KSR Postgame UK MBB vs Bellarmine 12/23/25

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Speaker 1: All right, welcome in the local Total Leaders UK postgame show. It wasn't pretty, it wasn't the most prettiest thing I've ever seen, But Kentucky a winner over Bellerman ninety nine eighty five at Rupperena on a rare Tuesday afternoon game here before Christmas. Make Big Blue Nation a little brighter for Christmas going into the Christmas holiday. Got some good things to talk about, got some bad things to talk about, but the main thing is they got to win. Huge crowd you heard Coach Pope talk about on the postgame show. Just this is the game where all the people who come home for the holidays get to use the family tickets that they never get to used during the season. We had. Usually when they play a team like Bellerman or Eastern Illinois or Balpo or something like that, we have a ton of tickets to give away on the pregame show. Today we had none. Zero. The ks bar was packed because Pizza's a lot of fresh new faces for people that wanted to go watch the catch play. They saw an exciting offense. We got some work to do on defense maybe, but the Cats get the win. The now improved a nine and four going into SEC play. Now there's a big break. I mean, now there's eleven days before they play again January third at Alabama for the SEC opener. It's a long layoff with no game. Is you know they used to sneak in this the Louisville game kind of They kind of scheduled it between Christmas in years and several years in a row there, so, uh they need if I felt like they needed something a little warm up or tune up for getting into SEC play. Jalen Lowe did not play today, resting that injured shoulder as he should have rested it. No need to get him out there and get dinged up banged up a little bit with conference play getting ready to start. Jaden Quainton's played limited minutes. Didn't play a whole lot. What did he get, Billy, he only got like eight minutes or something.

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Speaker 2: I think, Yeah, it wasn't a lot.

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Speaker 1: It was eighty That's what I thought. Uh, very limited minutes. And then I guess the only kind of concern is Brandon Garrison kind of tweaked his knee a little bit, didn't play it all in the second half. But now you got eleven days to rest everybody get ready for SEC plays. So I guess the question for everybody is how do you feel? I mean they've won four games in a row, right I mean, they're on a four game winning streak right now. How do you feel about the team going into conference play? Have they turned a corner? I got a great tweet from somebody. I need to go back and find it because the tweet was, will we look back on this game as where we turned the corner when it comes to shooting? Here he goes might look back at today as the turning point in shooting from the b Dubs seventy seven And it's possible the way Cam Williams shot the ball, Aberdeen shot the ball. Everybody was hitting threes, I mean Billy. The other day against Saint John they only took sixteen three pointers, hit four of them. Tonight they hit sixteen three pointers, shooting sixteen to thirty. Just really shot lights out. Going to the game, there were two things we said to talk about this on the pregame show. There were two areas we were going to look at, how do they shoot the basketball much improved sixteen to thirty and the assist to turnover ratio because they had more turnovers than assists against Saint John's tonight, twenty four assists, ten turnovers. A lot of guys great handling the basketball. Jashper Johnson had seven assists, one turnover playing running the point. So a lot of good things to talk. So let's let's billy. We've got the good and the bad? Which one do you wanna start with?

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Speaker 2: Always at the bad, start with the bat, you.

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Speaker 1: Start with the bad. Yeah, Bellman did whatever they wanted to do offensively. Our defense was very lacking. And if you listen to the radio broadcast, you heard Jack Gibbons over and over and over talk about how Bellerman is a very efficient offense and Kentucky can't stop him and Kentucky needs to make a stop and they couldn't just time after time after time. Bellerman did whatever they wanted. And no disrespect to Bellerman, but this is Bellerman. You know, he played a great defensive game the other night against Saint John's and you couldn't stop Bellermant and they gave up eighty five points to Bellermant. That's got to get better. That's got to improve. I mean, Jalen Lowe, maybe you're fourth best defender on the perimeter. But with him out there, the other guys can slide into their natural position and play defensive like Danzel, Aberdeen and Otaga I think are great defenders. Colin Channer's all a pretty decent defender. But for whatever reason today we had problems the entire game. How did you see it, Billy?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean the zone was given him issues, and I mean just one on one defense was bad at times. I mean Goose was screaming for a kill, which is what three or four straight stops in a row, and Kentucky was struggling to get that, So I get it. You got to tip their cap to them though. I mean they they executed really well. They had their one player that was shooting from all over the place, so I mean, I do want to say that they did play well today.

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Speaker 1: The fighting Channon the dudes came to play at Roperena today. Is Bellerman his ow mater played very well. Yeah, they're big guy Karazinski uh twenty four points. I mean he was, he was a load man. They had trouble with him, and with Jaq just getting kind of limited minutes, they couldn't find anybody to match up with him. Diabote is your one guy that Bellerman didn't have a matchup for. I mean, he had twenty points, five rebounds, and he's just a they had nobody to match excuse me, match up with his strength most of the game. But uh, I mean, and you know, we just we just talked about on the pregame show, how could this be that elite defensive team that Pope teased us with all summer long and praised how good a defensive team they could be. And then we saw against Saint John's had full roster at full strength of what they could do defensively, kind of took a step backwards today. I felt like, and uh, that's not what you want. I know they got to win, but still, man, you let Bellerman let you up for eighty five points and that's not a good sign. Do you agree?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I agree.

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Speaker 3: But you know, Jane Quainton's definitely didn't play as much as he would in a normal game, right, just getting him back into shape. Brandon Garrison went out early with a knee injury. But you know that's zone, right, and we knew Kentucky was going to see that at some point.

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Speaker 1: So now let's get to the good. Yeah, And There's one storyline and it's Cam Williams. The dude took ten three pointers, only took ten shots, didn't take a two pointer, took ten three pointers and hit eight of them. You'd be hard pressed to find most guys that can't hit eight out of ten just standing by yourself out in the driveway or in practice. He hits eight out of ten in a game. And that's the Cam Williams we kept hearing about all summer long. Owever, practice, he never misses. He shoots lights out. Dude was on fire. One more three pointer would have tied Tony Duk's thirty year record of nine three pointers in a game at Roperena. I mean he shoots like that. Everything else offensively is just going to open up for that basketball team. He was on fire today.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and he's kind of been waiting for a shot to go down, and defense has allowed him to stay on the floor, right and so in his interview with Jack, he said he was rushing his jump shot in these early games, and he finally calmed down and scored twenty six points in twenty two minutes.

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Speaker 2: Ryan, that was a great performance, wasn't it.

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Speaker 1: A good point? Twenty six points in twenty two minutes. Just like felt like every time he let it go, he was gonna he was gonna hit it. Gave a little tay Shaun Prince that one time after he hit like it maybe his fourth one, like put his hands up in here, like, yeah, what are you gonna do? I'm gonna hit it.

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Speaker 2: So they also as a heat check too. I love heat checks.

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Speaker 1: Amen.

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Speaker 2: The whole arena wants you to shoot that ball.

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Speaker 1: And it kind of overshattered, overshattered, overshadowed. Denzel Aberteen's shooting performance. Dude hit four three pointers, hit a couple early in the game, right off the bat. Where's that been? I mean he's kind of been shooting him since December hit He's been shooting really poorly. But nobody's gonna remember him hitting four three pointers because Cam Williams hit eight.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I wanted to bet that record too, but Kentucky doesn't get a hundred, They don't get the record. But it's still, like you said in the pregame, probably a feel good win despite the defensive issues.

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Speaker 1: Right Yeah. And the other thing that probably nobody's going to really talk about because Cam had such a big game. O take oh way, almost had a triple double ten points, ten assists, eight rebounds. He flirted with I thought he was gonna get it. I mean, because they kept the guys in there, you know, even towards the end of the game, the final minutes, I thought, Man, all he needs is two more rebound to get a triple double. You know, ten points is not his average, but they didn't need that. He did the other things with Jalen low out ten assists. Good to see, isn't it Billy?

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Speaker 2: It is?

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Speaker 3: It is Man, And it just gives so much credence to that he can be the second or third best option on the team. But if he's the first, you know, it's I don't know if that's his role. And so hopefully he can continue to continue his play to get better and better.

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Speaker 1: So the Cats get the win. The crowd, the good crowd, gets a little Christmas bonus after the game. If you heard Coach Pope's comments, he had the players go into a one of the suits their rapparena, and all the fans who stayed to hear him doing his postgame show, which apparently a lot of fans were there, didn't know this, but when he was finished, they took all the fans in. They were going to get autographs and the players players weren't going to sign until everybody got every autograph that they wanted. Just a little Christmas bonus for those fans that not only went to the game but stuck around for his postgame comments. I loved it. I loved everything about it. The pope girls, as he calls them, were handing out some special kind of books made of pictures. They must take, you know, a lot of photos and then put them in a special book, just gonna randomly give him to some fans. Then the little nice Christmas bonus. So everybody leaves Roperena probably feeling a little happier.

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Speaker 2: Yep.

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Speaker 3: And Bellerman was one free throw away from breaking a record and Reperena for consecutive free throws made to start a game by opposing team. They had they were fifteen to fifteen and then missed the record breaking one.

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Speaker 1: Uh did they? But and then I kind of lost track? They did the guy miss two in a row. They've they still got fans, still got the Chicken fil A sandwiches.

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Speaker 2: Do they still do the Chick fil A promotion?

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Speaker 1: I don't know, but they all clapped. They all got really loud, like maybe they thought they were going to or maybe they put it up on the jumbo tron or something. You know, here's a little secret what you don't have to be at the game if somebody misses two free throws. I'm just just just telling you. You got the Chick fil A app and you go buy a Rupperina.

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Speaker 2: You don't good enough, I just yeah, show up.

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Speaker 1: Uh huh. Probably you could probably do it from the iHeart building right there. Just open up your app and if that happened, you can get the free chicken sandwich. Oh just just just keep that opinion in me, all right. Kentucky's got eleven days off now till they play at Alabama on January third at noon. And now we want to hear from you. Eight five nine two eight h two two eight seven eight five nine twohito cats. By the way, if you're leaving Ropperina right now, don't go down Lee'stown Road. There's a water main break on Lee'stown Road. Like around uh, where is that Forbes Road? At intersection right there? At Forbes Road? Do not go down there. The road is closed both ways because of a water main break and all those people that are like going back to Western Kentucky or Louisville that are going down Leestown Road to get on I sixty four, go a different direction because it's all traffic is all. It's a mess right now. So there's your little traffic tip from officer down here on the postgame show. All right, well think our break come back eight five nine two eight two two eight seven, Ryan and Billy here on the Local Total Deaders KSR postgame show. We'll be right back. Welcome back. This is the local Total Deaders KSR postgame show. Cats a winner at Reparena ninety nine eighty five, kind of a little pre Christmas gift for all Big Blue Nation, improving to nine and four on the season. I mean probably most people had them maybe what ten and three, maybe eleven and two. I mean, despite their four kind of ugly will couple really ugly losses. Nine and four kind of feel like Billy, that's kind of where most people kind of probably thought they were going to be going into the conference season.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, maybe some of the showings in the non conference haven't been great, naming that one in Nashville, but look, there's a lot of positive momentum after these last few games, right, yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think I had them in eleven and two. I was a little more optimistic, but I had him winning against Gonzaga and losing to Saint John. That's why I remember picking it that way. So. Uh so they still got some still got some work to do, especially in the defensive end. All right, eight five nine two eight h two two eight seven. That's our phone line if you want to call and get on board. Who we got first, Billy matt and Nola mattt In, Nola Matthew, how are you doing down there?

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Speaker 5: I'm well, I'm standing on the sidelines of the historic New Orleans Bowl and the Super Dome, uh and getting ready. We are one hour away from a kick and uh great rock for the first ever played by play experience.

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Speaker 1: Now, you seem to when you were here in Lexington starting to get a little concern and maybe a little anxious about doing the game. Have you settled in a little bit?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, a little bit. I mean I'm still a little anxious, but I'm much better. You know, I did a lot of preparation about the teams. We met the coaches yesterday, so I feel like I know a little bit more about it. It's cool to be here, you know, to be in the Supervome. I haven't been here since we won the national championship in twenty twelve, and you know, I'm looking forward to it. I'm not gonna lie and say that like I feel as easy as I do for most radio shows, but I do think. I think I have a better grasp. And it's amazing how much I want to say, like how much help you have for this? I have a spot er, I have a stats guy, I have two producers. So it don't help me get through it. I think over the course of the times.

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Speaker 1: Can you share with us kind of what your conversations were like with the coaches?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, you know what, it's interesting. I've never done that obviously, And the coaches will tell you a lot, tell you, like the trick plays they're going to run so that you can be ready to see them. So I know both teams, I know some of the trick plays they're gonna do. Clearly you have to commit to not telling the other team. And it's interesting because one coach will tell you something like because you ask them what do you think the other team's gonna do? And then you ask that the team the other team, what are you gonna do? And sometimes what the coach thinks is true and sometimes it's not and you can't.

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Speaker 1: Say it right it's right.

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Speaker 5: So that's kind of interesting to me, Like, you know, you go, okay, well there's something special you're gonna do and they tell you. So that makes sense to me. Why when you watch a game like when Tony Romo or those people kind of predict the plays. I'm not saying like it takes a little of the magic away, because especially if you know football, like they kind of told you when we line up like this, this is what's happening.

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Speaker 1: Well, the I think most of us are kind of list and gonna listen to the game to see how you actually handle the uh the play by play part, like the professional part of it. Are you going to do it? KSR style? Are you gonna be professional style?

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Speaker 5: Probably a mix, right. I mean they are very big on time downscore, time downscore. They tell you say, say the time the down yard line, like every play score, you know, every drive. So I mean that's one of the things they kind of pound in your head, you know, making sure that I say people's names. Some of these dudes have difficult names. It's hard to express how high up in the air I am. I mean we are at the app I'm on the field right now, but when we call it, we are so high up in the air that it's gonna be hard to see. And I don't like using binoculars because it doesn't give your field of vision, right, So that's gonna be tough. But you know, you've got people who spot and say, that's that guy, that's that that that's that guy. So hopefully, hopefully it works out. It's gonna be weird because the Louisville Toledo game apparently is running along, so we're gonna have to call the game at the beginning even though no one's listening. I'm actually kind of think that'll be very awkward.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, it kind of helped you maybe settle in a little bit, and then once you take.

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Speaker 5: Maybe you maybe but like I don't know, you know, these people I'm working with, I'm now away from them, so I can say it. They're all very skeptical. I can just tell. I can tell because they all like, really, this is your first game, so we're gonna.

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Speaker 1: Win them over. Buddy in well, Billy has done nothing but cry because he wanted to be down there with you as part of this Bowl game experience.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Billy would have been good. I mean like it's he You know they have a setup where everybody stands. Billy would have been right next to me. He would have I would have made him do a lot of work. I have a spotter sheet, like we talked about, got it laminated this morning at the FedEx that was in the hotel Nice. So just I'm run into a lot of KSR listeners even here. Brian Macy, who I went to college with, is a team doctor for Western. Do you remember Bill Jones, Ryan, that played on my Caliperry fantasy camp team the first year? I know, the the older gentleman that was on my team.

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Speaker 1: You like, yes, from Paducah. It wasn't he.

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Speaker 5: I think he's yes, he's down here. He's a Western booster. So it's been kind of fun.

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Speaker 1: Were you able to keep up with the Kentucky game? You have any thoughts on it? What you saw today?

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Speaker 5: I just saw that it was closed. I would look at the score. I think at one point I looked and it was twenty six twenty four, and I was going crazy. I saw Cam had eight threes. I'll watch it probably tomorrow on the flight home. But give me the give me the short of it. Why did we allow so many points?

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Speaker 1: Our defense kind of stunk. I mean they Bellerman did whatever they wanted the entire game. We could not get a stop and against Bellerman and gave up eighty five points. So people are kind of alarmed about that part of the game today.

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Speaker 5: Well that is alarming. I mean, now, we did play great defense against Saint John's and it's weird with Jalen Lowe out. The defense actually aren't arguably better, you know, and the fact that it was it was worse. That's a little troubling. But you know, first that last game before Christmas, people probably want to go home, so I won't. I won't be too concerned. But that's that's what allowing eighty five points to a bellivantinae if not good is it isn't really a great time.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, hopefully they found them. There's the shooting eye. They found it, but now they got to figure out how to do something on an other side on defensive end. I mean, they could not stop Bellaman. Bellman did whatever they want.

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Speaker 5: I will I will say to everybody listening. Uh, Phil, I'm not allowed to take calls, which is probably a good decision. Now that I'm here, I can kind of see how it would have been weird. But I can use the text machine, So if people text during the game, I'm going to read some on the air, and you know, it should be pretty good. I I I've enjoyed it so far, and hopefully I think I'm going to be nervous when we start, but I think when I settle into the will be okay. Myron is odd because Myron normally is the most nervous person for everything, and he's like, he's acting like he's you know, Troy Aikman here. He has no concern in the world, and he's never done it either, So I'm just gonna follow his lead.

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Speaker 1: He's trying to relax, keep you relax. He's trying to be that guy I think he is. Yeah, he is.

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Speaker 5: He just keeps looking at me and going like, you're gonna do great, and I go, well, now you're making it worse by continuing to say that. But you'll be fine, won't you get started.

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Speaker 1: You'll be fine, Like I said, once you get going, you'll settle in kind of get in the groove and then you'll get the flow of it and it'll be you'll be just fine.

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Speaker 5: I have some really good Hattiesberg and Bowling Green facts, so people from Bowling Green, you're gonna hear a lot about you, including some history I didn't know, so it should be great. But thank you all very much everybody listening. Thanks for you know, people sent really nice messages. And I will not be back on a KSR show until after Christmas. So Merry Christmas everybody, including Ryan, you and Billy.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Mary, Christmas to you man. Safe travel coming back, and we're all in the kickoffs at five point thirty correct Eastern time, it.

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Speaker 5: Is at five. I think our broadcast might start a little bit late, but the kickoff is scheduled. The kickoff will be at five thirty. I don't know when we will actually go.

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Speaker 1: Okay, go kill it. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to you guys and Carrie, Karen and Larry. And we'll see uh next year then.

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Speaker 5: I guess sounds great, see you all right, there's.

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Speaker 1: Matt and Nola. How about that our leadoff caller Billy from Matt in Nola giving us a giving a little shout out.

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Speaker 3: The Superdome is the highest press box in the NFL, I believe, so it is high up there.

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Speaker 2: Good thing he's got a spotter.

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Speaker 1: Well, I worry about it. He said he didn't doesn't like using binoculars. I think that's one thing Tom Hart told him, Man, make sure you get a good pair of binocular because you're gonna need him.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, how else are you gonna be able to see the people out there? But well, that's odd that we may not be able to hear it until the game is like in the first quarter or second quarter, you know, so we'll have to see.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, So Matt from Noah our first caller. Kickoff for his game is at five thirty. Let's get back to our calls. Now, who got any Let's go to Ethan, Ethan, go ahead, Ethan, hy Ryan.

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Speaker 4: I appreciate y'all taking my call. I just wanted to say I'm glad see Cam got going. Although the defense was a little concerning today, I don't know how big of a deal it's gonna be long term. They just did a lot of ball watching today and I hope they can figure that out over over the Christmas break. But Mary Christmas. Do you'll appreciated y'all taking my call.

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Speaker 1: Thank thanks, Ethan appreciate it. Yeah, he's he's trying. They did do a lot of ball watching today. I mean, I really don't know what happened to the defense today. They look so good against Saint John's and really, you just take Jayden Lowe out of it, like and Matt, like Matt said, you take Jad and Lowe off the floor, you think you can get maybe even a little better defensively, and they got worse. Maybe they overlooked Bellerman. Maybe they were looking ahead to the holidays. Maybe they won one of the Pope books from the Pope girls. I mean, I don't know, Billy, what was the answer why the defense was poor today? Do you have an answer?

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Speaker 6: Well?

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Speaker 3: Jack said they didn't look very motivated or interested out there on defense, which is entirely pop right Bellerman before the holiday. Maybe they just didn't lock in like they needed to. And and Pope, I'm sure when is gonna grill him for that and have him running practice.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure because it was just, you know, the Gonzaga game just a couple weeks ago. Jack said he could tell during pregame they were not focused, they were not ready, they were not energized.

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Speaker 7: That.

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Speaker 1: I don't like that. I don't like the fact you can't get up for a game. Even if it is Bellerman. You still got to bring your a your a game because Bellerman kind of made you look silly on that end of the floor. Who's next, Billy, Sean is next? Sean? Go ahead, Sean alls up.

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Speaker 6: Guys, I hope everybody has them. Merry Christmas. I've got a couple of comments and I got a question. Comments are guys listen, we have got to have Lowell on the floor, especially on the offensive end. He just creates more shots. He opens up the floor. I mean, I could probably take JQ and low and bring jay Q up to the top and let him roll to the baskets and get all I want on the offensive man, just throw it up to him and then let everybody else just crash the boards and another thing of the defense man. It's like you, guys said eighty five points to Bellerman. Come on, we got to be more engaged on both ends. And I'm telling you right now, it just scares me to death. I just hope that Jamie Lowell, his shoulder, stays healthy. And we've got to have him. Man, if we ain't got Jamion Lowell, we're just not very good at all. And I got the question is what do you think the record of being the SEC when they start playing? And I'll get off their marry Christ and everybody and go big blue.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate Sean. You know, the thing about the SEC is it's not near as strong as it was last year, when like, what what fourteen teams make the NCA Tournament or something ridiculous number. Nowhere close to that right now. But they've got some tough games. You know, Tennessee has shown signs they could be really good. Florida Kentucky has to go play cal periodt Arkansas. That's gonna be a tough game. I mean, there's gonna be some tough battles, but it's not near as strong as it was last year. So, Billy, what do you think their record will be in the SEC when they play their sixteen games?

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Speaker 2: Yep, sorry, I was on the phone.

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Speaker 1: Oh that's all right. We were talking about he wanted to know what we thought the SEC record was gonna be this year.

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Speaker 2: Okay, well I'm gonna go.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go eleven and.

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Speaker 2: Five, eleven and five.

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Speaker 3: See, they're on a roll now, So like, I don't know what my expectations are, so i'd say probably a little less than that.

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Speaker 2: Ten and six for me.

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Speaker 1: I almost went twelve and four. You went the other way. Yes, I just feel like Jalen Low, they're gonna miss him a game or two. He's just gonna get bumpa, get hurt, and they're gonna just just just to expect that that's gonna happen. You hope it doesn't happen a big game when they're playing Florida or Tennessee or Arkansas or something, or Alabama there first, Well, should be ready to go by the Alabama game.

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Speaker 2: And what is it the tough teams are on the road this year.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's another thing.

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Speaker 2: You're at home.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, so they're gonna drop a few. I'll go eleven and five, and I hopefully, hopefully I'm I've underrated the team a little bit. All right, Well, take our break, come back, go back to the phone line eight five nine two A too two to eight seven. Ryan and Billy on the local Total deaders Kis our postgame show will be right back, all right, Welcome back, Local total deaders kise our postgame show, Ryan and Billy eight five nine two A two two eight seven. It's eight five nine. Tito cats a couple of corrections. We gotta make Billy imagine that we made a booboo. Yeah, they don't do the Chick fil A promotion at Reperen anymore. When the opposing team misses two back to back free throws, hmmm, so they haven't done it all year.

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Speaker 2: That stinks.

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Speaker 1: But the crowd cheered today like they didn't know, Like, oh, they missed two. They thought they were gonna get the free Chicken fil A Chick fil A sandwich. Boom boop. We do don't get it? Uh, And they play eighteen sec games now instead of sixteen. I knew that. So what do you so from an eighteen game schedule? I'm gonna say, I'll stay golly. I don't want to say thirteen and five, thirteen five or twelve and six.

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Speaker 2: I'll say eleven and seven.

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Speaker 1: Then you're going eleven and seven. Why aren't you a little more optimistic about the team with Quaintons and low back.

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Speaker 3: They just gave up eighty five points to Bellerman fair. I mean, now, jen Quain's only played eight minutes in this game. Yes, so he will have a bigger impact. But Jalen Low is probably gonna miss a game, right, Is Cam Williams gonna hit eight threes? What does this game look like if Cam Williams doesn't hit eight threes?

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Speaker 1: Man, that's a great point. What if? What if he has a normal shooting game and he's only hits three years.

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Speaker 2: Going on the road. So yeah, we'll see.

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Speaker 3: But I mean, I've liked what I've seen from Diabate and Quaintance, and but defensively they took a step back today.

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Speaker 1: Bellman had nobody to match up Diabatee. But SEC teams do have people to match up against Diabate, so he won't be able to get twenty points and kill everybody down low like he did today. Eight five nine h two two eight seven. All right, it's go back to the phone lines. Who we got before we do?

00:26:54
Speaker 3: I need to give our Johnny Rocker personal injury attorney money maker of the game.

00:26:58
Speaker 1: Oh take what if you don't pick the person who deserves I'm coming across the airwaves and hitting you injured?

00:27:04
Speaker 3: Get small town compassion with big city results when you call the Rocker at two seven, zho three two one four four two nine. Well, Now, while Cam was great, our moneymaker of the game is the guy that was dropping dimes.

00:27:16
Speaker 2: That was Otega. Oh way.

00:27:17
Speaker 3: He scored ten points, he had ten assists and eight rebounds, just two rebounds shy of that triple double, and led the team in plus minus in plus fourteen and thirty three minutes. That is our Johnny Rocker personal injury attorney moneymaker of the game.

00:27:30
Speaker 1: I'll let you slide. I thought you're gonna go with Cam Williams with these eight three pointers, but yeah, Otega just two rebounds away from a triple double. That is gonna get overlooked because Cam had such a big game today, you know, with the eight three point eight out of ten three pointers.

00:27:43
Speaker 6: Yeah.

00:27:43
Speaker 3: And I don't always like to give the moneymaker to the best player of the game.

00:27:47
Speaker 2: We got to try to highlight some other people.

00:27:48
Speaker 3: But I think always a big part of that sec stretch we were talking about Ryan and how good he plays will determine how many wins they have.

00:27:55
Speaker 1: Speaking of money maker, when are you going Christmas shopping?

00:27:59
Speaker 2: I did the rest of it yesterday, so I'm actually in the clear, right. What about you?

00:28:04
Speaker 1: Well, after the pregame show, I went to Kroger and got my Christmas grocery order finally picked out. You know, spent like a gazillion dollars at Kroger on food, but I've still got a couple Christmas gifts I still still need to get.

00:28:17
Speaker 2: Yeah, go out into the chaos.

00:28:19
Speaker 1: Go out to the chaos tomorrow. It's what it's all about. Yeah, all right, who's next, Cadence, Cadence, go ahead, Cadence.

00:28:27
Speaker 7: Yeah, so I'm called her. A couple of weeks ago before we played Going Zaga talked about Jasper, but uh, I just got to come back with good compliments about how Jasper played today. I thought he played really good. He had some good shots, and I thought he played well today. And then obviously we're not talking about that much though, because Cam Williams went insane.

00:28:46
Speaker 1: But uh yeah, all right, appreciate it. Cadence. Yeah, we knew well. Jack and I talked about on the pregame show, how this was a Jasper Johnson game with low out. We both felt like they were to give Jasper a lot of minutes at point guard, let him kind of get the these confidence back a little bit and kind of let him run the show. Uh, and he did. And his assists per minutes played this year are off the roof. I mean, he had seven assists today in twenty two minutes. That's the thing that as from a point guard perspective, that's the one thing he can do in Lowe's absence. Now where Jasper I think was kind of hurt himself a little bit, maybe taking some bad shots, maybe rushing some shots. But that's just you know, will come with experience and the more he learns and the more he plays and gets some time on the floor. Of course, I've been you know, I'm a big Jasper fan, so I'm gonna promote him a much Like people were getting really frustrated with Jasper, I would say, just be patient because that dude's a baller and he's you're gonna need him with low shoulder throughout the season.

00:29:42
Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt.

00:29:43
Speaker 3: I was one of them being harsh on Jasper in the last couple of games. I mean, that's somebody Kentucky paid a lot of money for. So I think he's got high expectations. The team has high expectations for him. But let's hopefully he can continue to progress.

00:29:53
Speaker 1: Right Yeah, because I be honest, I don't really like Aberdeen at the point. I'd rather he'd play off the ball. That's where his strength, that's where he's a better player, and you need him out there. Maybe he's a defender, and the way he shot the ball today, you know, maybe a little more comfortable over there on the off the ball a little bit with the Jasper getting a lot of minutes at point. Who's next? Wayne, Wayne?

00:30:12
Speaker 6: Go ahead, Wayne, You got a couple of things on here.

00:30:17
Speaker 8: I was wanting to ask about. I mean, you know, my son, he played college batasketball, said I talked to he went the game. He's more analytical than I am. And I talked about Jasper Johnson having six assists and he goes, Dad, he goes, we were plus three when he was in there. He goes, so, what you know? I mean, we were only plus three. And also he says, with the offense that Bellerman was running, they were on top. I don't know all the words that he says. He says, they're doing these back cuts. He said, why is he Pope putting us in a three to defense? He said, that would completely stop Bellerman's offense. If we would have been in a three two.

00:31:03
Speaker 1: Maybe appreciate it, Wayne, And you know, I'm not for sure about that, but maybe you know, they apparently, according to the Jack, the Bellman offense was like the old Princeton offense, kind of backscreens, running back doors, being very efficient. He talked about how he had like eight passes and the balling touched the floor one time, just you know, really efficient. But like we said before, they did what they wanted to against Kentucky's defense, and really Kentucky couldn't stop them. They did whatever they wanted. So you know, maybe your son dry maybe going to a three two zone or some sort of zone, maybe switch it up, maybe slowed them down a little bit and you know, cut that down. But maybe Pope was trying to work on something, you know, you know, I don't know. Wafa way and see what he says that. What do you think, Billy.

00:31:48
Speaker 3: I'm just glad Bellerman didn't win. Shannon the dude would have been insufferable.

00:31:52
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness. You know our preseason, our pregame picks we picked, uh, you know, Mario puts it out on social media on a graphic. He picks that Karazinsky dude to be the player of the game all Bellerman, you know, riding the belopmental train with Jack Karazinsky. But he did have twenty four points in thirty minutes four rebounds.

00:32:13
Speaker 2: Yeah, he played good.

00:32:14
Speaker 1: He did play good. I think another phone call. Who we got Sosa? Sosa? Go ahead, Sosa, Hey, what's going on?

00:32:22
Speaker 9: Guy's married Christmas to you all?

00:32:23
Speaker 1: And think you.

00:32:26
Speaker 9: Uh quick question, kind of random. So I am interested in here in Matt's debut. How do you listen to it? Because I don't listen to ESPN I hate es. How do I listen to the game?

00:32:44
Speaker 10: Is there an app?

00:32:47
Speaker 3: I you know, we're he's being an app as a live radio feature if.

00:32:53
Speaker 9: You can't use that ESPN radio, Yeah.

00:32:57
Speaker 3: I don't know if the local affiliates are playing the game. So this is your best bet?

00:33:00
Speaker 1: Is that's only way you're gonna hear it? Yeah?

00:33:02
Speaker 2: No, yeah, not iHeart the not iHeart.

00:33:07
Speaker 1: It gets strictly an ESPN broadcast, So that's the only way you're gonna hear it's go yeah, go through that. So but they kick off at five thirty, so about the time we wrap up here on our post game show, we can kind of tune in and see how do I think he's gonna do fine. Billy, you've done play by play. I've done play by play. I mean, of course, not on this grand scale. When the college football game and everybody's you know, in your card listening to ESPN Radio, you're gonna hear Matt call this Western Kentucky Southern miss Bowl game. How do you think he's gonna do?

00:33:35
Speaker 3: Yeah, if it is anybody else but Matt, i'd be worried. I mean, Matt will find a groove. Know, he'll use facts from the text line, it'll it'll sound like a KSR show in a game. But it is not easy to do play by play for your first time, Ryan, So I'm I'm not gonna just say you can just go in there and do it, because it is not easy to paint a picture like that.

00:33:56
Speaker 1: You know, I've done play by play for swimming, tennis, baseball, softball, basketball, soccer. I think those. Soccer was probably the hard because there's a lot of kind of time you got to fill during a soccer match, you know, and I don't know the game as well unless you had. But swimming, can you imagine do a play by play for a swimming event?

00:34:18
Speaker 3: I can't, And is this TV or radio TV? Well, it was the easier to do I High.

00:34:24
Speaker 1: Remember the old I High broadcast. They had the contract for the KHSAA. And I did the state tennis finals, in the state swimming finals, in the States soccer finals. Uh. And actually I called Tom Hammond before I did the swimming, and I said, Tom, what do you do when you call swimming? He goes, Look at this level, just make sure you mentioned every kid's name. Mom and dad. Just want to hear the kid's name. Go down everybody in every lane, and then make sure you call the winner right and you'll be just fine. So that's what I did, you know, just make sure everybody's name got it mentioned, and then call the finish.

00:34:58
Speaker 2: Well, you'll hear about it if you don't get the names right.

00:35:01
Speaker 1: Amen? Yeah, all right, to get another phone call. Who we got Graham? Graham? Go ahead, Graham.

00:35:07
Speaker 11: You know, I'm ten years old and it's my first time at Ropperina turning the game and Kentucky, I mean, they were just great. And it wasn't Kentucky that stung me the most. It was Cam Williams with his three eight threes, Like that's incredible. I mean, that's just crazy how he can do those and while people are guarding him he can still make them. And I mean Mark Pope's be glad that he had a player that can actually nail three and like good defense for him. So it was crazy how Kim Williams was like on fire and he oh we missed two of his thirties and he was good to happen with oh way two. So I hope you guys have.

00:35:55
Speaker 1: Married Christian graam Man. How about that comes of call the day Billy. We just let let Graham cook right there, he was cooking, praising on the swinging on the Cam Williams train right there.

00:36:05
Speaker 2: That's right, great to hear Graham there.

00:36:06
Speaker 1: Good job Graham. Well, I think obviously Graham used to go back to Upparenta says his first game, he needs to go back. If Cam Williams is going to shoot the ball like that, and you know, like like like the one guy got the tweet from Billy. Maybe this is the game where the shooting turns around. They maybe they can figure out the defensive end, but the shooting in is what's been kind of a problem most of the season. Maybe this is a turnaround. You can't, can you buy that.

00:36:29
Speaker 3: M maybe, but they did shoot thirty threes in the game today. That's the kind of the Mark that they've wanted to play.

00:36:35
Speaker 1: That's right, that's right, all right, it's good. Another call for we'll go to a break. Who we got let's go to Tom, Tom.

00:36:42
Speaker 10: Go ahead, Tom, Hey, good afternoon, gads. I was just wanted with I don't know if y'all seen the heard the show last night, but Mark Poe was how about he gave his best speech to read Shepherd and then at the at the very end of it, I'll read was worried about was whether or not he's gonta his socks and uh and we've all saw the Allen Cutler uh thing with Mark and his socks. Uh, it was kind of funny. So it would be a good play to have a charity event and have everybody bring some socks referend and maybe remonated to the homeless shelter something over there, have a sock out night or something over there. But uh, cats are gonna be all right. I think Williams is my favorite player on the team. Oh yeah, and uh, you guys have a great show.

00:37:24
Speaker 1: Hang on, Tom, Tom, are you still there? Yes, sir, what kind of bird you got back there?

00:37:31
Speaker 10: I got a parakeet and two whibbets.

00:37:34
Speaker 1: What's a what's a whibbet?

00:37:37
Speaker 12: Uh?

00:37:37
Speaker 10: It kind of looks like a grayhound, but uh, you've probably seen him in the target commercial.

00:37:43
Speaker 8: Uh.

00:37:44
Speaker 10: It's kind of in between a greyhound and a and a an Italian greyhound. But they're you know, they kind of look like a greyhound. They're in the greyhound family.

00:37:50
Speaker 1: But the parakeets weren't making the noise back there.

00:37:54
Speaker 10: Yeah, when I when you get on the phone or something, she'll start chirping.

00:37:58
Speaker 1: She just wants to talk to you too. So all right, appreciate it, Tom. How do you get holiday show too?

00:38:02
Speaker 8: Everybody wants to get everybody.

00:38:05
Speaker 1: Well, there we go, especially when Billy's running ship. That's when everybody wants to call and get on. All right, appreciate it, Tom, Thank you very much. All right, we'll take our final break. Come back in our final segment, Kat's a winner over Bellerman. Happy holidays, Big Blue Nations should be happy. Got a little extra win in your stocking. We go into the holiday season. We're right back. Wrap it up here in the local Total leaders KSR postgame show, All right, welcome back, final segment the Local Total Leaders KSR postgame Show. This is our last live segment until what Billy till Monday.

00:38:34
Speaker 2: Monday, that's right.

00:38:36
Speaker 1: Because we have a best of show on KSR for Christmas Eve Tomorrow, Christmas Day, Thursday, and then even the day after Christmas we have a best of show. So, uh, this is our last chance to get on live with us. If you want to call, get on board eight five nine two two two eight seven. We'll get a couple phone calls in. Uh, Billy, you know, I gotta say, I can talk to you about something.

00:38:56
Speaker 2: What's that?

00:38:59
Speaker 1: My buddy Phil text me all the time when the show listen to the show, says, this is the text he just sent me. We can tell it's the holiday season. Billy was actually nice to a kid who called the postgame show.

00:39:12
Speaker 2: Yeah.

00:39:12
Speaker 3: I got to rehab my image a little bit with the kids, Ryan, so I'd try to be nice when they have a good call.

00:39:19
Speaker 2: Graham had a good call, yeah, so he deserved it.

00:39:23
Speaker 1: I'll tell you a little a little behind the scenes about Billy today too. We had our Christmas holiday party. What day was that Friday? Yeah? Friday? Yeah? Was that yesterday, My good yesterday. Yeah, it was yesterday, and there was a luncheon and there was some sandwiches left over from the luncheon, and they told Billy, help yourself. You know, when you come in on Saturday, run the game, there'll be some lunch for you in the refrigerator. So Billy, kind of long day today. Game starts at one. He's got to come in about could you come in about nine o'clock, ten o'clock you get ready for the game, So you're gonna be there all throughout the lunch hour. You go hungry. You know, I have my stomach starting to require a little bit. I need to go get something neat going in there with the break room, open up the refrigerator, crickets. Somebody took your sandwiches, Billy, But it was here.

00:40:15
Speaker 2: They were there when I got here today.

00:40:17
Speaker 3: So like in between nine thirty and like one pm, somebody had taken every sandwich out of the fridge. And there was only three people here besides me today, So I messaged each person and they all denied it.

00:40:28
Speaker 2: So I don't I don't know what to do.

00:40:29
Speaker 1: Okay, let's go down the culprits. Who is there today?

00:40:31
Speaker 2: Is Brandon Kathy in case.

00:40:34
Speaker 1: Okay, it wasn't Kathy. Kathy's the boss. She bought them to start with everybody, so she's out, So down to Brandon her case, two highly likely suspects. There's no doubt about it.

00:40:46
Speaker 3: Yeah, Case said, no, sir, may have gotten thrown out because of holidays.

00:40:50
Speaker 1: And who's gonna throw it out. They wouldn't have thrown out that, that's who it is.

00:40:53
Speaker 3: Yeah, and then Brandon said, Kathy may have thrown them out. I didn't touch the sandwiches so well, guardless, I didn't have lunch today, but did have some cookies we've we've held over for the Christmas cookies.

00:41:06
Speaker 1: The Christmas cookies are still there so well. Of course, now as soon as the show's over, I'm done for the day. You get a load a couple of Dick Gabriel Best of shows coming up, a couple of ks Are best of shows, and Matt Jones podcast. You still got a lot of work to do today.

00:41:19
Speaker 3: Here for a while, so I'll be tuning into Matt and your stomach's are rent rumbling.

00:41:24
Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe the game will be over by the time I get out of here.

00:41:27
Speaker 1: All right, let's get a couple of calls and we'll wrap it up and get out here so Billy can do his other job. Who we got, Billy, Noah, go ahead, Noah.

00:41:35
Speaker 13: Hey, Ryan and Billy, thank you for taking my call.

00:41:38
Speaker 5: Two things for you.

00:41:40
Speaker 13: First off, I don't know when I've been had to recent memory another UK game where we've had a more disappointing ninety nine point win. Now I was getting ninety nine points, but a ninety nine point win, and we just there's a lot of highlights, good things, no doubt, but just still kind of looking and that's kind of disappointing as in somewhat overall us, especially from the defense. A lot of praise is still get from the offense, but still kind of a bit of a at this pointing win, you know what I mean, getting ninety nine points.

00:42:15
Speaker 1: Yep, No, we appreciate it. Yeah, Billy, the spread was Kentucky by like thirty five and a half and they won by fourteen.

00:42:25
Speaker 3: Yeah, and they didn't play Jalen low and and Quentin's only played eight minutes. We do have to think about that. This is what we wanted. We wanted to keep those guys healthy and ready to go for the SEC. But yeah, it is not the best ninety nine.

00:42:38
Speaker 1: And no disrespect to Bellerman, but even without those guys, you should not let them score eighty five points at rupp Aerna, you know what I mean. Yeah, so they had forty seven points in the second half. Bellman did.

00:42:55
Speaker 7: Well.

00:42:55
Speaker 1: Of course Kentucky had fifty three, but Bellman they gave up forty seven points in the second half. He the next color who we got.

00:43:01
Speaker 2: We got three more here, Ryan.

00:43:02
Speaker 1: Three more. We'll get out of here and wish everybody to marry Christmas.

00:43:05
Speaker 2: Boys is up next?

00:43:06
Speaker 12: Boy, I'm miss wondering what I think Jay Lowe is going to have to have the surgery so he'd come back next year. Quite I don't know why he did not play, because I don't think the guys from Georgetown and uh those other two guys not ready to play. And miss wondering if if, if Mark Pope is going to have to Tim you're going to have to have the surgery. We're going to medical rest.

00:43:41
Speaker 1: You cut out, boys, who you want a medical red shirt to? Jalen low He's gone, okay, thank you boys.

00:43:47
Speaker 3: So I think we've played too many games for him to get a medical red shirt.

00:43:50
Speaker 2: I could be wrong, but.

00:43:53
Speaker 1: And he he has proven he wants to play. I mean, there were some people in his camp that were ready to shut him down. Have the surgery getting ready. I mean, he's still got two years of eligibility left. There were people in his camp on his side that were pulling that way. He himself wants to play, wants to be a part of this team. And he showed me everything I need to know about that kid in the last couple of games. The one game was against Indiana where he dove on the sideline, dove almost crashed into the scorer's table. Come on, man, that's just putting his body out there. And then he gets hurt against Saint John's and comes back at halftime, puts on his Superman cape and comes down and wins the game for us in the second half. That kid, that's a tough, tough kid right there, and they are so much better when he's on the floor. He wants to be a part of this There's gonna be some games we're not gonna have him, and there's gonna be games like today where maybe you sit him. But if he wants to play, he's gonna end up being a fan favorite. What do you think, Billy.

00:44:52
Speaker 3: Well, it's easier said than done. I mean, you look at those guys in the locker room. You want to fight for your brothers, right, So just to hang it up and watch and play the rest of the year without you is proadly really tough. So you know, I'd probably do the same thing if I was jen Low and would want to play with them and fight out, fight through the pain.

00:45:09
Speaker 1: Who's our next caller? Who? We got two more? We've got Casey up next, Casey, go ahead, Casey.

00:45:15
Speaker 14: Hey, Good afternoon fellers.

00:45:17
Speaker 1: Hello failers. How are you failers.

00:45:21
Speaker 14: I'm pretty good. I've made seven dozen cookies today.

00:45:24
Speaker 1: Wow. Well, Billy would appreciate some, because Billy's hungry.

00:45:29
Speaker 14: Playing all day to day. But I just had a couple of things. I just cam Williams, what a game. Secondly, Jalen Quainton or it's gonna be just He's just a difference maker. And I just think without him playing today is why they scored so many points. I think if he was out there it would have been as bad. And I just wanted to say great job to Maggie Davis. She was on the call in the middle of the games. And interviewing the coaches and stuff that has to be kind of hard. So and I wanted to wish Matt good luck and tell you all them Merry Christmas.

00:46:01
Speaker 1: Go get Casey, Merry Christmas to you and your son, and you're all your family over there, and we've got to know you guys a little bit. So I hope you have a good, good break and a good happy holidays and merry Christmas. You know, Billy, she's right about KSR pre show host Maggie Davis. She is a rising star. You're gonna have to She's gonna she could be too big to come on your show anymore and co host with you. She's like a rising star in the business.

00:46:22
Speaker 3: Yeah, she'll be doing the Katie George track here in no time, I'm sure.

00:46:27
Speaker 1: Well, she's good at it, you know. Yeah, she knows what she's talking about. She works hard at it, she prepares the right way. So uh, I know all of ks are very proud of her and her her growth. And Casey talked about Jad and Quaintans, you know, without him and without even without Brandon Garrison. Maybe that's one reason why Belderman was kind of able to dominate a lot in the second half had forty seven points. Because your two kind of your two rim protectors out there, and Marino can't play every minute of every game. I know they tried to yelevate some, they tried to diabode some. But does that factor into the defensive woes when you didn't have Quaintance or Brandon Garton out there?

00:47:01
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, it absolutely does.

00:47:02
Speaker 3: But I don't care, like you got to you gotta play better, right, I mean, ultimately, you are supremely more talented than the other team. It's just Bellerman executed their stuff better than you, and you've got to live with that. But ultimately you did get the win, right, I got it.

00:47:19
Speaker 1: I've been waiting to the lane end of the show to say this. I don't like Bellerman. I don't like them at all. When I was at Kentucky Wesleyan, they were in our conference and they were like our big time rival. USI and Bellerman were our big time rivals. Now Bellerman thinks they're all high in mind because they went Division one. I don't like them. I don't like Shannon the dude. I don't like Bellerman. I don't like Scotti Wigan. Uh, they don't like Scotty Davenport. I don't like the other coach. I don't like anything with Bellerman, so I need to get that off there off my chest. All right, who's who's our last calling?

00:47:49
Speaker 2: Bob finishes out for us.

00:47:52
Speaker 1: You're on, Bob?

00:47:55
Speaker 15: All right, Billy and Ryan, Merry Christmas. Thanks for doing the post game. We appreciate it. I could say everything everybody has already been said. The defense scared us, JQ is just gonna be an awesome thing, and we need to get Low back in to have a good season. But as we get ready to get into SEC play, let me ask both of you guys, I want your opinion as well. Billy, if you had to pick three players that we're gonna develop the most, not counting Low and JQ, which three players are gonna evolve and become better or superstars during that sixteen game conference portion of our schedule.

00:48:38
Speaker 1: Great question to end on. Boll appreciate it, we again, says the callers corrected us. It's an eighteen game SEC schedule, So Billy, let's let's just take turns picking. When you got to pick three guys we're gonna see maybe grow and get better during the SEC season, I'm gonna go first, Okay, Jasper Johnson. I'm not I'm the on the Jasper train. He's got guys, that's just kind of he's just kind of learning the game. He's got the offensive skills. He's just gonna learn the college game. I think Jasper be on my list.

00:49:06
Speaker 3: Who you got Jasper is a good one because you think low might miss some time yep, and he'll have to step up. I would give you an easy answer in Cam Williams. I mean, he was the star tonight, but before tonight, his defense has been really good. It's kept him on the floor. It's allowed to space the floor a little bit. I think he finds himself eventually playing major minutes.

00:49:26
Speaker 1: So I guess we probably can't say Jaden Quaint's or Jalen Lowe.

00:49:29
Speaker 3: That was the two he said, you can't Yeah, I can't say them. Yeah we need so who you like becoming that next star for Kentucky out of the group.

00:49:38
Speaker 1: Well, I mean, there's some easy answers to give, but I'm gonna go with Colin Chandler. I think Colin is kind of heaving in the December slump, and he started out being our best three point shooter percentage wise to start the season, then got into a little bit of a funk and a shooting slump, and I think he's a guy that's gonna finally get back to that Colin Channer. We saw it the first of the season and at the end of last season when he finally got his group going on a little bit. So I'll go, Colin Chandler, who you got.

00:50:01
Speaker 3: I would say Aberdeen just because he's able to play off the ball if Jalen Lowe is playing significant minutes and to me, that knocks some of Colin Chandler's minutes out of the way. So maybe one of those two, you know, rising would be really good for Kentucky this year.

00:50:17
Speaker 1: And my last one. I know it seems crazy, but Jack Pilgrim and I have been tooting the yellowvich horn since this summer. I don't know. And he's a guy that can do the one thing that Pope wants the four guy to do, stand in a corner and hit threes. He's the one guy that can do that. Between Diabata and Marino and Garrison, guys that may rotate out in the four little bit. So there's gonna be one. Get Markus down, Billy, there's gonna be a game in SEC play where he's gonna hit like four to three pointers and win the game for us, Yellovich is my answer.

00:50:50
Speaker 2: That's hopeful.

00:50:51
Speaker 3: Thinking he would be a definitely a different dynamic for this team. I just you know, we haven't seen a lot out of him yet and some of the body language hasn't been great.

00:51:01
Speaker 1: Who's your last guy then? Do we?

00:51:02
Speaker 3: Oh, we we're doing three each? Okay? You know what if Brandon Garrison isn't going to be the guy, I think Malachi Moreno's got to play some spot minutes every now and then.

00:51:13
Speaker 2: Is that crazy, Ryan?

00:51:14
Speaker 3: I mean, if Diabate and Quainton's are going to be your superstars, I mean there's gonna be some time, some pivotal moments where foul trouble or maybe early on in a game where.

00:51:23
Speaker 2: I think Malachi Moreno can make an impact.

00:51:25
Speaker 3: But this this will be his first SEC season, So I say that hesitantly, but I think I'll throw him as my third.

00:51:31
Speaker 1: You know, Malack is a guy that earned the minutes by just doing the doing the right things from the five spot, google getting rebounds, playing good post defense and things like that. He's a guy that I like that answer a locke. I think he can. He's gonna go see him. Him and Jasper both grow as they learned the college game a little bit. So I think we got a pretty good list. But you know, neither one of us, said Trent Noah.

00:51:50
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't think he's on the outside looking in, don't you.

00:51:55
Speaker 1: I'm still hopeful, but I think his minutes are going to decrease as these guys get healthy and start plan better. So any three out third to night gave him a good chance to try to do something.

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Speaker 3: Only nine minutes tonight against Bellerman. Yeah, you think this would be the game where you build some confidence.

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Speaker 1: I agree. I agree. Well, Kentucky gets to win improved the nine and four going into the holiday season and then the SEC season on behalf of everybody here at KSR. We wish all of our listeners a very merry Christmas, a happy holiday. We'll be back live during the show on Monday. That day is whether that's the twenty ninth, Monday, the twenty ninth of our next live show. Uh you know, we our KSR family is going through some struggles right now with some of our man I didn't want to get emotional, but some of our family is struggling right now and they need us so hanging there with them. Man, this is the holiday season. That's when they can use your thoughts and prayers. And we got a couple of guys or our our families that need you, so just remember them this holiday season. So all right, it's kind of here. What frock get off, terry, What a what a great day it's been. Happy holidays, Merry Christmas. We'll see everybody on Monday. Goodbye.