2026-04-08- KSR - Hour 2

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Speaker 2: Welcome back. I remember two Kentucky Sports Radio EF. I've nine two eight oh, twenty two eighty seven. I got some folks here for on spring break at the KS bar and grill.

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Speaker 3: Uh spring break? Is it in Fayette County right this week?

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Speaker 1: I think so. I'm kind of out of touch, but we were talking about this for you got here. Remember when like the whole state of Kentucky took spring break at the same time. Wasn't it called like k e a week or something and the whole state took spring break?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I have no memory of that, but maybe yeah, could be. What do we do? You know?

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Speaker 4: I don't know about that. I'm pretty sure to spring break?

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Speaker 3: Does it matter? Do you want them all to be the same time as that?

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Speaker 2: Do you?

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Speaker 3: Are you against everyone having different weeks?

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Speaker 5: No?

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Speaker 1: I think it probably helps because you're gonna go to the beach and we all go down with your friends and your classmates and you all I see Matt Josh Middlesbrough. I know if I played tennis against him, maybe made a better time.

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Speaker 4: You're all also going to the same beach and compete for the same hotel, And.

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Speaker 2: That's exactly right, So you don't you don't wanna, you don't want to do that A five nine two eight oh twenty two eighty seven take some calls. Let's quickly, Drew you and I let's go for people. There's so many people in the portal. Somebody asked me who are you and Drew's who you would like? Would you like to see Kentucky get the most? So if the guys Kentucky's associated with, who would you like the most? So I'm gonna talk about guys that I think Kentucky is actually in on, because there are dudes like the guy from Kansas is the number one player in the portal theory Begunda Magunda. But I don't think the Kentucky's part of the recruitment. He's actually visiting Louisville Friday, so they may end up getting the number one guy into portal. So I'm just gonna talk about guys that we are going after. I think if you were to ask me the three dudes I've seen in the portal, I would want the most. Number one is the big dude from Saint Mary's. I have a feeling he probably goes to Arizona State, where his coach is, but he is in the portal if you have I don't remember his name, but he's massive. If you've watched Saint Mary's play, I think he's the number three guy into portal. He's a big, can score, rebound. He'd be great for us, and he can shoot. I think Kentucky's contacted him. No idea if they actually have a shot, but if they did, he would be He'd be my favorite. Probably the Freeman guy from Syracuse can score big again, can do a lot of stuff like him. And then the guy from Virginia Tech is probably the one. I think Kentucky's got the best chance with that I think would be really good. He was just a freshman, I believe, but he played pro in Europe, can shoot. I watched them play. I think Duke and he really stuck out to me on the court. I think it was against Duke. Those are the three I've seen that I would like the most. And then of course we want a point guard. But those are my three. What about you?

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Speaker 4: I like all those guys on the point guards right from Byu that just went in. It's probably the best out there. He and Debonsa and Richie were like a they're a pretty good three pack till Richie got hurt. He would be my first pick, and then Zoom Diallo who went in from Washington. If you still think there's a chance with Stokes, he was Stokes AAU team mate. I even tweeted a video of him throwing lobs the Stokes at Prolific Prep. And he's good in his own right. So those would be my one and two at point guard. I think Freeman. You know there's Beporty Kentucky's interest. I haven't seen a lot of other names. I would pick over him at the at forward. His SHOT's not shooter, but if he can make one a game that he can create space.

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Speaker 2: If I told you tomorrow that you could get the kid from Virginia Tech, either Dia, Zoom or right, and then either Freeman or the Saint Mary's kid, would you sign up for that today?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: And Miles byrd that it's kind of a repeat of Lamont. Butler's not a point guard. He was the defensive player of the Year from San Diego State.

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Speaker 3: He's another one I'd like to have. Do you have any he was not a point guard.

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Speaker 1: Though, well, Lamar Wilkerson, Yeah, I think he's coming.

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Speaker 4: Ron seems like a Findley biz Jack guy. He was brought up early in the process. I don't know if you saw him. He's got the long, wiry hair score for good.

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Speaker 2: That you would like.

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Speaker 3: He also looks like the kind of guy Mark Pope would recruit.

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Speaker 2: Although I haven't. I haven't seen much else about it.

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Speaker 1: I like the conspiracy theory that some guy I wrote. You know, we went on and got Mo Williams because his connection to Stokes. Now we're trying to get Zoom Diallo for his connection to Stokes. Like they're trying everything they can try to persuade that kid to come here. Who would be you know, obviously the stud we're looking for.

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Speaker 2: Well, I will say I have heard, and I think I can say, well, I've heard two things, one of which I can't say with confidence, but the second of which I think I can. Kentucky has up their offer to Stokes. Wow, So at least I think as of now, Kentucky may be offering a little bit more than Kansas uh for Stokes. Now, Stokes has been very clear that Kansas's first choice. So you know what I mean, we have to buy you know, it is what it is I do think though the longer this goes, the better, Kentucky has a shot. You know. I think if he had decided last week it was going to be Kansas, and remember he had an announcement and people think he postponed it to see himself was coming back. But some it's now coming back and we still don't have an announcement. So I think Kentucky is putting everything they got into it now. They're the second thing, which I don't want to say because I don't want to be wrong, but I've heard that, like the whole university is trying to figure out how to make Stokes work and so we'll see, uh, but they certainly haven't given up on.

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Speaker 1: Him, haven't Drew?

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Speaker 2: Would you? Would you say, yeah, absolutely, I don't trust I think he can work with Pope.

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Speaker 4: I mean, if I have doubts, but you still got to try.

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Speaker 2: Everything we've talked about relating to the modern player, I mean Stokes is considered example a of the modern player, like difficult. I mean, he's the kind of guy that, like you would trust Cal to handle him, mate, but like it didn't work with Bill self and a guy like that with Peterson. Do you think Pope can handle a guy like that. I mean, if he comes you taking, but like, do you think it would actually work?

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Speaker 4: I mean, I definitely have concerns, but I have big picture concerns next year, if you can get him, you gotta try it and see what happens. And I don't really trust Pope Kentucky versus Bill Self Kansas. I think Bill South Kansas will win that. But I trust Nike VERSU Adidas and Nike winning that. And at the end of the day, Nike Kid sorry signed with Nike, and Nike Hoop Summit's coming up in a week or two next week?

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Speaker 3: Maybe what what? What days a Nike Hoop something?

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Speaker 2: Because I got a message last night.

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Speaker 4: It's next week. I believe get the exact sa a Nike.

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Speaker 2: Hoop something in April fifteenth, because if it is, that would correspond with a message I got. Is Is it April fifteen?

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Speaker 3: That sounds about right?

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Speaker 4: Let me pull up If it is exactly on April, starts on April eleventh, runs a couple of days, so still in the in the fight. I like the power of Nike to still keep Kentucky in it, maybe put him over the top once he gets out to working at the hoop something and all that.

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Speaker 1: But we can we can go back that article that Jack and Jacob wrote. You remember they were saying Pope could get some of these high profile guys close to the closing table, but couldn't close the deal.

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Speaker 2: Well, this is another one. Come on, we're gonna we're gonna find out if that has uh, if that has gotten better? A five nine twenty two eighty seven. Who's next?

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Speaker 3: Mark is next?

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Speaker 2: Mark? Go ahead, Mark, Mark Anthony.

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Speaker 3: I mean, if you're go for it, Mark.

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Speaker 6: Okay, it's Mark Anthony.

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Speaker 2: Hey.

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Speaker 6: Uh, Matthew, Ryan Drew and rick A. Matthew, I like your idea. If they go to five years, I think that's great.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 6: And as far as recruiting, Oh, Derrick Johnson's tweet he said Pope can't relate to these players except for Colin. There is a volume in between those lines.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 6: And he may be right. This year is going to prove whether he is or not, including the recruiting. It we get done. And as far as recruiting, we need what Ryan called roan ass men.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 6: And because the games moving back to the paint, matt you can see that. I mean, Michigan had two threes in the championship and you can't hit what seven?

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Speaker 2: Yeah we missed a ton Yukon did over the course of the second half.

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Speaker 6: Yeah they did. Had they hit those that had been a twenty point win. Yeah, so they I used to say, we're going to beat you in the paint. If we hit threes, we'll beat you about thirty. That's still valid. That's the way I want to go.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I appreciate the call, do you? Uh so? I mean we've taken what six calls here, four of them and brought up Derrick Johnson.

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Speaker 3: I mean everyone that is clearly that is clearly the.

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Speaker 2: Thing that UK fans are talking about. And I think there are many reasons that's the case. You know, Mark Anthony just said he said except for Colin, And Mark Anthony said, well, that clearly says a lot. I'm gonna take up for Pope just a second on the except for co.

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Speaker 3: I do not think it's fair to Mark.

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Speaker 2: Pope, or quite frankly to Colin that every single time those guys are brought up their religion is just like, well, it's their religion.

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Speaker 3: I just don't did it.

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Speaker 2: We don't do that to any other player, like we don't the idea that the only person Mark can relate to is Colin Chandler because they're both Mormon. I mean, maybe that helps them relate. I can grant that, but I'm just kinda we got to stop acting like the only thing that defines Colin Chandler is what his religion is. Right, we don't do that to the Christians. We didn't do it to Mo Diabate, who's Muslim, Like, we don't do Why do we do that to them? And why?

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Speaker 3: And people do that to Mark? And I actually don't think it's fair.

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Speaker 2: He got along very well with a Mary Williams, who I do not believe was Mormon. Uh, you know, Lamont Butler, Kobe Braden came from Byu to hear was not Mormon. I just I don't think that Pope, I think clearly did not completely connect with this team. But we got to stop with the except for Colin as if that's somehow different.

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Speaker 3: Do you agree with that?

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Speaker 7: I do?

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Speaker 3: And it's unique.

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Speaker 4: I mean like even when you're talking about what Colin you might do, it's naturally be like, well he could go back to Utah just because your brain goes that way. But it is it's not fair, especially with what Derek wrote about how he's the only one in the locker room Pope can get along where jel with whatever word he used, I think that's a beast.

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Speaker 2: That's either because Moreno and Cam are coming back, of course, yeah, no, I mean maybe he didn't jail with Jasper, and maybe he didn't jail with I don't know Diabata or whoever. I don't know, but he there's two guys coming back that are not Mormon or and that are not white. I mean they're coming back.

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Speaker 4: It seems I would think Brandon Garrison does some non Mormon things, and he trusted him to run it back for another year. He came here to Chucky. They seemed to get along. Pope and Garrison seemed to get along great.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, if you listen to Pope talk, Brandon Garrison was his favorite player this past season.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the base go ahead. Do you want to say something?

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Speaker 1: Uh, I'm glad you said it, Fred did I think some people are trying to say it because they're both white. I think you relate. That's the only guy you can rate. I don't think that's it at all, not at all.

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Speaker 2: So you think Derek well, Derek meant something though. Did he mean white? Did he mean Mormon?

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Speaker 3: He didn't include Trent Noah.

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Speaker 2: He did why, which is why I think he meant Mormon, because he didn't include Rehese Potter. He didn't include Trent no he didn't include Yellowvich. He just included Colin. And I think that's I'll be honest, i'd say it to Derek. I think that's unfair. I don't you know you're you're I just think Derek's post was really counterproductive and he I'm sure he thinks I'm counterproductive, and that's fine, but like, it just doesn't do these kids any good. It doesn't do Jasper any good. This is what fans. I don't want this to be what fans are talking about, but they are. And I would say to Derek, because you put it out, people will necessarily give family members more credibility than anyone else, understandably, so so when you do this, Ryan, that's what people are gonna focus on.

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Speaker 1: That's it. And you know I have obviously he loves Jasper and he wants one's best for Jasper, and I think they're just he's hurt.

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Speaker 2: He's hurt. That is not an excuse.

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Speaker 1: That's not the way to do it.

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Speaker 3: That everyone. I mean, people get.

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Speaker 2: Hurt that happened.

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Speaker 4: It's a you know, when Jasper is not saying a word. Heck, Jasper's at the Johnson Center having phone with UK students, living his life.

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Speaker 2: This said that last night Jasper Johnson like posted come play pick up with.

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Speaker 4: Me, So he's not saying anything, and when his dad's not saying anything. Derek needs to realize that when you talk, you were speaking on their behalf, because that's how people a gonna read it. They're gonna assume that you're just sharing what you can hear at the dinner table or whatever behind the scenes. Yeah, and there's so many layers to it. I mean, we don't know what calls we're gonna go to, and half the call has been about that. It's a just Jasper, then it's the family chiming in, and then the whole pope thing. There's three different levels to that. One Facebook post who's next?

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Speaker 2: David is next? David?

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Speaker 5: Go ahead, David, good morning, everybody up, you're doing well. Thank you on the Jelick part. Good segue for me, pivoting away from the portal talk.

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Speaker 8: I've always wanted to ask this question, Matt about the ninety six team. I know thirty years ago championship teams, but what if Roderick Roads would have stayed. What would have that done to the chemistry of that team? Talking about being one of the greatest teams.

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Speaker 2: Well, first of all, I think, yeah, that's a great quest. Ryan Lemon was there, so I appreciate the call. Do you think if Rodrick Rhoades comes back in ninety six that team is still considered one of the greatest of all times?

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Speaker 1: I don't. I think it was best for him and best for the team that he leaves. I know he was easy, he was going into his senior season, but it just brooked better without him being there. I mean that's I'm not speaking because something I know. I just think it is just the perception of it. It seemed like things got better after Rhodes left.

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Speaker 4: I was kind of young. Do they recruit over him? It was mercer.

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Speaker 2: He just the team was kind of built around him in ninety four and ninety five and then just didn't click.

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Speaker 9: Yep.

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Speaker 2: And I think Rick realized he had all this talent and like he didn't need him, we need you.

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Speaker 1: Know, he was gonna play his minutes. We're gonna go way down.

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Speaker 2: The six minutes, we're gonna go down. But he was gonna be a senior. Yes, he went to USC and had some success. He did, He got drafted, played in the NBA for a little bit.

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Speaker 1: His best year at Kentucky was his freshman year and kind of went downhill every year those next two years.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 10: Rick?

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Speaker 3: I feel like you use this intro every day for at least every day but I like him. You're a big illumineer. You've ever seen him in concert?

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Speaker 1: Never seen him in concert?

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Speaker 2: Okay?

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Speaker 4: Saw last year Burn Beyond very good?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, who's Burber Beyond this year? It's Tyler, right.

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Speaker 4: That's real birt burn Beyond is uh, that's the one. We're all excited.

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Speaker 2: Who's Railbird though?

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Speaker 4: It's Tyler, Tyler and Zach Topp back to back on the same stage.

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Speaker 2: That's on Sunday, right, So yeah, we're gonna we are gonna sell parking lot spots. People have asked me about that. They all go on sale here in a couple of weeks. And then who's on Saturday?

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Speaker 3: Is it's got it?

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Speaker 4: It's always jillyous, it's Lumineers's the lumine Yeah, Rick's being topical.

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Speaker 3: Today to ilumineers. I like that, you never know.

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Speaker 2: I had somebody tell me Rick that they think you're the funniest person on the show, which is but you're not on a lot. So that's but that's just something about you know. I think people really thought it was funny when you said how you get off a zoom call the other day. They really they really liked that and your and your Neighbors commentary. Uh, one person writes, matter, are you excited about the Netflix untold documentary coming out this weekend about the chess scandal? Yes?

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Speaker 3: Do you remember the chess scandal?

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Speaker 2: Oh?

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Speaker 1: Yes, the guy.

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Speaker 2: They alleged he was cheating in chess because he would get buzzes from you know, something that was their children here, so to be careful, but something that was somewhere. Uh, they're doing the documentary about that.

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Speaker 4: I've already got that on the Remind me, I I watched all those untold as soon as they came come out.

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Speaker 2: Just watch.

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Speaker 3: He liked party a little bit a little too much.

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Speaker 2: My goodness. Uh, did you.

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Speaker 4: See what the chess player did just this past weekend?

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Speaker 3: The main one?

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Speaker 2: I did? What's it's? But is it not that guy or is it a different guy?

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Speaker 4: Well, he was playing the guy that had the s buzzer, So.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Apparently he went to play chess in a chess tournament and this girl right before it started and said, hey, can we get a selfie? And he was like, and he takes a selfie and smiles, and then the moment they take the picture, he reports her for having a camera at the table and gets her kicked out.

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Speaker 4: He stands up and goes straight to the judge like her officials like she has a camera, her phone.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I thought that was one of like the what a jerk.

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Speaker 4: I think he claimed he was helping her because you're not supposed to have it, But he could have just been like, hey, you shouldn't have that. He walked across the set over he.

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Speaker 2: Did not have the audacity to claim he was helping her. Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I think he was like, well, she would have been disqualified. I was doing her favorite. She was disqualified because you say, I think she still got to finish the match or whatever. But I mean he smiled big, He's like, nice to meet you, and just immediately gets something, goes to the official and says she has a phone. He could have been like, hey, you're not supposed to have that. Why don't you put it over here.

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Speaker 3: That's a jerk move.

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Speaker 2: I don't care what you say.

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Speaker 3: That's a jerk move.

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Speaker 1: So if I do that at your trivia and get it selfie with you and me and get my camera out during trivia, you gonna kick me out If I.

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Speaker 2: Say to you, yes, Ryan, we can have a selfie. Now get out of here.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a jerk move.

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Speaker 4: He smiles so big to her, like, yeah, nice beat you. I'd love to take a selfeed, then immediately tells on her.

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Speaker 2: By the way, trivia, it was supposed to be tomorrow night my trivia, but uh, because of the house closing, it's moved to next Thursday. So next Thursday, Thursday the trivia. So get your team together and get ready for that. Did you see the fight in baseball last night?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: I did.

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Speaker 4: It's my guy.

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Speaker 2: What's so what? The dude on the Angels came swinging what's his taller? Former Braves World Series MVP gotcha? And then and he had a baseball in his hand as he tried to hit him.

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Speaker 4: And then the other guy, the the the Braves. Lopez is the Braves guy was the better.

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Speaker 3: But what about the manager coming and spearing him?

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Speaker 1: Walt Weiss coming in there?

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Speaker 3: What Weiss?

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Speaker 2: Who I remember from Baseball cards in the eighties. I was shocked to see he's now old, fat and bald. When did that happen?

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Speaker 4: I tweeted a little picture of a Goldberg spear looked just like him. Good technique, bald head. I've since learned that it's been reported that Walt Whiss has a black belt, used to do cage fight, so a lot of the people in that dugout. He's the one I think you'd trust most to go. That is that is uh, that is pretty impressive, I say as a Braves fan. Lopez looked like he didn't want a part of the fight. He dared him to come out, but he was back pedaling. I think it would have been a bad day if.

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Speaker 2: Running towards him was big. Here's what I love about baseball fights. They start, they get going, and then all of a sudden, after about ten seconds, the guys all decide they have to jog from the bullpen mask and act like they're gonna participate, And by the time they get there it's always broken up. But that thing of like okay, here we go, we're gonna come. I always find that funny.

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Speaker 1: And they're never in a full sprint. It's all I think. It's a light jog. Well, I hope it's over by the time I get there. I don't really want to do anything.

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Speaker 4: And they all pair up, but they don't fight. They'll just you know, maybe grab a jersey, talk to each other like okay, we're linked linked up here and then they'll pat each other on the back and go with the separate ways.

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Speaker 2: I mentioned the Reds. They have a player who I think looks to be a forty three year old dentist that I didn't know was on the team. His name is Nathaniel Lowe. I guess he used to play for the Red Sox. He got the game winning hit last night. But when he came in the game was I said, I've never seen this person before. Who is this person? And when it was over, they interviewed him and he had you know when they interviewed players in the locker room after a game, like what are they usually wearing? Either their jersey or their shirt off or a T shirt.

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Speaker 3: He had a.

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Speaker 2: Polo on buttoned at the top button like Mitch Barnhardt and like a very like crew cut hit.

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Speaker 3: He looked like a dentist.

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Speaker 2: And I thought, and then his body shape, I mean, he's not in bad shape, but he just just kind of built, sort of round and normal, and I'm like, how's this guy an athlete?

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Speaker 4: He looked like the financial advisor for the team.

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Speaker 3: He really did.

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Speaker 2: And even when he talked, he was like, yeah, this was a wonderful time for the baseball team.

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Speaker 1: I'll never forget the first time I walked in a big league locker room and I see how an athletics. Some of these guys are beer bellies. No muscle tone whatsoever? Did you have muscle tone when you play?

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Speaker 2: Oh?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I was Johnny Atlas.

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Speaker 2: Is that a person it used to be? I thought, well you, but you did? You still claim to lead the league in stolen base.

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Speaker 1: I do, and if we had a fifth year, it'd be probably lead the nation in bostolen bases.

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Speaker 2: It's just hard for me to see you stealing base. Me too with the ryne I see that.

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Speaker 1: I totally the same. I look in the mirror, like, how did you do that? I have no idea, but you need to.

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Speaker 3: Look up Nathaniel Lowe.

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Speaker 2: He got the game when he hit, so I'm but I wasn't one hundred percent sure he was on the team. I'd seen his name, but I did not think he looked like that.

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Speaker 1: But the tax time he had to go do his taxies. Whose game was over.

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Speaker 2: Almost fifteenth Ellie was giving him his deduction. Yeah, right before, right before the game five nine twenty two eighty sent when we come back. We haven't really talked at all about UK football. They've got they've been doing spring pract this the game is next Saturday, the spring game and uh they opened the practice up.

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Speaker 3: Was it yesterday to some people? So let's talk a little.

00:23:08
Speaker 2: Uh, let's just real quick an update on will Stein and we'll take your calls. This is Kentucky Sports Radio Live at KAOS Bar and Grill. Welcome back Tucky Sports Radio. If I'm nine two eight oh twenty two eighty seven, uh, text machine is seven seven two seven seven four five two five four. One person writes, Matt, you mentioned taxes. I bet you haven't even started yet. Kind of not, kind of not, but I mean you get you can get an extension. Yeah, so usually so my day is October fifteenth. I always have to like that's the day.

00:23:36
Speaker 1: I know that that's your tax day.

00:23:38
Speaker 2: Yeah, because you getting an extension for six months for like I don't know why, but they tell me you do.

00:23:43
Speaker 4: So I always I've already done my extension as well. You still got to pay a little bit. You have to pay your tech.

00:23:46
Speaker 2: No, no, they he estimates and tells me I have to write a check for something, but like it's not do Doo tool October.

00:23:53
Speaker 3: Right, none came out of my bank account yesterday. That was hard to watch, Yes, Apure.

00:23:56
Speaker 2: I told you it's April fifteenth, or for me now it's the one day here I'm Republican. The other three hundred and sixty four days are different, but that one I'm like that, all right, So let's talk just second UK football. I have not been to practice. I know other people have drew. What are you hearing about Will Stein's first spring practice? And the videos I see of minshe makes it look like he's got a cannon.

00:24:22
Speaker 4: The highlights are fun. Now you know they picked the ones they want, but the ones they're picking are very exciting seeing a lot of young receivers make plays there. Willie Rodriguez, as expected, is going to be a huge part of the offense. Stein went to tight ends a lot of Oregon and with Willy rod back, I think he'll be a huge focal point. If there's any news at all, it's that the running backs. I don't know if they were thin or banged up, but the two they went out and god haven't been participating a whole lot, and they had to even move Martell's Carter safety to come play a little running back. So if there's any news type things, it's that the running back rooms a little thin. But over all Stein, they're doing a lot of exciting stuff. But he's also very secret if he doesn't want to show his cards on into his first season, and.

00:25:01
Speaker 2: So they were gonna they allowed people go to practice and it was eight am, and so I was trying to decide whether to go, and they were like, you had to observe all these protocols, like you couldn't talk to anyone, you couldn't look anybody in the eye, you had to walk backwards with the blindfold when you walked out of the field, And I was like, that's awful early to do that. Everything that I've heard, though, is the players loved the offense. I've mostly heard about the offense, but the players go, this is like the most fun offense in the world. And if you ask anyone around the program, they will tell you that will Stein has come in and like, oh my, Willie Rodriguez is good. Like I didn't realize he was that good, and so I would expect him to be a huge part of whatever we do.

00:25:43
Speaker 4: That and just the whole coaching staff. I mean, this is expected. It's his first job. Everyone in there is like in their thirties, but they're just on fire every day, where I think maybe at the end of stoops got a little stale. Coaches are going in going to their offices. It is just NonStop energy and a lot of fun too. And normally spring is pretty hard time on the guys. They're having a lot of fun with them. There's just the youth movement and the coaching has brought a lot of energy and excitement around the building.

00:26:06
Speaker 1: That's where everybody says. The tempo and the energy is just the first thing you notice when you're watching them out on the field, especially on the offensive side, and the fact that our offensive line must be just ginormous. Everybody talks about how big and huge they are.

00:26:17
Speaker 2: This offensive line, if you just stand next to them.

00:26:22
Speaker 1: Are massive, massive people.

00:26:24
Speaker 2: I mean, they are massive dudes. We will you know, obviously, we got to see how it ends up in terms of how they play, but they are massive dudes.

00:26:31
Speaker 3: And that's where they spent their money in the portal.

00:26:33
Speaker 2: Yep. Like when I think it is reasonable for fans to assume when you're trying to grade Stein's first year they put their money in the portal in the offensive line, and so we will see what it looks like, which brings me to the second thing UK announced yesterday, and I think this is kind of an important thing that didn't get a lot of attention. They announced a new thing called blueprint. So let me explain what this is. You know, I don't like AI, but I recognize that there are things that can be better. But part of the problem in the NIL era is it's hard to know what players are worth. So, like the whole notion of economic theory is economics. The reason the free market works is you know, everybody knows the data. So part of the reason on the stock market they make people release quarterly reports is so that you know how much money people are making. You know whether to invest your money because you can see the reports of the company, etc.

00:27:34
Speaker 3: But the problem with NIL is, since.

00:27:36
Speaker 2: They don't have to release what people are making, you have no idea what the players are paying these schools, right, correct, We've talked about it, and the schools don't have to say and the players don't have to say, so the market is very inefficient. There's on last year's you can Kentucky basketball team. I think we played too much money for some guys and weren't willing to pay enough for others. So this guy named Evan I don't know how to pronounce his last name, I call Kevin Role. He's like if you've ever followed him on online, he's like this little brilliant boy, genius guy. But he came up with this system and I don't know how he does it, and he won't tell people because he wants to sell the system, which I understand.

00:28:17
Speaker 3: He sells it to.

00:28:18
Speaker 2: Schools, but basically, he has a system that tells play, that tells coaches and staffs. This is what a player is actually worth, period. Don't worry about everything else. This is what they're worth. Now. Whether you want to pay him more or less is up to you, but this is what a player on the free market is actually worth. The first school to sign up for his thing was Michigan Basketball, and they used it to build.

00:28:45
Speaker 1: Their class ended up being pretty good, didn't it seems like it worked.

00:28:49
Speaker 2: The second team to sign up for their thing was Illinois Basketball, and where did they just end up?

00:28:57
Speaker 1: The Final Four?

00:28:58
Speaker 2: In the Final four. So UK announced yesterday that UK has become the first school to sign a school wide.

00:29:06
Speaker 3: Partnership with it.

00:29:08
Speaker 2: Basically it gives them access to use it for all of their teams. They apparently signed this a few months ago. The football team and the volleyball team used it to build their rosters for next year. So when we just saw UK football on the portal, will Stein said, you know, we have a system to figure out what guys are worth. Well, apparently this is what it is. The volleyball team did the same thing. I see a volleyball booster back there. Now every other school, every other team at the school has access to it, but they don't have to use it, as I understand at this moment, UK basketball is not using it yet.

00:29:51
Speaker 3: I mean they may look at it, but they're not using it to build their roster.

00:29:54
Speaker 2: But football and women's volleyball have I just think it's interesting the UK has created their own model called Blueprint, which this Evan dude is doing specifically for UK, which I think is good. Drew, I like this because it's forward thinking, analytic. Obviously, first two schools to do it ended up in the Final four and winning the national championship, so that's pretty good.

00:30:17
Speaker 3: I like, we'll see how it works but I like that we're doing it.

00:30:20
Speaker 2: Yeah.

00:30:20
Speaker 4: I like being on the cutting edge of stuff. The systems called drop back and Kentucky's kind of rebranded it as Blueprint, but it combines so much information for people that nerd out. On basketball, there's this thing called Synergy that has every piece of data you could think of. It includes that in the analytics like heck, can you name the basketball analytics website. It kind of pulls all that together and then formulates its own numbers and for other sports too. But it takes about any piece of information you can have and makes it easier and puts value on each each player.

00:30:52
Speaker 1: It's very interesting to hear what you say about Football used it because they definitely started inside out. They started with their offensive line and then didn't spend a lot on receivers or running backs.

00:31:02
Speaker 2: Our GM for the football team said, basically, with every player, we knew what they were worth, and we decided our offer was there and if they wanted way more than that, then it just didn't work out. And like Hardly Gilmore, you remember Hardly Gilmore, they had an offer for Hardly Gilmore. Gilmore wanted more than that. They said, we'd love to have you, but we're not doing that. Gilmore went out on the free market and he wasn't able to get it, and so he came back and ended up getting exactly what they said. Now, my view on this, by the way, is if this is really successful, within a few years, every school's going to have this, so your market advantage is very short, Drew. This is kind of the thing that like, once everybody does it, it won't be as helpful because everybody knows. So it's really good. This is one of those things that's actually really important to be the first to act on. Michigan clearly did it for basketball, and it looks like UK at least it with football, and women's volleyball is doing it too. Yeah, I'd love for basketball to use it, but we'll see.

00:32:07
Speaker 4: On the football end, I think they use the combine like Pro Football Focus that everybody knows. It's just full of data huddle like yet all these websites that we all know separately. It pulls it all together into a system and it has been really helpful for a lot of places.

00:32:18
Speaker 3: And I'm glad Kentucky's doing it.

00:32:20
Speaker 1: But you answer my question, if it's if the Kentucky universe of Kentucky bought it. Will the basketball team use it?

00:32:25
Speaker 2: The press release said basketball has access to it, but I have not heard that they are using it. Yeah, it's weird because Mark Pope is an analytics guy, yes, but for some reason when it comes to picking players, he.

00:32:42
Speaker 1: Doesn't an outside help.

00:32:43
Speaker 4: You think we're learning he's a little stubborn, like won't do the GM thing or won't call it a GM.

00:32:48
Speaker 2: Yeah. I don't know why that is, but but we'll see. Maybe he will use it. I don't know, but uh, that's what I've been told at this time. Who's up next?

00:32:56
Speaker 3: Randall?

00:32:56
Speaker 2: Is up next? Randall? Go ahead, Randall.

00:33:00
Speaker 10: Hey, Matt, I looked it up before calling. But Michigan had five seniors three juniors and Yukon had five seniors and five juniors on their team. And I kind of think that what Pope may have been up to with not recruiting high school players this year is that he sees that the last five years that majority of the teams are hanging banners. Are the teams that are majority, you know, guys with good you know, high basketball Q and things like that, you know, just seniority itself, and the roster is helping teams.

00:33:36
Speaker 3: You know, win the championship.

00:33:38
Speaker 2: I don't disagree, I mean you, I appreciate the call. Yukon Michigan had. Michigan had five transfers in the starting lineup, had a lot of junior seniors. Yukon only had one freshman playing big minutes that he was really good. But then they had these other guys. You're you're exactly right. A lot of businesses drew advertised here on KSR, and you many of them you've heard, like, you know, oh going back years ago to Fan Outfitters, Cornbread, et cetera. And you may say, well, you know, how's how are those so successful. Debbie Green with Bringing In the Green is one of the people behind the scenes that helps Kentucky businesses grow. She has I'm not just saying this because this is an ID. She has been the best working since I've been doing this, no question at understanding KSR how to make it work, but also understanding the Kentucky media landscape. She has a media consulting company and she will help you reach the KSR audience or other similar audiences. If you go to Bringing in Thegreen dot com slash KSR, she'll give a free hour of consulting for KSR listeners. I'm not just saying this. This woman is awesome. And if I ran a business and I wanted to feel like figure out how to use my advertising dollars, I would call her every great success we've had here. She's had a role with most of it, bringing in the Green dot Com slash KSR.

00:35:00
Speaker 4: I saw Debbie yesterday in meetings at a lunch and we joke about Ryan being the mayor of Lexington. Debbie Green maybe could really pull off being the mayor of Lixs. Knows everyone out Fish.

00:35:09
Speaker 3: Kentucky branded back in the heyday of us doing stuff with them.

00:35:12
Speaker 1: She does Richmond Rodeveck Clinic with me right now.

00:35:14
Speaker 3: Yeah, she does so many.

00:35:15
Speaker 2: She does a ton of Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, like a lot of these things. She's been great about it. Bringing in the Green dot Com is her consulting company. We'll take a break and be right back to Kentucky Sports Radio. Welcome back Tukey Sports Radio. Still there's only six minutes left, but we actually still have a lot to do. It's Wild Eggs Wednesday. That's Wild Eggs. You can win fifty dollars gift card ksr's Twitter has just tweeted the word of the day. Ryan didn't know how to spell it, so I made sure it's spelled correctly. You have until noon to put the answer in and there excuse me, You'll have it until the end of the show to put the answer in and then.

00:35:52
Speaker 3: Mario will pick one to win fifty dollars from Wild Eggs.

00:35:54
Speaker 1: Yeah, you picked the word and I had no idea how to spell it.

00:35:57
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's not a word you were familiar with. Kenny Brooks is staying with the UK women's basketball team.

00:36:03
Speaker 3: That's big flat for that. Yeah, Virginia off.

00:36:06
Speaker 2: According to KSRS Phoenix Stevens, Virginia offered him the job. Kentucky was a got I think Kentucky maybe committed to Kenny that they would help raise more in in Aisle resources he stays. So that's good home state program where he's coached two other teams in the state and offered what I understand where he's offering even a little more money. Mister Reddick, Kenny State at Kentucky big for UK women's basketball. Heck, yeah, I mean I was. I've been dialed in with women's basketball for a while. With how much.

00:36:37
Speaker 4: We like Matthew Mitchell, but Kenny Brooks has just taking it to another level with the excitement.

00:36:42
Speaker 3: Went to a few games.

00:36:43
Speaker 4: It helps that the buildings new over there, but they've just they got a great thing going in the class he has coming in next year with Claire Strack and other returners, maybe you take another step forward, maybe a little farther next season.

00:36:52
Speaker 1: I was I was honestly worried about this one. You know, he played at James Madison, coached at James Madison, coach at Virginia Tech, got a lot of Virginia roots. I thought, if there's gonna be a job, maybe lure him away right now, it might be this one.

00:37:03
Speaker 2: Yeah.

00:37:03
Speaker 3: I think it was more serious than people realized, and he ended up staying.

00:37:06
Speaker 2: Kentucky's men played Louisville and baseball yesterday beat him four to two. Yeah, pretty crazy game. Kentucky only allowed two hits. However, they did give up ten walks and hit three batters, so they had thirteen free runners they put on base besides the two hits, but hung on in one four to two. After losing a home series to Missouri last weekend, this was actually a pretty big game. They play at Auburn this weekend. They're in the tournament, but like not solidly. They're gonna have to play well down the stretch.

00:37:40
Speaker 4: Always good to beat Louisville, but especially after a disappointing home series loss to the worst team of the conference in Missouri. I mean, obviously, the pitching was great. It was a no hitter until the seventh inning, and it was used a lot of pitchers. It one't point down a no hitter, but seven walks, yeah, which happened with twelve strikeouts. Ten walks, I think, so.

00:37:57
Speaker 1: I think the first two batters was a walk and hit by pitch, so it's kind of got to slow start to start with.

00:38:02
Speaker 4: So I think the series going into that was Kentucky twenty eight Louisville twenty seven. So we held onto the all time lead to pivotal win.

00:38:09
Speaker 2: There was good.

00:38:10
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, louis is a good team. Who's up next? Terry is next? Terry?

00:38:14
Speaker 2: Go ahead, Terry.

00:38:16
Speaker 9: Yeah, guys. In regards to the assistance leaving and staying Mark Fox, I know you guys probably think he's an old guy and they don't need that. Go check out his record in Nevada. Losing Mark Fox is going to be akin to John cal Perry losing John Robick.

00:38:36
Speaker 2: Thanks. I really like Mark Fox. I hope he stays. I don't completely like that analogy because I think Robic was Col's X and O guy, and Col wasn't an X and O guy.

00:38:47
Speaker 3: I think Mark Pope is an X and O guy. But I would be fine having Mark Fox on.

00:38:52
Speaker 2: The staff if he leaves. Yeah, I could see it being potentially an issue, but I do think this staff is smart even if they lose him.

00:39:01
Speaker 3: Yeah.

00:39:01
Speaker 4: I don't know all of their assigned rolls of what exactly they're doing, but when you had no recruits up until Mason Williams, changes need to be made. Not just trust. Pope knows who was carrying the load, who wasn't doing their part.

00:39:11
Speaker 3: By the way, I'll notice if you don't.

00:39:13
Speaker 2: Speaking of Cow, his new John Robick, who I don't think was as good as his old John Ropick of John Robick, but I think was still decent. Chuck Martin, he just left to go to North Carolina to become an assistant.

00:39:25
Speaker 3: So Cow is without his John Robick again.

00:39:29
Speaker 2: Uh again?

00:39:30
Speaker 4: That and uh Jay Lucas your boy Sampto went in the portal with a do not tag, and it looked like he was going to Arkansas. But Jay Lucas has swooped in and might be stealing one of Cow's players that Cow has count on having.

00:39:42
Speaker 3: Lucas might get something.

00:39:43
Speaker 4: There's a buzz that Somtou, who has looked like he was heading straight to Arkansas, might be switching.

00:39:47
Speaker 2: I'm gonna tell you something. I want this to work out with Mark Pope. I hope he has a big year next year, and then I hope he crushes it and retires here. If he does not, Jay Lucas, Jayak's gonna be a star. The full circle moment. It would be a full circle moment from the moment we were calling that kid as a sixteen year old in high school. Because he is going to be a star somewhere. It's just a matter of where who's next.

00:40:16
Speaker 7: Ed go ahead, Ed, Hey Matt talking Cincinnati Reds baseball. I don't know how old you were at the time, but there's nothing more hilariously classic than Sweet Luke Panilla going at it in the clubhouse with Rob Dubble.

00:40:34
Speaker 2: I remember I've seen that. Yes, that was Oh my god.

00:40:39
Speaker 7: That team was so much fun.

00:40:41
Speaker 2: Yeah, I was not. I wasn't. I didn't follow them. Yeah, I didn't follow the Reds then, And I appreciate the call. We're gonna have to go to break, but I or the end the show. But uh, the five and zero to start on the road for the Reds best since that team in nineteen ninety.

00:40:56
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00:41:25
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00:41:30
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00:41:51
Speaker 3: Nice crowd, very nice.

00:41:53
Speaker 2: We are open all day for dollar wings and burgers, et cetera here at Ksbar. And I don't know, I kind of feel like Drew I got my baby premonition on Oh okay, I kind of feel like I'm not gonna see you after tonight.

00:42:08
Speaker 4: Well I'm gonna see you in an hour for another podcast. What tin after tonight you're.

00:42:13
Speaker 3: Talking about for We're gonna do it. Speaking of New Exist, I really want it to be the weekend.

00:42:17
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00:42:20
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00:42:26
Speaker 4: Yeah, got a few other things along.

00:42:28
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00:42:34
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00:42:35
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