowhere and win one of these and then they'll lose it home to somebody bad. I could see, I could see Cal getting this one. But I don't think the win. I think Florida win but I do think Arkansas will cover. Who's next?

[Billy]

Tom Hart.

[Matt Jones]

Tom Hart is on. Hello there, Tom Hart. How are you?

[Tom Hart]

Hi, Matt Jones.

[Matt Jones]

How are you? I'm doing great. So what, what were your thoughts on the game today having called it there next to Dame Bradshaw?

[Tom Hart]

Yeah, I thought the Colin Chandler coming out party was. Is huge for this team. It just takes a lot of pressure off of the other issues that this team has had when. When they're not playing great. You know, I thought he played with a ton of confidence. And Dane mentioned this Pope had told us that one of his superpowers was he, you know, he has no memory. You know, he doesn't get his confidence now because he, he blew something or he failed at something else. I thought that was great.

[Matt Jones]

Do you you have called more Kentucky games. I think I saw. What is this? Today was Doug Schalls today became the referee who's called the most Kentucky games in history. I gotta think for espn you're getting up there for having called the most games play by play you. But you were there earlier in the year and we obviously the team had some issues then including maybe some chemistry issues. Have you seen a change since then?

[Tom Hart]

Well, it just every time it looks like there's a change for the better then there's you know, one step forward, two steps.

[Matt Jones]

But I mean more like off the court like when you're around them in the pre game shoot around and all that stuff.

[Tom Hart]

No, because this is not a team. You know, like the coaching staff is still new to me as opposed to when Cal was there.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Tom Hart]

And you know, I had really good relationships with a lot of the assistants and other people on staff. So I'm just not as familiar with the off the court stuff.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Tom Hart]

These guys as I was with some account. So I can't say that I've seen that. You know, I think that. I think that the injuries and taking some of these guys off the court has. There's a theory, and maybe, maybe you guys have talked about this, that that has improved some of the, some of the team chemistry. Because if there's two guys that don't get along and now one of them injured and not playing, that would certainly help. And I think there's some type A's, like Otega, always a type A. Like he's got to be the dude.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Tom Hart]

Somebody else is getting in the way. I think that that's where you get the friction. I. I can't really speak to that part of it.

[Matt Jones]

Seen a lot of teams all over the country going into the SEC tournament and into the ncaa. Do you think Kentucky can, can do something?

[Tom Hart]

Yeah, I think the way they play today and Vanderbilt's a really good team. I think they went the way they play today. That's an elite 18, you know, because they play with a ton of confidence, they can play with different styles. Moreno seems to get better, like every game.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Tom Hart]

But the biggest thing is great teams have multiple options, not just one guy. And as bad as always played against South Carolina. Like, hold up, you got multiple scores and multiple guys can get things done. And I think that's huge. And I think the Avante. Rightfully so. He's fasting. It's Ramadan. Like he was generally a non factor today, even though he got to the free throw line, you know, he's played better than that and he has been in a very efficient part of good lineups.

[Caller]

Hey, before I go.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Tom Hart]

I want to give a. Can I give a shout out?

[Matt Jones]

Of course you can.

[Tom Hart]

I got a really nice note from a gentleman who wanted me to give a shout out to his grandpa during the game and I just, I couldn't make it work.

[Matt Jones]

So.

[Tom Hart]

Gary Ross played high school basketball for Oddville in Harrison county and he's a huge Kentucky fan. So wait a minute.

[Matt Jones]

There's a. There's a town called Oddville in Harrison County.

[Tom Hart]

The way I understand is it used to be Oddville High School and that maybe it merged with another School back, you know, 70 years ago.

[Matt Jones]

Oddville, Kentucky, is, you're right, an unincorporated community in Harrison county, five miles northeast of Cynthiana. So, so when I was a kid, Tom, very, very young, like three years old, I lived in Cincinnati, Cynthiana. So I did not realize that five miles from where I lived when I was a little child was Oddville.

[Caller]

I'm.

[Tom Hart]

I'm not going to make a joke about how fitting it would be for you to be from Oddville. I don't think you're odd. You're a great person.

[Matt Jones]

I'm a little bit odd. Yeah. It's okay.

[Tom Hart]

So shout out Harrison county and, and Gary Ross and I, I that. I couldn't get it into the broadcast today because I got a very nice note from his grandson and I hope he, I hope somebody sends him this and it can bring their families joy.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it's awesome. All right. 859-280-2287. Tom, thank you very much. And are you flying home today?

[Tom Hart]

I'm actually driving down 75 right now, so.

[Matt Jones]

All right, well, well, we will see you. We will see you in Nashville. All right. Yeah.

[Tom Hart]

And I'm on. I'm on the A and M game Tuesday night, so I'll see you.

[Matt Jones]

Ok. All right. Well, by the way, I did hear you throw a couple of our drops in. We, we. They were. You did. You mentioned something about vocal cords. So that was for us. Trying to think what the other ones. You, you had like two or three. What were the other ones?

[Tom Hart]

We had. We had the shot. The Bath County MC. The M.E.

[Matt Jones]

yes, I did. I missed that one. But I heard you did that one. Yeah.

[Tom Hart]

Yeah. Well, I got a John Short shout out when Kentucky was up 20 something biggins.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Well, those are good. There was one more. I can't remember.

[Tom Hart]

I think there was another, but yeah,

[Matt Jones]

I can't remember what it was. Well, anyway, thank you very much, Tom. We will see you. We'll hear you Tuesday night. All right.

[Caller]

All right.

[Matt Jones]

Sounds Good. Appreciate it. 859-280-2287. Who's next? Billy?

[Billy]

Let's go to Kevin.

[Matt Jones]

Kevin. Go ahead, Kevin.

[Caller]

Hey, Matt. Billy.

[Matt Jones]

What's going on?

[Caller]

Hey, we're in West Virginia.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Caller]

Loving this game. My wife wants to give you a

[Matt Jones]

big C a T s C A T s Cat. All right. There you go. Well, tell your wife thank you. And we.

[Caller]

I'm from Fantic Ground and I heard the big Bath county meat shower shout out and we're gonna have a West Virginia meat shower here in a bit.

[Matt Jones]

I Appreciate the call. I don't even. I don't think I want to know what that is. By the way, they recreated that this afternoon. Billy, have we seen any pictures or videos from that? They recreated the Bath county meat shower. Apparently they were going to have dropped beef jerky from the sky.

[Billy]

Oh, that's what they were. That's how they're going to recreate it.

[Matt Jones]

That's what I heard. Although I don't know, I haven't heard that. I feel like that could still go wrong if you get. Depending on how high you drop it from. But, but that was apparently going on today.

[Billy]

I was highly anticipating it after you mentioned it. So I can't wait to find out.

[Matt Jones]

Maybe somebody there will have gotten to go. Who's up next?

[Billy]

Let's give our Johnny Rocker personal injury attorney, moneymaker of the game. Next, Matt injured get small town compassion with big city. You call the rocker at 270-321-4429. Let's give it to the flamethrower. Colin Chandler, 23 points, 7 of 10 from the field. It's a career high in points. He also was six of eight from three. He was diving on the floor at one point, making plays happen. He is such an important piece on this team. He is our moneymaker of the game.

[Matt Jones]

That's exactly right. Yeah, he, he was great tonight and he was really, he's really what gave him the gap in the first half because where, where those threes and his opening up the floor and then away kind of took it home in the second half. Who's next?

[Billy]

Dave.

[Matt Jones]

Dave. Go ahead, Dave.

[Caller]

How you doing, Matt?

[Matt Jones]

Doing good.

[Caller]

Good, good. I just want to tell you, you know, today's team made me feel really good about our chances. I mean, maybe we might not win at all. But I tell you what, this team really flamed it up and that's a good thing, so.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I agree. I think they'll go into these March games and I appreciate the call. Outside of maybe five teams, I don't really feel good about our chances against duke, Michigan, Arizona, UConn and Florida. But outside of those five teams, I think in a given scenario they could beat anybody, but they also, as Billy said, could lose to anybody, which is going to mean every game is kind of going to be. You're going to be on the edge of your seats. All right, we'll take a break, come back for our final segment. Arizona is blowing Kansas off the floor. Texas leads Texas A and M63,56. If you want a double, buy in the SEC tournament. This is a good result for you. Although it also, if Texas wins, leaves open the possibility we could still play on Wednesday, but it definitely opens up the possibility of a double buy if Texas wins. We'll take a break and be right back. This is the local Toyota dealers KSR post game. Welcome back. It is the local toy dealers KSR post game show. One person writes, matt, I'm with a car full of Bowling Green folks driving back from Gulf Shores. We're listening to the show on i65. Shout out to Tony. See, I'm in a good mood. I'm reading these. You know, wouldn't always happen, but we are. One person writes, matt, I don't like that. Billy sometimes is a bummer when we have these good games. That's why I call him Billy Bummer. Tell him to be happy. This was a big win for us.

[Billy]

I'm in a good mood. Don't. Don't get it twisted. This was a great win for the Cats. We all picked Kentucky to win, too, which was not a good omen at first.

[Matt Jones]

But one person writes, my sister is a hostess at Carson's downtown. She saw Otega away after the game, helped him to place it to go order, and he said he's very sad. He only has two games left with Kentucky this year. That's nice. Carson's to go for the team. I can understand that.

[Billy]

Oh, that sounds good.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it is good. And then one person writes, matt Oddville used to be known as a speed trap and it had one store. Now you wouldn't even know it's there. Well, I do now. I did not know it was there. And I grew up. Well, spent a couple years, five minutes from it. Who's next? We'll do six more and then call it a night.

[Billy]

Go to Josh.

[Matt Jones]

Josh. Go ahead, Josh.

[Caller]

Hey, guys. So I do not believe that Colin Chandler has gotten his roses tonight like you guys have.

[Matt Jones]

I love with him. I led with him. I started, I let. He was the money maker player that. Hang on just a second. He was the money player. Okay, okay, pause just a second. Take a breath. He was the Johnny Rocker money maker player of the game. I led with him as the most important player of the game. And the show began with saying that Colin Chandler made six threes. What else would you like me to say?

[Caller]

I was trying to call in the whole first part of the show and I couldn't hear it.

[Matt Jones]

Well, there you. So.

[Caller]

Well, there you go. But still, still, we're not talking about even up. Like, Colin Chandler has been The X factor for our team this entire season. We would not win these games if it wasn't for Colin Chandler. There's a small handful of games where we would not have won if it were not for Colin Chandler.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, that's true. That's true. It's also true with Otega away and Denzel Aberdeen. That's why I like, that's why I like the AOC and three headed goat, because I do think those three guys have basically been. Been. Been what's made it happen.

[Caller]

Yes. And I just feel like everybody talks about away. Everybody talks about Aberdeen, but Chandler just does not get his roses, you know,

[Matt Jones]

and I mean a lot of roses. I think he, I think he's good. I think he's probably the most popular player on the team. I mean, I would say there's a very good chance that my favorite player. Yeah, I can tell. Well, I, I, I, I appreciate the call. I think Colin Chandler is. Do you think he's the most. Who do you think is the most popular player on the team? I mean, I guess it could be. Could be Chandler. Could be away.

[Billy]

You know, Chandler's copy on Facebook. You're right about that.

[Matt Jones]

Maybe it could be Moreno.

[Billy]

I'm gonna say Kentucky because he's the best player and he came back from last year.

[Matt Jones]

I think it's probably owe way and Chandler.

[Billy]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Chandler is certainly the leader in the clubhouse for most fake Facebook stories.

[Billy]

Turning Point.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, my goodness. Oh, wait. His. Chandler has donated his entire nil to. And then just fill in Turning point, USA homeless shelters, tornado relief.

[Billy]

He, he very nice of him.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I mean, literally, he would be like the most charitable person in the world if everything on Facebook was, was true. Who's next?

[Billy]

James.

[Matt Jones]

James. Go ahead, James. Five more.

[James]

Hi. I'm like, I'm 12 years old, and I was calling you guys because, like, me and my grandpa were just listening to the radio and we just found you guys and we went to the game and we had so much fun. It was my first basketball game. I got a question for you.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[James]

Who do you think's the most valuable player on the team?

[Matt Jones]

All right, I'll answer that in a second. But where are you? What's your name again?

[Caller]

James.

[Matt Jones]

James, and where are you from?

[James]

Kentucky.

[Matt Jones]

I know, but, like, where in Kentucky do you live?

[James]

Oldham County.

[Matt Jones]

Oldham County. All right, so let me tell you something, James. You're with your grandfather and you went. Do you went to the game? So I, When I was 12 years old, I went to UK games and was a UK fan. With my grandfather. And I just want to tell you that's very cool and I hope you enjoy every minute of that. Okay. Because I look back at that and some of my most fond memories are going to games with my grandfather. So, James, you. I was you 30 years ago with my grandfather, and I hope you enjoy it. Okay?

[Amanda Knox]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

And now to answer your question, who do I think is the MVP away? Oh, a is the mvp always the best player on the team away is. Is my mvp, but I'm meaning MVP is the best player. But on any given game, it can be him, it can be Chandler. And then I agree with what Dame Bradshaw said. We win when Denzel Aberdeen plays well. And I think that's been the consistent thing most of the year.

[James]

That is true. I think OA is the most valuable player too.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I appreciate the call, James. And that's very cool that you. That you called and went with your grandpa. I do think if you're looking for correlation between when Kentucky wins the most and when they don't, I think Aberdeen is the consistent theme. And then Chandler hitting threes, the stat that if we can limit turnovers and when Chandler gets hot from three, we can beat most. Most. Anybody. Four more. Who's next?

[Billy]

Jennifer.

[Matt Jones]

Jennifer. Go ahead, Jennifer.

[James]

You have made my day. I am getting back home to Mount Washington, Kentucky, home of the Bullet East Chargers.

[Matt Jones]

All right.

[James]

And I, 48 years old, die hard UK fan, literally had a fish tank named after Tayshawn Prince and Keith Bogan. It was only my second time at a UK game. Honey, I have had a ball.

[Matt Jones]

Wait a minute. Let me go back to your fish tank. Let me go to your fish tank for a second. You had a fish tank named that after Tayshawn and Bogans, or were the fish named after Tayshawn and Bogans?

[James]

No, well, no, listen, I had a fish tank at the time, and the fastest fish in my tank, it was Tayshawn 21.

[Matt Jones]

So you called. You. You. Oh, you had. I don't understand. But you named the fish tank Tayshon.

[James]

No, no, my fish in my tank were named after all the players.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, okay. So did you have all of them or just Tayshawn and Bogans?

[James]

Well, I had all of them, but you know what?

[Caller]

That's been so long ago.

[James]

I'm 48.

[Caller]

I've kind of forgotten some of their names.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so you did. Did you have a Marquise Estelle fish?

[James]

I knew.

[Amanda Knox]

Did I?

[James]

Because guess what, my husband's a UFO fan.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[James]

And yes. Yes. Oh, yes.

[Matt Jones]

Did you have a Did you have a Fitch Fish?

[James]

Gerald Fitch.

[Matt Jones]

God love fish, Billy. It writes itself. Gerald Fish. You definitely had a Gerald Fish. Yes.

[James]

You all. I'm not telling you this. Matt Jones, you have made my absolute day. Honey, this is the best day of my life.

[Matt Jones]

Well, thank you very much.

[James]

Shout out to my husband.

[Amanda Knox]

He's.

[James]

Hey, listen. Shout out to my husband, coach of the Mount Washington Generals and Go Bulleties, Chargers.

[Matt Jones]

Go Cat. Go Cats. I like it. Gerald Fish is a great name for a fit. Appreciate the call, Joe. Fish is a great name for.

[Billy]

Very good.

[Matt Jones]

All right, since we have, like, three calls, we probably got six to eight minutes. I want you, Billy, and the text machine. 772-774-5254. We're probably not gonna find a better fish name for a UK player than Gerald Fish, but we need to find another one. All right, what's another good UK player? Fish name.

[Billy]

All right, I'll think of one.

[Matt Jones]

Come on. You all can collectively make this happen. UK fans. 772-7745254. Gerald Fish is a great name. There's got to be one like macro. Like, what kind of. What are names of fishes? Dolphin. Tuna. Tuna. That's good. Okay. We had a player rhyme with tuna Buna. I'm not gonna be able to do this just off my head. Someone's gonna get it, though.

[Billy]

Yeah, we need Drew here.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, we do need Drew. The turkey hunter was listening. Tomlin. They would be the ones. Come on. Oh, Cod. Cod Sabota.

[Billy]

There it is. There you go.

[Matt Jones]

Cod Lancer. There you go. All right, so we have Gerald Fish and Cod Lanter. There's got to be more. Don't let me down, Kentucky fans. Who's next?

[Billy]

David.

[Matt Jones]

David. Go ahead, David.

[Caller]

Hey, I don't have any. I don't have any fish names for. But I do. But I do have named that. I'm gonna name them the Super Chandler brothers after Super Mario, because I'm playing Super Mario 2 right now.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, good.

[Caller]

Because he's shooting balls like Mario shoots fire.

[Matt Jones]

All right, I was gonna let you explain. So you're. Because. Because Colin Chandler shoots the threes like Super Mario shoots fire. Yes.

[Caller]

And if Tom. And if Mart hears it, he can

[Matt Jones]

reference that all well. All right, Tom, if you're listening, you are. You are free, according to David, to say that Chandler shoots threes like Super Mario shoots fire. Yes. All right. Thank you, David. You always make me happy. It's a little bit of a giddy post game show. One person writes, Matt, you. You said 30 years. Is that your Facebook age. It's 35. All right. You don't have to get me. You don't have to. I was. I was being like, ballpark Billy, right?

[Billy]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Oddville, Kentucky, by the way, the girls. State runner up in 1928 and 1920,900th anniversary coming. All right. I knew people would come in here with this. Patrick Sharks. I'm sorry. Nate says tuna. Oh,

[Billy]

I'm getting some, too. Shay gilgis alexander.

[Matt Jones]

Shay gilgis alexander. Yes. Yes.

[Billy]

Marlon stone.

[Matt Jones]

Anthony Davis.

[Billy]

Oh, yes.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, this is. This is so stupid. It's all right. I like it. Two. Two more. Is there a fish called an Oscar? People keep saying Oscar.

[Billy]

I think there is, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, see, I didn't know there was a fish called an Oscar.

[Billy]

Yeah, there is.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, who's next?

[Billy]

Jerry is next.

[Matt Jones]

Derrick. Jerry, go ahead. Patrick. Sharks is good. Go ahead. The Harrison Fins.

[Billy]

Jerry.

[Matt Jones]

Jerry, go ahead. It's the Harrison Fins.

[Billy]

Jim Bastor.

[Matt Jones]

Have we just scared Jerry off? Is that. What's that? Jerry? Oh, I like this one. Calamari Williams. All right, go to someone else. Okay.

[Billy]

All right, well, just pose on the line.

[Matt Jones]

Po. Go ahead, Po. Hey, guys, what about Anchovy Davis?

[Billy]

That's a good one.

[Matt Jones]

Go ahead, Poe.

[Caller]

That's a good hope you guys are doing good. I think everybody is. And I appreciate y' all for helping spread the energy throughout Kentucky. As always, thank you. And I give you all flowers. I want to get, of course, Chandler. Flowers. Dude said he don't get flowers. I think he does, but he deserves extra flowers today. Played great.

[Matt Jones]

I agree with you. Go ahead.

[Caller]

Okay, I. I just want to say, and I'll let you go, that I think Diabate is our X factor. He is like a poor man's Gilchrist. He. He. His motor. If everybody else's motor was like his.

[Matt Jones]

His motor is great. And his motor is. It's his best quality. And you're exactly right. And he. And he seems to bring it in the second half, which is huge for us because he gives us. He usually is out working guys in the second half. I. I completely agree with you.

[Caller]

And the little things are really big things. They don't show up on the score sheet or, you know, the books, but, you know, they're. They're huge. We get one point when he shoots free throws maybe, but that's one.

[Matt Jones]

Well, no, he made some free throw. I think he went 4 for 4 on back to back plays tonight in a time that Vandy was kind of making a run. So. So yeah, I. I appreciate the call. Thank you, Joe. Crawfish.

[Billy]

That's good. I like crawfish.

[Matt Jones]

I like it. Well, they just keep coming in. There are a lot of. Which one do you think's the best? I mean, Gerald fish.

[Billy]

Yeah. Your natural Gerald fish was the tacket a lot too.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know. Is there something called a monk fish?

[Billy]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Because a lot of people are saying. Malik, Monk fish. Fish. John, Is there a walleye? John Walleye. Come on. You can come up here. You can get a picture, man. We're just making fish. It's not. All right, who's up next?

[Billy]

Billy, I got one person on. I forgot their name, but they're on now.

[Matt Jones]

That's all right. Who's up?

[Billy]

This person. David. John something. Hello.

[Matt Jones]

Go.

[Caller]

Nathan.

[Matt Jones]

Nathan. Go ahead.

[Caller]

Nathan. Yeah. Okay. John Walleye. The Marlin Cousins call Anchovy Towns.

[Matt Jones]

Did you say Jamal Mahi?

[Caller]

Murray.

[Matt Jones]

Did you say demarlin Cousins? Is that. That's a stretch.

[Caller]

Demarland Cousins.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, Gotcha.

[Caller]

Bam. Ahibao.

[Matt Jones]

Bam. A. Okay.

[Caller]

Yep. And Tyler Herring. Tyler Herring.

[Matt Jones]

Thank you very much. I'm gonna finish it with Trout, Noah and Anchovio Reeves.

[Billy]

Oh, that's better.

[Matt Jones]

Or Preston labaster. All right, I gotta stop. I could do this all day.

[Billy]

What an end to the show.

[Matt Jones]

What a great end. Thank you very much to the lady who brought that up. All right. Hey. Cats with a massive victory. They get the win against Vandy. Now 10 and six in conference guarantees a winning record in the SEC. Considering we started 02 and we're down nine with four minutes to go against LSU. Didn't look like we were going to get here, but we did. Now a march that hopefully, who knows, maybe something could happen. Thank you all very much. Enjoy your Saturday night. I'll be up doing Matt Myron in the morning. Then we'll see you on Monday. This has been the local Toyota dealers, KSR postgame show.

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