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Speaker 3: It is Kentucky Sports Radio here live in Nashville at

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Speaker 3: Rock in Kentucky has returned to the SEC Tournament.

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Speaker 3: What an absolutely amazing crowd here at ten Roof on Broadway.

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Speaker 3: For the first time in five years. I kind of

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Speaker 3: Tonight, Kentucky opens up its SEC Tournament run against Oklahoma

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Speaker 3: nine thirty Eastern, eight thirty Central. But Ryan, you wouldn't

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Speaker 5: I mean, this is why this is our favorite show

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Speaker 6: Man right here to show up at eight thirty in

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Speaker 6: packed it already. I think I agree with you. I

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Speaker 3: Well, there's already a ton of people here, So let

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Speaker 3: me point some stuff out, Drew.

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Speaker 4: We got some people here that we're here at four

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Speaker 3: I got some people have come here all the way

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Speaker 3: I guess Bartstown is one of the places that people

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Speaker 3: But Kentucky will open it up against Oklahoma that last night, Oklahoma,

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Speaker 5: He had maybe the best game of the year.

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Speaker 4: We need to hold him back.

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Speaker 4: I think if you win or lose, you're probably a

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Speaker 3: But I think you could set this up if you

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Speaker 7: I've thought since good Missouri two is possible because you're

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Speaker 7: we want to think about seeding, but can we just

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Speaker 7: please win in this damn city. It has been so

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Speaker 4: I do not want to be home by Saturday.

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Speaker 3: I don't think I would have ever thought this. We've

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Speaker 5: Yeah, we've talked about how Kentucky used to own this tournament.

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Speaker 6: We come down, we own this town, we own the tournament,

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Speaker 4: How about that? How about having a coach that says

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Speaker 3: To win a tournament down here. I mean, that's a

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Speaker 4: So do you care? Do you not care? I don't.

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Speaker 3: I mean the money that this fan base brings down here,

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Speaker 7: I kind of understand the point about it not mattering

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Speaker 4: But there's more to.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean this has been the most competitive sec

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Speaker 2: I don't know why you wouldn't want to win.

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Speaker 3: We just won I mean the last what if I

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Speaker 6: That's why we used to own this tournament, was the

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Speaker 5: It's time to get it back. It's time to you know,

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Speaker 6: We haven't even won a game here and since in

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Speaker 7: You can even leave aside the fans seating. These don't

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Speaker 3: So let's let's I always like to do. Let's see

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Speaker 4: Anybody? Where are you from? Where?

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Speaker 3: Naples, Florida, North Dakota? All right, I like North Dakota.

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Speaker 3: don't count. I'm taking I mean Jamaica. Queen's to Jamaica,

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Speaker 6: You know the there was a crowd out the door

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Speaker 8: Point being though, you know, there's always a good group

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Speaker 3: You start the game, start as soon as we're off

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Speaker 4: Is it down here? Up upstairs?

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Speaker 3: He'll be playing at this stage tonight from four thirty

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Speaker 3: are we gonna be talking about, Drew? Are we gonna

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Speaker 4: Do you like our chances? I do like our chances.

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Speaker 7: I mean winning at Oklahoma took a pretty superhuman effort

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Speaker 7: Brandon Garrison probably needs to wear a helmet from that

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Speaker 3: That was I mean, we haven't seen our guys talked trash,

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Speaker 8: I always just thought watching the games, but this team

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Speaker 4: Hopefully they moved past that.

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Speaker 3: They were in a battle last night too. I mean,

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Speaker 3: You just have to shut down Jeremiah Fears and because

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Speaker 4: Now you'll have him for a full.

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Speaker 6: Game and he's helped pretty close to being in one

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Speaker 4: And we have to and you know, hope they miss him.

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Speaker 3: I always point to you because you say this, this

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Speaker 3: But we got to get there.

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Speaker 7: I've been worried about Kobe when he leaves Roperina, but

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Speaker 2: Hopefully that continues. They're gonna need a lot of contribution.

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Speaker 8: You know, this last game, they basically relied on otego away.

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Speaker 2: He had twenty eight points.

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Speaker 4: But that was a legendary performance.

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Speaker 2: It was it was, but you know, you can't rely

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Speaker 3: I think tonight it would be kind of awesome if

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Speaker 2: Uh?

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Speaker 6: I go back to ninety eight where Jeff Sheppard got

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Speaker 5: It was I think it was here, Well maybe in.

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Speaker 7: I got a couple Blake Monk versus Arkansas when like

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Speaker 4: There was bad blood in that one.

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Speaker 7: And I believe it was the game before the Cousins

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Speaker 7: him all destroyed. Where any of you all at that game?

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Speaker 3: I still think best Kentucky crowd that's ever been in

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Speaker 3: night in terms of people being ready, I agree with you.

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Speaker 3: That crowd was insane. In twenty ten. I remember a

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Speaker 5: Yeah about the Dominique Hawkins game that was here, that was.

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Speaker 3: Here, Yes, yeah, I think you the Tyler Eulis game

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Speaker 3: That was a great one here. There's been a lot

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Speaker 8: I was just sitting here trying to rock my brain

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Speaker 8: And unfortunately there's not really a whole lot to talk

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Speaker 8: But we could change that today.

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Speaker 3: We are gonna change it. We're gonna get to victory today.

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Speaker 3: We're gonna take a break and be right back. We

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Speaker 3: are here at ten roof Kats in Oklahoma tonight. This

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Speaker 3: I'm nine two twenty two eighty seven. Rick's gonna have

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Speaker 3: to bring the energy with this music. Rick, it's the

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Speaker 3: boom chicken boom.

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Speaker 4: Can you do that for me?

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Speaker 5: Uh yeah, I think I could do that.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, you got there.

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Speaker 2: You go.

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Speaker 4: We gotta get some energy.

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Speaker 2: Rick.

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Speaker 3: You can't just hit the random button. You gotta give

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Speaker 3: what happened yesterday during the very first game of the

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Speaker 5: Drew I love them well.

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Speaker 4: Turn First of all, a couple things. Let's start with.

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Speaker 3: During the game, they were up twenty in the second half,

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Speaker 3: South Carolina's got three seconds and one time out. Now

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Speaker 3: up three, You got one more free throw? What should

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Speaker 4: John L.

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Speaker 3: tried to miss that. Yeah, he threw it hard off

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Speaker 4: It went in.

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Speaker 3: So after the game, Cal has asked, why did you

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Speaker 4: And he goes, that's just my style.

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Speaker 3: If you miss the free throw, it throws them off

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Speaker 4: He said, I'm un conventional in my style, was what

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Speaker 2: That's one way to put it.

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Speaker 3: So now they won the game, drew it ultimately doesn't matter,

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Speaker 3: But doesn't that sort of sum up the Cal experience

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Speaker 7: Yes, and honestly, we got there about halftime. They were

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Speaker 7: the whole time I was there, But not just that

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Speaker 4: They had that look that they had against A and M.

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Speaker 7: Saint Peter's he was doing throwing his hands up. They

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Speaker 7: They just looked like a staff that was completely rattled

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Speaker 3: When after this, I'm not gonna say which one it was,

446
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Speaker 3: but there was a member of that staff, so I

447
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Speaker 3: accidentally we had just gotten there at halftime, right and

448
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Speaker 3: I accidentally found myself. Like, the SEC Tournament's different than

449
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Speaker 3: these other Like, if you go to rupp Arena and

450
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Speaker 3: you're in the media, you can't get near the locker

451
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Speaker 3: room right right, Like there's really no way to get

452
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Speaker 3: close to the players. But the SEC Tournament, because they

453
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Speaker 3: have four different locker rooms, you can end up right

454
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Speaker 3: next to them. So I end up accidentally right next

455
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Speaker 3: to Arkansas's like locker room. So as they come walking out,

456
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Speaker 3: all of a sudden, I'm just standing there and I

457
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Speaker 3: look Shannon, and I'm face to face with John Kelly.

458
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Speaker 2: Oh no, oh, that's awkward.

459
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Speaker 4: Face to face.

460
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Speaker 3: Now he is kind of looking down like in a

461
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Speaker 3: note sheet, So I don't even know if he saw me.

462
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Speaker 4: So it was that was no thing.

463
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Speaker 3: But one of the people on the staff, I'm not

464
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Speaker 3: gonna say which one, but one of them was walking

465
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Speaker 3: with a big smile, and he saw my face and

466
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Speaker 3: he just looked at me, and he just stared at

467
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Speaker 3: me right in the eye and walked right by, staring

468
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Speaker 3: at me the whole time. And I wanted to be like, man,

469
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Speaker 3: what are you staring at? If I wanted to see you,

470
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Speaker 3: I'll just go to Broadway tonight. You'd be out there

471
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Speaker 3: and nails it down. But it's clear, man, that was

472
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Speaker 3: the first time I'd really been around them because I

473
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Speaker 3: didn't go to the post game press conference in Rough,

474
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Speaker 3: and it was interesting to see they the swagger with

475
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Speaker 3: which they walked.

476
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Speaker 2: That had to be a little bit of an awkward

477
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Speaker 2: moment for it.

478
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Speaker 4: I didn't expect it to come.

479
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Speaker 2: So you just stared him right back in the eye contact.

480
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Speaker 3: Byron West from from Middlesbrough was not there to back

481
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Speaker 3: me up. If you'd been there to back me up,

482
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Speaker 3: I would have stared hard right back at him.

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Speaker 8: But I will say, like behind the scenes, the security

484
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Speaker 8: is very relaxed.

485
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Speaker 2: Behind the scenes. We'll get to another sea.

486
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Speaker 3: We'll get to this latter. Mario ended up almost getting

487
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Speaker 3: kicked out last year.

488
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Speaker 8: But to your point, like Ryan and I I thought

489
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Speaker 8: we were we could have just ran out with the

490
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Speaker 8: Vanderbilt basketball team and gotten in the layup line if

491
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Speaker 8: we wanted to.

492
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Speaker 2: Nobody was like there to stop us. It was really well.

493
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Speaker 4: This is also, by the way, you'll see this after

494
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Speaker 4: the game tonight.

495
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Speaker 3: This will be the first time all year that Kentucky

496
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Speaker 3: reporters can go into the locker room after the game

497
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Speaker 3: and talk to the players.

498
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Speaker 4: So Ryan, you've done this back in the day.

499
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Speaker 3: This is usually a time where you get a lot

500
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Speaker 3: of stories and a lot of stuff about the UK

501
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Speaker 3: players maybe you didn't get during the year.

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Speaker 5: Postseason is the first time.

503
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Speaker 6: Yeah, you actually can go into their their world, into

504
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Speaker 6: the locker room, interview guys at their locker because in

505
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Speaker 6: the past the UK they always bring guys out to

506
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Speaker 6: the media talk area.

507
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Speaker 5: So it is kind of a different feel after the game.

508
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Speaker 7: I'm excited to not have to the rapid reaction outside too.

509
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Speaker 7: I get to be on the court all kinds.

510
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Speaker 5: Of cool rules.

511
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Speaker 3: Well, so anyway, it was interesting to sort of go

512
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Speaker 3: face to face, and I have to tell you, had

513
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Speaker 3: they lost Arkansas, I might have been petty and gone

514
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Speaker 3: and stared back at the press conference.

515
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Speaker 4: That would have been did you see him call out

516
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Speaker 4: Tyler Thompson? And the press conference he did.

517
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Speaker 3: He called out Tyler Thompson and said how many of

518
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Speaker 3: how many championships have I won? And looked right at her.

519
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Speaker 3: So he was he was feeling himself yesterday. We'll see

520
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Speaker 3: if he is when he plays Old Miss today. I

521
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Speaker 3: would have said, which a decade are we talking about?

522
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Speaker 2: Because not this one.

523
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Speaker 3: Let's talk about UK guys for a minute. Mark Pope

524
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Speaker 3: said yesterday that Colin Chandler could play almost twice as

525
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Speaker 3: many minutes in the postseason as he was playing in

526
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Speaker 3: the regular season. I think with that, I think with

527
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Speaker 3: that phrasing, Ryan, that means you're talking about him basically

528
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Speaker 3: becoming the sixth man. I mean, if he's gonna really

529
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Speaker 3: play twice as many minutes towards the end of the year,

530
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Speaker 3: he was playing twelve or thirteen, so that would be

531
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Speaker 3: twenty five minutes of action. Do you expect that to happen?

532
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Speaker 3: Do you think Colin Chandler is now the sixth man

533
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Speaker 3: on the team?

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Speaker 6: I do, especially today Oklahoma, they're so perimeter oriented. Those guys,

535
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Speaker 6: they jack up a lot of threes. They needed just

536
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Speaker 6: a little glimmer of daylight. So I think that's why

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Speaker 6: Colin will play a lot, especially today, just for defensive purposes.

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Speaker 3: We all love Travis Perry because he's from Kentucky, But

539
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Speaker 3: would you, Drew do what I think I would do,

540
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Speaker 3: which is make Colin Chandler the backup point guard at

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Speaker 3: least until he loses it.

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Speaker 7: Oh, you're gonna make me say this in front of

543
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Speaker 7: my Western Kentucky friends. I mean, step Fring's a level

544
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Speaker 7: of athleticism that a lot of the other bench guys

545
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Speaker 7: can't have. In the first game against Oklahoma, he kind

546
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Speaker 7: of got beat off the dribble. But I think he's

547
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Speaker 7: had a breakthrough, especially offensively, in the last couple week.

548
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Speaker 7: He just looks like a completely different player. And I

549
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Speaker 7: agree that he should climb up the rotation and get

550
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Speaker 7: a lot more minutes.

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Speaker 3: If I'm sitting there on the postgame show and I'm

552
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Speaker 3: looking at the box score and I'm looking at minutes

553
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Speaker 3: and I see Chandler, Garrison, Almonor Perry, Noah Shannon, and

554
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Speaker 3: I have to tell you, I cannot believe I'm saying this.

555
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Speaker 3: If I'd said it six weeks ago, I would have

556
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Speaker 3: thought I was crazy. I think I want Chandler to

557
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Speaker 3: have the most minutes out of that group.

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Speaker 4: To be honest with.

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Speaker 2: You, I think I agree with you as well.

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Speaker 8: Lockdown defender, and you know he doesn't have to offensively

561
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Speaker 8: go out there and get you fifteen or twenty points,

562
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Speaker 8: just give you seven or eight off the bench.

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Speaker 2: And I think they're in good shape.

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Speaker 3: And part of it is because cars playing so well.

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Speaker 3: I don't think you need the allmanor minutes as much

566
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Speaker 3: as you did. I mean when he was hurt, I

567
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Speaker 3: thought you needed a bunch of allmanorm minutes. I don't

568
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Speaker 3: know if you need that anymore because he's playing well.

569
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Speaker 3: Carr played thirty seven minutes against Missouri, which is crazy.

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Speaker 3: We'll take a break, be right back to see is

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Speaker 3: Kentucky Sports Radio? Walter back, It is Kentucky Sports Radio?

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Speaker 3: That's a lot of words. Eight five, nine, two eight

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Speaker 3: oh twenty two eighty seven. Let's do a real quick

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Speaker 3: pick here at the end of the SEC and NCAA tournament,

593
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Speaker 3: which Kentucky player is going to be our MVP for

594
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Speaker 3: the postseason. I think you can make a case for

595
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Speaker 3: all five starters, depending on how you look at it.

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Speaker 4: Who's gonna be our MVP in the end of the postseason.

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Speaker 8: I think it's oh Way, the guy that they've leaned

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Speaker 8: on so much this year. I mean, he's scored in

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Speaker 8: double digits in every game except for two, So I

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Speaker 8: think if they're gonna have a run, it's gonna be

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Speaker 8: on him oh Way.

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Speaker 7: Last May and throughout the whole summer. You might remember,

603
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Speaker 7: I kept calling Andrew Carr my most valuable player.

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Speaker 4: In the tournament.

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Speaker 7: I'm gonna stick with it. I can't change my opinion.

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Speaker 7: I called my shot a year ago. I'm sticking with

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Speaker 7: I'm going with Car. So Car, what do you got.

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Speaker 6: I'm gonna go somebody different. I'm gonna go Lamont Butler.

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Speaker 6: I mean, he's already he knows what it's like to

610
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Speaker 6: make a big run. He's your leader, he's your defensive stopper.

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Speaker 6: He's looks like he's getting close to be one hundredercent healthy.

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Speaker 6: I'll go Butler.

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Speaker 4: You stole my answer.

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Speaker 3: I think if Kentucky, there's only one player on this

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Speaker 3: team that has had massive success in the postseason, and

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Speaker 3: it's Lamont Butler. He's the one guy that when he plays,

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Speaker 3: we're different. I've watched, you know, on TikTok. They're doing

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Speaker 3: all these like biggest March Madness moments. You know, if

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Speaker 3: you haven't, if you didn't pay attention, go watch Lamont

620
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Speaker 3: Butler hit that shot to send San Diego State to

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Speaker 3: the finals. He runs down the court, he shakes this guy,

622
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Speaker 3: he shoots a mid range jumper and nails it.

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Speaker 4: He was a huge part of their final four bid.

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna say, if we're gonna have a run Drew

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Speaker 3: that I want to have, I.

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Speaker 4: Think Lamont Butler is gonna be what it would do. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: I saw that clip going Vioral yesterday.

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Speaker 3: It says like he looked at the clock because he

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Speaker 3: liken literally yeah, yeah, he dribbles. He he takes the

630
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Speaker 3: time to look at the clock and then shakes him back.

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Speaker 4: I mean it was a you talk.

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Speaker 3: It's probably what forgotten clutch shot, but I mean it's

633
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Speaker 3: a literal buzzer beater.

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Speaker 4: I mean it goes off as the buzzer does.

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Speaker 7: And I said car But in the SEC Tournament, I

636
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Speaker 7: think Butler is gonna have to be the guy because

637
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Speaker 7: there's so many good point guards. You're gonna see Fears today,

638
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Speaker 7: gonna see Mark Series tomorrow, you can see Walter Clayton

639
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Speaker 7: on Saturday. He's the only guard that I think can

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Speaker 7: really defend those guys we saw it was like when

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Speaker 7: we didn't have him. So I think in this tournament

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Speaker 7: he'll be the key.

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Speaker 3: Since this is the SEC Tournament, I know we've got

644
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Speaker 3: big Kentucky fans here who appreciate the history of the conference.

645
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Speaker 3: It is worth noting we should take a second to

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Speaker 3: note the passing of Oliver Miller from Arkansas, the big

647
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Speaker 3: O when Arkansas joined the conference.

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Speaker 4: He was him, Todd Day and Lee Mayberry.

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Speaker 3: He was part of what I think is the best

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Speaker 3: SEC tournament on the court that we've ever had in

651
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Speaker 3: nineteen ninety two when all those guys and latreel' spree, Well,

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Speaker 3: Hollywood Robinson, Robert Ory Shack, all those guys, Jamal Mashburn

653
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Speaker 3: were all in the same tournament.

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Speaker 4: He passed away yesterday, a legend of basketball.

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Speaker 3: And when you're a kid and you see a big,

656
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Speaker 3: hefty dude playing in the post, you can't help but

657
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Speaker 3: like him, even though he was our rival. So everybody

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Speaker 3: joined me and wishing a round of applause on the

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Speaker 3: and rest in peace for Oliver Miller and Arkansas basketball legend.

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Speaker 6: You know, we all remember him because he was a

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Speaker 6: big guy, one of the first really big guys that

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Speaker 6: could really hoop it up at this level.

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Speaker 5: But he was a hell of a player.

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Speaker 4: He was great. He was played in the NBA for

665
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Speaker 4: a number of years as well.

666
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Speaker 3: Was on that Phoenix team that played the Bulls in

667
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Speaker 3: the finals. If you remember, Oliver Miller was a big

668
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Speaker 3: part of that Barkley Phoenix team years. Who's up first,

669
00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:05,119
Speaker 3: Stubb is up first, Stub go ahead, stub.

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Speaker 10: Hey, guys, shout out to my buddy Chris, who's down

671
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Speaker 10: there in fronty ell somewhere, all right.

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Speaker 4: Where's Chris? Where's Chris in here? How you doing? All right?

673
00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:15,920
Speaker 4: Big shout out to Chris. Go ahead, sir.

674
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Speaker 10: By the way, I think when I mess up in

675
00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,879
Speaker 10: my job, I'm just gonna say I'm just unconventional, and

676
00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:24,400
Speaker 10: this'll be okay.

677
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Speaker 3: That's actually a good answer, that just I'm unconventional. I

678
00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:31,080
Speaker 3: don't follow the rules of the I got it, man.

679
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Speaker 10: My question to you, like, there was no question Like

680
00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:37,080
Speaker 10: the LSU team last night, they absolutely they were done.

681
00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:39,440
Speaker 4: They were they quit, they quit.

682
00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:43,239
Speaker 10: They quit. And now today in the portal era, I

683
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:46,399
Speaker 10: think these guys even more so than usual when you're

684
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,600
Speaker 10: on a bad team, they're just gonna want to be

685
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:50,280
Speaker 10: done so they can get gone.

686
00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:54,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean South Carolina. South Carolina didn't quit yesterday.

687
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:57,600
Speaker 3: South Carolina played really well, and uh, you know, I

688
00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:01,479
Speaker 3: just thought LSU to me, had Drew shown the signs

689
00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:04,199
Speaker 3: of quitting way before yesterday. I thought they actually think

690
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,840
Speaker 3: they quit in our game within about ten minutes. And

691
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:09,760
Speaker 3: so to me, that was the easiest pick of the

692
00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:12,040
Speaker 3: day yesterday because I LSU had quit.

693
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and that was a big spread.

694
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Speaker 7: If I find a seen him in Reperena because it

695
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:18,360
Speaker 7: was in the moment Kentucky got that lead a few

696
00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:20,159
Speaker 7: weeks ago and lexdon you just saw a team that

697
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,080
Speaker 7: had their eyes on spring break and being done with

698
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,160
Speaker 7: the season, and that obviously carried into yesterday down here.

699
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Speaker 10: Appreciate it to prop for being in cal Perry's here

700
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,520
Speaker 10: again so that he about he about got him.

701
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Speaker 4: I almost went to four and oh against him.

702
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Speaker 3: Appreciate the call. Porter Moser, the coach at Oklahoma.

703
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Speaker 9: Uh.

704
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Speaker 4: I don't know if you saw he was giving Uh.

705
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:44,520
Speaker 3: He was giving his postgame thing yesterday, his postgame and

706
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:48,000
Speaker 3: there was a UK fan behind him going go Cats,

707
00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,880
Speaker 3: Go Cats. Cal Perry when he was given his postgame interview,

708
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,720
Speaker 3: had a UK fan behind him holding up a hat

709
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Speaker 3: saying go Cats, Go Cats. And then like earlier in

710
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Speaker 3: the night, the Mississippi State coach Chris was giving a

711
00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,280
Speaker 3: postgame interview and had a guy behind him go Cats,

712
00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:04,720
Speaker 3: Go Cats.

713
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Speaker 4: Is that gonna be our thing in this tournament? Ryan?

714
00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:09,600
Speaker 4: Is that we just put people behind the coaches screaming

715
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Speaker 4: go cat.

716
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Speaker 6: That's our job, man. We're not here to support the cats.

717
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:13,520
Speaker 6: We don't want the other guy to wins. So that's

718
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:14,360
Speaker 6: what we're supposed to do.

719
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Speaker 3: So I hope that happens again today, whether it's Chris

720
00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:19,200
Speaker 3: Beard or John Caliperia in that first game.

721
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,400
Speaker 4: Shan and somebody needs to get behind him and hold up.

722
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Speaker 8: The Okay, if it was already happening on day one,

723
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:26,080
Speaker 8: I'm a one hundred percent confident it's gonna be happening every day,

724
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Speaker 8: Amen going forward, because this fan base just continues to grow.

725
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Speaker 3: Down here, Drew, how many threes do we need to

726
00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 3: hit tonight to beat Oklahoma?

727
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:35,000
Speaker 4: We I mean we hit Missouri twelve something like that.

728
00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:38,440
Speaker 4: Do we need that many? I was actually thinking twelve.

729
00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:39,280
Speaker 4: I'll sail eleven.

730
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Speaker 7: I think o Way might be able to drive on

731
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:43,400
Speaker 7: this team again, but they're gonna have to hit threes

732
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,080
Speaker 7: if they go cold and have a bad shooting day.

733
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Speaker 7: I think whatever this tournament or next week, it'll be

734
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:48,600
Speaker 7: night to night whoever they're playing.

735
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Speaker 4: That takes too well for any kind of run.

736
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Speaker 3: I think Kentucky's only lost one game this year when

737
00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 3: they hit eleven threes, so you almost wonder if that's

738
00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,120
Speaker 3: the magical number. I think we hit eleven against Alabama

739
00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:02,680
Speaker 3: the first time, and we but otherwise you hit eleven threes,

740
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:05,080
Speaker 3: Ryan we end up winning the game.

741
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Speaker 6: And you get if you get from everybody, you know

742
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:12,400
Speaker 6: the other Gay Otega hit one, bray a Car, Travis, Trent, Colin, Chandler,

743
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:13,520
Speaker 6: you know they got three from everybody.

744
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:15,520
Speaker 5: They get something like that. Man, they are gonna be

745
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:16,120
Speaker 5: hard to beat today.

746
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Speaker 2: I agree with Ryan.

747
00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:18,600
Speaker 4: The bench three is at four at Missouri.

748
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:22,360
Speaker 7: I think the bench, whether it's Chandler, Perry, Noah almanor

749
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:24,880
Speaker 7: if those guys can collectively make four or five, that's

750
00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:26,120
Speaker 7: gonna be a big difference maker too.

751
00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:26,760
Speaker 4: Let's look at it.

752
00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:29,640
Speaker 3: The two Kentucky kids, Perry and Noah, what what what

753
00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:31,840
Speaker 3: can they play in this postseason?

754
00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:35,560
Speaker 4: I mean like, yeah, okay.

755
00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:36,080
Speaker 2: But spot medics.

756
00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:37,480
Speaker 4: We're talking about on defense.

757
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:40,000
Speaker 3: I mean that's where that's where the issue is, is

758
00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:42,480
Speaker 3: on defense can they get Because the thing is in

759
00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:45,640
Speaker 3: March the defense gets tighter. So if you were struggling

760
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:48,360
Speaker 3: in the regular season, the defense even gets tighter in March.

761
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Speaker 8: I don't think you're gonna see fifteen or twenty minutes

762
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:51,760
Speaker 8: out of them, but just here and there, you know,

763
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:54,240
Speaker 8: to give the guys a breather for a few minutes.

764
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Speaker 2: I think they can they can hold their own.

765
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Speaker 6: I don't know if tonight's a game for the those

766
00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:00,520
Speaker 6: two guys now they're playing George tonight.

767
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:02,400
Speaker 4: I agree with you, Actually that's a Trent.

768
00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:02,960
Speaker 5: And Travis game.

769
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:05,200
Speaker 6: Tonight's game may may be a tougher Themers down on

770
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:07,360
Speaker 6: the floor because they're so quick and good on the perimeters.

771
00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:09,120
Speaker 4: This is also a big game for the big guys.

772
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Speaker 3: I mean, this is a game where in theory Amari

773
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:15,000
Speaker 3: and Andrew Carr should have a huge advantage. You remember

774
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Speaker 3: Garrison had maybe his best game of the year against

775
00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 3: these guys. This is gonna be a game the big

776
00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,640
Speaker 3: guy if their guards are good. Our big guys need

777
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:24,840
Speaker 3: to play well tonight because that's I think where our

778
00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:25,560
Speaker 3: advantage is.

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Speaker 7: If we can keep Garrison's emotions in check, I think

780
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:31,360
Speaker 7: he can have a big game because his beef with

781
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,840
Speaker 7: Oklahoma goes back to he played two years in Oklahoma

782
00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:36,960
Speaker 7: State lost on a buzzer beater once they waved goodbye

783
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:38,760
Speaker 7: to him. So this is a team that he's got

784
00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:41,000
Speaker 7: bad blood with, even going before he transferred to Kentucky.

785
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:41,920
Speaker 7: I think he'll play wellseon.

786
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,120
Speaker 8: Here's one thing, nobody's gonna be throwing a seventeen dollars

787
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:44,960
Speaker 8: beer at him tonight.

788
00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:47,080
Speaker 4: We don't have to worry about that. The beers are seven.

789
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Speaker 3: This is the first time, by the way, they've ever

790
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:51,840
Speaker 3: sold beer at the SEC tournament unless you were in

791
00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:54,120
Speaker 3: one of the luxury items. How many of you are

792
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,960
Speaker 3: going to partake in the seventeen dollars beer at the thing?

793
00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:57,800
Speaker 2: Oh?

794
00:31:58,040 --> 00:31:58,520
Speaker 5: Not many?

795
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,160
Speaker 4: Not many? So how ma you're gonna protect before at ten?

796
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:01,520
Speaker 2: Roof?

797
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:02,160
Speaker 4: There we are.

798
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, I've already got to start.

799
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:06,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that's and that's a more more likely scenario.

800
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Speaker 4: Who's up next? Got Scott up next? Scott? Go ahead, Scott?

801
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:11,880
Speaker 9: Yeah.

802
00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 10: I was just wondering if you all thought the game

803
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:16,760
Speaker 10: time tonight would affect our play any fuck if we

804
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:20,040
Speaker 10: played better in late games this season or early games.

805
00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:20,640
Speaker 4: We haven't had.

806
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,160
Speaker 3: We haven't had a lot of late games, I mean

807
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,760
Speaker 3: the amount of as far as I can remember, we've

808
00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:28,360
Speaker 3: played three games this year late at night, and it

809
00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:31,040
Speaker 3: was Duke, Gonzaga and Missouri, which were three of our

810
00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:33,720
Speaker 3: better performances of the year. So I think to the

811
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:37,040
Speaker 3: extend it matters, it helps us. Where drew this late

812
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,680
Speaker 3: night thing can matter would be if we get to Saturday,

813
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:43,080
Speaker 3: you know, if we end up having to play at

814
00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:46,280
Speaker 3: nine thirty tonight, nine thirty Tomorrow night, and then getting

815
00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:49,360
Speaker 3: up at playing at three o'clock on Saturday. That's where

816
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:51,600
Speaker 3: I think playing late night hurts you. I don't think

817
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:52,960
Speaker 3: it hurts you tonight. Now.

818
00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:54,800
Speaker 7: I hope we get to that problem. I meaning we're

819
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,040
Speaker 7: playing on Saturday. But that's just one of the worst

820
00:32:57,080 --> 00:33:00,760
Speaker 7: things about being that late team. It's an inconvenience every year. Also,

821
00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:03,640
Speaker 7: where you know we talk about car playing thirty seven minutes,

822
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:05,600
Speaker 7: Butler playing a lot this back.

823
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:07,120
Speaker 4: To back to back. I think you could have some

824
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:08,080
Speaker 4: wearing tear on the guys.

825
00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:10,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, there's only been one team in the history of

826
00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:14,640
Speaker 3: the SEC Tournament win from a nine to thirty starting slot.

827
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:15,800
Speaker 4: Like when the whole thing.

828
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,600
Speaker 3: So like it is a It is definitely a negative

829
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:21,000
Speaker 3: to have to come through this side. But that's why

830
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:26,680
Speaker 3: you want to be a one or two seed. Appreciate

831
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:29,520
Speaker 3: the call. If I think good lefting speeches. If I'm

832
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,840
Speaker 3: nine two eight oh, twenty two eighty seven, we are

833
00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 3: here at ten roof a massive Kentucky crowd, We're gonna

834
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,479
Speaker 3: be here. I'll be on and off all day. Shannon

835
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 3: is here today at four thirty. We will take a

836
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,720
Speaker 3: break and be right back Kentucky and Oklahoma tonight. This

837
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:47,440
Speaker 3: is Kentucky Sports Radio Quarterback. It is Kentucky Sports Radio

838
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:52,680
Speaker 3: here live for all of you. For all of you driving,

839
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:56,440
Speaker 3: here's what I'd like to do. If you're driving this way, well,

840
00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:58,400
Speaker 3: you know, if you're driving, don't send a text. But

841
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,280
Speaker 3: if you're in the car on your this way, send

842
00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,760
Speaker 3: a text to the text machine. Seven seven to two

843
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 3: seven seven four five two five four.

844
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:07,360
Speaker 4: Tell me where you're coming from. I'd like to read.

845
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:09,600
Speaker 3: I know there's a lot of people headed down the

846
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:13,120
Speaker 3: roads right right now. I have a couple of stories

847
00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:14,399
Speaker 3: I want to tell you that I think are kind

848
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:18,160
Speaker 3: of neat. We'll start with probably nobody in here knows

849
00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:22,120
Speaker 3: the name Natalie Zito, but I bet a lot of

850
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:24,000
Speaker 3: you over the years have seen the video. You may

851
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:26,560
Speaker 3: remember many years ago there was a young woman who

852
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:28,960
Speaker 3: was trying to sing the national anthem in a Portland

853
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 3: Trailblazers game and she forgot the words.

854
00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:33,920
Speaker 4: You may remember this, and the coach, who at the.

855
00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:37,640
Speaker 3: Time was Maurice Cheeks, he walked over, put his arm

856
00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:39,920
Speaker 3: around her and sang the words with her. Do you

857
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:43,279
Speaker 3: remember this video from years ago? Twenty two years ago.

858
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,920
Speaker 3: She forgets the words, she gets nervous, she starts to cry.

859
00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:48,440
Speaker 3: He comes over as the coach puts his arm around her.

860
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:49,240
Speaker 4: They sing together.

861
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:53,840
Speaker 3: Apparently after that she kind of lost her nerve to sing.

862
00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 3: It made her very nervous and she never had sung

863
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,040
Speaker 3: the national anthem again, even though she was a great singer,

864
00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:02,600
Speaker 3: because she was scared of that moment. Last night in Portland,

865
00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:06,319
Speaker 3: they brought her back. Twenty two years later. They had

866
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:09,840
Speaker 3: Maurice Cheeks come out and she sang the national anthem

867
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Speaker 3: last night.

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00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:10,799
Speaker 4: At the game.

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Speaker 2: Nice.

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Speaker 4: I think that's a very cool story.

871
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:16,120
Speaker 3: Maurice Cheeks stood next next to her and she sang

872
00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:16,960
Speaker 3: the national anthem.

873
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 4: I think that's a really neat story. I remember that

874
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:19,759
Speaker 4: video well.

875
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:21,920
Speaker 7: I mean, it broke your heart just watching it was

876
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:22,839
Speaker 7: like I couldn't get through it.

877
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:24,200
Speaker 2: It was painful being in that moment.

878
00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:27,239
Speaker 7: She was very young, obviously a big crowded an NBA game,

879
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:28,880
Speaker 7: and she did not have it in her I do

880
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:30,359
Speaker 7: think she had a good chance to do something really

881
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:31,439
Speaker 7: funny and do it again.

882
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 4: Got like forget the words intentionally but running back.

883
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,279
Speaker 8: Like later on when I'm singing fat Bottom Girls and

884
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:38,759
Speaker 8: I forget the lyrics. I hope that one of you

885
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:39,600
Speaker 8: will do the same for me.

886
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:40,040
Speaker 4: Yeah.

887
00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:42,600
Speaker 3: By the way, I've heard through the grapevine your boy

888
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,960
Speaker 3: Vince Merriw wants to come up and sing simple man,

889
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:46,880
Speaker 3: We'll do it.

890
00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:48,399
Speaker 2: Absolutely, We would love to have.

891
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:48,680
Speaker 4: It, all right.

892
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:51,120
Speaker 3: He did that the last time, the last time you

893
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:53,399
Speaker 3: were here eight feb nine, two twenty two eighty seven.

894
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:57,280
Speaker 3: Then another video on the internet this morning, John Gruden,

895
00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:00,640
Speaker 3: who is now working for Barstool, but the former Raiders

896
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:03,880
Speaker 3: Tampa Bay head coach. He's doing this thing where people

897
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:07,399
Speaker 3: send him stuff and he unboxes it. And today's unboxing

898
00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:10,880
Speaker 3: was UK gear sent personally by Mark Pope, and he

899
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:13,960
Speaker 3: asked John Gruden to cheer for Kentucky during March Madness,

900
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,759
Speaker 3: and he said he would. So we picked up a

901
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,880
Speaker 3: new fan today as well, thanks to Mark Pope.

902
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:20,279
Speaker 5: That's really cool, you know that.

903
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 6: Again, Pope just kind of doing things like that that

904
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:24,479
Speaker 6: makes him more endearing to everybody, not just our fan base,

905
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:25,200
Speaker 6: but everybody.

906
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:28,839
Speaker 3: Yes, one person writes here, Matt, you all talked about

907
00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:30,440
Speaker 3: this a few weeks ago, but now at the end

908
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:32,840
Speaker 3: of the regular season, I'd like this question.

909
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 4: What is the.

910
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:37,080
Speaker 3: Final regular season grade you give for Mark Pope for

911
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:40,879
Speaker 3: year one? We'll probably have a different grade after the postseason,

912
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:44,239
Speaker 3: better or worse. But Shannon, what grade are you giving

913
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:47,359
Speaker 3: Mark Pope year one? Considering everything that went into it?

914
00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:48,560
Speaker 3: What's your final grade?

915
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,719
Speaker 8: Throwing the team together in two weeks, injuries that he's

916
00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:54,080
Speaker 8: dealt with the entire year, the best conference that we've

917
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:57,080
Speaker 8: ever seen I've given, I gotta give him a Soliday.

918
00:36:57,160 --> 00:37:00,360
Speaker 8: I think that considering those factors, there's no other grade

919
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:01,120
Speaker 8: you can get the guy.

920
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:03,480
Speaker 4: So ay, all right, I'll go second.

921
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:07,040
Speaker 3: I think when it came to building a roster, I

922
00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:10,520
Speaker 3: think he built like a B roster and got close

923
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:13,040
Speaker 3: to a performance, which I think is in even more

924
00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:15,000
Speaker 3: I thought I always thought coming in the season we

925
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,239
Speaker 3: were one player short. I still think we were kind

926
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:20,400
Speaker 3: of one player short. But the way they won games

927
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:22,719
Speaker 3: against big teams, I think it's important who you beat.

928
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:26,279
Speaker 3: We beat Duke, we beat Gonzaga, we beat Florida, we

929
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:29,000
Speaker 3: beat Louisville, we beat Tennessee twice. Right, like to win

930
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:32,719
Speaker 3: all of those games against people that matter. And then

931
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:34,799
Speaker 3: you had a roster that, in addition, was probably a

932
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:38,560
Speaker 3: player short, and they were hurt a lot of the years.

933
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,239
Speaker 3: I think I'm gonna give him an a minus. It's

934
00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:45,040
Speaker 3: an a on performance. Roster building made it just slide.

935
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:46,360
Speaker 3: And I think if he'd had one more player to

936
00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 3: BN A. So I'm gonna give him an A minus,

937
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:50,920
Speaker 3: but a solid a minus. At Georgetown they let you

938
00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:52,880
Speaker 3: do this thing when you when I teach, that's like

939
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 3: a slash a minus.

940
00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:57,560
Speaker 4: I would give him an a slash a minus. What

941
00:37:57,640 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 4: about you, I'm going with an A.

942
00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:01,960
Speaker 7: I mean, I agree with everything you just said. Also,

943
00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:04,480
Speaker 7: it's lost on people. Yes, he built a roster in

944
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:07,319
Speaker 7: two weeks. He didn't have a coaching staff, That's true.

945
00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:08,960
Speaker 7: He had to go out and get these assistants. He

946
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:10,560
Speaker 7: didn't have a house. I mean, he's doing all this

947
00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:13,000
Speaker 7: on the fly. It all happened so quickly, and we

948
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,040
Speaker 7: all know the games. You listened to them. But one

949
00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:16,239
Speaker 7: more thing I think we got to get a lot

950
00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:19,279
Speaker 7: of credit for is this fan base has been so

951
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:21,880
Speaker 7: excited all year. Loans anyone here that's been going to

952
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:23,920
Speaker 7: Reparena this year, you know what I'm talking about.

953
00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:25,880
Speaker 3: It's just been different in there. So I also have

954
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,360
Speaker 3: to give him a bump for just uniting BBN.

955
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:30,080
Speaker 7: I mean, we've always been the best fan base, but

956
00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:32,120
Speaker 7: it's been a different experience this year getting behind him.

957
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:32,520
Speaker 2: I want you on.

958
00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,360
Speaker 3: Let me ask you a question, if you're honest with yourself,

959
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,600
Speaker 3: how many of you were more into Kentucky basketball this

960
00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:40,920
Speaker 3: year than you've been in the last few years. I

961
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:43,879
Speaker 3: mean I almost every hand. I mean I certainly am.

962
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:46,640
Speaker 3: There's no doubt in my mind. I like, I really

963
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 3: liked last year's team. I really liked Reeves and Shepherd

964
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:51,600
Speaker 3: and Dillingham. I don't want to act like I didn't,

965
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:54,399
Speaker 3: but I have to tell you, prior to last year,

966
00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:57,160
Speaker 3: the games had become a grind to watch, Like, I

967
00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:59,279
Speaker 3: didn't really think they were all that fun last year.

968
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:02,919
Speaker 3: They were fun until Oakland, But this is different. I've

969
00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:06,560
Speaker 3: had more joy Ryan watching this team. You throw away

970
00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:09,400
Speaker 3: maybe the at Old Miss game and a couple others.

971
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:11,879
Speaker 3: I feel like every game, even when we've lost, has

972
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:13,120
Speaker 3: still been fun to watch.

973
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:15,160
Speaker 6: We all got that joy back, you know. He brought

974
00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:18,440
Speaker 6: the joy back in Kentucky basketball again. Now, let's see

975
00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:19,840
Speaker 6: what you can do this weekend. Win a couple of

976
00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:23,320
Speaker 6: games this week. I'm gonna give him an a minus. I

977
00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:25,240
Speaker 6: can't give him an A because they didn't beat Arkansas.

978
00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:27,160
Speaker 6: That's the one game we thought we were gonna win

979
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:30,440
Speaker 6: or had to win Arkansas at home. He didn't get it,

980
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:31,840
Speaker 6: So I'm gonna give him an a minus.

981
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:34,399
Speaker 3: I had somebody ask me, what do you think would

982
00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:37,200
Speaker 3: have happened at this school if you had the exact

983
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:41,480
Speaker 3: same record, if cal had been here? And I think,

984
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:43,479
Speaker 3: if we're honest, it would have been worse. It would

985
00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:45,919
Speaker 3: have been worse even if we did the exact same thing.

986
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:49,440
Speaker 4: It was just Drew. It was just time to have

987
00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:51,359
Speaker 4: a different a different voice, right.

988
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:53,799
Speaker 7: Absolutely, we would have been told this doesn't matter, that

989
00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 7: doesn't matter, Wait till March. We're bill for March, YadA, YadA, YadA.

990
00:39:57,520 --> 00:40:00,279
Speaker 7: But also with Pope, little things. I mentioned bringing fan

991
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:02,440
Speaker 7: base together, But how many times after a game is

992
00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:04,120
Speaker 7: it an hour and a half later and he's still

993
00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:08,920
Speaker 7: out talking to people, facetiming someone's grandmother, singing Happy birthday

994
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,399
Speaker 7: to a kid? And I know that'll eventually wear off

995
00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:13,360
Speaker 7: over time. I don't think he can do that forever.

996
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:15,640
Speaker 7: But there's just so many things outside of basketball that

997
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:16,960
Speaker 7: I think he deserves a high grade for.

998
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:20,640
Speaker 4: Totally agree Who's up next? Dave is up next? Dave,

999
00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 4: Go ahead, Dave, how you doing, Fellas doing good? What's up?

1000
00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:30,000
Speaker 9: All? Just in there to White House, Tennessee, getting ready

1001
00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:32,680
Speaker 9: to drive down and watch all the spectacles of his

1002
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:36,360
Speaker 9: UK basketball. Do you think today is going to be

1003
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,319
Speaker 9: a really close game Oklahoma? Are they going to give

1004
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:41,160
Speaker 9: us their best? Which I think they will. How many

1005
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:42,600
Speaker 9: you think we're gonna win? By it? I'll hang up

1006
00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:43,000
Speaker 9: and listen.

1007
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:45,880
Speaker 4: I think every game from now on Ryan's gonna be close.

1008
00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:47,759
Speaker 4: I do. I mean, I don't think there's I think

1009
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:48,720
Speaker 4: today will be close.

1010
00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:51,799
Speaker 3: I think with eight minutes to go, we'll be up

1011
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:54,040
Speaker 3: like five or six, and it'll just depend do we

1012
00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:56,160
Speaker 3: keep extending that or does it come down to the

1013
00:40:56,160 --> 00:41:00,160
Speaker 3: final possessions. But outside of maybe the very first game

1014
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:03,520
Speaker 3: of the NCAA Tournament, I think every single and I'm

1015
00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:06,280
Speaker 3: hoping that one's not close, But I think every single

1016
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:08,040
Speaker 3: game from now on is gonna be closed, and we

1017
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:09,080
Speaker 3: just have to be ready for that.

1018
00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:10,920
Speaker 6: I think that's right, and we've seen it this year

1019
00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:12,880
Speaker 6: a lot of our games going down to the final possession.

1020
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:15,000
Speaker 6: We've got a bunch of senior veteran guys. We've got

1021
00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:17,200
Speaker 6: Lamont Butler, who knows how to win these close games.

1022
00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:20,480
Speaker 6: So yeah, especially in this weekend, every game we play

1023
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:22,400
Speaker 6: is gonna be a tight game, down to the last possession.

1024
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:23,840
Speaker 4: And just read you some of these places.

1025
00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:29,280
Speaker 3: People are coming from Louisville, Bardstown, Evansville, Henderson Town, Tennessee,

1026
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:32,279
Speaker 3: which I didn't even know was a place, Middlesborough, how

1027
00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:34,360
Speaker 3: about that? Sturgis, Kentucky.

1028
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:36,240
Speaker 4: Where's that? Webster or Union?

1029
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:41,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, Union County, it's right, Floyd's not Indiana, Owensboro, Millport, Kentucky.

1030
00:41:41,239 --> 00:41:43,480
Speaker 5: Where's Millport? Never heard of that one?

1031
00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:44,319
Speaker 4: Never heard of it?

1032
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:50,759
Speaker 3: Brandon, Mississippi, Barberville, Wow, Enterprise Alabama, and Versales and they

1033
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:54,920
Speaker 3: just keep coming. I'm expecting drew a massive, massive crowd tonight.

1034
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:58,080
Speaker 3: If you don't have tickets, I think it's gonna be expensive.

1035
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:00,319
Speaker 7: And you mentioned it being a close game. What I

1036
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:03,480
Speaker 7: like is, look around. Have you seen one Oklahoma fan

1037
00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:04,080
Speaker 7: in Nashville?

1038
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:04,439
Speaker 2: No?

1039
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:07,080
Speaker 3: No, but look at it the Oklahoma students section, the

1040
00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:11,600
Speaker 3: Oklahoma student section yesterday, zero students in it, not one.

1041
00:42:11,719 --> 00:42:14,359
Speaker 3: They did not have one student. I bet we'll fill

1042
00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:16,160
Speaker 3: our student section. We will take a break and be

1043
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 3: right back. This is Kentucky Sports Radio Live at ten

1044
00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:19,040
Speaker 3: routs