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Speaker 5: Join us here on the kiss are hot seat, Brendan Canada,

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Speaker 5: here on in the hot seat on my right. And

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Speaker 5: then I guess you're the grandpa of the team, Eric Bloodsoe,

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Speaker 5: you're the old guy in the lot. Familiar team was

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Speaker 5: definitely how about that talk to you before we went

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Speaker 5: on the air, and I asked, you, man, how's it doing.

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Speaker 2: How many kid you got? You're you're you're a busy man.

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Speaker 7: I am a busy man. I got a lot. How

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Speaker 7: many got a hold? Basketball squad?

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Speaker 2: The whole squad?

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Speaker 3: Now, I got five? I got five?

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Speaker 2: And are they any of them players?

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Speaker 7: My son he played, Yeah, yeah, he love he loved

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Speaker 7: a game. Hopefully we can get them, you know, in

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Speaker 2: Pretty good.

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Speaker 6: I enjoyed, you know, that was our long break. I

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Speaker 6: feel like I did an entire conversation with Eric, just

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Speaker 6: catching up. Yeah he's still I know everyone remembers John Wall,

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Speaker 6: Eric bloodso DeMarcus Cousins were inseparable, the three Amigo's.

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Speaker 3: This day, still friends to this day.

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Speaker 7: Man, we actually talk, you know, not often, but you

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Speaker 3: But do my brothers for life?

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Speaker 6: I heard JaMarcus on John Wall's podcast, also DraftKings Joint,

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Speaker 3: Was the same, was a cocoa miller.

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Speaker 5: Now, if if Eric Bledzell's the grandpa Brendan Kanack, you

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Speaker 2: You got the fresh legs.

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Speaker 9: Does any of that is any of that?

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Speaker 5: I mean, that was such a special special time when

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Speaker 7: We first you know, started it, Uh, it kind of

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Speaker 9: That's a fond memory of your All's era.

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Speaker 9: When someone tried to mess you remember that game, well.

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Speaker 3: But it wasn't nothing.

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Speaker 7: Man, I'm pretty cool with some of the guys over

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Speaker 9: But it's just you.

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Speaker 6: You kind of just embraced the Kentucky culture in this.

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Speaker 6: I'm supposed to not like this team in front of me.

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Speaker 3: So you know, I mean we had, you know, we

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Speaker 5: Like I say, you had at the end of the game,

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Speaker 2: You had a big game that night.

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Speaker 7: They just caught me on the wrong day. I mean,

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Speaker 7: I just had it going and you know, my teammates

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Speaker 9: It was fun Britain.

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Speaker 6: You went from coach Ulss as a Kentucky player to

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Speaker 12: Uh.

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Speaker 6: What's he been like as a head coach so far

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Speaker 6: in these practices? I know you've only had a few,

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Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean for sure, you know, Tyler, he's great.

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Speaker 10: It's time here. He's super smart at high I Q

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Speaker 3: Lafai.

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Speaker 10: He's been great to pass all as practice, kind of

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Speaker 13: So he's done a great job.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Drew asking him about his offense. He's gonna play.

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Speaker 5: What col did you you know, kind of just let

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Speaker 10: Right, Yeah, And I know he he kind of had

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Speaker 9: Sounds like I had some some leadership over here on

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Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely, Assistant coach Brendan Canada, Brittan, we have to.

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Speaker 6: Ask you about Reed. Shepherd's the hottest name in sports

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Speaker 6: right now and you played with him. I know we're

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Speaker 13: Yeah, I mean I didn't expect any of less.

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Speaker 10: I mean, just from the moment I met Reid and

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Speaker 13: I mean just from the beginning you could tell.

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Speaker 10: I mean he worked super hard and super talented, great

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Speaker 10: But the stuff he's putting on out there in Summer

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Speaker 13: Each game gets kind of better and better. So I'm

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Speaker 5: You guys got to practice against the team Eric yesterday.

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Speaker 5: What was your takeaway from your practice against the Mark

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Speaker 7: I mean, I think they could shoot the ball, really

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Speaker 7: will Ny can defend. I think we're gonna see, you know,

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Speaker 7: some some really bright spots from Obviously they don't get better.

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Speaker 7: He's in every game and there's a process. So I'm

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Speaker 2: Yeah, did you know Coach Pope before?

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Speaker 3: I did not? I did not.

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Speaker 7: I actually met him, uh yesterday, and I'm like I said,

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Speaker 7: I'm very impressed. You know how you carry yourself, high energy,

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Speaker 7: passing it, you know everything you need in a head coach.

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Speaker 6: Did I see he just popped in the autograph line

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Speaker 8: He did.

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Speaker 9: That sounds about right with Pope. Brittany.

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Speaker 6: Can you reveal anything you've seen of the new team?

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Speaker 6: Have you gotten see much of the current guys at all?

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Speaker 10: Not just just practicing with them yesterday, Like like but said,

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Speaker 10: I mean they shoot a lot of threes of talented players,

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Speaker 10: So I mean, I'm excited to see what Prope has

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Speaker 6: So you had a good, long career in the NBA.

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Speaker 7: And like I said, me coming here, I didn't know

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Speaker 9: We're crazy bunch.

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Speaker 7: Then, this is my first time in a while. I

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Speaker 8: It's good, Brenda.

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Speaker 5: You have to solve the argument before you leave. Are

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Speaker 2: Where is Brendan Canon?

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Speaker 8: What?

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Speaker 3: There? It is gonna be mad.

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Speaker 2: Do you Are you doing a lot lot of coaching?

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Speaker 5: Like you said, you have to do something, But is

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Speaker 2: Is that something you want to do in your future?

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Speaker 2: So what are you doing right now?

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Speaker 9: All I asked both of you for all the years.

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Speaker 6: I mean, you both played with great Kentucky players, and

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Speaker 3: So I'm kind of getting you know what, I explored.

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Speaker 9: A little bit you got. You gotta throw a lot

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Speaker 7: And you know Kelly Coble threes Tyler and coach back Tyler.

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Speaker 3: I can't believe I'm older than Tyler.

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Speaker 7: He coached, but like he said, man, Tyler got a

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Speaker 5: What's great to have you back in Lexton. Man, Eric Bledzoe,

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Speaker 5: Brendan Cannon give a big round applause. We appreciate it.

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Speaker 5: It's the Law Familiar team playing Friday night down at Rapparena.

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Speaker 5: We'll take our break to come back. We've got two

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Speaker 2: We'll be right back. This is Kentucky Sports Radio.

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Speaker 5: All right, Welcome back Kentucky Sports Radio here live at

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Speaker 5: Chas Bar and Grill for the Law Familiar meeting Groun,

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Speaker 5: Ryan and Drew here in a normal spots. But we

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Speaker 5: These two guys Drew weren't here that long ago. Nate

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Speaker 5: Cistina and Kellen Greg Let's give it up for these

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Speaker 5: two guys. Kelly Lee just seems like you were just

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Speaker 8: I know, but it's crazy. I'm the youngest guy on

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Speaker 2: Though you're the baby.

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Speaker 12: Yeah, so the nickname granddad I don't think applies anymore.

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Speaker 9: I forget about the granddad nickname.

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Speaker 5: So where are you playing at now?

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Speaker 12: I'll be in Germany this this coming season. I was

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Speaker 9: You enjoying being overseas sounds like a couple of good

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 8: I did, uh, Paul.

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Speaker 12: I learned a little French and was able to, you know,

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Speaker 9: What about you? What are you up to these days?

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Speaker 14: Night, Custina doing the same thing playing basketball overseas?

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Speaker 8: It's past year.

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Speaker 14: I was in Fenerbauchi in Turkey, and right before the

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Speaker 6: Well what exactly got into you this past weekend and

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Speaker 14: Brent Brennan Canada wherever Brendan's at. Brennan got to me

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Speaker 14: a little bit. Uh No, we we were just too

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Speaker 3: So I was like, all right, I gotta this.

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Speaker 8: It did me though we got the MVP.

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Speaker 2: He got thirty eight points in the scrimmage.

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Speaker 8: The other day. I think I only had thirty five.

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Speaker 5: How'd you guys do against the Kentucky team during the

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Speaker 8: I think we did pretty well.

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Speaker 14: I mean, it's a team full of professionals versus team

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Speaker 6: Did you all think you'd be back in the Joe

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Speaker 8: For me?

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Speaker 14: It was amazing twenty When twenty reached out to me,

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Speaker 14: And then the biggest thing for me was being able

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Speaker 9: To be there there you go to the redemption to y.

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Speaker 12: A very similar experience for me when twenty called me,

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Speaker 12: And once I got the green light, I called back immediately,

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Speaker 8: So it's good to be back.

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Speaker 9: How much did how you're year endo?

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Speaker 6: Not the Tennessee game, but you were part of the

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Speaker 9: Did the ending of.

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Speaker 14: I mean, I've been all over the world now playing

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Speaker 8: Really.

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Speaker 6: I always say you all were gonna win the championship,

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Speaker 14: Numbers number nine? I mean, I don't think the fans.

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Speaker 14: They don't have an official record.

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Speaker 8: But there's no banner.

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Speaker 5: So but no, for sure, if there's one guy at

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Speaker 2: We didn't get to see the true killing Grady the

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Speaker 12: But you know, it's unfortunate because I thought for a

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Speaker 12: it wasn't just me. A lot of us got banged

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Speaker 12: up towards the end of the year and kind of

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Speaker 12: affected the momentum and the stride we were hitting. And

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Speaker 12: obviously we wish we could take back that final game

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Speaker 12: and give a gift the fan base and give ourselves, frankly,

453
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Speaker 12: a better ending to that season. But I think there's

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Speaker 12: a lot of special moments throughout that year. I mean

455
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Speaker 12: sixteen and Oero at home, fourteen four on the SEC,

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Speaker 12: going to fog Allen and win in by twenty, beating

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Speaker 12: Carolina by thirty, overcoming a love adversity when we lost

458
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Speaker 12: Titan and Severe and went too and oh during that stretch.

459
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Speaker 12: So a lot to be proud of, and just you know,

460
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Speaker 12: an unfortunate ending, But I wish we could have that

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Speaker 12: game back.

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Speaker 2: You deserve a do over. That you and that team

463
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Speaker 2: deserve a do over.

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Speaker 8: I think Drew.

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Speaker 6: Fans like to talk about loudest moments in and I

466
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Speaker 6: feel like you're you against Alabama needs to be up

467
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Speaker 6: there in that conversation. In particularly like one of your

468
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Speaker 6: threes in the comeback effort because Alabama when I was

469
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Speaker 6: taking it was up a little bit earlier in the game.

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Speaker 6: But how does that memory stick out in your UK

471
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Speaker 6: career because I know that was one of your all

472
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Speaker 6: time performance is one of the highlights of that season

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Speaker 6: for the team, at least of the on the schedule.

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Speaker 12: Help went, Yeah, that I think that game was probably

475
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Speaker 12: my favorite individual game. And then that I think we

476
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Speaker 12: were on like a we were down fourteen, and we

477
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Speaker 12: were on like a fourteen to zero run and Jacob

478
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Speaker 12: skipped it to me in the corner. And I remember

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Speaker 12: getting a video of that about a half a year

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Speaker 12: ago and just getting goosebumps watching it because that was

481
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Speaker 12: rep was rep really turned out an amazing fashion in

482
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Speaker 12: that game, and and you know, crowd enthusiasm, crowded excitement,

483
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Speaker 12: it really does help propeller run. And so that was

484
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Speaker 12: a special moment. And then obviously when Daveon threw it

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Speaker 12: off my uh, off my hip when I wasn't looking,

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Speaker 12: I thought that was a pretty cool moment too.

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Speaker 2: I forgot about that. You just mentioned it.

488
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Speaker 5: Yeah, so you're you. You also you met your future

489
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Speaker 5: wife here at Kentucky.

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Speaker 3: I sure did.

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Speaker 8: I sure did.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 14: It's crazy because five years ago, like on this date,

494
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Speaker 14: like I didn't even know she existed. So it's like

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Speaker 14: I was here in the summer and she was doing

496
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Speaker 14: Team USA stuff and we had like are welcome to

497
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Speaker 14: campus or welcome to University Kentucky, like athletes meeting, and

498
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Speaker 14: she like popped up on the.

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Speaker 9: Screen house you know, beautiful?

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Speaker 3: Who was that?

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Speaker 8: Yeah?

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Speaker 14: And then come to find out she was just like

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Speaker 14: one of the most down to earth like sweetest people

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Speaker 14: I've ever met. And here we are five years later

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Speaker 14: and getting married next summer.

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Speaker 8: Oh yeah, pretty good.

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Speaker 6: Jeans gotter be a scholarship off her right next to

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Speaker 6: the marriage license.

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Speaker 3: I already asked.

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Speaker 8: Coach Pope, so you know you're talking to him.

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Speaker 6: So I'm talking about Madison Lily maybe probably the best

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Speaker 6: volleyball player to ever.

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Speaker 2: Come through to ever to play here. Maybe I know

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Speaker 2: we're here.

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Speaker 9: To talk about you.

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Speaker 6: But since she is the famous wildcat in the house,

517
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Speaker 6: what's she is?

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Speaker 9: She still into in volleyball coaching?

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Speaker 8: Yeah?

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Speaker 14: She's she played professionally for two years and then uh

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Speaker 14: she's she's coaching here at UK and they won their seventh,

522
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Speaker 14: I think seventh straight SEC team championship this year and

523
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Speaker 14: we went to the either Sweet sixteen or the Elite.

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Speaker 14: I got to do a better job of paying attention

525
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Speaker 14: to that. I just think all the NCAA tournaments for

526
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Speaker 14: them kind of blend together. But they Craig Craig does

527
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Speaker 14: a great job over there, and he does such a

528
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Speaker 14: fantastic job with his former athletes, and that's why most

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Speaker 14: of them come back through the program in some way.

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Speaker 14: And he has two people on staff that played for

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Speaker 14: him with Madison and then Meredith Jewel, and you know,

532
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Speaker 14: they're just us. It's a really a big family. And

533
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Speaker 14: then university does the same thing. Ben's basketball's for sure,

534
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Speaker 14: I think top notch.

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Speaker 9: Have you got a peek at the Memorial Coliseum?

536
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Speaker 8: I have.

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Speaker 3: It looks nice to keep.

538
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Speaker 9: It locked from us, but we're excited.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, no, you got to know a couple of people

540
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Speaker 3: in there, all right.

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Speaker 5: You kind of get that feeling from coach Pope that

542
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Speaker 5: he's wanting to keep you guys as part of the family.

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Speaker 2: Being the fact that he's a former player.

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Speaker 12: Oh absolutely, he's his energy is I think, I asked

545
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Speaker 12: one of the guys next to me yesterday, I wonder

546
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Speaker 12: if he always has as much energy because he just

547
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Speaker 12: brings a His energy is just so contagious.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, and he's been.

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Speaker 12: Very keen on making sure we all know, excuse me,

550
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Speaker 12: that if we need anything. You know, he gave us

551
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Speaker 12: all his phone number and really ensured that we knew

552
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Speaker 12: not to hesitate to reach out if we needed anything.

553
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Speaker 12: So yeah, he's just he's been incredible. This Uh, this

554
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Speaker 12: is a special place to him, So I think he's

555
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Speaker 12: he's just passing along. It's just true, authentic self and

556
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Speaker 12: it's very well received by all of us.

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Speaker 6: You mentioned not knowing how competitive those first practice would be,

558
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Speaker 6: and then you two combined for seventy points. Have you

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Speaker 6: seen the intensity pick up as the week's gone on.

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Speaker 6: I think we're gonna be looking at a very competitive

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Speaker 6: Friday night.

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Speaker 14: Yeah, absolutely, I think from it starts with the staff though.

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Speaker 14: You know, Tyler's a competitor through and through, and you

564
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Speaker 14: know Johnny Hood being the guy that cuts up film

565
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Speaker 14: and he's talking coach.

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Speaker 8: Watching film, showing us a little clips here.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, over there, but it was a game film.

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Speaker 12: Yeah, it's a practice film, game film, things that have

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Speaker 12: worked in the past that you know weekend So Nate,

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Speaker 12: excuse me.

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Speaker 8: No, you're good from.

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Speaker 14: From top to bottom of a bunch of guys that

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Speaker 14: that want to compete in guys that want to win,

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Speaker 14: and the guys, you know, they're just competitors and practices

575
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Speaker 14: have been great. Energy has been great. It's physical. You know,

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Speaker 14: it's high level pros too. It's not like you just

577
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Speaker 14: have a bunch of guys off the street. It's like

578
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Speaker 14: guys that are still playing at a very very high level.

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Speaker 14: And you know, it starts or starts with Eric. He's

580
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Speaker 14: over in China crushing it and I don't know if

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Speaker 14: anybody pays attention to it, but he's he's doing.

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Speaker 3: A lot of damage over there.

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Speaker 8: So and it just.

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Speaker 14: Trickles down and like you're going into your year three

585
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Speaker 14: or year two, year three, year three, like and Kellen

586
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Speaker 14: is is steadily progressing in Europe and like if you

587
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Speaker 14: don't know it, like he's making big jumps and that's

588
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Speaker 14: that's a big thing for him to to to make

589
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Speaker 14: these steps. And the next step for him is he's

590
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Speaker 14: getting into these these big time teams, especially in Germany.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, well, guys, look, we can't thank you enough for

592
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Speaker 5: coming to some time with good to see you guys again.

593
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Speaker 5: Just a couple of years ago you guys were here playing.

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Speaker 5: Now you're you know you're one of the old guys

595
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Speaker 5: playing on this love and team. So we appreciated. Best

596
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Speaker 5: of luck te this weekend. Thank you for joining Kelling

597
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Speaker 5: Kellen Gradys. Thanks and thank you guys.

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Speaker 8: We appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: Watch a big roundom of clause. Appreciate it.

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Speaker 5: So we got we got a couple more guys. Oh,

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Speaker 5: we haven't talked to the break yet.

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Speaker 9: Drid. I took my mphones off. I was getting up

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Speaker 9: with him. I was just I was one of the guys.

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Speaker 5: Shannon, he didn't even hear the music, and he's like,

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Speaker 5: I'm not I'm out with the guy.

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Speaker 9: It's too much fun.

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Speaker 8: Uh.

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Speaker 2: Shannon is doing a great job today.

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Speaker 5: of Enis Cantor, to join us on the team. And also,

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Speaker 5: you know we talk about guys who left Lexington and

633
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Speaker 5: are coming back.

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Speaker 2: This guy lives here, stayed here, lives here.

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Speaker 5: I see him all the time, Daniel Art, Let's give

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Speaker 5: it up a big round of blows for him. Yeah, Daniel,

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Speaker 5: you walked up immediately. I'm not talking to you about TVT.

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Speaker 5: I'm talking to you about your coaching and your youth

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Speaker 5: involvement and stuff. So you've got to let you have

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Speaker 5: your fingers in a lot of things right now involving

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Speaker 5: youth basketball and Lexington.

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Speaker 2: I think it's awesome.

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Speaker 16: No, it's been incredible to be back, and you know,

644
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Speaker 16: giving back to a community that's done so much for

645
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Speaker 16: me has been phenomenal.

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Speaker 5: What are your your your plans for your team and

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Speaker 5: your program.

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Speaker 16: Just you know, teaching the game of basketball those who

649
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Speaker 16: want to get any type of experience of you know,

650
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Speaker 16: just working with pros. We try to have pros around,

651
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Speaker 16: have Randolph Morris come in. You know, I'm talking to

652
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Speaker 16: these guys if you ever want to come in and

653
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Speaker 16: just help teach the game.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's what I want.

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Speaker 16: Everything that I didn't have at a young age, trying

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Speaker 16: to give it back to them and.

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Speaker 2: A lot of are you got young guys you're talking

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Speaker 2: about you got a third grade.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, we go all the way uprom third grade to

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Speaker 8: tenth grade. Right now.

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Speaker 16: We got a bunch of teams going on, kids that

662
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Speaker 16: are getting better daily as men. Awesome to see their

663
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Speaker 16: progress throughout the summertime and leading into school ball. It's

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Speaker 16: been phenomenal.

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Speaker 6: And then two about left we finally we get to

666
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Speaker 6: see a canter in Roperena. Yeah, you cannot take this

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Speaker 6: one from us, So for them nice to hear from you.

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Speaker 6: Tell us a little bit about your background as the

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Speaker 6: only not alumni guy on this team.

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Speaker 9: You played a Green Bays Xavier, Right.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, I'm excited to be here. You know, I think

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Speaker 11: we've got a good talent around us. This week has

673
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Speaker 11: been amazing. It is actually my first time in Lexington,

674
00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,159
Speaker 11: so I'm excited to play at a raparina. I know

675
00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,879
Speaker 11: my brother didn't get to play here and if left

676
00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:58,359
Speaker 11: a bittersweet taste in everybody's month. So I'm excited to

677
00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:02,240
Speaker 11: wear that jersey with him, and he'll actually try to

678
00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,359
Speaker 11: come here on Sunday. We got we have we got

679
00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,040
Speaker 11: in the first games for him to come. But it's

680
00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:07,800
Speaker 11: gonna be fun.

681
00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:08,080
Speaker 9: It's right.

682
00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:08,440
Speaker 3: He told me.

683
00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:10,480
Speaker 6: There's there's pressure on game one because then this is

684
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:11,919
Speaker 6: hoping to be on a flight to get here for

685
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,560
Speaker 6: Game two if they can win it. So we gotta well,

686
00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:15,199
Speaker 6: we gotta win all of anyway, but sorry for that

687
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:16,800
Speaker 6: one to get him here. But what's it been like.

688
00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,360
Speaker 6: I'm sure you've heard about Big Blue Nation, especially from

689
00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:20,639
Speaker 6: your brother. I mean, we were ready to go to

690
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:22,720
Speaker 6: war for him to get him on the team. His

691
00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:26,000
Speaker 6: his time here. You played not far away in Cincinnati,

692
00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:28,200
Speaker 6: but now you're in Lexington. Is kind of as crazy

693
00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:32,400
Speaker 6: as you expected. Yeah, obviously grew up Kentucky fan.

694
00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:36,200
Speaker 11: My brother went here, he wasn't he was ineligible to

695
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,160
Speaker 11: play here, and then they had the free end his campaign.

696
00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:42,159
Speaker 11: I still have one of those shorts at home with me.

697
00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:46,080
Speaker 11: But I mean, I'm excited to experience. I'm excited to

698
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,760
Speaker 11: play at Ropperna. Hopefully we see a lot of fans

699
00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,119
Speaker 11: show up, so it's gonna be it's gonna be a

700
00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:52,639
Speaker 11: fume weekend.

701
00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,280
Speaker 5: Daniel I asked Eric this question. I want to ask you.

702
00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,920
Speaker 5: You were here during such a special time for Big

703
00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:01,879
Speaker 5: Blue Nation. You know Caled coming in all this Excitemer Shrondesstein,

704
00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:06,800
Speaker 5: the team you, DeMarcus Cousins, Eric Bledsoe, John Wall, Patrick Patterson.

705
00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:11,240
Speaker 5: I mean that was such a unique special time. How

706
00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,639
Speaker 5: do you you know somebody ask you about that? How

707
00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:15,679
Speaker 5: do you explain really what it was like during that

708
00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:16,960
Speaker 5: era of Kentucky basketball.

709
00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,520
Speaker 16: For you, one of the best times in my life.

710
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:21,920
Speaker 16: To be able to play with that many talented players,

711
00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,679
Speaker 16: to have that chemistry that we had and developed so fast,

712
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:26,960
Speaker 16: and to have one of the greatest coaches of all time.

713
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,359
Speaker 16: It was just something that you couldn't dream about, you know.

714
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,520
Speaker 16: Growing up, I watched my brother played at Oklahoma State,

715
00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,159
Speaker 16: so I knew a lot about Division one basketball, you know,

716
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,159
Speaker 16: college atmospheres, But when I got here, it was just different.

717
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:41,000
Speaker 16: It was completely different, you know, getting off I remember

718
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:44,040
Speaker 16: my official visit. I landed at I think twelve oh

719
00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:46,840
Speaker 16: six and got to the hotel at twelve fifteen and

720
00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,919
Speaker 16: here and roar, people start chanting my name as soon

721
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:51,880
Speaker 16: as I walked through the door. Oh yeah, these people

722
00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,719
Speaker 16: are absolutely insane. So to have that team that we

723
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:58,360
Speaker 16: had and it being the start of the cal Era,

724
00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:00,399
Speaker 16: I think the only way we could have finished was

725
00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:01,000
Speaker 16: to do with the right way.

726
00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:01,880
Speaker 8: With the championship.

727
00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,640
Speaker 2: It is still bitter taste in your mouth how it ended.

728
00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:08,440
Speaker 8: Most definitely always will be, always will be.

729
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,360
Speaker 5: Because everybody talks about that that that team, that team

730
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,080
Speaker 5: didn't make the final four, that may have been Cal's

731
00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:13,920
Speaker 5: most talented team, Do you agree, right?

732
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:16,840
Speaker 16: I mean I'm biased obviously, but yeah, I would definitely

733
00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:20,920
Speaker 16: say yes. But forever we'll hate West Virginia most definitely.

734
00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:22,359
Speaker 6: Yeah, I love to hear that. That makes me feel a

735
00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:24,320
Speaker 6: little better about the game. When you got here, you know,

736
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:25,920
Speaker 6: the program had been down a little bit, that's why

737
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:27,800
Speaker 6: there was a coaching change. But then cal quickly has

738
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,960
Speaker 6: to build a roster. The team's basically all freshmen. Yeah,

739
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:33,080
Speaker 6: a few guys come back, some leadership, but you know,

740
00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:36,440
Speaker 6: the expectations weren't necessarily how it completely ended, because there's

741
00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:38,080
Speaker 6: a lot of critics saying you can't do it with freshmen.

742
00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:39,440
Speaker 9: Did you all believe?

743
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:40,960
Speaker 6: Of course you didn't come up a little short, but

744
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,080
Speaker 6: it was still an amazing year overall. Did you all

745
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:45,320
Speaker 6: think when you all got to campus that could go

746
00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:46,080
Speaker 6: the way it was gonna go?

747
00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:50,320
Speaker 16: I mean, the first time I talked to Kentucky fans

748
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:52,880
Speaker 16: and they said, you know, we expect you know, forty

749
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:54,520
Speaker 16: and o season a championship.

750
00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:56,160
Speaker 8: I said, yeah, that's that's the right along the lines

751
00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:56,880
Speaker 8: that I'm thinking too.

752
00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:59,320
Speaker 16: But I think all the guys that we had, they

753
00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,520
Speaker 16: were competitive and they knew what the challenge was. No,

754
00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:04,800
Speaker 16: we want to go undefeated, SCC championship. That's cute, but

755
00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:07,160
Speaker 16: we want to win the national championship. So you know

756
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:10,160
Speaker 16: from from day one, and everybody has the same expectation. Hey,

757
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 16: these fans have a high expectation of perfection, and so

758
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:15,960
Speaker 16: you walk in here knowing what the job is and

759
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:17,040
Speaker 16: you just got to get it done.

760
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,080
Speaker 6: We got to bottle up some of that juicy, as

761
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,120
Speaker 6: with the Kentucky expectations.

762
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:24,680
Speaker 2: Did you see the look the eyes. It's serious, it's seriously,

763
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:26,960
Speaker 2: got intense and got seriously. Yeah, I'm here to win

764
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:27,600
Speaker 2: forty games.

765
00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:29,760
Speaker 8: Partner, No, And I mean that was the intent.

766
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:33,480
Speaker 16: Like first day of practice, I can't remember who it was,

767
00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:35,840
Speaker 16: but they just set the tone of Patrick Patterson, he

768
00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,080
Speaker 16: knew he set the tone from day one, and we

769
00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,080
Speaker 16: all knew from there on, Okay, this thing is on

770
00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:43,120
Speaker 16: and it's real. And seeing the teams that we had,

771
00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 16: first team, man, second team, just going to going editing

772
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:48,720
Speaker 16: and practice constantly. Everybody knows some of those practices were

773
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:50,400
Speaker 16: better than all the games that we played.

774
00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:52,640
Speaker 6: You all were all good in your own right. That's

775
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,600
Speaker 6: why I was the record for most draft picks. But

776
00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:57,160
Speaker 6: since that year, there's been a lot of talk how

777
00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,000
Speaker 6: John Wall kind of helped bring it out of a

778
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,400
Speaker 6: lot of people, being the number one, uh great a

779
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:03,480
Speaker 6: player in that class and of course number one pick

780
00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:05,240
Speaker 6: how big was it because he came in with a

781
00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:07,840
Speaker 6: little bit more superstar on than any other recruit really

782
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:10,320
Speaker 6: in several years at that time. Was there something about

783
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:12,520
Speaker 6: John that really helped bringing out of you and other

784
00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:13,240
Speaker 6: guys too.

785
00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:15,000
Speaker 8: The competitive vege that they had.

786
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,840
Speaker 16: But I mean it, honestly, he bled over there having

787
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,280
Speaker 16: the most competitive vege and you saw, you know, he

788
00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:23,440
Speaker 16: was matching up you know, I'm Irian Sharpen's iron. So

789
00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:25,680
Speaker 16: him and John going at it every single day was

790
00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:27,760
Speaker 16: something special to be a witness of, you know, having

791
00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:29,960
Speaker 16: that the front row seat of them going at it.

792
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,200
Speaker 16: And then you know, nobody wants to back down from anybody.

793
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,160
Speaker 16: So me and DeMarcus is going at it, Me and

794
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,280
Speaker 16: Pat going at it, and then you got guys that

795
00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:39,160
Speaker 16: were seniors that are battling for minutes, and Ramon Harris

796
00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:42,400
Speaker 16: and Perry Stevenson, so everybody, you're gonna get everybody's best

797
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:45,080
Speaker 16: effort every single day, and it prepares you for the

798
00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:47,800
Speaker 16: season to come where you're gonna get every SEC team's

799
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:49,440
Speaker 16: best effort every single game.

800
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:52,760
Speaker 5: See what you're walking into now, this is that would

801
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:54,200
Speaker 5: expect you guys to win this weekend.

802
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:57,280
Speaker 11: Yeah, I'm fired up just listening to Daniel talking about

803
00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:58,800
Speaker 11: his time in Kentucky.

804
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,600
Speaker 5: And it is an intensity that you said you kind

805
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:03,360
Speaker 5: of got a little taste of when Enis had to

806
00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:06,200
Speaker 5: set out that year. But did you really understand it?

807
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,000
Speaker 11: No, I'm I think I'm gonna experience it this weekend.

808
00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:13,040
Speaker 11: Hopefully our fans show up and it'll be It'll be

809
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:14,680
Speaker 11: fun to finally play at the road.

810
00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:16,880
Speaker 6: You had a really big year when you're e Xavier.

811
00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:20,240
Speaker 6: You were saying at twenty eighteen it was for Chris Mack.

812
00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,160
Speaker 6: You know he went to Louisville, So Chris Mack. It's

813
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:24,240
Speaker 6: a little touch of subject around accident, but that was

814
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:25,560
Speaker 6: a special year you all had when you were in

815
00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:26,360
Speaker 6: since Yeah.

816
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:27,480
Speaker 11: We would have once see if we won the Big

817
00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:30,520
Speaker 11: East tournaments. So that was a special year my last year.

818
00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:32,760
Speaker 11: So I'm glad I finished my college career on a

819
00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:33,920
Speaker 11: high note.

820
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:36,000
Speaker 5: Before we let you guys go, you got to practice

821
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:37,720
Speaker 5: against Mark Pope's team yesterday.

822
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:39,560
Speaker 2: How did it go? What do you think?

823
00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:42,600
Speaker 8: Not very impressive? What they did? You know, they look

824
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:44,640
Speaker 8: good big guys.

825
00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 2: Since you're the big guys, you have to battle some

826
00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:47,000
Speaker 2: of the big guys down there.

827
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,360
Speaker 16: Yeah, I mean they solid, big boy. I mean they

828
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:51,400
Speaker 16: know what they're doing. You know, they're being well taught

829
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:54,720
Speaker 16: well and executing really well. It just kind of like

830
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:56,680
Speaker 16: it reminds me of our first year. It takes time

831
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:59,280
Speaker 16: to develop that chemistry. You know, you got a hodgepodge

832
00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:01,560
Speaker 16: of guys you're bringing together, and it takes time to

833
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:05,680
Speaker 16: develop that chemistry. But it takes extra efforts outside of practice,

834
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:09,680
Speaker 16: working together, working out together, and you'll move fast depending

835
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:11,040
Speaker 16: on how long how much you stay together.

836
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:14,800
Speaker 6: Pope keeps saying, these guys understand the assignment. Pope understands

837
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:16,920
Speaker 6: the assignment. After talking to Daniel, I don't think anyone

838
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:18,560
Speaker 6: understands the assignment more than him.

839
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:20,000
Speaker 9: He's got the right attitude.

840
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,040
Speaker 5: There's no doubt about it. He knows what assignment is.

841
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:24,360
Speaker 5: What was your takeaway from the practice yesterday.

842
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 11: I think Coach pot brings the intensity for sure. I

843
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:29,920
Speaker 11: think guys understand. I think some of them are chransfers,

844
00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:31,960
Speaker 11: so we got some older guys on the team as well,

845
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:36,080
Speaker 11: so I think they're gonna be very good in.

846
00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:38,000
Speaker 6: Your current Law Familia team. I mean, that's why we're

847
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,720
Speaker 6: here and what we're talking about. You're playing Friday night

848
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,320
Speaker 6: at eight o'clock. You all have already had a few practices.

849
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:45,240
Speaker 6: Did the charity thing last weekend where Natesanscina tried to

850
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:46,040
Speaker 6: score every point.

851
00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:48,760
Speaker 9: Are you feeling pretty confident in the group and enjoy playing.

852
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:50,440
Speaker 11: With these guys, Yeah, of course, and especially with the

853
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:52,440
Speaker 11: illam ending with the guys that we have, We're gonna

854
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:53,840
Speaker 11: have a lot of guys that will be able to

855
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:57,200
Speaker 11: take that big shot to finish the game. I'm excited

856
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:58,560
Speaker 11: to play with such an amazing talent.

857
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 2: Well, we appreciate get you guys coming in and join us.

858
00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:02,600
Speaker 2: It's been a lot of fun visiting with all you guys,

859
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:03,440
Speaker 2: and best of luck to you.

860
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:04,480
Speaker 8: You're you know, you're.

861
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:05,600
Speaker 2: One of the old guys. You're gonna be able to

862
00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:07,160
Speaker 2: put bang in there a little bit and.

863
00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:08,320
Speaker 8: I'm gonna get my best effort.

864
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:11,240
Speaker 2: You're still look like you can still play.

865
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:12,640
Speaker 16: Yeah, a little bit, a little bit. You know, my

866
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:14,880
Speaker 16: time is focused more so on the next generation. Yeah,

867
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,000
Speaker 16: I try to work on me occasionally. Well, thank of

868
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 16: what you're doing for youth basketball in this town. I mean,

869
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:19,400
Speaker 16: I really mean that.

870
00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 5: That's why I was excited to talk to you about it,

871
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:22,880
Speaker 5: because you need some need guys like you with some

872
00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:25,920
Speaker 5: energy to get some programs for the youth, development the youth,

873
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,560
Speaker 5: but programs in the town, auth program, summer basketball. So

874
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:29,360
Speaker 5: thank you for doing all that.

875
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:31,280
Speaker 8: No, I don't mention it. I don't even thank you, all.

876
00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:35,040
Speaker 5: Right, Daniel Orton karum canter a lot familiar. They play

877
00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:38,360
Speaker 5: Friday night, eight o'clock, their first game. It's single elimination,

878
00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:38,920
Speaker 5: that's right.

879
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,720
Speaker 6: And as we got to have a cancer here on Sundays,

880
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:43,680
Speaker 6: so you can still.

881
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 5: Get tickets and ticket master all of the four we

882
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:46,680
Speaker 5: got a couple tickets we're gonna give away here for

883
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:47,800
Speaker 5: all the folks that came in today.

884
00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:49,360
Speaker 2: We got a couple of tickets we're gonna give away.

885
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:51,600
Speaker 5: So we're trying to get a big crowd in there

886
00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 5: because somebody told me that, like the next event is

887
00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:56,560
Speaker 5: gonna depend on ticket sales.

888
00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,360
Speaker 6: Oh, Louisville is They're they're accounting every ticket and they've

889
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,120
Speaker 6: having parade because they kids. We gotta we gotta, we

890
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:03,040
Speaker 6: gotta beat the cards.

891
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:03,440
Speaker 8: It's right.

892
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:05,680
Speaker 6: If you're thinking about going, you're done thinking about it

893
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:06,600
Speaker 6: go to the website, Bob.

894
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:07,800
Speaker 9: Now, we'll see you Friday night of eight.

895
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:09,560
Speaker 5: All right, guys, we'll take our final break, come back,

896
00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:11,680
Speaker 5: our final segment, wrap it up here on Kentucky Sports Radio.

897
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,720
Speaker 5: All right, welcome back Kentucky Sports Radio live at Chaos

898
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 5: Bar and Grill. Our final segment here on the law

899
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,120
Speaker 5: Familiar Meet and Greet day. We've had a great turnout,

900
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:24,359
Speaker 5: great crowd, folks coming in now for lunch. The guys

901
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:26,760
Speaker 5: have all been here. We've had two players every segment.

902
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,040
Speaker 5: We're gonna continue on right now. We welcome to the

903
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:31,920
Speaker 5: KSR hot seat. Mister John Hood, mister Sam.

904
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:35,240
Speaker 2: Malone, thanks for having them.

905
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:36,239
Speaker 8: Thank you John.

906
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,200
Speaker 2: They were saying you were down there showing them game tape.

907
00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:39,480
Speaker 2: We other here for the meet and greet.

908
00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:44,200
Speaker 15: Look my my, my real job is as an assistant coach.

909
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:47,319
Speaker 15: This this is no difference is this is no hobby.

910
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:50,440
Speaker 15: This is no hobby. Basketball is not a hobby. So

911
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:52,839
Speaker 15: it's the same thing as Kevin what Kevin Kiszner says

912
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:55,160
Speaker 15: in golf. It's not a hobby. You're either all in

913
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:55,919
Speaker 15: or you're all out.

914
00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 8: I'm all in.

915
00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:59,319
Speaker 6: Tell us who you're coaching with in your full time, gig,

916
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:00,319
Speaker 6: not your law, famili.

917
00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:04,800
Speaker 15: I'm with Missouri Western State. We came and played in

918
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:08,719
Speaker 15: REP two years ago. We were responsible for the most

919
00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:12,719
Speaker 15: boring scrimmage game or most boring exhibition game that Kentucky

920
00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:15,080
Speaker 15: had the entire year, held them to fifty three points

921
00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:17,720
Speaker 15: of the lowest and a scrimmage game in fifty years.

922
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 2: Really proud about that, thank y'all.

923
00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:24,759
Speaker 9: Yeah, it's weird to clap for Kentucky now that we had.

924
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,040
Speaker 15: We had a great scout and a great defense, and

925
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:31,000
Speaker 15: I mean, we were very, very thankful that coach gave

926
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:33,640
Speaker 15: us the opportunity to come back, and especially with with

927
00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:35,800
Speaker 15: coach Martin being our head coach as a as a

928
00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:36,879
Speaker 15: former manager from here.

929
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:40,719
Speaker 2: It was truly family, Sam, what are you doing now?

930
00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:41,160
Speaker 3: Then?

931
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:44,080
Speaker 17: My wife and two kids. We just moved back to

932
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,800
Speaker 17: Lexington in October. We were up in Boston and Florida

933
00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:50,359
Speaker 17: for a bit and we're happy to be back. And

934
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:54,360
Speaker 17: I work in software in startups, so that keeps me busy.

935
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:58,440
Speaker 17: And now I'm assistant GM of TVT and really excited

936
00:35:58,440 --> 00:35:58,759
Speaker 17: about it.

937
00:35:58,800 --> 00:35:58,960
Speaker 8: Yeah.

938
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,200
Speaker 5: I told you, congratulations, he's on your your baby, Like

939
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,719
Speaker 5: that's number two, that was your second one?

940
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:06,560
Speaker 17: You just had oh yeah, yeah, two now and uh,

941
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:09,000
Speaker 17: you know he's he's already starting to get into basketball.

942
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:12,480
Speaker 17: Uh he said, Daddy, you're not You're not bad at basketball.

943
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:13,719
Speaker 8: Thank you, thank you.

944
00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:16,200
Speaker 9: So he told me you used to be the victory cigar.

945
00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:18,719
Speaker 9: Oh yeah, yeah, he'll find out. Does he have a

946
00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:19,359
Speaker 9: headband yet?

947
00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:20,160
Speaker 3: He doesn't have.

948
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,360
Speaker 17: He's a long mullet that goes all the way halfway

949
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,719
Speaker 17: down his back. Uh so I think the headbands in

950
00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:25,240
Speaker 17: his future.

951
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,000
Speaker 5: We've had the players up here talking about the team

952
00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:30,719
Speaker 5: now from the kind of the coaching kind of perspective,

953
00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:31,719
Speaker 5: what kind of team we got here?

954
00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:35,279
Speaker 15: John, It's it's a bunch of pros, That's what it is.

955
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,080
Speaker 15: I know guys have have talked about where they've been playing,

956
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:44,040
Speaker 15: whether that's I mean Spain or Turkey, Greece, China, Japan,

957
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:46,520
Speaker 15: wherever it is. But it's it's a bunch of pros.

958
00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:48,840
Speaker 15: First of all, no one would have been able to

959
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:51,640
Speaker 15: put this together, no one outside of twenty Beckham. I

960
00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 15: will forever, I'll go to my grave saying that that

961
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:58,600
Speaker 15: is that is the best human being walking this earth.

962
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:02,920
Speaker 15: None of these guys, especially especially some that I've already

963
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:04,960
Speaker 15: talked to, would have come back if it wasn't for

964
00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:07,920
Speaker 15: twenty and he put on a great Champions Weekend this

965
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:08,439
Speaker 15: past year.

966
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:11,040
Speaker 13: Yeah, ye, and he deserves.

967
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:13,279
Speaker 15: Every bit of praise that he could possibly get.

968
00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:15,319
Speaker 2: Sam, what about you? What kind of team they got?

969
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,960
Speaker 17: I think this team really wants to play together. Everyone

970
00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:22,279
Speaker 17: likes each other. So far, we got a lot of

971
00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:24,279
Speaker 17: stuff to do in a very short period of time.

972
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:28,320
Speaker 17: We were you know, two guys at every position that

973
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:31,319
Speaker 17: can play, and we're excited. I mean, we have a

974
00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:34,040
Speaker 17: great coaching staff. You know, Tyler's got a ton of

975
00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 17: potential as a coach, and Sean Woods being assistant there

976
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:40,719
Speaker 17: along with Hoodie and Jazz Ferguson. It's just it's just

977
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:42,080
Speaker 17: great all round.

978
00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:45,080
Speaker 6: Team are obviously taking it very seriously, but it's got

979
00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:46,680
Speaker 6: to be cool. Both of you played in like the

980
00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:49,240
Speaker 6: golden years of Kentucky basketball. The list of your teammates

981
00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:51,280
Speaker 6: is insane and a lot of them are here playing

982
00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:53,520
Speaker 6: in this. Is it fun just being around your old

983
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:56,560
Speaker 6: teammates again. Aside from the practices.

984
00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:59,040
Speaker 8: I mean, we picked up right where right we left off.

985
00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:01,920
Speaker 17: I was picking up James at the airport the other

986
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,919
Speaker 17: day and he called me. He's like, I'm landed I'm here,

987
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:07,200
Speaker 17: and I'm like, oh, man, I forgot to come, I

988
00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:08,719
Speaker 17: forgot to show up. I'll be there about an hour

989
00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:11,279
Speaker 17: and a half. And he just started dying laughing. So

990
00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:16,280
Speaker 17: just same old jokes. You know, it's like we haven't

991
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:16,959
Speaker 17: missed a beat.

992
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:20,160
Speaker 5: You mentioned these guys to play with, the players. John

993
00:38:20,239 --> 00:38:22,840
Speaker 5: Hood holds the world record for playing with the most

994
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:25,440
Speaker 5: pros in college. Think about the guy that era he

995
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,719
Speaker 5: was at Kentucky and all those pros he played with

996
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:29,840
Speaker 5: for those five seasons.

997
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:32,359
Speaker 15: Yep, twenty six NBA draft picks.

998
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:32,960
Speaker 8: Is that what it is?

999
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:36,000
Speaker 15: Twenty six twenty six NBA draft picks thirty two total

1000
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:40,520
Speaker 15: professionals and thanks to the ESPN crew at that time,

1001
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:44,480
Speaker 15: in salaries in contracts, it was one point seven billion

1002
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:46,839
Speaker 15: in salaries in contracts.

1003
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:48,160
Speaker 8: Yep, that's amazing.

1004
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:50,000
Speaker 2: Well, you played with a lot of good guys too, man.

1005
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:51,920
Speaker 3: I did I did you know?

1006
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:54,400
Speaker 17: We were We were lucky enough to be there some

1007
00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:56,319
Speaker 17: of the some of the best years that Cal had

1008
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:57,960
Speaker 17: and and a lot of these guys too, and they

1009
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:02,399
Speaker 17: should be celebrated for their achievements. And you know, they're

1010
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:04,520
Speaker 17: so excited to be here. Every one of them is

1011
00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:09,240
Speaker 17: just pumped to be here. They it's like nostalgia all.

1012
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,480
Speaker 6: Weekend, excited to get back in front of the fans

1013
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:14,239
Speaker 6: and rup. I know, John, you were just there keeping

1014
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:16,000
Speaker 6: Kentucky from scoring. So it have been that long since

1015
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:17,600
Speaker 6: you've been in there. But to be on the to

1016
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:19,360
Speaker 6: be you know, have the crowd behind you again and

1017
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:20,279
Speaker 6: see all those fans again.

1018
00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:22,000
Speaker 9: Are you all looking forward to Friday night and beyond.

1019
00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:24,000
Speaker 15: It was weird the last time we were here because

1020
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:27,120
Speaker 15: I was on the opposite bench and I remember, I

1021
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:30,560
Speaker 15: remember the the starting lineups were happening, and they're playing

1022
00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:34,600
Speaker 15: Bittersweet Symphony or whatever it is before Kentucky gets they

1023
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,839
Speaker 15: get announced, and I look over and and I'm doing

1024
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:39,799
Speaker 15: the same thing. It's it's a normal game. I have

1025
00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:41,200
Speaker 15: to treat it as a normal game. And I look

1026
00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:44,560
Speaker 15: over and Coach O was looking at me and smiling

1027
00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:48,280
Speaker 15: like just just like a proud dad though, because it's like, Okay,

1028
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:51,560
Speaker 15: we knew you would get into coaching eventually. Now you're here,

1029
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:54,480
Speaker 15: it's just stranger over there. So I am looking and

1030
00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:56,120
Speaker 15: looking forward to getting back in front of the fans.

1031
00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:58,240
Speaker 15: It will be It'll be special.

1032
00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:00,839
Speaker 2: I have to ask you a personal actually that year.

1033
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:04,319
Speaker 5: Your brother Mitchell became like a fan favorite when he

1034
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:06,160
Speaker 5: was You may not be able to appreciate it because

1035
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:08,080
Speaker 5: you were on the bench, but for the people that

1036
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 5: sat around him, he became like a fan favorite in

1037
00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:10,880
Speaker 5: the crowd.

1038
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:12,640
Speaker 2: How's he doing? He's doing great?

1039
00:40:12,719 --> 00:40:16,880
Speaker 9: He uh, it's actually yeah, so he should be.

1040
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:20,200
Speaker 15: Last night would have been his last night of Summer

1041
00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:23,960
Speaker 15: league Men's League bowling. They only do it one night

1042
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:27,280
Speaker 15: in the summers in the fall, and in the true

1043
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:30,000
Speaker 15: spring they do he'll bowl two nights a week with

1044
00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:33,839
Speaker 15: Men's League. There Melody Lanes and Madison Shot Lanes where

1045
00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:34,680
Speaker 15: bowling is fun.

1046
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:36,600
Speaker 9: That's right, Goosburger there too.

1047
00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:40,640
Speaker 6: Yes, with John here, I'm now the second biggest Madison

1048
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:41,920
Speaker 6: person on this shows.

1049
00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:45,600
Speaker 9: Sure my seat sitting next to johns uh Man.

1050
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:47,239
Speaker 2: I want to ask you too, Are you still friend

1051
00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:48,799
Speaker 2: with Rob Gronkowski?

1052
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:49,279
Speaker 3: I am?

1053
00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:49,759
Speaker 8: I am.

1054
00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:50,040
Speaker 13: Yeah.

1055
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:52,880
Speaker 17: Rob's a great guy and uh we actually got to

1056
00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:55,400
Speaker 17: train him a little bit in basketball when he retired

1057
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:56,000
Speaker 17: the first time.

1058
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:56,839
Speaker 8: So it was a lot of fun.

1059
00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:58,640
Speaker 2: And that all started from you meeting him at the

1060
00:40:58,680 --> 00:40:59,400
Speaker 2: Kentucky Derby.

1061
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:00,880
Speaker 9: Madam Kentucky Derby.

1062
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:03,759
Speaker 17: I think Drew was there at the after party and

1063
00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:08,640
Speaker 17: ended up in an suv with about seven Patriots, Welker

1064
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:13,400
Speaker 17: and Mondola, Gronkowski and we became good buds and ended

1065
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:15,880
Speaker 17: up living at his condo and seaport in Boston for

1066
00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:16,320
Speaker 17: a while.

1067
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:19,000
Speaker 2: And he's the man that's crazy.

1068
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 9: Said, He's like, I'm gonna go meet Gronk and then

1069
00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:23,080
Speaker 9: now they're like best with him.

1070
00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:24,839
Speaker 2: Well listen, guys, thank you very much.

1071
00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:26,680
Speaker 5: Best of luck to you guys this weekend and with

1072
00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:28,680
Speaker 5: it with you guys coaching, and we expect big things,

1073
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:29,480
Speaker 5: so hopefully you guys can.

1074
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:29,879
Speaker 2: Pull them through.

1075
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:32,040
Speaker 5: So for John Hood, for Sam Malon, let's give Hi

1076
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:33,960
Speaker 5: a big round of Paul. Thank you very much, guys,

1077
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:37,000
Speaker 5: go win this TVT. Thank you guys, Thank you Shannon.

1078
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:38,440
Speaker 2: We got one more thing we need to tell you about.

1079
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Speaker 2: We got another uh uh.

1090
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Speaker 5: Don Franklin tweeted the day Okay, Daniel Ortman's excitement and

1091
00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:14,680
Speaker 5: love for Kentucky is radiating through the radio. I've never

1092
00:42:14,680 --> 00:42:16,879
Speaker 5: been a huge fan, but I'm a fangirl mode right

1093
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:17,719
Speaker 5: now listening to him.

1094
00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:18,920
Speaker 2: I completely agree how about that?

1095
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:21,080
Speaker 6: And I want people to understand the look he gave

1096
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:22,800
Speaker 6: us when he said Kentucky needs to go forward to

1097
00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:25,440
Speaker 6: on and win a championship. He was not playing was

1098
00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:27,520
Speaker 6: in He almost felt like I needed to leave and

1099
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:29,719
Speaker 6: go do something to make sure Kentucky. You know, he

1100
00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:31,960
Speaker 6: felt like he was giving us assignment to help help

1101
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:32,600
Speaker 6: all this get done.

1102
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:34,239
Speaker 2: There's no doubt because he's the one guy that still

1103
00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:35,800
Speaker 2: lives here. He's there for a long time.

1104
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:37,600
Speaker 9: So he's you know, want the show down, turn the

1105
00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:38,840
Speaker 9: music off. Two hours on.

1106
00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:39,279
Speaker 3: I hate it.

1107
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:42,040
Speaker 6: It's been Dan Issel and Jamal Mashburn and and Richie

1108
00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:42,359
Speaker 6: and Rex.

1109
00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:43,080
Speaker 9: Let's just keep going.

1110
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:45,440
Speaker 5: Thank to everybody who came out, and thanks to all

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Speaker 5: the guys. This has been a great edition of Kentucky's

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Speaker 5: sports radio OKATS