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Matt Jones
Getting you.
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John Neighbors
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Matt Jones
Welcome everyone. It is the Kentucky Select Chevy Dealers KSR pregame show. I am Matt Jones here live at the KS Bar and Grill where it is absolutely wild. The biggest crowd that I have ever seen at this place. Maybe. Period. Certainly for a basketball game. Let me ask you a question. Are we beating Arkansas tonight? Unbelievable. Seriously, not an inch of this place does not have a human being standing in it. I maybe maybe the Georgia game for football. The one year that if we beat them, we thought we could do so. I don't know Drew. I'm not sure I've ever seen this many people in here and they are wild. Most of them know they're not getting a table for anything. They just want to be in here to get ready for the game.
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Kyle Tucker
I've been here almost three hours and when I got to the parking lot it was like the football game day parking lots. I'm like down there by the hospital. I come in here. I was supposed to get a table for someone. Sorry about that. It is standing room only. But this is a great Atmosphere. And it's. It's not just the amount of people. Everyone in here is so excited.
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Matt Jones
That's exactly right. There is such energy downtown. People everywhere. I'm telling you, if you're going to the game, you figure out where you go park. Maybe just park here. Although I don't know if there's any spots here. Just walk. It's going to be. It's going to be a wild night in Lexington. Ryan, you know, Kyle, man, is here from the ringer, and he was asking me like, okay, when has it been like this for a Kentucky game? And I, you know, we've had really big games, but the fact that it's at 9:00, so you get all day to get ready. Right. I was trying to think Kentucky played Florida the year after they won the title when they brought Noah and all those guys back. Yeah, we lost, but game day was here.
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Kyle Tucker
I camped out for 24 hours on pavement for that one.
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Matt Jones
There you go. I remember that when that game was at 9:00, so you had all day, and I remember that being like a. Wow, this city is crazy. I don't know, man. I mean, Patino, that game was during the day. The Kentucky, Carolina games were during the day. I don't know. For a nine. I don't know that we've ever seen this before.
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Ryan Lemon
It sets up almost perfect for Big Blue Nation, man. You've had all day long to get ready for this. Downtown has been a zoo since this morning. People camping out at Rupp Arena. I mean, not just our restaurant. All restaurants, all hotels. Everything is all blue right now.
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Matt Jones
I mean, let's just do it, like, historically for a second. I mean, if you were to write the history of Kentucky basketball, the three most important names would probably be Adolph Rupp, Rick Patino and John Caliper.
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Ryan Lemon
That's fair.
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Matt Jones
And the idea that one of them is coming back a year afterwards with a different team that's a conference rival that he left here to go to, it's almost an unbelievable thing to happen. And then he would be replaced by a disciple of the second guy on the list who would become beloved after the third had sort of dropped off. It's Shakespearean in some ways, and here it is playing out before our eyes. The only way it could be better would be if they were actually good, which they're not. But nevertheless, it's just. It's like drama of the highest scale. And the fact that college game day is not here is insane because. Do Carolina play twice every year? We may not get this again ever in Rupp Arena. In terms of this kind of thing.
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Kyle Tucker
Are there more people here than game day at ksbar?
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Matt Jones
There may be.
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Kyle Tucker
That was sad.
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Matt Jones
There are more cars in that parking lot than we're in game day.
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Kyle Tucker
I know that this whole situation. I was thinking about it today. I don't know if it's outside of tournament runs, the biggest day in Kentucky basketball history. But I mean, like, you can't have this situation of a regular season. They have a comparison.
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Matt Jones
What's better?
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Kyle Tucker
I'm not saying Final Fours and titles, but regular season, it's for.
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Matt Jones
I would say older fans would go. The first time Kentucky and Louisville play right like that with that had never happened before and then they play and sort of all that went into that.
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Kyle Tucker
But this is a wild scenario. This is like Coach K going to Virginia or Bill Self going to Iowa. This we won't see this probably happen again. And have we seen it before?
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Ryan Lemon
I mean, Rick.
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Matt Jones
But. But you're right. Very, very rare.
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Ryan Lemon
The Rick Patino. His first game at Rupp arena against Tubby was incredible. But Louisville wasn't very good. To answer your question, if Arkansas was really good, like if they were 8 and 1 or something, I think I might be sweating bullets. I'd be scared to. I'm a little nervous about this game anyway.
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Matt Jones
Well, I'm nervous, but my nervousness is not rationality. I mean, if this were la. If this were Arkansas with anybody besides John Caliperi as the coach, I wouldn't even be nervous. And it's not even about his ability. It's just about all that this is about. You know what I mean? It's not really about the game itself.
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Kyle Tucker
That's kind of my point. The Rick thing was one thing, but it's a different era. It's not just Cal. He took players, he took coaches, he took managers. That's why this is a situation.
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Ryan Lemon
Took our student manager, for crying out.
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Kyle Tucker
I literally have not seen this in college basketball and we're a couple hours from it down the street.
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Matt Jones
I mean.
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Kyle Tucker
I mean, he took the whole operation. He even talked about it himself.
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Matt Jones
If you think about. I mean, the. The in conference part of it is also rare. The only time I can remember in recent years this happening on a much smaller scale. Ed Cooley left Providence for Georgetown. He was very beloved. They just destroyed him when he. When he came back. I don't know. I mean, we. A lot of talk this week about what's going to happen. We'll get to that a little bit later. But it is there is a game that's going to be played. And I was thinking driving here because I had to sit in traffic about the. Like everybody else, the matchups. Okay. So on one level, our strength is their weakness. We got. We shoot the three well. They don't guard it well. We also let people shoot the three and they don't make them, but they are good at driving to the basket, which is the thing we defend the worst. So it's, it's a. It's weird. You know, they have Big Z who's kind of a weak big man. I think Amari's a pretty good defender for him. I worry about the ADO matchup. I don't think Ansley Alban or Kobe Braya or Andrew or a hobbled Andrew Carr are going to be great defenders, but I also don't know who they have that's going to guard Robinson and away. So it'll be interesting.
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Ryan Lemon
Yeah. And without Lamont Butler, you know, he's not going. So Kentucky, obviously he'll go. With that lineup of Brea Ortega and Robinson on the perimeter, you could, like we said yesterday, you can make an argument that they're a better offensive team with those guys. So if Arkansas gives them all those threes, those are the three guys you probably want on the floor.
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Matt Jones
How many points do we have to score to where if I told you we score this amount, you would go, I feel very confident we win 49.
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Kyle Tucker
I'm serious. I'm not. I, I worry about. I worry about the pregame show jinx. I'm not going to get too cocky, but Mark Pope is about to put that coaching staff's brain in a pretzel. Do you think Chin Coleman knows about Mari Williams bringing the ball off the court? Do you think he has anything for that? They're going to look at each other and go, what in the hell are they running?
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Matt Jones
Yeah. Yeah.
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Kyle Tucker
And then also we're just going to run the recipe with Tennessee. They're going to sag off and dare them to shoot. The last couple minutes of Tennessee was hilarious, and I think that's what we're going to see today.
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Matt Jones
These were the teams that gave Cal the hardest time at Kentucky. Teams that played like Pope. Cal just, I mean, Oakland played like this, right? Like they. He just couldn't guard teams like this. So it's hard to see that that's gotten better. You know, my only worry is you get a dude to score 20 and then John L. Davis decides to beat the player he hasn't been all year. And goes back to his Florida Atlantic days when he took him to the Final Four. To me, that's the only scenario where I see us not winning. I think the crowd, I mean, that's a whole. Not like, what is the crowd going to be like? It's going to be. It's going to be wild, isn't it?
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Ryan Lemon
The crowds already this year, even for like Brown and Colgate have been awesome loud into the game. State of the end of the game, it will be triple that today. But you know, Arkansas only had bait, two offensive threats most of the season. Boogie Flan and a do. Boogie Flan's out. So now they've really just got that, just one offensive threat. Adu. And it's like you said, he gets most of his action drive into the basketball.
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Matt Jones
John L. Davis should be a threat.
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Ryan Lemon
He hasn't been, but he.
- [10:00]
Matt Jones
But he should be. I don't know, man. It's is a. It's. It's. It's so weird. And you know, then you have everything that. That goes into. I mean, after saying the UK Arkansas game didn't matter, Seth Greenberg, they spent two thirds of the show today talking about that game. And yeah, while they're at Duke, they're talking shout out on Andrea Carter for being the only one there with a personality. Like, she had the greatest line during the show about going into the club with the downgrade. Those old men just looked at her like, who are you?
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Kyle Tucker
That's the first time I watched game day in a long time. That'll be the last time that that show is made for people that still twist their VCR into their box tv. Like, that is not a young production. That line was great. And they didn't even smile. They stared at her like they didn't even know what she was talking about.
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Matt Jones
It was unbelievable.
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Kyle Tucker
And you said this on Twitter, the football game day would have eaten that up. They would have fallen out of a chair.
- [10:53]
Matt Jones
Yes.
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Kyle Tucker
The Greenberg just stared. It looked like he was a mannequin up there.
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Matt Jones
Jason J. Will and Reese were the only ones that even acted like they knew what she had said. Honestly, if I ran espn, it's probably a difficult thing for me to say since I am an employee. If I ran espn, I would use that clip to say, I got to change this show.
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Ryan Lemon
Yeah, right.
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Matt Jones
Like, I got to. That should have been like the viral moment of the day with the react. Imagine if she says that with Kenny Charles and Shaq.
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Ryan Lemon
Right?
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Matt Jones
Like, that's. And they would have a graphic of Cal walking into the club with A hog or something. Right.
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Kyle Tucker
They all started talking about their wives.
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Matt Jones
Yeah.
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John Neighbors
I mean, who can.
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Matt Jones
Like, so anyway, I, I. But regardless of all that, it's. It's going to be wild. The ticket prices, you know, I mean, I got people. I know people go in this game who haven't been to a game in 10 years. I mean, literally, like, they were like, I'm going to that one.
- [11:49]
Ryan Lemon
I talked to a lot of people here before our show. They're from everywhere. Atlanta, Pennsylvania, Michigan, you know, they're. Because they want to come and be a part of this game. If there's one game you're going to spend the money on, you want, you want to be in there tonight? Are you going?
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Matt Jones
I've only been in. I've gone to every SEC game, SEC Tournament game, every NCAA tournament game. We've gone to some road games. I have only been to one home game since COVID Really. Variety of reasons for that. Well, I've been to games, but in the crowd, I haven't done as a media member. I've been to one game since COVID and I was in. Part of that was the cow thing, and part of it was, you know, our seats are now up in the. You can't even see. So I went. But I was like, I gotta be there tonight.
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Ryan Lemon
Yeah.
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Matt Jones
So, like, when this leaves, I'm gonna go, I'm gonna park my car. I want to be in there for that moment. I'll probably then watch the game at home, but because I can't, I'm too nervous to stay. But Drew, like, there is a sense of this. This will be one of those iconic moments in the few minutes leading up the game. And I hate for a lot of people listening on the radio, you might not even get to see it on TV because they might be showing the Duke Carolina again.
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Kyle Tucker
Yeah, I haven't missed many home games in 15 years. I got all of them. I even get a little immune to it. But last night I'm trying to go to bed. I look over and it's 4:00am and I'm like, you have to go to sleep. I wake up at seven and I just start walking around my house with headphones on because of the excitement I have for this game. And, you know, I like to think I'm pretty good at Lexington. I get about town a little bit. I don't know that I've seen this city like this. There were people here on Thursday going crazy, bars. Last night was wild. I really think we're going to see a Rupp arena like we've never seen it before.
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Matt Jones
You know, we just to give you an example on something I know, which is the finances of this place. We have an amount that we think we will do for home Saturday basketball games. We did it by 5:00.
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Ryan Lemon
Nice.
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Matt Jones
Before the pregame show even started because people were here when we opened the door at 11am I was here at 1:30 and there are some faces I'm seeing that were here at 1:30. So, you know, now for those of you listening at home who want to watch the game here, this place is insane right now. But the. All these people are gonna leave. Yeah, all these people are gonna leave and go to the game. So if you were to come here at like 7:15, 7:30, you can get here to watch the game. All these people, it's. If you walked up here right now, you'd be like, this ain't happening. But all these people will leave and then there will be a game crowd here afterwards. And I think this will be an amazing place to watch the game.
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Ryan Lemon
It will be an amazing place. If there's any advice we can give you, go early. If you're. Whatever time you think about going down to UP arena for the game. If you're going, go earlier than that because you want to be inside in your seat when the players are introduced. Cal walks out when Cal's introduced. And I, I heard a little, A little. I got a little scuttle butt.
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Matt Jones
Okay, wait a minute. I'm going to wonder if it's the same scuttlebutt I have. Okay, so I have some scuttle butt. Let's see if your scuttlebutt is the same because I think if we have two scuttle butts, two cheeks will make a scoop.
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Ryan Lemon
Well, mine's about the introduction.
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Kyle Tucker
There you go. Two scuttle cheeks.
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Ryan Lemon
Here's about the introduction.
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Matt Jones
Mine's not.
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Ryan Lemon
So, like they've got it planned. Like whenever they announce John Caliperi, they're going straight to the video. So I think that noise of the video will drown out a lot of the booing or applause.
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Matt Jones
I actually think that. I actually think that will make people boo louder. I think they're going to want to be heard. Yeah, well, I mean, I understand why they're doing it now. Their Tubby was at the airport this morning. Yeah. What are the chances? Tubby's the why.
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Kyle Tucker
If he's truly in Lexington at the game, it's that there's no other option. It's Tubby. He's never been The Y. He got his high point.
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Matt Jones
Has he never been the Y?
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Kyle Tucker
He was coaching that game. They did the pregame jersey retirement. But, you know, he's in a timeout even though we're down by 50. He didn't get to be the. Yeah, he hasn't been back since. That was his first time back, so.
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Matt Jones
So tubby is got to be awesome.
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Ryan Lemon
Would be awesome.
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Matt Jones
There's no way Rick Patino gets on a plane and comes.
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Kyle Tucker
I'm already expecting you. I don't know anything.
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Matt Jones
I mean, they. Their game finished. He could have gotten here and they won.
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Kyle Tucker
They were done at 2.
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Matt Jones
There's no. I mean that. The thing about Tubby is you can bring him in it. Like, Cal loves Tubby. Pope loves Tubby. It's fine. You bring Rick now. That's a whole nother thing.
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Kyle Tucker
I want the Y to be Tubby and Rick like Tubby, left arm, Rick, right arm. They're standing together.
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Matt Jones
Yeah.
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Ryan Lemon
Make a double.
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Kyle Tucker
Like a double, coach.
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Ryan Lemon
Yeah.
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Kyle Tucker
Bring Billy back. He's out driving around New circle right now. Anyway.
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Ryan Lemon
What's your percentage chance Rick Patino shows.
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Matt Jones
Up Low, but I wouldn't say it's crazy. Like, he made the video. So St. John's fan's head will explode if he shows up.
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Kyle Tucker
How about Richard's tweet today?
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Ryan Lemon
That was funny. That was really good.
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Matt Jones
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Ryan Lemon
That's better.
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Matt Jones
Good job, baby. Let's go.
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Ryan Lemon
Come on, boys.
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Matt Jones
Here we go.
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Drew Franklin
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Matt Jones
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Matt Jones
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John Neighbors
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Matt Jones
Welcome back. It is the Kentucky select Chevy dealers KS our pregame show. Duke, NC is already 18 to 6, so maybe they should come here. Although I hope that's our score too. To be honest with you. This guy right here was just saying to me, he said if you had told me when, when John Caliper came here that we'd get 14 years of him, and we would. During that time, did we get 14 or 15?
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Kyle Tucker
15.
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Matt Jones
15 years of him. We'd have 10 really good years. Five slip one national title, four final fours. Do you take it? And the answer is probably yes, Drew. But remember what I always say on the show. The two days that matter the most in your working life are your first and your last. And he couldn't have had a better first day. And in a lot of ways, the last was about as bad as you could have, too. Which is why I think you get the mixed emotions that you see throughout Big Blue Nation.
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Kyle Tucker
He was way too hot, too early, if you flip it. And he was a gradual climb from the Billy Gillespie era. And we see slow progress. And it ends with those first years. I mean, it's a perfect run. But he was too good in the beginning and the end was too bad to bring it back for another run.
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Ryan Lemon
Can I be honest with you?
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Matt Jones
Yes.
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Ryan Lemon
I'm starting to have those mixed emotions. I saw the Jimmy Dykes interview with Coach Cal this afternoon, and it was pulling at my heartstrings. Man, I'm guilty.
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Matt Jones
Why did that. I've heard people say that. Why did that change your mind? I mean, it's the same stuff he's always said.
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Ryan Lemon
This is just me. He came across very sincere, very emotional. Talk about how much he loved this place. It was 15 great years. His family loves this place, all of his friends that are here.
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Matt Jones
But that's all true.
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Ryan Lemon
And I gotta admit it, that's what.
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Matt Jones
Rick said when he was at Louisville. And you didn't cheer him.
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Ryan Lemon
I did not cheer Rick Patino. I don't remember if Rick ever said anything like that.
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Matt Jones
Rick called it Camelot even while he was at L. Yeah, this.
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Ryan Lemon
I don't know. Like I said, I'm just being honest. I got a little bit of a mixed emotions.
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Matt Jones
Okay, so with all that said, I guess it is worth asking, what happens when his name gets announced? Let's leave aside the. The music thing, although I do think that's important if that's what they're gonna do. What? What, What. What happens when they announce his name?
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Kyle Tucker
Having been here a while, I took a lot of the temperature of people here and it is 99% boo, at least in here. And they can't wait to get down there and do it. I mean, they're bragging about how hard they're going to boo in here. And I just.
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Matt Jones
There you go.
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Kyle Tucker
I know. I just think the 9pm tip did John Caliper.
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Matt Jones
That's true. I think if it had been noon, it had been different. I did hear a group of students say there was that somebody went and interviewed students. Mario did, but it wasn't on Mario's, it was on somebody else. There was a group of students and one of them said, I didn't come here and stand in line at six in the morning to cheer. And I thought to myself, you know, that's probably true. The kind of person that went and. And stood in line all day, they.
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Ryan Lemon
Ain'T going that early.
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Matt Jones
They didn't probably go to cheat.
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Kyle Tucker
Whether he meant it or not, in Cal's interview, he said, the point I've been making, he said, you all have to remember I'm coming here to ruin your day. Yeah, like, I love Kentucky, I have fond memories, but I'm not here for that. I'm here to beat you. So he actually expected the booing warmed up right now. Look at this.
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Matt Jones
I want you to hear that booing. And this guy didn't even coach here. So I mean like, you know, welcome, John. What's up, John?
- [23:48]
Jason
What a welcome I got here. See, I was gonna say everyone was.
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Matt Jones
So nice, you know, they've been nice for three days. But when you get a 9 o'clock start and people been drinking all day, this is gonna be the reaction.
- [23:57]
Jason
It's been awesome.
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Matt Jones
You have been here since Thursday. This is John Neighbors. He hosts the show in, in. In Fayetteville. What? How's it been for you?
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Jason
No, honestly, like this has been an awesome experience. I have loved my time in Lexington. It's my first time here, first time at Rupp arena and everyone's been really nice, really classy.
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Kyle Tucker
It's.
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Jason
I was expecting a lot worse, I will admit, but I think when you're one in six, it's a lot easier to.
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Matt Jones
What do you think about this crowd? Like, it's wild.
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Jason
You know, I've heard. I actually read this in the paper this morning that I read the paper. Yeah, it's apparently Kentucky loves their basketball, you know, and I just heard about this and I was like, oh man, look at this.
- [24:33]
Matt Jones
Pressed. You read the paper?
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Jason
Yeah, well, you know, these days, you know who to trust these days.
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Matt Jones
So I mean, talk a lot about what we think. What do the Arkansas fans think of this? Is this just like a party they're not invited to and they're just kind of looking on, bemused?
- [24:52]
Jason
I would say it's more of a. It's like this isn't about Us. Yeah, we know. It's not about us.
- [24:58]
Matt Jones
Yeah.
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Jason
It's about Cal versus Kentucky. It is, and we've accepted that role. And it's more of just, hey, Cal's gonna be maybe wearing red tonight. Who knows if he does? But it's just about.
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Matt Jones
That's an interesting question. Is there any chance he does the jacket? How about not? Is he gonna wear red?
- [25:13]
Ryan Lemon
He's got to. He. He can't not wear red coaching Arkansas tonight at rup, can he? He's gotta wear red.
- [25:20]
Matt Jones
Okay. Wait a minute. What's he wearing right there?
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Ryan Lemon
They show him.
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Matt Jones
That's rare.
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Kyle Tucker
That's bad lighting. That's maroon.
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Matt Jones
Yeah.
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Jason
That's like a Texas A and M color. I feel like. Yeah.
- [25:28]
Matt Jones
The average ticket price tonight is $633.
- [25:32]
Jason
That's probably what I'm gonna end up paying here.
- [25:34]
Matt Jones
It's the highest men's college basketball ticket price in history.
- [25:39]
Ryan Lemon
You don't have it? You don't have a ticket?
- [25:41]
Jason
No, I don't have a ticket yet.
- [25:42]
Matt Jones
Well, good luck.
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Jason
Yeah, I've been monitoring it very heavily, though.
- [25:46]
Matt Jones
Yeah, keep monitoring.
- [25:47]
Jason
Well, I mean, listen, you can't put a price on a great college basketball game between two historic teams, right?
- [25:55]
Matt Jones
Well, one historic team, and then there's another team.
- [25:57]
Jason
There's another team that's there.
- [25:58]
Matt Jones
All right, so give me. Give me your best case. Worst case scenario. If you're. If you're previewing Arkansas for our fans who haven't watched it.
- [26:06]
Ryan Lemon
What.
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Matt Jones
What, What. What happens to them?
- [26:09]
Jason
Well, best case scenario is that Cal gets ejected because he's so fired up. And then Kenny Payne comes and takes over the team.
- [26:16]
Matt Jones
Well, he's had a good season.
- [26:17]
Jason
Leads him to a victory just like he did against Arkansas years ago.
- [26:20]
Matt Jones
Yeah.
- [26:21]
Jason
And then we don't get to hear from Cal in postgame, press conferences said Kenny Payne.
- [26:24]
Matt Jones
So if he wins, he'll have like 20% of his whole win total at Louisville. So that would be.
- [26:30]
Jason
It'll add a lot. It'll add a lot to him. That's the best game.
- [26:32]
Matt Jones
Listen, I. We've been. We've been happy to have you here.
- [26:34]
Jason
No, it's been great, man.
- [26:35]
Matt Jones
Enjoy yourself tonight and good luck for the rest of the season. And, you know, once this one gets out of the way, it won't be the same on the rest of them, but, John, I hope you enjoyed it.
- [26:46]
Jason
Do you.
- [26:47]
Matt Jones
No, I hope you enjoyed the trip. I don't. Okay.
- [26:49]
Jason
I thought.
- [26:50]
Matt Jones
I don't. Hope you enjoy tonight. I hope you have a miserable two hours Then afterwards, I hope you have a good evening and the Kentucky fans treat you well.
- [26:57]
Jason
Well, if the game goes my way, I'll be back here and there won't be anybody here.
- [27:02]
Matt Jones
We. We. By the way, if we lose, we're closing the moment the game is over. We've been open all day. We are closing the moment. The moment the game is over. Like, we are shutting that. I have a memo. If we lose, close immediately.
- [27:16]
Ryan Lemon
Immediately.
- [27:17]
Kyle Tucker
Haven't seen it. Ksbar. Haven't seen it.
- [27:19]
Matt Jones
KS Bar. I haven't seen it. John, thank you.
- [27:21]
Jason
Appreciate you, guys, man.
- [27:23]
Matt Jones
So back to what. Back to what we were saying. You. You feel weird about it?
- [27:27]
Ryan Lemon
I'm starting to. I still feel. I remember those good times we had with him. And I see him and he looks so sad. I pulled on my heartstrings a little bit, I gotta admit it.
- [27:36]
Kyle Tucker
Well, my takeaway from the interview is Jimmy Dyke's outfit. I missed the first four minutes because of his full zip hoodie under a blazer.
- [27:45]
Matt Jones
You know, he's hip.
- [27:46]
Ryan Lemon
He is hip. Probably had no socks on.
- [27:49]
Kyle Tucker
He's.
- [27:50]
Matt Jones
He's. Cool dad.
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Ryan Lemon
Cool dad.
- [27:51]
Matt Jones
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Ryan Lemon
Welcome back.
- [31:30]
Matt Jones
It is the Kentucky select Chevy dealers KSR pregame show 859-280-2287. We welcome the folks at 98 Won the Bull. We are here at the KS Bar and Grill and it is an absolutely wild environment. Probably the most people I can ever remember here. Certainly for a pre game of basketball, maybe for anything. The only I was talking the manager, she said the only time she thinks there were more people in here was when we beat Houston in the Sweet 16 our first year. We were Open during that game that was in I think Kansas City. And that's the only time she thinks we were. There's been this many people.
- [32:10]
Ryan Lemon
I mean it's, it's not super warm in Lexington and our patio is completely packed. People standing everywhere. I think they just want to soak up as much of this excitement, environment as they possibly can.
- [32:20]
Matt Jones
This is why you're a Kentucky fan or not. Our nights like tonight, right, like this is, this is something we do that almost nobody else does and we should take a moment to really enjoy it. Of course we have to win or the memory won't be quite as good.
- [32:35]
Kyle Tucker
Well, I was thinking that on my way here not to get too emotional, but win or lose, boo or cheer, whatever you think about the game, this is why we have sports, this excitement right here.
- [32:43]
Matt Jones
I agree.
- [32:44]
Kyle Tucker
All day, I mean I'm trying to focus on stuff around the house. I can't even eat. My brain is Kentucky, Arkansas. Kentucky, Arkansas. Yeah, it's been like that since 7am you don't get many games like that. You go entire years without having games like this. That just lives in your brain. You've been looking excited to for so long and that's why, that's why we do it. Hopefully it ends in a win. But so far this has been fun up to this point.
- [33:03]
Matt Jones
This is what, this is exactly why you do it. This is, this is what makes Kentucky basketball unique. This is why it's such an honor for both of these guys to have coached here is you get to have this moment. And this is why this fan base is the best. And this is also why, you know, it was so ridiculous for people to say, well, nobody cares about this outside of Kentucky, Arkansas. Who cares? We care about it more than anybody. And that emotion, I don't care what happens when they announce his name. That clip is going to live forever. Just like coming in live forever.
- [33:41]
Ryan Lemon
Yeah. When they put posted Rick's him coming to Rina that first time, the booze were super, super loud. I remember that moment, man. I mean you sit there and you just, you can, you can, you can feel it. You can feel it on your skin. It's going to be that way maybe even more so I think tonight.
- [33:56]
Matt Jones
Yeah. Well, Here we go. 859-280-2287. Let's talk to a couple people. Who's up first?
- [34:02]
Kyle Tucker
Christian.
- [34:03]
Matt Jones
Christian. Go ahead, Christian.
- [34:06]
G
Hey guys. Look, I, I know everybody wants to emotional hedge but I'm, I'm here to bring us down to reality. In conference play, Arkansas has averaged 94, 64 points a game against power competition. We've averaged 94 points a game at home. That's a 30 point difference for them to make up here in this game. I, I would say Arkansas probably has to score 80 to beat us and they haven't scored more than 75 in a game in the SEC. SEC so far. So like I, I get that Cal's back. There's like Mojo with all that. But like when you really just break it down, that's a huge, huge margin for them to make up. I, I think we kill them tonight.
- [34:49]
Matt Jones
I think that's, that is the, that is a very cogent. I appreciate the call analysis. Objectively, there's no reason to pick Arkansas. Just objectively looking at the game, I mean if I were to make the best case for Arkansas, it would be okay. Well, they do penetrate well. That's our weakness. But they don't score. We do. They defend decent but not great. We kind of score well against anybody.
- [35:14]
Kyle Tucker
If John Kelly Perry wasn't the coach, I mean there's no sweating this game. Again, I'm trying to knock and don't want to jinx anything on the pregame show, but just from a basketball standpoint matchup standpoint, this is a nightmare for Arkansas. Yeah, they have like the SEC's 10th best defense. They're supposed to be a good defense. They're at the bottom of the SEC in defense, I just think and not getting into the coaching too much. But we know that staff that Cal has and we know that staff that Pope has and who do you think was putting in the most work and the creativity that they have. I think they're going to do some things that Coach Cal staff honestly doesn't know what to do. They're going to look and be like, I don't. I've never seen that.
- [35:49]
Matt Jones
Is that things were weak at. They're not a great offensive rebounding team. That's something we've given up. They're not a very physical defensive team. Usually cows teams are, but they're not really so like the things we've shown vulnerabilities to, they're not really. They don't really have those things like.
- [36:07]
Ryan Lemon
You and I said the other day. We've probably watched our. Kentucky's the only team we've watched more than Arkansas. I've watched a lot of Arkansas games. They're just not good and they struggle so much offensively. Like I said, when a dude is your main offensive threat in most games, you gotta feel pretty good about yourself.
- [36:23]
Matt Jones
If Z hits a three, does he get applause?
- [36:26]
Kyle Tucker
Yes.
- [36:26]
Ryan Lemon
Yeah, Z's getting you.
- [36:28]
Kyle Tucker
I think there's still a soft spot for Z and maybe see you next year for Big Z from Big Blue Nation. Does he get maybe not applause, like, like a cheer that it went in.
- [36:36]
Matt Jones
But the game is like comfy. I mean, if it's a two point, but like, let's say we were up 17 with four minutes to go and.
- [36:47]
Kyle Tucker
He hit a three, they're gonna show love.
- [36:49]
Ryan Lemon
I can show love.
- [36:50]
Kyle Tucker
He's still one of us. They stole him for a year.
- [36:52]
Ryan Lemon
I guess the other thing is, what If Z hits 3 or 4?
- [36:54]
Kyle Tucker
3.
- [36:55]
Matt Jones
That's different now. That's. No one's cheering that.
- [36:58]
Ryan Lemon
Nobody's cheering that.
- [36:58]
Kyle Tucker
He's got to remember who got him into school halfway through the semester. Who brought him over here? Who put up a billboard? He knows where home is. He knows exactly who's got his back and who doesn't.
- [37:08]
Matt Jones
He would have been good in this office.
- [37:09]
Ryan Lemon
Yes, he would. Maybe next year.
- [37:11]
Matt Jones
Who's up next?
- [37:12]
Ryan Lemon
Andy.
- [37:13]
Matt Jones
Andy, Go ahead.
- [37:14]
G
Andy, can you hear me?
- [37:17]
Matt Jones
Yes.
- [37:19]
G
All right. Well, I just want to start out by giving a rewind of the last four years. You know, he comes out of the COVID era with a 9 and 16 record. Does. Performs terribly in the, in the SEC tournament. Every time since he's been there, no SEC titles. We lose to Oakland, we lose to St. Peter's we lose at home three.
- [37:44]
John Neighbors
Times in a row in Rupp Arena.
- [37:46]
G
The first time in program history. Yeah, we get all these guys like Shady Sharp who aren't even playing. They're just here to use the facilities and mooch off of what Kentucky has to offer. And then you hear these national media guys like Seth Greenberg tune in and say, oh, well, the fan base is spoiled. They're entitled. They, you know, who else are they going to get? Well, you know Kentucky basketball, we're not a circus show. We're not defined by John Caliperi where we've won with other people besides him from, from year to year. And you know, if that's going to be the performance over the last four years, I better hear all of Rupp Arenas standing up on their feet booing him because that performance is.
- [38:33]
Matt Jones
I'm about to cut you off because I got to go. But I appreciate the call that was, That's a good case for the other side.
- [38:38]
Ryan Lemon
Yes, it was.
- [38:39]
Matt Jones
I think there's gonna. So I, I thought that the cheering was going to be louder. It's still, I think will be there, but they're the 9 o'clock. As Drew said, Ryan, I think it does. He means a little bit. I think the 9 o'clock gets different.
- [38:53]
Ryan Lemon
Reactions and it does just seem like, just based on the crowd that's in here that's going to the game, they are fired up already. Like I said before, they even go down there, they are chomping at the bit to watch that man walk out and let them hear it. Let him hear it.
- [39:05]
Matt Jones
Does he get it? Does he get the boo when he walks out or when they call his name?
- [39:10]
Kyle Tucker
Both of it.
- [39:11]
Ryan Lemon
Both.
- [39:11]
Kyle Tucker
When he talks to the ref, when.
- [39:13]
Matt Jones
He does that, he will really get booed for.
- [39:15]
Ryan Lemon
Yeah.
- [39:16]
Matt Jones
When he. If he is yelling at the ref, that will be. Well, we just can't lose.
- [39:23]
Kyle Tucker
Someone just sent me a video. Yeah, it's just in the back. I mean, just coming into the building, they just show.
- [39:29]
Matt Jones
I think they just showed that on.
- [39:31]
Ryan Lemon
Yeah, it's a maroon coat. So let me ask you this. The other talking point. Like, Kentucky's guys don't have. Really players don't have a lot of an emotional attachment to this game, unlike the Arkansas players.
- [39:40]
Matt Jones
Well, that's an interesting thing. Like, only three people playing in this game really have an attachment the way that we do.
- [39:48]
Ryan Lemon
Yeah.
- [39:48]
Matt Jones
And it's three guys for them. Is that good or bad? Like, do you like that they have that? I mean, if you're Jackson Robinson and all these guys, like, they're probably more excited for the Auburn game or the Tennessee game. Right. Like, this is. So it's interesting. Jackson Robinson, well, he's the one because he played Arkansas, so he actually does have that attachment.
- [40:08]
Kyle Tucker
Even though with him it's a logo to him. No one that was there with his experience is a part of it. So, I mean, he'll feel it with the school, but he's not looking over at faces he recognizes. It's a completely different look for when he was there. But I think the team. And you know, I mentioned this earlier in the week, I don't know if Pope would say, hey, guys, this one actually does mean more because you normally, you try not to do that, but I bet those players already know that they need to play this one. So even though the pressure is not the same that a Doofills and DJ feels and Big Z feels, I bet the pressure they still feel a little bit. Knowing we got to get this one proposed.
- [40:40]
Matt Jones
It'll be interesting to see if those guys at Arkansas feel the same way about Cal. I mean, Myron Metcalf said to me last week, you're gonna see how much Arkansas's players like him.
- [40:50]
Kyle Tucker
That video went very inspiring.
- [40:52]
Matt Jones
You know, like Arkansas. Are Arkansas's players gonna. Because they know how much this means to him. Are they gonna go out there and try to give that to him?
- [41:00]
Ryan Lemon
That's a great conversation. Do you want to step up for your coach? You're gonna give a little extra for your coach? Do you want to do everything you can so your coach can win this game? That means so much to the coach.
- [41:09]
Matt Jones
Yeah. I mean that. There's no one in the work. This is. Okay, so let me. Let me play good guy for just one second.
- [41:16]
Ryan Lemon
Okay?
- [41:17]
Matt Jones
Because everybody's accused me of, like, firing on. On trying to encourage booze. I'm not. I would not boo. But I do think Gary Parish had the best argument for not booing. And I. I sent him a voice message and told him this. He basically said this. And this is going to be my positive moment. Okay? This is positive. In my house. Cheer against him all night. For everyone listening to this, this is a big deal to us, but we will all get up tomorrow and we will move on with our lives. We play Ole Miss Tuesday night. We're going to be into it no matter what. We will remember this moment, but we will not fixate on this moment forever. He will. This will be one of the bigger things of his coaching life is tonight. Whatever happens, he will remember forever. And Gary Parish's point was, if you have a chance to give a person joy or have a chance to give them pain, why not just give them joy? Now, I'm not saying I totally agree with that, but I also don't think that's a crazy point to say, look, that first time, it's gonna matter to him more than it matters to any of us. So just keep that in mind. That was his point, and I actually thought that was a valid point.
- [42:43]
Ryan Lemon
It's a very valid point. And while we're throwing flowers and Gary.
- [42:46]
Matt Jones
Paris is someone who doesn't like Calipari at all, but he is the one who said that.
- [42:53]
Ryan Lemon
I think it's a very valid point. So the flowers we should give. You know, Caliperi raised a lot of money to help a lot of people in this state. The flooding victims, the tornado victims.
- [43:02]
Matt Jones
That's great. I don't think that has anything to do with sports booing, though. To be fair to people, there's not one person in here who wouldn't say it was awesome what Cal did for flooding and tornado. Not one person that really doesn't have anything to do, though, with this. I kind of don't like Drew. When people fight that, you know, no.
- [43:20]
Kyle Tucker
One is ungrateful for Coach Cal and the communities around Kentucky. I mean, that's silly. This is separate. This is a basketball game. It's a competition. Pope said that. On the thing about this interaction and giving him joy, I, I hear that. I don't disagree. But also there's consequences for your actions. And when you're thinking about going to Arkansas, your brain should be like, well, I'm gonna have to play Kentucky and if I'm really gonna make this jump, I'm gonna be put in this awkward spot one day. So he doesn't just get a pass on that.
- [43:43]
Matt Jones
Like, that's the other side.
- [43:44]
Kyle Tucker
He went to Arkansas knowing this day was coming, and he made that decision.
- [43:48]
Ryan Lemon
Yep.
- [43:48]
Matt Jones
Totally agree.
- [43:49]
Kyle Tucker
This wasn't like, you know, he's another conference and a random draw in the tournament. Oh, no. I got paired with him. No, he knew this game was going to happen when he signed the contract.
- [43:56]
Matt Jones
And that's the counterpoint. And that's a fair point. I don't, I, I don't think it's fair though, for. Because this will happen. If he gets booed, people go, look what all he did. You know, Billy Gillespie was a disaster here. And you know what? He also did good stuff.
- [44:09]
Ryan Lemon
He really did.
- [44:09]
Matt Jones
Also donated money to children's cancer.
- [44:12]
Kyle Tucker
Like at the big dance blue moment where he cried.
- [44:14]
Matt Jones
Exactly. People are complicated people. Nobody's all good, nobody's all bad. You know, it is, as you said earlier in the week, it's sports hate. It's not real hate. And I think that's important to Remember as well. 859-280-2287. We're going to take a break and come back. It's Kentucky select Chevy Dealers KSR pregame show.
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That's better.
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Good job. Let's go. Come on boys. Here we go.
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- [48:22]
Matt Jones
Welcome back. It is the Kentucky select Chevy dealers KSR pregame show Duke 39 to 13 on North Carolina.
- [48:28]
Ryan Lemon
Yeah, I'm glad they went there. Really seen a really good game.
- [48:31]
Matt Jones
All right, those of you in town who want to come to the game to come watch here. Like I said, give it 30, 40 more minutes. It'll. This place is going to clear out. It's clearing out slower than I thought it would, but I still think it will clear out and then you can be ready for the game. And I think it should be to be fun.
- [48:51]
Ryan Lemon
It's definitely something. If they win and we're. You got a packed house in here. This is a the place to be because it could be a lot of fun in here.
- [48:58]
Matt Jones
If we lose though.
- [48:59]
Kyle Tucker
I Where are you all percentage? I'm like 90% excited, 10% nerves. What is your excitement versus nerves break down there? Like nervous about losing 6040.
- [49:10]
Matt Jones
Like just because I want it for Pope.
- [49:14]
Ryan Lemon
Yeah.
- [49:15]
Matt Jones
You know what I mean? I. Yeah, I just. I want it for Pope. I've now over the course I've met both his wife and all, but I think one of his daughters just randomly all at different times really. And they're all just so nice like. And they're all. And then you take how nice Mark is and I want it for them. I don't want this to hang over them. Like it doesn't have a huge effect on the season in or either way. But I don't want it to be something Ryan that hangs over him because otherwise I think this season has been like perfection for him.
- [49:49]
Ryan Lemon
Yeah. You know, you beat Duke, Louisville in Tennessee, your three rivals. People are going to be happy no matter what. But this game would hang over him if he can't win this one tonight. Cal's first trip back. The guy he replaced.
- [49:59]
Matt Jones
Are you poison? That was strong.
- [50:01]
Ryan Lemon
What's that?
- [50:02]
Matt Jones
You said that like. Like you were Stephen A. Like it was this game would hang over him.
- [50:07]
Ryan Lemon
May I feel a little Stephen a. Ryan A.
- [50:12]
Matt Jones
859-280-2287. Who's next? Matt. Matt. Go ahead, Matt.
- [50:18]
G
Hey guys, what's up? Kind of piggybacking off Christian's take earlier. You know, Kentucky, I think I saw Kentucky's like 28th in possessions per game. Arkansas's 128th. I mean we're running two guards. You know, with CJ and John L. I mean it's just a pace game for the cat.
- [50:37]
Matt Jones
I mean when it's that 10 minute.
- [50:38]
G
Mark in the second half, I could just see them just Taking off. And then another thing on that game day with Greenberg, it's funny that he will hold Dan Hurley's water and pick up for him with his shenanigans with I'm the best coach and then is very quick to criticize Kentucky fans as a little holier than now.
- [50:56]
Matt Jones
So it's kind of the comment just.
- [50:59]
G
Ignoring Kentucky today on game day.
- [51:01]
Matt Jones
You're exactly right. But you know what? The good thing is his opinion matters less and less. And as long as that show is not great, you're going to have the same situation. Appreciate the call. 85928. I mean literally it's 40 to 50.
- [51:14]
Ryan Lemon
Good grief. And it ain't going to get closer.
- [51:17]
Kyle Tucker
I mean did Caleb Wilson commit to a program that's not going to have a coach?
- [51:21]
Matt Jones
Yeah, maybe. By the way, I think, I think Duke and Auburn are the two best teams and I think it's. The Auburn game was actually very impressive. They did not play well today and still won at Ole Miss.
- [51:32]
Ryan Lemon
At Ole Miss.
- [51:32]
Matt Jones
Yeah, like that was, I think that was. I mean I don't think they'll go undefeated because they still got to play Alabama twice and they got to play us. But like they're, they, they're pretty good. You know, everybody on their floor.
- [51:45]
Ryan Lemon
On the floor can shoot the three for them if they are so dangerous.
- [51:48]
Kyle Tucker
With our late game, this is the most SEC basketball watch on Saturday. And as I can remember and I've watched every game and that one was tight with about. It was a two point game, a little bit left but they pulled away. But they just look so good.
- [51:58]
Matt Jones
Yeah, and you know, Missouri is 6 and 2.
- [52:00]
Ryan Lemon
Missouri is, is all 18 last year.
- [52:04]
Matt Jones
And they have the same coach. It's not like they brought in somebody new. He just went from 0:18.
- [52:08]
Kyle Tucker
He might still sec coach of the year from Pokemon.
- [52:10]
Matt Jones
They're really good if they stay like this. He deserves it. I mean to go from 0 and 18 to 6 and 2 is kind of wild. Who's next? Chester. And they won by like 30 at Mississippi State. Chester, go ahead.
- [52:23]
G
Hey Matt, listen, I'm tore to pieces about all this. Here be my dream. Here be my dream. When the players are announced, we cheer them and at some point in the game we get a Tyler Udlis chant going because he's my favorite player in basketball for University of Kentucky at all time. And I don't think he would want to be there. I think he, he'd rather be here if he could. And, and then if I could just have my druthers on the on the cow thing. Listen, we don't have to cheer him and we don't have to boo him. If I could have my dream and I know this won't happen. If we could take a moment of silence for the death of the slow death that happened here these last four years when what we had to watch. It don't do my heart any good. It's a sad, sad thing. Especially when I think about I would reach after and the way that it ended for him. Born and bred right here in Kentucky. He deserved a final four. Matt and Cal could have stuck it to it, he could have stuck it to us. But I'll give it. He walked away. He walked away. He knew he had failed. And I don't take no joy or no satisfaction in it. It's a sad, sad situation. It deserves a moment of balance is what it deserves.
- [53:34]
Matt Jones
Well, I appreciate the call. I think that's an interesting way to look at it. Chester, a moment of silence. I also want a moment of silence for what Reed shepherd did tonight.
- [53:47]
Ryan Lemon
Did he lose a bet? Is that why he's wearing an Arkansas shirt?
- [53:51]
Matt Jones
So for people who don't know, he walked into the Arkansas game tonight.
- [53:55]
Kyle Tucker
Rockets game.
- [53:56]
Matt Jones
Excuse me, the. The Arkansas game. The Rockets game tonight with an Arkansas T shirt and Kentucky shorts.
- [54:05]
Ryan Lemon
Thought maybe he lost a bit.
- [54:06]
Kyle Tucker
I mean at least do the Kentucky shirt. Arkansas shorts, it's almost more prominent.
- [54:10]
Ryan Lemon
Arkansas just looks like there's a pair of blue shorts.
- [54:12]
Kyle Tucker
There's a picture of Stacy in Arkansas from Gear a while back too. So they. They've embraced the hog.
- [54:20]
Ryan Lemon
Wow. Funny how life turns and twists.
- [54:23]
Matt Jones
Well, that was.
- [54:24]
Ryan Lemon
They were not happy with Cal for a long time.
- [54:26]
Matt Jones
I'm not sure if I would have done that.
- [54:28]
Kyle Tucker
Yeah, you know, I love a PR person.
- [54:31]
Matt Jones
I mean Arkansas people ain't gonna all of a sudden be cheering for him. I don't. I don't know what I think about that. All right, who's next?
- [54:38]
Kyle Tucker
Johnny Rocker.
- [54:39]
Matt Jones
Johnny Rocker, go ahead.
- [54:42]
Jason
No, that's Ryan. Ryan, it's your Johnny Rocker.
- [54:45]
Matt Jones
Sorry, I'm just a little shaken by the Reed shepherd thing.
- [54:48]
Ryan Lemon
From the John Elder law office in Lebanon, Kentucky, it's time for the Johnny Rocker role player of the game. Johnny Rockers role player. Have you been injured? Get small town capacity with big city results. When you call the Rocker. There is one guy sits on the Kentucky bench that knows all about John Calipari. He recruited him, he wanted to play for him. His dream, his entire high school career was play for Coach Cow at uk and then he leaves him Travis Perry, who's going to play tonight without Lamont Butler, he's still going to get a lot of minutes. He's going have to guard D.J. wagner. Travis Perry will give more than 100%. So he is our Johnny Rocker role player of the game.
- [55:19]
Kyle Tucker
Can I tell you why I like that? John Caliperi was not going to let Travis Perry see the floor. And if he has an impact as a true freshman against D.J. wagner, I mean, that is poetic for. For Travis Perry.
- [55:32]
Matt Jones
Yeah, that. That would be. Now you want to talk about a person who would get some satisfaction if Travis Perry were to hit a couple shots because he would not have played if cow was. No, I mean he recruited him because he felt like he had to because he's going to go to Ole Miss.
- [55:47]
Kyle Tucker
He told him, I'm not playing you.
- [55:48]
Matt Jones
And did he?
- [55:50]
Kyle Tucker
Jack Pilgrim said that on sources say today with a little scoop. And Travis said, I'm gonna make you play me. I'm still committing. And Cal's like, okay, but I'm not playing you. That was per Jack earlier.
- [55:59]
Matt Jones
Wow.
- [55:59]
Ryan Lemon
Wow.
- [55:59]
Matt Jones
That would make it.
- [56:00]
Kyle Tucker
Yeah. So watch the.
- [56:01]
Matt Jones
Watch the Travis Wagner matchup stare right at him. All right, it is now time for our Penn Station picks Cats in Arkansas, one of the most highly anticipated games in UK history. Ryan Lemon, who wins and who's the MVP?
- [56:16]
Ryan Lemon
Kentucky wins 81 to 66 over the Hogs. And my MVP will be Jackson Robinson, who's gonna have to play a lot of point again. He seems to play better when he cut the ball in his hands a lot. So I go, Jackson Robinson, go with the Cats.
- [56:28]
Kyle Tucker
Obviously I'll give the Arkansas give him a cover. I think a dude plays very well and I think he's gonna be a matchup nightmare. But Kentucky still wins 81, 73. My MVP is Kobe Braya because. Because Chin's going to draw up that Jack Golkey defense where they try to steal it from him way out behind the three point line and leave him wide open for three. So Brea goalkee's Chin and Cal again tonight.
- [56:48]
Matt Jones
Well, you took my two MVPs. I'm going to take Kentucky. 79, 73. I'll say the MVP is Amari Williams just because I think he can do well on the glass against this group if he wants to maybe play a little point guard. And I also think for Kentucky fans, if you're at the game, but if you're at home, take a minute and really enjoy the the five to ten minutes before the game in the start, like this is why we're fans. This is like. This will be. We still Reference Patino game 20 years ago. This will get referenced by the person that replaces me in 20 years. This will be one of the culminating moments of Kentucky basketball history. Enjoy it. Don't just be nervous like I am. Enjoy it. I'm gonna go get my car and go so I can experience it as well. Thank you guys very much. Come watch the game here. I'll be here for the postgame either way. I hope it's not a depressing one. I hope it's a fun one. This has been the Kentucky Select Chevy Dealers KSR pregame show. Cats going to play the Hogs. The return of Cal. Let's send him home. Sad. Go Kentucky. This is KS Are. Welcome to the Chevy Lightning Round. Guess the clues to win first team Europe.