2026-03-12- KSR - Hour 2

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Speaker 2: Quarterback here, Kentucky Sports Radio. You got this, Drew.

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Speaker 3: Okay, there you go, There we go. Welcome back here live at Tin Roof. For those of you.

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Speaker 2: That are just joining us on regular time, it's Kentucky Sports Radio trip to Nashville for the SEC Tournament. Bert Tavern, Bourbon and Clayton and Krum are sponsoring, and we decided to go into the crowd.

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Speaker 3: We got a massive crowd today.

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Speaker 2: And what I love about ksr's audience, Ryan, it's very diverse. We got old, young, Eastern Kentucky, Western, Kentucky, City, rural. And to show that, we brought our youngest and oldest crowd member in the crowd today. Let's start with the youngest, nine years years old. Give a big round of pause. What's your name to Linley?

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Speaker 3: Nine years old?

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Speaker 4: Now?

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Speaker 2: Linley? Where are you from? Kentucky, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Now you're supposed to have school today?

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Speaker 3: Right? Did you skip school at a girl? Yeah? Smart? And Linley, why did you skip school to come here? To come here?

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Speaker 2: Okay? Now are you a Kentucky fan? Who's your favorite player?

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Speaker 3: Trent tred Noah?

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Speaker 2: All right, Linley, we need a big game from Trent. Noah, he didn't even play yesterday. Wouldn't it be nice if today they put him in and he nailed a three for you?

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Speaker 3: Yes?

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Speaker 2: All right, that's what I liked here. What's your favorite Do you remember? What's your favorite Kentucky moment?

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Speaker 3: Colin Chandler stunt?

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Speaker 2: Colin chan And look it's on his shirt. Shirt, It's on his shirt right there? How about that?

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Speaker 3: All right?

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Speaker 2: Now this I wouldn't have guessed you a year over thirty one man, but eighty four years old?

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Speaker 3: What's your name?

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Speaker 5: Judy?

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Speaker 3: Judy?

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Speaker 2: Give a big round of applause to Judy.

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Speaker 3: All right, Judy? Where are you from?

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Speaker 6: Danville, Kentucky?

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Speaker 3: Danville, Kentucky? Now? How long have you been a UK fan? Eighty two years? Eighty two? Those first two years you weren't interested, right? Who? Who is your Who's what's your favorite team that you remember Kentucky? No?

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Speaker 2: I mean I know that, But like which specific Kentucky team?

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Speaker 1: Probably the year we had COVID and we lost first game and we should have won the whole turn?

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Speaker 3: That was your favorite team? That was one of mine? Yes?

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Speaker 2: Oh you mean okay? No, not the team that went thirteen and twenty. You're talking about the Tyrese Maxi team. Right, Why did you like them?

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Speaker 4: We were really good?

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Speaker 2: Well, we were really good. Now you are from dan But.

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Speaker 3: What you do?

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Speaker 4: I work for Walmart?

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Speaker 3: You work for Walmart? Oh?

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Speaker 2: You know this guy next to you, His his dream has been to be a Walmart greeter.

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Speaker 1: I want to be a Walmart greeter when I grow up?

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Speaker 3: Is okay?

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Speaker 2: I'm giving he'll give me my reference. You heard him cuts earlier? Would you still give him a reference? They don't allow that at Walmart, do they?

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Speaker 3: Yes? Oh, they told it is Danville.

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Speaker 2: Well, I now, over the years you've seen all those people?

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Speaker 3: Which player, which play was your favorite over the years? Yes? Is there one you thought was particularly handsome? Yeah?

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Speaker 4: Shepherd?

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Speaker 3: Shepherd? Oh? Dad or son or both? Both? Both? I like that?

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Speaker 2: Re read and Jeff, Well, how many you? How many years you've been to the SEC tournament? About twenty two?

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Speaker 3: That's awesome, that's great. What's your favorite SEC tur tournament memory?

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Speaker 4: The year we won the SEC tournament?

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Speaker 3: Well, we've won a bunch of them.

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Speaker 4: Nine years ago.

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Speaker 3: Okay, it's probably been about that long. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Well, first of all, I love this nine years old, eighty four years old. Also to women. The most sports radio shows don't have that either. You guys, thank you all very much. Do you listen to KSR regularly every day? Every single day? Do you think he should wash his mouth out?

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Speaker 4: I love it?

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Speaker 2: You love it? You love It's Lindley. Come on, she's Lindley. I'm sorry you're Judy, Judy. You don't love when he talks about his underwear?

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Speaker 3: Do you? Yes?

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Speaker 2: Okay, well all right, that's that's unfortunate. What will you do you think he should? Do you think, Lindley he should stopped cussing? No, No, she doesn't know what to say.

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Speaker 3: What were you? What did you say? I interrupted?

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Speaker 4: You say it again, Judy, Ryan sexy?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't like him.

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Speaker 2: That's the worst thing you've ever done. Thank you, Judy, Judy and Linley. Thank you all very much. It was very nice to meet you guys. Thank you for coming up on stage. There you go, I really wish you had. You're gonna hold that over my head.

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Speaker 6: Ryan really has away with the women, doesn't he. I mean, he gets away with anything. He's the only person that could get away with the stuff that he gets away with.

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Speaker 2: I wish that that were not true, But but you did.

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Speaker 3: I have one little fact for you. While we're getting Drew and everybody back.

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Speaker 2: Up here, Shannon, I just found this interesting about Kentucky. There is only what they put this map out yesterday of what cars are sold the most in each state.

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Speaker 3: Did you see this map?

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Speaker 4: No, I haven't seen it.

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Speaker 2: Okay, In the vast majority of the country, the most sold car is one brand. Then in California and New York and some of those states it's a different brand. Kentucky, though, is the only state in America where the most sold car is a particular brand, the only one can tuck every other one is a different brand. Can you guess what brand of cars sold in Kentucky and it's the only state where it leads in sales?

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Speaker 6: Well, for some reason, I see a lot of Toyota Corollas around.

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Speaker 4: I don't know if that's the answer. Probably not.

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Speaker 3: Okay, what do you think, Ryan?

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna say Ford, because everybody in Georgetown drives a Ford F one fifty, So yeah, Ford, all right?

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Speaker 7: You know my brand goes to Toyota. But I think it's too obvious, and Ryan's hook it. I think I think I'm gonna go forward here.

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Speaker 3: This is what I don't understand.

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Speaker 2: I couldn't believe Kentucky is the only state in the entire country that the most sold vehicle in the state is a Chevy.

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Speaker 3: A Chevy, and I don't know who. I don't know who that is, do you?

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Speaker 4: No, I don't know anybody who that drives one.

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Speaker 3: You are, ma'am, you lead the charge. There you go, Ryan, you had a Chevy.

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Speaker 2: The vast majority of the vast majority of the states, it's Ford, Tesla is in California, and then in the northeast it's like Toyota and Honda.

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Speaker 3: But we are the one state that it's apparently shippy.

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Speaker 1: I had a Chevy Equinox for about six years to our rear in in an ice truck and totaled it.

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Speaker 4: What have you not rear ended?

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Speaker 3: At this point? I like that. You don't just hit a normal car. You hit a Maserati an ice truck. YAKA, right, that is true.

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Speaker 2: You have hit an ice truck and a Maserati just since you've been doing this.

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Speaker 3: That's exactly right, all right? Who's up next? Cameron is up next? Cameron, go ahead, Cameron.

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Speaker 8: Hi, guys, I recently got content of my friend who was like, where are the chances that we go to Kstar and get drunk on a workday to watch the Kentucky game? And I said, well, then had a bio scored a three points in a basketball game and Brandon Garrett hit back to back three pointers, so literally anything can happen. Anything is possible. The Cats are winning the SCC and they're winning number nine on the back of Brandon Garrison. Go Cat.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well I think you should also go. I appreciate the calm. Today would be a good day. We had had a bunch of people at Ksbar. They were watching yesterday. They were a little nervous and the vibes were difficult, but they won and we'll have it again today and hopefully continue it throughout the weekend.

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Speaker 7: Looks like a good crowd yesterday. And I'm in a weird spot. I don't get to march with you all, so I'm gonna be a Ksbar.

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Speaker 3: This is my last ride.

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Speaker 7: Yeah this tournament so NCAA tournament. I'll be at Ksbar holding it down. I can't get too far from UK hospital. We're getting a little close to baby time, so looking for because of the baby.

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Speaker 2: This will be the first NCAA tournament that Drew has to skip, so it is just me, Ryan and Mario going on the row.

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Speaker 7: I'm looking forward to doing a march manas watch party, though I don't get and having done that in fifteen years.

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Speaker 2: One person writes, hearing Ryan is sexy from an eighty four year old Judy is the worst thing that's ever happened on this show.

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Speaker 3: Judy knows, Judy's got game. Ye had a boy girl.

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Speaker 2: Another person says, women's I gotta break that down for a minute.

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Speaker 4: That a boy girl.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he did say that a boy girl.

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Speaker 2: That a boy girl, didn't he One person writes, Matt where does Way?

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Speaker 3: Where does o Way rank? In the all time UK players?

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Speaker 2: That's actually an interesting question because Oway ranks. I mean, if you just look at the numbers, Ryan oh Way ranks a lot better than you think.

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Speaker 3: Okay, let's just start with points.

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Speaker 2: If Oway scores, I think it's like fifty six more points this year, which is very possible, he will move in to be the second leading two year scorer in UK history. Once you think about that, guys who've played two years right now, the only two players that has scored more points than Otegoway who only played two years. Are Bill Spivey and Antonio Reeves. Those are the only two, and he has a chance to pass Antonio Reeves. Gonna be hard for him to pass Bill Spivey, but he's got a chance to pass. Appreciate the call Antonio Reeves. Oh wait, we're not. I think we're gonna end up kind of like Drew with Antonio Reeves, that we won't think.

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Speaker 3: Of him away as a star, but he kind of is. We take it for granted.

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Speaker 7: I mean, we all know this year hadn't been our normal Kentucky basketball experience.

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Speaker 3: I love him. I hope they win today.

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Speaker 7: This probably won't be a team we're talking about twenty years from now. No, but o takea Oway just shows up and gets twenty points just night after night.

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Speaker 2: Well, let's rank let's just say post COVID all right, post COVID UK basketball players, if you're just talking about when they played at Kentucky. Oscar is probably number one because he was National Player of the Year.

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Speaker 3: It has to be.

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Speaker 2: I think Antonio Reeves is two, and I think Olways three.

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Speaker 4: I think he can make a case, and you could.

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Speaker 3: Make a case always too. You could make a case.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I I don't think we think of it like that, Ryan, but I actually think if you just look at production, that's true.

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Speaker 1: There's a guy that the summer before Pube's first year we talked about who was gonna start, Hardly ever mentioned O take Oway. He ends up being the leading scorer last year, leading scorer this year. The guy does think I'd hate to think this team would be without him.

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Speaker 3: Put it that way, I mean.

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Speaker 7: Two buzzer beaters, yes, well, one season last year, But I mean it's not just that he shows up and scored. He has big moments, but because this experience hadn't been more were used to I don't know that.

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Speaker 3: We're giving him enough credits.

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Speaker 2: I mean, to be honest with you, I'm the biggest Antonio Reeves fan in the world.

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Speaker 3: But Oways Shannon.

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Speaker 2: Probably should be second because because Oway plays better defense than Reeves. A lot of Reeves points were threes, so Reeves probably act Oways probably second.

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Speaker 6: In always two years here, he's only had like five games where he hasn't scored double digit six.

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Speaker 2: He scored double digits sixty three of his sixty seven games.

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Speaker 3: That's crazy, that's crazy.

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Speaker 6: I think only Jamal Mashern has better numbers than that. When you when you look at double.

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Speaker 2: Sea, I think you're right about that percentage of games that are double digits.

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Speaker 3: I think the only person.

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Speaker 2: Ahead of him is Jamal mashin good company, which is.

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Speaker 3: The amazing thing. Who's up next?

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Speaker 4: Lane?

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Speaker 3: Is up next? Lane? Go ahead lane.

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Speaker 9: I am a longtime listener, first time caller. I just whood lucky you all in the Kentucky fans down there in Nashville and everything. My teammate don't play until tomorrow night. But good Win yesterday. Hope you didn't.

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Speaker 3: You didn't need to throw that in? Are you an Arkansas fan? Hey?

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Speaker 8: Roll time, baby?

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Speaker 3: Oh? Roll t all right, I'll let you buy. Are you there? Go ahead? No? He hung up. Oh he just wanted to say his team doesn't play tomorrow. What a jerk. I wasn't gonna do this back.

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Speaker 7: Can I tell a story that Royn Lemon's gonna like, let's go for it. I parked in Nashville, it's early, I'm the only person on Broadway. A woman walked by me wearing a Tennessee jersey with no shirt under just Tennessee jersey, and she split tobacco on the sidewalk and.

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Speaker 3: I thank you. I was like, Ryan, thank you, Like I need to tell Ryan about it.

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Speaker 7: I wasn't gonna bring this up on the radio, but since he's doing the rival fan thing, that was the first thing I saw when I parked yesterday.

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Speaker 3: The jury rest your honor.

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Speaker 2: I should have gotten a video if we were if we were to not win the SEC tournament, which team would you want to win the least?

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Speaker 3: Tennessee Arkansas. It's got to be one of those two. Which one would it be?

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Speaker 7: I'd rather jump in the river, But if you're gonna make me pick, probably Tennessee. I was so mad at Cal for not liking this tournamentee, that's why I let him go get one.

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Speaker 2: That would be my fault. Arkansas would be the worst because he never won. He said he never wanted to win when he was here, and then if he went and went, he would never shut up about it. I'd but I'd rather Tennessee win than Arkansas.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think Arkansas is probably my answer to I think Vandy's gonna take care of Tennessee tomorrow, so we'll see what happens there.

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Speaker 2: Number if they could lose today, they could they play Auburn, and Auburn's probably playing to guarantee a bit the tournament today.

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Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, you can't let Cal after all the crap we went through with him the last couple of years.

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Speaker 3: Come in here and win one slow. Yeah, hey yeah.

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Speaker 3: We'll take a break and be right back here at ten roof.

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Speaker 2: This is Kentucky Sports Radio.

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Speaker 3: Quarter back.

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Speaker 2: It is Kentucky Sports Radio here live at ten roof, packed house. Here came early in the morning, the KSR the all right, this is the Kentucky Select Chevy Dealers KSR pregame. Technically, the official pregame comes on next. Shannon will be in this very spot as soon as the game ends. Alice Blue Gown will be playing here as soon as the game ends, So after you watch us win, come on over here. I'll be doing the postgame show, not from here because I wouldn't be able to hear myself, but a lot of stuff going on.

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Speaker 6: This afternoon always fun, one of the most exciting shows we do all year.

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Speaker 4: We'll be playing from about one.

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Speaker 6: Thirty t five o'clock, no break, straight through about three and a half hour show.

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Speaker 3: So five o'clock.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, that's how we do it at ten.

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Speaker 1: Roofs postgame party right here.

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Speaker 3: Yep, you are seeing for three and a half hours straight.

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Speaker 4: We did four hours last year.

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Speaker 3: After standing here. Now you just live on this stage.

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Speaker 4: Yeah yeah, I'll just take a nap here and be with you in a couple hours.

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Speaker 2: Well, I will do my postgame show and then I will come watch some of your some of your gids.

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Speaker 3: That's unbelievable.

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Speaker 2: We've got a couple here in the crowd where Susan and Darren.

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Speaker 3: Where Susan and Darren back there?

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Speaker 2: That is there, It is there, thirty eighth anniversary. Give a big round of applause back there today. That's nice. This woman right here told me what was your sister's name Margaret. Margaret was asleep in the bed because she was too tired.

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Speaker 3: Margaret, you are.

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Speaker 2: A lightweight, according to your sister, for not getting out of bed and getting here. Come on, Marge, what are you doing Margaret? One person writes, mad, I'm disappointed in you. You missed a classic ryanism. Oh and it was right in your wheelhouse, he said. The jury rests.

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Speaker 4: He did say that.

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Speaker 3: That is true.

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Speaker 2: That's not it's the prosecution rest. The jury's actually making the.

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Speaker 1: Decisiontell one more time, the prosecution rest there.

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Speaker 2: It was better better eight five nine two eight twenty two eighty seven. The USA baseball team Ryan, you gotta be happy they ended up making the next round because Italy beat Mexico by over five runs, so they'd actually worked out for them.

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Speaker 1: I know we were following it, yesterd last night at dinner, and at a point where were I think you realized, Wait a minute, if Italy wins this, Kentucky.

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Speaker 3: Kentucky is it? Kentucky made it because all.

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Speaker 4: The other states too made it.

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Speaker 3: That's right.

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Speaker 2: So USA baseball hangs on even though they lost to the Italians.

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Speaker 3: I wasn't up to speed on this.

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Speaker 7: I wasn't on the show yesterday, like the manager didn't he like kind of chill and put in subs and thought they were good and we kind of were back against the wall at the No, we just lost. I thought there was a moment where they thought they were good though they thought they had won, but he just didn't know.

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Speaker 2: But they they lost the game eight to nothing, so they were they weren't gonna make it, but he he thought he had the math wrong and he thought they made it. But anyway, now we're in there where they have they have made it. Who's up next?

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Speaker 3: Andrew? Is next? Andrew? Andrew?

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Speaker 10: What's up?

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Speaker 3: Go for it?

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Speaker 8: And question for you, Matt, I've got a question. So I want you to talk about one thing.

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Speaker 7: What about our guy.

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Speaker 8: Brandon Garrison coming in and with the clutch yesterday.

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Speaker 3: Well we've talked a lot about that.

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Speaker 5: Uh.

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Speaker 2: He he hit big shots clearly for us, had the guts to take him, which he's always had. And now I have to ride a bull tonight because well, yeah, you're not gonna do it tonight, probably tomorrow, but.

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Speaker 3: I will, I will write a bull. I think tonight's I don't think to Should he do it tonight? Yes? Yeah, I saw I saw the work work.

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Speaker 1: They talk about Brandon's Brandon's big game at Rough his son was there. His son was there yesterday.

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Speaker 3: He's the son there today.

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Speaker 7: I got there today. I gotta tell you all, his son was a star. He couldn't have been happier. I think Tyler Thompson tweeted a photo where I don't know if it's Brandon's mom, some one of the family is holding him up. I mean, we need him at every game. He is a big part of the fan base, and yesterday was fun to watch him.

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Speaker 2: You know, he frust He frustrates the heck out of me all the time. But I will say this, he is actually a really good kid who I think he loves being here and he loves wearing the uniform. I mean again, he drives me crazy sometimes, but I'm glad to see him having a good game because Ryan, he does love being a Kentucky player, maybe as much as anybody on the team.

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Speaker 1: And you can tell the way Coach Pope talks about him. Coach Pope loved him as well. They love Brandon Garrison and if he's able to bring this again tonight today, look.

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Speaker 3: Man, he's got it. Listen.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes a guy can make a run and completely change the perception of them. I mean, I want you to think about how we look at the Harrison Twins now. People forget that in twenty fourteen, before that tournament, they were two of the most criticized.

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Speaker 3: Players I can ever remember.

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Speaker 2: And then Harrison Aaron Harrison goes on that run, and now the Harrison Twins are two of the most beloved players, and that tournament run was a big part of my wheels.

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Speaker 7: Are turn to Harrison, Get Garrison, Harrison, Garrison?

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Speaker 3: Are we doing this? Are we about to do this? Is this going to be a Brandon Garrison run? Yeah? I've got to figure out what's up. Mario can help me figure out.

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Speaker 2: If he were to go for ten again tonight, Yeah, then what would I do?

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Speaker 4: The bull has to ride you.

00:21:17
Speaker 3: I don't know what that means.

00:21:20
Speaker 7: I actually know some places in Nashville we could make that happen.

00:21:25
Speaker 3: Goodness, let's just move on. Who's up there?

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Speaker 2: I did not say that, by the way, Roger, Roger, go ahead, Roger.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, it's like to take my call. Let's what I was going to see what y'all thought about the year old guy started the game yesterday and scored seven of the first nine points. And before this game started, I said the guy beside me, I said, I guarantee you Pope scored a substitute at least three guys before the five minute bart and dyeah, four minutes here he go, take you your old guy out and it leaves him out. You could tell he was frustrated. He was really back a difference to this team if he would play board.

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Speaker 2: So, I mean, I got mixed thoughts on that. I agree with you. Yeovich was hot. Drew I would have probably left him in because he was hot. He scored seven, but I will note he probably gave up seven because his defense he cannot. He could not guard the big for LSU last night. He just couldn't. I think there are games where he can. Yeah, but he also got beat a lot, and he got well, and he got he didn't help like there's a reason why he and Moreno said that game was defensively.

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Speaker 7: I appreciate the call. I'm his biggest fan. I get credit for the Chandler fan club. I also started the Yellowvich fan club. And I want him to have more minutes. I wish he had gotten more run from the beginning but he is flawed.

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Speaker 3: Yesterday he was hot. I wish he had stayed in. But there are moments where you can't play him, and there are a few times.

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Speaker 2: The problem is it goes back to what I was saying. I wish he didn't play with Moraine with moreno together I want to do. They're both kind of soft, and I wish they would pair one of the tougher guys with them. I actually think it would give them both an advantage. We'll take a break and be right back here at ten roof. This is Kentucky Sports Radio.

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Speaker 3: Quarterback.

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Speaker 2: It is Kentucky Sports Radio here live at tin Roof.

00:23:24
Speaker 3: Great crowd here, as always, there is UH gear.

00:23:27
Speaker 2: In the back UK gear KSR gear you can get from Kentucky brand and sponsored by Bert Tavern Bourbon at Shannon's and biting everybody to his room four after it's over, and Clayton and Kroum for your leather and your belt accessories. I have got mine on as well. A Fi'm nine two eight oh twenty two eighty seven text machine seven seven two seven seven four five two five four. Uh. We've got a bunch of people here who are there once shoutouts, but I'm gonna just say shout out to everybody that made the truth trip, and I posted Mario and I posted the note for Jackson on our Twitter. If you would like, you can mark Jackson's name out and use it for your kid as well, Shannon, so that your kid can also skip and be here.

00:24:15
Speaker 6: Parents all across the state now hate you for that, because that's exactly what kids are going to be doing.

00:24:19
Speaker 4: Who are listening right now?

00:24:21
Speaker 2: One person writes, Matt, I have a stat for you. This is by Johnny and Brett. Colin Chandler has worn an undershirt in his last three games and has only average four points a game, but the five games before that, he did not wear an undershirt and average fifteen point eight points per game. Tell Colin Chandler to take off his undershirt and he will play better.

00:24:43
Speaker 7: I'm glad you said that. Yesterday I was watching him and I had a thought. I was like, does he always wear that T shirt? I didn't know there was an actual stat for it. So it's good to hear.

00:24:52
Speaker 2: The news here, Carrie. Now you know it's a big game. Carry Bruce has made this trick of shirts.

00:24:56
Speaker 3: His is coming off. Yeah, you're you could let Colin Chandler, Oh your shirt?

00:25:00
Speaker 2: Who's up next, Adam?

00:25:03
Speaker 3: Go ahead, Adham?

00:25:06
Speaker 8: What's uping?

00:25:07
Speaker 3: Matt?

00:25:07
Speaker 12: You had a color yesterday's call in and say that you know, at least Kentucky was better than South Carolina, which I thought was an odd standard, uh, until I realized what he was talking about. You know, South Carolina was once the worst seven seed in the history of college basketball, and they were the.

00:25:24
Speaker 2: Worst seven They were the worst seven seed and they had the luckiest run to the Final four of all time.

00:25:29
Speaker 3: You're exactly right.

00:25:30
Speaker 12: So if we're better than them, you know, we've got a chance to make the final four. So the jury rest the.

00:25:37
Speaker 2: Jury does rests. I appreciate the call. Yeah, here's the good thing about this Kentucky team this year.

00:25:45
Speaker 3: We frustrate on the net or focus on the negative. The positive truth.

00:25:49
Speaker 2: They have shown that they can beat almost anybody outside of the top hand full of teams, And if they win today, they don't have a chance to show they can beat the bet one of the best teams. But they have shown they want at Arkansas, Tennessee, etc. So you get into the tournament. You can go into any game and think you have a shot.

00:26:09
Speaker 7: To win it and whatever seed they're gonna be price seven. They're better than their resume. We all remember November and December sucked. Let's not even act like that was fun. But they turned a corner when they got to SEC play. I think they're better than what their seed will suggest. I still think they're better than a none seed, even though that's our circumstances and you just get a little bit of momentum. I worry about the grind of the postseason. This is the fatigue joke just in general, having a thin roster. But I mean their ceiling is just not as high as the top top, but it's higher than what their seed suggests.

00:26:43
Speaker 2: Let's talk about Missouri that they play today. Ryan, I would argue the Missouri game might have been the low point of the season. Right we were we had gotten destroyed by Gonzaga. We beat Saint John's and you think, okay, here we go. Then we play Alabama, get you get Missouri home, and it's a game that you think, okay, well we're gonna win this one.

00:27:05
Speaker 3: We are up.

00:27:06
Speaker 2: If you remember in the Missouri game, we're up eight with three minutes and twenty seconds to go up eight at home three minutes to twenty seconds to go, and we blow the game. I don't remember a lot about their team, but I remember at that moment thinking this season might be a we might not make the tournament.

00:27:23
Speaker 3: Now's a chance to kind of reverse course and win.

00:27:26
Speaker 1: I think you actually said that after the game, that maybe a game he pointed back to said that cost us a certain seed or something whatever in the tournament.

00:27:32
Speaker 3: I thought it was gonna keep us out of the tournament.

00:27:34
Speaker 2: Now we ended up pulling off some upsets to not allow it to make that happen, But I did.

00:27:39
Speaker 1: Our starting five for that Missouri game was Oa, Aberdeen, Diabade, Low and Quaintance.

00:27:44
Speaker 3: That was Jaden Quainton's last game.

00:27:47
Speaker 1: Colin Chandler played five minutes, Yellovich didn't play at all. And now these guys are getting some major league so we're a completely different team than we played them in January.

00:27:54
Speaker 2: That's a really good point. I mean, you did have Low. Was that the game? That's the game Low got hurt?

00:27:59
Speaker 3: Right? It might have been. I was. That's one of the only home games I didn't go to.

00:28:05
Speaker 2: I think, look, if I'm correct, isn't that the game he got hurt right at the beginning.

00:28:09
Speaker 1: Well, I don't know, because Jasper didn't play either, Like Jasper and Trent and Yellowtch did not even play.

00:28:14
Speaker 2: I think that's the game Low got hurt right at the start, and then it was just Quinn.

00:28:18
Speaker 3: Also ended up being the last game Quaintan's played as well.

00:28:21
Speaker 7: Also, I mean, you shouldn't need motivation in March, but I hope there's a little bit of chip on their shoulder with a memory of them coming into rupt Arena on Kwood's court and kicking your butt. You shouldn't need that extra juice today, but I hope that lingers a little bit to give him a little extra juice going into it.

00:28:38
Speaker 2: For Kentucky, it's not a must win, but I think for this fan base and what you know, Nashville's not been great to us the last few years, Shannon, I think winning this game going and playing Florida just the excitement of that Friday game and then you know, who knows what will happen in it. But if we could do that, I think it would be massive for this team.

00:28:57
Speaker 6: And we get Florida one more time. I mean, they've you know, at times played Florida close. I mean not last game, but I think that they could still hang with Florida if they get them a third time.

00:29:07
Speaker 7: The thing with Florida is we've lost the first few minutes and then played them right like we're basically even in the last thirty five minutes. But both games they just got up to a huge cushion you couldn't overcome.

00:29:16
Speaker 2: Who's up next, Isaac, Isaac, go ahead and Isaac.

00:29:22
Speaker 13: Hey, guys, I called you yesterday about BAM scoring eighty three and eight minus three is five, so the numbers were adding up. I know you guys are skeptical, but I remember correct we won yesterday eighty seven to eighty two. Eighty seven minus eighty two is five, so the number keeps going up.

00:29:39
Speaker 3: I understand.

00:29:42
Speaker 13: And then then I heard the person in the crowd that they're thirty eighth anniversary. Three minus eight is negative five, So I mean, it's just it's showing up everywhere.

00:29:52
Speaker 3: I think.

00:29:52
Speaker 12: I think the signs are yeah.

00:29:54
Speaker 2: I would love for that to be true.

00:29:58
Speaker 3: I don't know if if it is. What's the spread today for this game? American?

00:30:02
Speaker 2: So Kentucky is a three and a half point favorite, Drew, I feel like that's about right, we're better than this team.

00:30:08
Speaker 3: I know we lost. I know we lost to him at home, but.

00:30:11
Speaker 2: We are better than Missouri, who honestly has been wildly inconsistent a lot of the year.

00:30:17
Speaker 7: I mean, just look look here. I was here yesterday. It's a home game. I know it's Missouri. They had a better year, they be in rough, but this is Kentucky basketball. We're gonna have ninety five percent of the crowd today. You had a good game yesterday. Just keep moving forward. We have a lot of faith in winning the whole damn thing. But we should beat Missouri.

00:30:35
Speaker 2: Well, let me hear how loud this crowd's gonna be when you're at the game today. Okay, so that's like, that's like a that's like a lose at the buzzer crowd. Let's see what what is our actually beating Missouri crowd?

00:30:50
Speaker 3: Sound like that's better.

00:31:02
Speaker 2: I genuinely think this crowd can can be the difference in the game. My buddies went to the game yesterday and we're talking about just the acoustics of that building, etc. That building can get much louder, Shannon, that Rupperena gets, for instance, when it gets going.

00:31:17
Speaker 6: Yeah, you could hear it to the broadcast yesterday that go big blue chant. So yeah, there's no doubt this fan base can definitely make a difference in this game today.

00:31:24
Speaker 2: And there will be eight people yelling really loudly in section three thirty three, of which I'm one of them, screaming from the top.

00:31:32
Speaker 7: And to my point about how the Nashville crowd's different, there are a few people. If you're at the game yesterday, you saw them. Hell, they might be in the crowd. There's some people that just pace and yell at the refs for forty minutes you're looking at it. One guy was across from me. I don't even know your name, sir, but keep that energy today. It's just a different animal than the lower level. I love our sweaters. I love that they're rich. I love that you've had season tickets for three hundred years and your great grandparents handed them down to you.

00:31:55
Speaker 3: But this is just a different beast.

00:31:57
Speaker 7: It is when you get into bridge Stone and anyone consider the lower line.

00:32:00
Speaker 2: He's a better crowd. Although you don't have to disparage the sweaters at Rupparena, who's a.

00:32:04
Speaker 3: Lot of them. I love them, but Nashville's better. I'll say it to their faces. Who's up next? Micah's next? Mike, I go ahead, micahp Hey. I just want to say when Brian Garrison hit the first couple of shots that uh, he really gets going.

00:32:19
Speaker 12: And then that's what that's his key right there.

00:32:21
Speaker 11: If he gets as, he gets down and he's got some dumb plays and that's Fran Garrison hang up.

00:32:26
Speaker 2: With appreciate the call. I would love to see him do it again. And if he does, I know I'll be happy. And I've still got to figure out what my second thing would be if he gets double digits again. We will take a break and be right back and come to the final segment. This is Kentucky Sports Radio Live here at KSR.

00:32:44
Speaker 3: Rick's getting that pump up music. Yeah, don't say, Rick, don't get you excited. Welcome back.

00:32:52
Speaker 2: It is Kentucky Sports Radio care Live at tin Rufe. Rick Housher by the way, Rick howser.

00:33:00
Speaker 3: Arch going, We haven't we haven't checked in in a while. I can't complain. Sounds exciting. How's the how's the wine coming? Oh that's always good?

00:33:11
Speaker 2: Yeah, well good, I'm glad. God mark that March energy. Shit, that's exactly that's exactly right. Uh, let's do our draft Kings pick. So let's pick the other SEC games today. How many of you are going to all four games today?

00:33:27
Speaker 3: Not many? It's it's a hardy group.

00:33:29
Speaker 2: The night session is actually pretty terrible tonight. Uh, Oklahoma versus A and M.

00:33:36
Speaker 3: Who you got?

00:33:37
Speaker 4: I think Texas A and M wins this one.

00:33:39
Speaker 3: Yeah, I go with a N.

00:33:40
Speaker 4: They're probably a better team.

00:33:41
Speaker 3: Yeah a M. Excuse me, Bucky Ball will win that one.

00:33:44
Speaker 2: I'm gonna take Oklahoma to pull off and upset and win two straight.

00:33:48
Speaker 3: Old Miss Georgia.

00:33:50
Speaker 2: Travis Perry played twenty three minutes yesterday zero points.

00:33:53
Speaker 4: Yep, give me Georgia on this one. I'm going chalk taking Georgia.

00:33:58
Speaker 7: Random to Perry's last night, Line County just one Region two in double ot.

00:34:02
Speaker 2: I'm riding with the Perry's in Ole Miss. I'm pulling for him. Lion County did make the Sweet sixteen. I want to see Travis play well. I hope he gets some shots today. I will pick Georgia Auburn Tennessee Big Game. Auburn wins, probably in the NCAA Tournament if they lose they'll be sweating and probably.

00:34:20
Speaker 3: Be the last in or out.

00:34:22
Speaker 6: This is probably gonna be the game of the day as far as like how close it is, I'm gonna say Tennessee pulls out a close one at the end.

00:34:30
Speaker 1: Is Nate Amen playing?

00:34:31
Speaker 3: Nate Amen is playing?

00:34:33
Speaker 1: Yes, if he plays, I'm picking Tennessee.

00:34:36
Speaker 3: Stephen Pearl takes down his alma mater.

00:34:38
Speaker 2: I'm gonna take Auburn to win and make it to the NCAA tournament. By the way, this is a big game for Bob and Jamestown and the Miami of Ohio fans because if Miami of Ohio does not win the tournament, Auburn winning this game or not might be the difference in them making the tournament because their resumes are kind of right there, so it'll be there's probably some when is it Red Hawks cheering for?

00:35:01
Speaker 3: Cheering for for Tennessee today? Who's up next? Alvin is up next? Alvin? Go ahead, Alvin?

00:35:09
Speaker 10: Hey, Matt, how you doing. I think that this game today against Missouri is gonna be ditch. Players are gonna have to play significantly in this game. I think BG is gonna have to have the same energy that he brought yesterday that put you on that bull.

00:35:26
Speaker 8: I think that the energy.

00:35:28
Speaker 10: Is gonna have to come from the bench. The starters are gonna have to log a whole bunch of minutes. We're gonna have to play three cents three defense where we deny the three point shots, don't give guys comfort. The look looks around the art and I think we'll win this game eighty three to seventy eight.

00:35:47
Speaker 3: I agree with the three point shooting.

00:35:48
Speaker 2: That's been a bad issue for them in the last few games. If you back against the first in the game in Lexington, they hit a bunch of threes. I think that's important for me a guy. It's gotta have a big game. Alakai's got to play well. You know, as good as Malachi's been this year, there he really the last few games hasn't played great either.

00:36:07
Speaker 3: Malachi.

00:36:08
Speaker 2: We've talked a lot about Chandler, but I want to see Moreno get back to where he's been.

00:36:12
Speaker 7: Yeah, I hope his eyes okay from the guy trying to knock him out yesterday, it got swollen.

00:36:16
Speaker 3: It looks rough. Malachi needs to play well.

00:36:20
Speaker 7: But like we saw yesterday with Garrison, someone on the bench and realistically It's probably not Garrison today, but someone has to contribute. I'm honestly looking at Trent Noah because he played zero minutes.

00:36:32
Speaker 3: I don't know.

00:36:32
Speaker 7: I'm not a foot expert. I have feet, but I don't know a lot about him. I don't know what Cam Williams can do today. I think maybe this might be a sneaky Trent Noah come in and get a few points games.

00:36:41
Speaker 2: Tritt Noah needs to do it for Linley back there, who said that she was he was her favorite player. I agree. If Cam doesn't play, and they said it to be the tournament, he might be playing one game not play the other. Ryan Trent Noah may need to come hit some shots.

00:36:55
Speaker 1: Yeah, because Williams actually played more minutes yesterday than I thought he would.

00:36:59
Speaker 3: I thought he was playing like thirteen minutes, which.

00:37:01
Speaker 1: Is kind of more than I thought. But he did provide a little spark. Trent can do that today. We've seen that happen. Come in, knock down the shop and get those rebinds rebounds.

00:37:08
Speaker 2: He's been This is actually a team that athletically, I do think Shannon Trent Noah can play. There are some teams that I don't think he really works. I actually think he could play in this game.

00:37:19
Speaker 6: I could definitely see him getting some quality minutes today. But I'm looking at the three headed goat, and one of the heads on the goat has been asleep the last couple of days.

00:37:27
Speaker 3: Yeah, AOC, the sea hasn't been very good.

00:37:30
Speaker 4: So when need Colin Chandler I think to step up big today.

00:37:32
Speaker 3: That's exactly right. Who's up next? Jamie is next? Jamie? Go ahead, Jamie.

00:37:38
Speaker 5: Yes, sir guys, we need Ryan to pull a rabbit out of the half today like he did in Madisonville when he done out on the close out the show down there. Have him to do that down there to Yeah, everybody pumped up and going or eighty nine year old lady down there three So that's all I got, don't.

00:38:00
Speaker 2: Care appreciate it. I'll let him give Judy a thrill a little bit later in the show. They can do that privately in Shannon's Hotel Hotel with the Burt Tavern bourbon if they would like.

00:38:13
Speaker 3: I think that would be I think that's when we would want that. You could have my room with that's the case. Let me ask you, Mark Pope.

00:38:20
Speaker 2: Mark Pope said yesterday he said, we came down here with the goal of winning five and five, one down, four to go.

00:38:29
Speaker 3: We've had many frustrations with Mark Pope.

00:38:31
Speaker 2: One thing I like about him, Drew, and I do love it, is that he takes this tournament seriously, that he wants to win this tournament, whether we do or not. I do like having a coach that does that, because this tournament matters to me. People can say they don't matter, but I think this event for this group of fans matters.

00:38:49
Speaker 3: I mean, we're looking at the group that matters too. Obviously.

00:38:52
Speaker 7: That's part of the reason why it's soured with the last regime is this just wasn't working in the SEC tournament. You know, as fans, maybe we're not the most optimistic for winning the damn thing. But you want your head coach to speak like that. You want your players to believe it. So I'm glad they came in here with the right attitude and we'll see what can happen.

00:39:08
Speaker 2: We will see, all right, let's get let's make some predictions. Kentucky plays playing Missouri. It is at twelve thirty. Our postgame show will be on after Shannon will be doing right here at ten roof. He'll be playing as soon as the show ends. I'll be doing the postgame show. Kats are a three and a half point favorite. If they win, they play tomorrow at one o'clock. Will be the game tomorrow. It's actually thirty minutes later. If they win, Kentucky a three and a half point favorite. Shannon will get started with you give me the score and who you think the MVP was?

00:39:41
Speaker 6: Not only do I think Kentucky wins today, I think they cover as well. So I'm gonna go Kat seventy eight to seventy one again. I'm gonna go back to Colin Chandler. I think he's got to play a big part of this game. He's gonna be my MVP.

00:39:50
Speaker 3: How many points for Colin Chandler today? I'll go twelve. He's gonna be the MVP with twelve points.

00:39:56
Speaker 4: Well, I mean just him stepping. He doesn't necessarily have to score the most points.

00:40:00
Speaker 6: Talking about a guy that's gonna be critical to winning the game?

00:40:03
Speaker 1: Right, is Tom Hart doing the game?

00:40:06
Speaker 3: He is? I think he's a Missouri grad. I actually think he's not.

00:40:08
Speaker 1: But go ahead, well, we're gonna make Tom Hart cry the finding time with Tom Hart's cry. Kentucky wins seventy seven seventy six. I got the dude's shirt on, Colin Chandler after you can't keep a good Mormon down. He just picked I gotta pick him.

00:40:22
Speaker 3: I got his shirt on today. He's picking him, all right. I guess he's not gonna follow the rules. Drew Franklin, Missouri's good, Mitchell's tough.

00:40:31
Speaker 7: But I was there yesterday and I'm looking at a lot of fans that are gonna be in there making a lot of noise. This is a home game. It's actually better than a home game. I think that puts Kentucky over the top. They win seventy nine seventy eight. He's not gonna be the winning scorer, but I'm gonna will a Trent Noah three into existence. So when he bangs one, please tweet me Trent Noah is gonna score some points.

00:40:50
Speaker 3: The matter all right for me. This game.

00:40:54
Speaker 2: This is a huge game for Kentucky, both in terms of getting it sent for the NCAA Tournament and psychologically. We have not owned this tournament like we're used to in the last five or six years.

00:41:06
Speaker 3: We're gonna have a massive crowd Tier today.

00:41:09
Speaker 2: I'd say we'll have a fifteen to one advantage when it comes to fans. If Kentucky can win, I think they lock up a sixth seed in the NCAA Tournament, which allows them a chance to get to maybe have a shot to play in the second weekend. It also sets up a game against Florida tomorrow where I genuinely think Kentucky could pull off the upset. But first you gotta win today, get a good start. I think this is a Kentucky game at their best. I think they come out, I think they pound on Missouri early and they end up winning by ten. I'll take Kentucky seventy eight sixty eight, and the Cats will move on and then play tomorrow, and I will take Otega away, scoring twenty four points again as the MVP. Thank you all very much. You come every year to this show. You pack this place. Give yourselves a big round of applause. The Cats are gonna take down the tie. We'll see you later. This has been Kentucky Sports Radio Live from Nashville.