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Speaker 2: This is not Matt Jones. Welcome into Kentucky Sports Radio.

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Speaker 2: I am Drew Franklin filling in for Matt Jones. I'm

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Speaker 2: also filling in for Ryan Lemon, I'm filling in for

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Speaker 2: Mario Maitland. All four of them took vacation at the

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Speaker 2: my guy, Billy r. Sports. He didn't take vacation. He

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Speaker 2: But you know, I feel phil lonely, so far used

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Speaker 2: a little bit like Kevin McAllister on Home Alone. Billy.

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Speaker 2: fun week. First, I guess I gotta do our checklist. Billy,

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Speaker 2: We have the a Vision auto glass text machine. It

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Speaker 4: Billy, We're underway. Absolutely, it's great to be with you, Drew.

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Speaker 4: Like you've said throughout the week, We're just gonna keep

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Speaker 2: Thank you. I appreciate you sticking around. You just did

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Speaker 2: a good a pre show Drew Palooza. I feel like

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Speaker 2: One of my favorite aspects of the game, other than

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Speaker 4: It was that early start. I mean, Kentucky's such an

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Speaker 4: How did they beat that Florida team? Now that they'll

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Speaker 2: One more from the Final four? Did you see Jelly

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Speaker 2: So Jacob, I appreciate, appreciate you hanging around hope you

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Speaker 2: He's got some good size. Watching his tape, he can

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Billy, let me know that people are not too

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Speaker 2: and fire that thing for threes. So looks like we'll

437
00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:20,119
Speaker 2: have to put some shooters around him. But it's a

438
00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:22,160
Speaker 2: guy that can really facilitate. He and O Way will

439
00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:27,000
Speaker 2: make great drivers. I just mentioning the negative reaction. I

440
00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:28,960
Speaker 2: think he's a good piece. I think a lot of

441
00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,320
Speaker 2: that is everyone wanted Dent. You know Kentucky. It's everybody

442
00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:34,520
Speaker 2: wants the number one ranked of everything. You lose Dent

443
00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:37,280
Speaker 2: to UCLA, who followed Kentucky's big offer with a big

444
00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:39,880
Speaker 2: offer of their own and kept him home. I think,

445
00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,240
Speaker 2: you know, we gotta trust Pope. I think Pope found

446
00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:44,200
Speaker 2: what he wanted. I like what I've seen him low.

447
00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:45,600
Speaker 2: I like how I can fit, how he can make

448
00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:47,280
Speaker 2: a big jump. But there is a little bit of

449
00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:51,240
Speaker 2: fan disappointment, which I feel like our fans just read

450
00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:54,120
Speaker 2: the stats on ESPN dot com. They see a site

451
00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,480
Speaker 2: ranked transfer portals and then they're like, I can't believe

452
00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:59,119
Speaker 2: we lost this guy when they probably didn't even know

453
00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:01,440
Speaker 2: that person was on the two months ago. But there

454
00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:03,439
Speaker 2: has been a little bit of a disappointing reaction.

455
00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:06,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think you're getting Low at a much

456
00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:08,240
Speaker 3: better value than you would have gotten Dent being the

457
00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:09,479
Speaker 3: number one player in the portal.

458
00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:11,399
Speaker 2: He went for a lot of nil money.

459
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Speaker 3: Getting a guy like Low, you're not spending as much

460
00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,040
Speaker 3: you can build out the rest of the roster, and

461
00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:19,959
Speaker 3: he was really i'd say probably their third option at

462
00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,280
Speaker 3: point guard, so you're not going too far down the list.

463
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Speaker 3: But I think they got a really good player in Low.

464
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Speaker 2: Yeah.

465
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Speaker 4: I think Kentucky fans spent all year trashing the ACC

466
00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:30,000
Speaker 4: and now they've got to turn around and talk themselves

467
00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,199
Speaker 4: into a third team All ACC guard. But that doesn't

468
00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:35,800
Speaker 4: mean that he doesn't have room to grow to become

469
00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,119
Speaker 4: a better player and could be even better in a

470
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Speaker 4: system like Mark Pope's right.

471
00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:41,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think you put him around SEC talent,

472
00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:43,800
Speaker 3: you put him around Kentucky talent. He's not going to

473
00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,240
Speaker 3: be shooting as much as he did at Pittsburgh, So

474
00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:49,000
Speaker 3: it'll allow him to be more efficient. And if you

475
00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,240
Speaker 3: want proof of a guy that can shoot the ball

476
00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,040
Speaker 3: a little better at point guard, just look at Lamont

477
00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:55,760
Speaker 3: Butler what he did going from San Diego State to Kentucky.

478
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Speaker 3: I think Low could have a growth like that. And

479
00:19:57,480 --> 00:19:59,560
Speaker 3: he's lefty, and he's lefty.

480
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Speaker 4: Which is all left backcourt. It's getting a lot of lefties, Jasper.

481
00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:05,399
Speaker 2: Johnson and Kayden Lewis now Low. I don't know what

482
00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:07,399
Speaker 2: it is about lefties, and I am a lefty, so

483
00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:09,639
Speaker 2: maybe I should know. Corey, you're a lefty. You just

484
00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:11,720
Speaker 2: raised your left hand. That told on yourself that you're

485
00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:14,440
Speaker 2: a lefty. It just I don't know if it really

486
00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:16,679
Speaker 2: matters to a defender. Maybe it does, but it just

487
00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:18,919
Speaker 2: looks so much better when a lefty shooting ball. It

488
00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:21,400
Speaker 2: really does. I don't know the science behind it, maybe

489
00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,760
Speaker 2: just because it looks so different, but it just looks

490
00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:25,320
Speaker 2: so pure when you've got a lefty shooting, and we

491
00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,040
Speaker 2: got three of them in the back court looking forward

492
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Speaker 2: to that.

493
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Speaker 4: Well, football too, like you don't see it often because

494
00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,760
Speaker 4: it changes you know a lot. You know, your left

495
00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:35,720
Speaker 4: tackle is not the blind side blocker anymore. Receivers kind

496
00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:37,920
Speaker 4: of have to play a different ball. And but Michael

497
00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,160
Speaker 4: Pennix is doing it with the Atlanta Falcons and it's

498
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Speaker 4: just esthetically pleasing.

499
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Speaker 2: Dan's not forget the hefty lefty, our favorite lefty call time,

500
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Speaker 2: of course, Jacob, before you go back to dog sitting,

501
00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:47,760
Speaker 2: what else should we be looking for in the transfer

502
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Speaker 2: portal right now?

503
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Speaker 3: The one guy that I'm watching right now is Wesley

504
00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:54,080
Speaker 3: Yates from USC scored fourteen points a game last year,

505
00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:56,680
Speaker 3: and Kentucky has already reached out to him.

506
00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:57,600
Speaker 2: They're recruiting him.

507
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Speaker 3: Another school to watch there is Washington, and so he's

508
00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:04,080
Speaker 3: got I got my eyes on him. And then we've

509
00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:06,440
Speaker 3: got a full list of guys that they're going after

510
00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:07,840
Speaker 3: over on ks R plus.

511
00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:10,200
Speaker 2: But check out kiss our plus. Check out kiss our Plus.

512
00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,399
Speaker 3: But yeah, Wesley Yates is really the number one target

513
00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:14,200
Speaker 3: in my eyes right now.

514
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Speaker 2: He's a great example of the fan overreaction. You know,

515
00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:18,960
Speaker 2: I don't know if we'll get Wesley Yates. You're in

516
00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,639
Speaker 2: a good spot. But on Friday, Kentucky fans are like,

517
00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:24,119
Speaker 2: there's no more people left, the portals closed. What are

518
00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:26,760
Speaker 2: we gonna do? And then Wesley Yates enters. You've got

519
00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,800
Speaker 2: guys enter in today. The thing's right from Baylor just ending.

520
00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:33,120
Speaker 2: I mean, it's open for two more weeks. I wrote

521
00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:34,600
Speaker 2: a big thing about this. I'm not telling you how

522
00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:36,879
Speaker 2: to fan, but it's not the end of the world.

523
00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:38,919
Speaker 2: If a guy goes to another school because he had

524
00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:41,320
Speaker 2: a zoom with Mark Pope or that, you think the

525
00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:43,440
Speaker 2: portal's closed and there's no one left. Wesley Yates is

526
00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:45,560
Speaker 2: a great example. No one was talking about him last

527
00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:48,040
Speaker 2: week on Friday, the sky is falling in Big Blue Nation.

528
00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:52,400
Speaker 2: Saturday morning, Yates pops up in a good spot there. Pierre,

529
00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:54,960
Speaker 2: who I called Jason Pierre last week, still embarrassed by that.

530
00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,120
Speaker 2: He's still in the mix. So a lot of good

531
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Speaker 2: options overall. Before we let you go out out KSR plus,

532
00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:04,439
Speaker 2: things going well there after a few you know, the

533
00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:07,560
Speaker 2: dent thing. We weren't not our fault. It changed on

534
00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:08,960
Speaker 2: a dome. But you kind a lot of heat for that.

535
00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,240
Speaker 2: When you're doing all right, we good. I'm doing good.

536
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Speaker 3: I think the people on ks R plus are the

537
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Speaker 3: ones that understand because they saw the full shift. They

538
00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:18,679
Speaker 3: saw it go from Kentucky's in a good spot. Oh,

539
00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:21,760
Speaker 3: UCLA's picking up traction. Oh, Ucla might have the lead

540
00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:23,600
Speaker 3: to all right, he's going to UCLA.

541
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Speaker 2: Well cool, Keep following Jacob there on KSR plus ks board.

542
00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:28,440
Speaker 2: We have a lot of fun. We have a show

543
00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:30,760
Speaker 2: thread going every day on ks board. Check that out.

544
00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:33,399
Speaker 2: But Jacob, thank you for stopping by and dropping a

545
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Speaker 2: little insight on low and we look forward to what

546
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Speaker 2: you're reporting next. Maybe a commitment today, who knows? That's

547
00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:40,840
Speaker 2: not a Ryan lemontoo much. Just not hoping, but should

548
00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:43,359
Speaker 2: be more pieces fallowing soon. Absolutely, thanks for having me.

549
00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:45,440
Speaker 2: Thank you, Jacob. All right, well we'll take another break.

550
00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:47,560
Speaker 2: Corey Price. We're gonna let him talk. He brought donuts.

551
00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:49,360
Speaker 2: That's the least we can do. So we'll be right

552
00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:57,120
Speaker 2: back on KSR. Here's not Matt Jones. I'm Drew Franklin,

553
00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:00,320
Speaker 2: sitting with my good friend Billy Rutledge. Corey Price plugging

554
00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,199
Speaker 2: it in his microphone. Now to get ready to join us.

555
00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:04,119
Speaker 2: Before we get to that, let me tell you a

556
00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:07,040
Speaker 2: little bit about court physical therapy. Spring has sprung and

557
00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,480
Speaker 2: that means you were getting outside more, whether that's doing

558
00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:12,199
Speaker 2: yard work or just staying active by biking or running.

559
00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:15,320
Speaker 2: For most increased physical activity when the weather gets warmer

560
00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:17,760
Speaker 2: can lead to aches, pains, and injury. That's where Court

561
00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,639
Speaker 2: physical therapy can help. At Court, our therapists know what

562
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Speaker 2: it takes to help you heal and get back to

563
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Speaker 2: the things you enjoy while also helping you prevent future

564
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Speaker 2: injuries from happening. With over seventy locations statewide, it's easy

565
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Speaker 2: to find a center near you. Go to Court dot com.

566
00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:35,200
Speaker 2: That's ko Art dot com. I went to one of

567
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Speaker 2: those seventy locations, the Beaumont. They got my back filling

568
00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:38,040
Speaker 2: better years.

569
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Speaker 5: Is that right?

570
00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,480
Speaker 2: So a little personal testimony for me over there at

571
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Speaker 2: Court did a great job.

572
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Speaker 4: We got to get that back lubricated so you can

573
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Speaker 4: get back on the golf course.

574
00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:48,200
Speaker 2: True, that's right, it's been a long time. We'll talk

575
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Speaker 2: to some golf you like my hat. Little masters have here.

576
00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,480
Speaker 2: It's that time of the year. The birds chirping, Billy,

577
00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:55,080
Speaker 2: the fake birds are chirping. A few more portal things

578
00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,560
Speaker 2: that we didn't get to with jacobf This just flies by, Billy.

579
00:23:57,640 --> 00:23:59,880
Speaker 2: I got a bunch of notes. It's not gonna get

580
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Speaker 2: to half.

581
00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,720
Speaker 4: Of them' that's what happens. But you'd rather be over

582
00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:04,240
Speaker 4: prepared than under prepared, right.

583
00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,080
Speaker 2: I'm a big prepared guy. I always want to be prepared.

584
00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,480
Speaker 2: Kerr crisa. He has a new home. He entered the

585
00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:13,320
Speaker 2: portal leaving Kentucky a week ago, spent five or six

586
00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,960
Speaker 2: days shopping around, and he has landed at Cincinnati. He

587
00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,640
Speaker 2: will be a bear Cat, going back to the Big

588
00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:24,560
Speaker 2: Twelve for his sixth season of college basketball. Unbelievable six seasons.

589
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,280
Speaker 2: I'll even play his old school West Virginia and Arizona,

590
00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:31,760
Speaker 2: both old schools in the Big Twelve. But Kerr, we

591
00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:35,040
Speaker 2: were expected him to enter the portal. He did. There

592
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:37,480
Speaker 2: were rumors about Saint John's maybe being in the mix.

593
00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:40,639
Speaker 2: I didn't hear much about Cincinnati, but yesterday news dropped

594
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,120
Speaker 2: at Kerr will be a Bearcat just going across the river.

595
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Speaker 2: What do you think about that news, Billy?

596
00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,760
Speaker 4: You know, shades of C. J. Frederick. I wish him

597
00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,879
Speaker 4: nothing but the best. You know, I've heard rumblings that

598
00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:54,000
Speaker 4: maybe things weren't the best behind the scenes, But look,

599
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,040
Speaker 4: that's a guy that even after breaking his foot, he

600
00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:59,280
Speaker 4: still got back on defense and contested that shot. I

601
00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:01,879
Speaker 4: will remember that for a while. Despite him not playing

602
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:04,800
Speaker 4: only like nine games, this year and getting that medical

603
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:06,919
Speaker 4: red shirt. But I know there's some pressure there in

604
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,320
Speaker 4: Cincinnati for that coach to make the tournament that he

605
00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:11,679
Speaker 4: has not made it in four or five years at

606
00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,520
Speaker 4: this point. But do you feel like the new pit

607
00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,720
Speaker 4: transfer is an upgrade over Kirkrisa in the grands game

608
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:19,359
Speaker 4: of things, because it feels like I do.

609
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Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know that he'll be Laman Butler.

610
00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:23,240
Speaker 2: I was a big fan of Lamont, but you gotta

611
00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:27,000
Speaker 2: remember this time Lamont wasn't highly ranked. We all rely

612
00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:31,040
Speaker 2: on these transfer portal rankings. Ansley Almanor was like number

613
00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:33,280
Speaker 2: three hundred to something, three hundred and forty fifth and

614
00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:36,040
Speaker 2: it was down to Siena in Kentucky. Yeah, we liked

615
00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:39,639
Speaker 2: Ansley Almanora a right, right, Yeah, sure. Amari Williams was

616
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Speaker 2: like seventy fifth. Did Amory turn out? Okay, now we don't.

617
00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:44,440
Speaker 2: It's Kentucky. We don't always want to have the seventy

618
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Speaker 2: fifth and three hundred and forty fifth person. I'm not

619
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Speaker 2: sugarcoating things, but you gotta remember, we don't know what

620
00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,280
Speaker 2: will happen when they get into the system, get around

621
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Speaker 2: better pieces, go up a level. Pope's coaching the fan

622
00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:57,399
Speaker 2: base and Reperena can bring the best out of people.

623
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Speaker 2: So we truly don't know how these guys will pan out.

624
00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,680
Speaker 2: But I did like Low, especially watching highlights. He's fun,

625
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:03,160
Speaker 2: he's quick.

626
00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,200
Speaker 4: I have had to adjust my expectations in year one

627
00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:09,120
Speaker 4: because cal would bring in all the five stars, right

628
00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:12,000
Speaker 4: and you are getting guys from Drexvil in the transfer portal.

629
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Speaker 4: But now in year two, the transfer portal is in

630
00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:16,800
Speaker 4: full swing and you've got some cream of the crop

631
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Speaker 4: in the SEC that it looked like some guys value

632
00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,080
Speaker 4: over Kentucky right now. So it's just it's a brave

633
00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,439
Speaker 4: new world. If you've read that book, Drew, and I

634
00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:26,440
Speaker 4: think Mark Pope is the right guy for the job.

635
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,400
Speaker 4: But you know, also, I'm not going to expect him

636
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Speaker 4: to get the best of the best every single time.

637
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Speaker 2: I've not read that book. I have not read that

638
00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:34,480
Speaker 2: at all. And if you look at last year's portal ranking,

639
00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:36,840
Speaker 2: some of the top guys didn't pan out. The schools

640
00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:38,879
Speaker 2: that did the best in the portal didn't have a

641
00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,639
Speaker 2: great year. It's all about the right fit and I

642
00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:43,720
Speaker 2: just got to trust Pope on this. There is one

643
00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:46,640
Speaker 2: that was a bit of a loss we all wanted

644
00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:51,120
Speaker 2: Yaksul Lindenberg from UAB. Yeah, number one guy in the portal.

645
00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:55,160
Speaker 2: Kentucky was in great standing with him. Pope had flown

646
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,840
Speaker 2: to see him. They had been zooming. He picked Michigan

647
00:26:57,920 --> 00:26:59,720
Speaker 2: on Saturday. So that is if we were going to

648
00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:03,160
Speaker 2: say that there is a loss, that's one that hurt. However,

649
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:05,600
Speaker 2: there's talk that he will still go to the NBA.

650
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:07,760
Speaker 2: So as long as he just goes to the NBA

651
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Speaker 2: and ditches Michigan in a couple months, then we can

652
00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:11,720
Speaker 2: look at that. And maybe Pope was out in front

653
00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:13,520
Speaker 2: of it. Maybe Pope even knew that was the case,

654
00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:15,800
Speaker 2: but in the moment, it didn't love seeing Yaxell go

655
00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:16,320
Speaker 2: to Michigan.

656
00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:18,199
Speaker 4: You would really hate that if you're all in on

657
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,360
Speaker 4: this guy, he's committed to your school and then decides

658
00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:21,480
Speaker 4: to just go to the NBA.

659
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:22,199
Speaker 2: You know.

660
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:25,840
Speaker 4: I think of recent recruiting Missus with Hunter Dickinson, with

661
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,040
Speaker 4: Great Osibor, and both of those guys I don't think

662
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,000
Speaker 4: lit up the world at their new stops, and I

663
00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:32,800
Speaker 4: think you look back at it and say, thank God

664
00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:35,800
Speaker 4: they didn't come here, right. So yeah, I do think

665
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,720
Speaker 4: Big Blue Nation, for the most part, needs to pump

666
00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,440
Speaker 4: the brakes and allow this process to play out before

667
00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:44,000
Speaker 4: you have your hot takes about how you think Pope

668
00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,800
Speaker 4: is doing. But I'm not gonna lie. I've had to

669
00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:49,119
Speaker 4: adjust my expectations a little bit over the last couple weeks.

670
00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:52,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean we all get antsy as teams started

671
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,480
Speaker 2: getting additions. Louisville's done well. We want to see stuff,

672
00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,400
Speaker 2: but we also have to remember how last year went.

673
00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:58,520
Speaker 2: I mean, we're way ahead of that, already in a

674
00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:01,640
Speaker 2: better spot. I think people aren't considering assuming he stays,

675
00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,159
Speaker 2: and so far it's looking like it will. I mean

676
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,399
Speaker 2: otega Oway would be top five in the portal. I

677
00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:08,520
Speaker 2: think everyone was happy when you took Jasper Johnson from Alabama.

678
00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:10,920
Speaker 2: I mean Nat Oates thought he had Jasper Johnson. Pope

679
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:14,160
Speaker 2: went and won that recruitment. Kayden Lewis down to duke

680
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:16,680
Speaker 2: in Yukon. Pope pulled him away from there. So there's

681
00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:18,320
Speaker 2: still good pieces you got to consider in the grand

682
00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:18,760
Speaker 2: scheme of.

683
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,119
Speaker 4: Things, and retaining otega Away is a huge part of

684
00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,080
Speaker 4: what you want to do next year. And I'm not

685
00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:25,080
Speaker 4: sure any news is dropped on that yet as he

686
00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:27,160
Speaker 4: still waits to make a decision. But that's a guy

687
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:30,080
Speaker 4: I'd love to see in year two of Mark Pope system.

688
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,240
Speaker 4: And think about some of the other guys. Colin Chandler's

689
00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:33,240
Speaker 4: another one that week.

690
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,520
Speaker 2: Expect sleeping on him, right, I mean, look at the

691
00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:38,000
Speaker 2: jump he just made. You know, as everyone knows two

692
00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:39,960
Speaker 2: years off from basketball, you get reminded of that inny

693
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:41,880
Speaker 2: time there's a game and he does something. Yeah, but

694
00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:43,480
Speaker 2: I mean, look at the jump he just made. From

695
00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:45,960
Speaker 2: November to the NCAA tournament. If I had told you

696
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,880
Speaker 2: at Christmas he would be hitting logo threes and step

697
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:50,600
Speaker 2: back threes in March, mad as, you would have thought

698
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:52,520
Speaker 2: I'm crazy. But if he made that jump in a

699
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:54,640
Speaker 2: few months as a freshman, what about a whole summer

700
00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:56,320
Speaker 2: and going into a sophomore season, what can he be

701
00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:56,960
Speaker 2: capable of doing?

702
00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,640
Speaker 4: And not specific to Chandler, but this team improved so

703
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,480
Speaker 4: much on defense after that Old Miss game. When it

704
00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:05,320
Speaker 4: comes to Chempom ratings that it makes me confident that

705
00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 4: no matter the roster, Pope can adjust and get them

706
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:09,160
Speaker 4: to focus on things they need to.

707
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:11,040
Speaker 2: Corey Price, I haven't been talking to you yet. You're

708
00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:12,960
Speaker 2: you've been here. I think you got here two hours early.

709
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:15,320
Speaker 2: You were here before, Billy, you were here before ready

710
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:17,440
Speaker 2: the people that opened the city center downtown.

711
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:18,000
Speaker 5: Uh.

712
00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:21,160
Speaker 2: Where where do you stand in your your patients and

713
00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:24,560
Speaker 2: how you feel about the the transfer portal movement so far?

714
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,320
Speaker 6: Well, for I say, a long time listener of first

715
00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:28,040
Speaker 6: time guest.

716
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:32,280
Speaker 2: Oh, welcome, first time at the bar, would never put

717
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:34,200
Speaker 2: the headset on you everyone, just so they know, I

718
00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,120
Speaker 2: guess I better set up Corey if you don't know,

719
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,480
Speaker 2: and you probably do. We reference him a lot big

720
00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:41,960
Speaker 2: on Twitter. Somehow finds every stat in the world, every

721
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:45,680
Speaker 2: newspaper clipping in the world, every uh school photo of

722
00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:48,000
Speaker 2: every person we've ever had on the show, even school

723
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,080
Speaker 2: photos of people like Dan Docketts. To get to that,

724
00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 2: Dan is a great, great gab out Corey. Corey can

725
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,480
Speaker 2: find anything on the Internet and he's specific specifically good

726
00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:58,200
Speaker 2: at stats. So we're gonna get to that a little later.

727
00:29:58,240 --> 00:29:59,800
Speaker 2: But back to your your portal thoughts.

728
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:04,080
Speaker 6: I would see late great j T would say, it's

729
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,360
Speaker 6: now coach Pope, he's got it. Uh Like I said,

730
00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:11,000
Speaker 6: uh uh he is a male alum. By the way,

731
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:16,120
Speaker 6: shout out to the Bulldogs. Yeah so uh like I said,

732
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:19,640
Speaker 6: last year, we were not nearly at this point, we've

733
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:24,680
Speaker 6: already got two guys. I think, uh, I'm I'm optimistic.

734
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:28,040
Speaker 6: I'm hoping for maybe the guy from Princeton.

735
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:31,480
Speaker 2: Maybe Lee, Yeah, Xavian Xavi. Lee looks good. I don't

736
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:33,880
Speaker 2: know what adding low will do. You're still looking at Pierre,

737
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:36,200
Speaker 2: but he's he's still an option. He's got some fun highlights.

738
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:39,000
Speaker 2: He's another guy that can get to the rim. Billy.

739
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:40,880
Speaker 2: I feel like we we had some calls and already

740
00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:42,520
Speaker 2: lost one that they went away. I don't want to

741
00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:44,720
Speaker 2: run people off. I'm already already taking too long to

742
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:46,280
Speaker 2: get to the Clark's Pumping Shop phone line.

743
00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:48,760
Speaker 4: So it's on Monday. We understand if somebody has something

744
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:50,520
Speaker 4: come up at the beginning of the work, dake.

745
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,360
Speaker 2: But are you running it? There is Rick running it?

746
00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:53,160
Speaker 4: Rick is running it?

747
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:55,200
Speaker 2: Okay, Well, Rick, let's go to the phone line. Good

748
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:56,840
Speaker 2: to see you, Rick, or hear from you, Rick. Who's

749
00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:00,440
Speaker 2: up first on the phone line? First off is LLL

750
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:04,600
Speaker 2: cool ta love starting my week with LL cool ta

751
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:05,479
Speaker 2: Thanks for calling in.

752
00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:09,880
Speaker 7: Hey, Hey, Drew and crew. Hey, I'm out here in

753
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,239
Speaker 7: Montana droning the skies, but I wanted to kind of

754
00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,560
Speaker 7: figure out what we're gonna do with our roster. It

755
00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:18,960
Speaker 7: seems like we are like point guard heavy right now.

756
00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:20,920
Speaker 7: It seems like we need to add a big man

757
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:24,480
Speaker 7: down bow. I mean, we got Brandon Garrison and Malick High,

758
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:26,000
Speaker 7: but I feel like we need to add some more

759
00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:28,560
Speaker 7: size or we might be getting bullet down low.

760
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:32,320
Speaker 2: You're absolutely right. But before I give my thoughts on that,

761
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,920
Speaker 2: you're you're manning a drone in Montana right now? That

762
00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:41,880
Speaker 2: sounds fair. Is this just like a hobby or you're

763
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:43,800
Speaker 2: out there for work? Tell me more about your droning

764
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:45,960
Speaker 2: in Montana. I'm sure that's some good scenery at the moment,

765
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:47,040
Speaker 2: especially at that hour.

766
00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:50,920
Speaker 7: Oh man, that's beautiful. Yeah, I do it for work.

767
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:54,720
Speaker 7: It's pretty low key, honestly, but you do get a

768
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:58,400
Speaker 7: couple of neighbors who, you know, get a little edgy

769
00:31:58,520 --> 00:31:58,800
Speaker 7: with you.

770
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,600
Speaker 2: All right, Well, stay safe out there. If you can

771
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:04,400
Speaker 2: send a picture or something on Twitter, we'd love to

772
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:06,520
Speaker 2: see the droning in Montana. What's going on up there?

773
00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:08,640
Speaker 2: But thanks for calling in. We appreciate the call. And

774
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:12,480
Speaker 2: he's exactly right. We're tracking a lot of guards, but

775
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:16,440
Speaker 2: little Finn in the in the front court. Garrison Marino,

776
00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:17,840
Speaker 2: as he said, but you gotta go out and get

777
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:19,480
Speaker 2: some forwards. I know he's gonna get a stretch for

778
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,800
Speaker 2: that can shoot, can kind of fill that Andrew Carr Roll,

779
00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:25,200
Speaker 2: But I wouldn't mind a little bit of depth there too.

780
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,120
Speaker 2: Pretty concerning at the moment, even though he'll eventually get it.

781
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,440
Speaker 2: But Kentucky's roster right now as it stands, has ten players.

782
00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:35,000
Speaker 2: You got Low Lewis Perry at point guard, O Way

783
00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:39,520
Speaker 2: Chandler Johnson at two guard, then little Cam Williams, Trenta

784
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:41,960
Speaker 2: on the wing, but then it's just Garrison and Marino Billy.

785
00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:44,320
Speaker 4: Yeah, and you know in Mark Pope's system, he's not

786
00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:46,680
Speaker 4: going to play the bigs thirty thirty five minutes, so

787
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:51,000
Speaker 4: you're gonna see more rotation and depth is important there.

788
00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:53,280
Speaker 4: I think the guy from Robert Morris as the stretch

789
00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,200
Speaker 4: for is probably one that a lot of people have

790
00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:58,560
Speaker 4: circled right now if you're looking at specific guys. But

791
00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:03,000
Speaker 4: I mean, look that there is absolutely the front court

792
00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:04,840
Speaker 4: is an issue right now. They don't have the depth

793
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,400
Speaker 4: that they need right now. I'm very confident that Malachi

794
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,440
Speaker 4: Moreno will be a good player, but will he be

795
00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:11,720
Speaker 4: the first few games? Will he need to adjust to

796
00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,080
Speaker 4: the physicality of the SEC. I mean, he is a freshman,

797
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:15,920
Speaker 4: so it would be nice to bring in a transfer

798
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:18,800
Speaker 4: portal guy with experience like.

799
00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:21,120
Speaker 2: The Robert Morriscat. Oh yeah, I'm gonna try to say

800
00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:23,280
Speaker 2: his name, Alvero Folquerz.

801
00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:26,400
Speaker 4: I'm gonna say that's correct until somebody says otherwise.

802
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 2: It's been quiet around him, but he was one of

803
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:31,680
Speaker 2: the first names to pop up when transfer portal season started.

804
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:33,960
Speaker 2: He's been over in Spain. I guess just you know,

805
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,120
Speaker 2: gotta go home check on things. I don't know if

806
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:37,920
Speaker 2: he's back, but the plan has been to get him

807
00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 2: for a visit. But that's one you know, we don't

808
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:42,600
Speaker 2: know that anything's a done deal. But he seems like

809
00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:46,240
Speaker 2: a favorite to fill that Andrew Carr stretch forward role.

810
00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:48,440
Speaker 4: And every year we see more and more Europeans I

811
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:52,040
Speaker 4: feel like impacting the college and the professional game. Speaking

812
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:55,400
Speaker 4: of big Z has a new home in Illinois, I

813
00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,800
Speaker 4: believe correct teaming up with his brother in Orlando, Antigua,

814
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:02,560
Speaker 4: so uh, you know, hopefully his stomach can hold up

815
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,560
Speaker 4: in Illinois. It's been quite their journey for him.

816
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:08,120
Speaker 2: It will be fun to see the Avisich brothers there.

817
00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:10,520
Speaker 2: I guess Coach Oh worked at work the phone got

818
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:12,439
Speaker 2: big Z to join him there. Coach Oh was big

819
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 2: and getting big Z here to Kentucky, big Z stepping

820
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 2: away from Arkansas to go for some brother who love

821
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:20,719
Speaker 2: in Illinois. I guess I'll root for big Z a

822
00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:22,799
Speaker 2: little bit. I know people are indifferent. They didn't love

823
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:27,040
Speaker 2: his reactions in Reparina. Oh yeah, bood whatever. I'll be

824
00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:29,000
Speaker 2: cheering for big Z at Illinois a little bit, not

825
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:30,880
Speaker 2: cheering too hard, but I hope things go well. I

826
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 2: don't know.

827
00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:32,680
Speaker 4: I'm the same way. I feel like I'm defending him.

828
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:34,839
Speaker 4: He doesn't know any better, Drew. I mean, he's just

829
00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:36,960
Speaker 4: doing what Cal told him to do, and now he's

830
00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:39,440
Speaker 4: breaking away from Cal and going up there with Coach Oh.

831
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:41,719
Speaker 2: You can't take that Georgia game memory from me. That

832
00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:45,120
Speaker 2: was too much like Tric. We got time for one more,

833
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:49,359
Speaker 2: Rick sure to Ryan's up next, Ryan, Thanks for calling in.

834
00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:53,719
Speaker 5: How you doing, Drew? I met you years ago with

835
00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:57,959
Speaker 5: the barn Burn Creek and uh long haired old whitehead guy.

836
00:34:58,840 --> 00:34:59,960
Speaker 2: Yeah that sounds fun.

837
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 5: I'm a happy Yeah, you remember me? I think anyway,

838
00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:08,360
Speaker 5: I'm a happy man this morning. I can't Stan Duke

839
00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:12,800
Speaker 5: and uh, I've got a root for Florida because Billy's

840
00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:19,360
Speaker 5: talking about uh uh Kentucky bands trashing the acc or whatever.

841
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:22,759
Speaker 5: Uh they've been to Louisville and the national van. I've

842
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:27,560
Speaker 5: been trashing that uh Southeastern Conference teams for years in basketball,

843
00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:31,279
Speaker 5: and we finally proved that we had good teams. And

844
00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:34,600
Speaker 5: actually I think this he sees basketball better than the football.

845
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:38,520
Speaker 5: And it's not all about money because everybody's got money nowadays.

846
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:42,000
Speaker 5: Uh we Uh, it's about a lot of that's coaching

847
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:44,680
Speaker 5: and and the players were getting Now. I don't think

848
00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:47,719
Speaker 5: it's all about money because I think us the Big

849
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:50,480
Speaker 5: Ten had the best, had the best teams. But I

850
00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:52,399
Speaker 5: also wanted to go to shout out a shout out

851
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:56,400
Speaker 5: to the Kentucky administration for put Bellerman on the schedule

852
00:35:56,840 --> 00:36:00,920
Speaker 5: because I like Bellerman. I like coach Davenport. Remember Legie

853
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,799
Speaker 5: play for coach Chattingport in that game, you know, in

854
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:07,279
Speaker 5: that high school game at Ballad. I guess Ballad years ago.

855
00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:11,520
Speaker 5: But I guess that's about all I got.

856
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:14,440
Speaker 2: We appreciate the call. Hope to see in another bar

857
00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:19,120
Speaker 2: in Fern Creek. Also, glad you know I don't know

858
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:21,960
Speaker 2: the rules on language, but uh when it's just a

859
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:23,640
Speaker 2: slip of the tongue, like it was more of a

860
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,680
Speaker 2: stutter than the actual word there, right, Billy, Well, yeah.

861
00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:30,000
Speaker 4: I don't know that matters in the fcc fins, but

862
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,239
Speaker 4: we're gonna hope that, uh we don't get one for that.

863
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:35,080
Speaker 4: Can I use a callism here for something that you

864
00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:37,319
Speaker 4: can do whatever that he was talking about this there's

865
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Speaker 4: no rules this week because he was talking about there's

866
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:44,920
Speaker 4: everyone gets back the SEC and college basketball. Coaches win games,

867
00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 4: but administrations win championships. And I think it is has

868
00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 4: a lot to do about money, despite what the caller

869
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:54,520
Speaker 4: is saying, because the SEC has committed to basketball in

870
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Speaker 4: many recent years. You've seen the coaches salaries go up.

871
00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:58,879
Speaker 4: You've seen some of the best coaches in the game

872
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:02,400
Speaker 4: in the SEC now. So it's going to be very

873
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:06,600
Speaker 4: different than your your granddad's SEC or Kentucky just strolling

874
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 4: to the SEC championship.

875
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:08,560
Speaker 2: Game every year.

876
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:10,400
Speaker 4: I mean, they are legit and they are here to stay.

877
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Speaker 4: So I think I will be rooting for Florida in

878
00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:15,240
Speaker 4: the championship game tonight for that reason.

879
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:17,279
Speaker 2: I've had Houston on my bracket since the beginning. I'm

880
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,520
Speaker 2: gonna stick with that. But you know, I get people

881
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:22,120
Speaker 2: like in the SEC as I look at the clock,

882
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:25,080
Speaker 2: I'm worried about my National Championship history lessons. I'm already

883
00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:25,759
Speaker 2: a little behind skin.

884
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:26,919
Speaker 4: Well, we got a whole second hour.

885
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:29,160
Speaker 2: I mean, we got a lot of national championships, and

886
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 2: we got callers, we got the masters, we got we

887
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:34,719
Speaker 2: got so much to talk about. I'm way behind on

888
00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:36,480
Speaker 2: my notes. So, yes, you got a whole week. So

889
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:38,319
Speaker 2: that's true. But you know, with Corey here, we got

890
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,319
Speaker 2: to go through our championships. Brought him in it. Why

891
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:41,920
Speaker 2: we flew him in it? Why I brought donuts. So

892
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:43,880
Speaker 2: let's take a quick break and we come back. We

893
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:47,839
Speaker 2: will start our history lessons on Kentucky's eight national championships,

894
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:49,840
Speaker 2: and we'll take more of your calls here on KSR.

895
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:52,799
Speaker 2: We'll be right back. Welcome back to Kentucky Sports Radio.

896
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Speaker 2: Drew Franklin with Billy Religion, Corey Price. We're about to

897
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Speaker 2: start our history lesson on Kentucky's eight national championships. But

898
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Speaker 2: first a couple little notes here. Some of our KSR

899
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,640
Speaker 2: listeners on Twitter have tweeted me at Drew Franklin KSR.

900
00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:09,040
Speaker 2: Hit me up there Jelly Rolls. Drummer is Cody Ash

901
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:12,320
Speaker 2: from Mount Washington and he went to Bullet East. Shannon

902
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:15,440
Speaker 2: the dudes next, So maybe Shannon knows Cody. Maybe Shannon

903
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:17,800
Speaker 2: and Cody were licking drumsticks together in high school.

904
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:21,160
Speaker 4: Probably eating banana croquette, but drumsticks next thing.

905
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:23,759
Speaker 2: Yeah. Also, before we get to our championships, Corey, you

906
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:27,080
Speaker 2: were saying that your father and our guy Rick right

907
00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:30,200
Speaker 2: in the Louisville studio, we're high school classmates. Yep.

908
00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:33,560
Speaker 6: They went to training class in nineteen seventy. Uh yeah,

909
00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:36,480
Speaker 6: I got that picture of them at your rocks. That's right,

910
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,120
Speaker 6: got picture of them from sixty eight, their sophomore year.

911
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:41,319
Speaker 6: It's a small, small world.

912
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:43,839
Speaker 2: Very very cool connection there we have on the show.

913
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:46,239
Speaker 2: But let's get right to our our history. You know,

914
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:49,120
Speaker 2: Kentucky's got eight national championships. We're just gonna tell you

915
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:50,920
Speaker 2: a little about it, a little bit about each one.

916
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:52,279
Speaker 2: We don't want to forget, you know, some of them

917
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:54,880
Speaker 2: been a while. We've got like four and sixty five years.

918
00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:56,480
Speaker 2: I don't like to say that out loud, but you know,

919
00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:59,600
Speaker 2: we want to win it every year. It's four four,

920
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:02,080
Speaker 2: I mean, we got we gotta get the We gotta

921
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:04,640
Speaker 2: pumped these numbers up. We gotta get Pope going. But first, Corey,

922
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Speaker 2: let's start with the first one, nineteen forty eight eight

923
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Speaker 2: off RUPs eighteenth season when Kentucky beat Baylor in the

924
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:14,000
Speaker 2: title game in Madison Square Garden. What else do we

925
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:15,520
Speaker 2: know about that first title season?

926
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Speaker 6: Outside we have eight more titles than the balls, so

927
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:20,000
Speaker 6: it's oh yes.

928
00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:22,640
Speaker 2: And several more final fours. Oh yeah, good.

929
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Speaker 6: Note they had a thirty six and three record the

930
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:29,480
Speaker 6: end of the season, that sixteen game Wayne streak. They

931
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Speaker 6: pushed the ball up up the floor. They were fifth

932
00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:33,919
Speaker 6: in the country and scoring offense at sixty nine points

933
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:34,200
Speaker 6: a game.

934
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Speaker 2: It's nice.

935
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Speaker 6: The leading scorer was a fellow mel alum, Ralph Beard.

936
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Speaker 6: I can do a shout out to Mail today. Today

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Speaker 6: is their birthday at their first day classes on April seventh,

938
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Speaker 6: eighteen fifty six.

939
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:46,720
Speaker 2: Today's male's birthday.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, okay, that's interesting years old to high school go dogs.

941
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:54,680
Speaker 6: That team had three All Americans, of course, Ralph Beard,

942
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:58,680
Speaker 6: Alex Groza, and Wawah Jones. All five starters were named

943
00:39:58,719 --> 00:39:59,799
Speaker 6: to the All conference team.

944
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:02,000
Speaker 2: I think we ever called the Fab five. Huh is

945
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,080
Speaker 2: it that one of our most famous starting fives of

946
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Speaker 2: all time.

947
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Speaker 6: Nine guys were picked in the draft from from that team.

948
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Speaker 6: Seven actually played in the pros. The schedule was a

949
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Speaker 6: little weird for the Commerce player. They only played nine games,

950
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Speaker 6: but they were nine to zero. Won the Commerce in

951
00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:21,840
Speaker 6: the season, won the Commerce Tournament.

952
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 2: As you allude to.

953
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Speaker 6: They defeated Baylor fifty eight to forty two in the

954
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Speaker 6: national title game. Alex Groz had led the Cats and

955
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Speaker 6: scoring the game with twelve points. Was also named the

956
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Speaker 6: final four most I say player.

957
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:34,120
Speaker 2: He was pretty good.

958
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Speaker 6: And then during the summer, the starting five was part

959
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:41,080
Speaker 6: of Team USA that won Olympic gold. They defeated France

960
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Speaker 6: in the gold medal game is sixty five to twenty one.

961
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:46,080
Speaker 2: Wow. I like that. We win the national championship and

962
00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:48,160
Speaker 2: they're like, hey, you guys want to just represent America

963
00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:52,160
Speaker 2: in the Olympics. Was an assistant UK was the first

964
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Speaker 2: college program to have five Olympic gold medals. I'll add

965
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:57,640
Speaker 2: that stat I liked you you texted me. The song

966
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Speaker 2: of the Year was Minyana by with Dave Barbering the Brazilians.

967
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 2: I guess we'll do a.

968
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Speaker 6: Song of the years number one. The week of the finals.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I also want to add they beat Tennessee three

970
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:11,960
Speaker 2: times that year, three times. A little topical beat them

971
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:15,040
Speaker 2: in the SEC tournament. We loved beating Tennessee. And Cliff

972
00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:18,080
Speaker 2: Barker one of the one of the Fab five. He

973
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:20,280
Speaker 2: was a World War Two veteran and he was shot

974
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Speaker 2: down over Germany and was a prisoner for sixteen months.

975
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:26,200
Speaker 2: And while he was imprisoned, he dribbled a volleyball to

976
00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:28,560
Speaker 2: polish his skills before going on to play for Kentucky.

977
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:31,200
Speaker 2: I mean, what a different era could you imagine as

978
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,480
Speaker 2: we're in the portal right now, Like we're looking at

979
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:35,399
Speaker 2: a guy in a prison camp in World War Two.

980
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:37,520
Speaker 2: He's been dribbling a volleyball. But that just shows you

981
00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:39,440
Speaker 2: what that era was like. I had a couple of

982
00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:42,719
Speaker 2: World War Two veterans on that team, just completely different times.

983
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:45,640
Speaker 4: And eighteenth season for rout before he won a title.

984
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:49,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, finally finally got one. We'll do a little more

985
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:51,279
Speaker 2: on nineteen forty eight, move on to nineteen forty nine

986
00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:53,200
Speaker 2: after the break, but Rick's counted me down after the

987
00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:56,560
Speaker 2: first hour. We've had fun so far. More championship facts,

988
00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:59,840
Speaker 2: maybe some championship trivia, maybe some Keenland talk, maybe some

989
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:03,600
Speaker 2: Masters talk. It's Drew here with Billy and Corey having

990
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:05,879
Speaker 2: lots of fun on a Monday, kicking off Drew Week.

991
00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:07,720
Speaker 2: We'll be right back after this break.