KSR - 2024-02-26- KSR - Hour 1

Episode Date: February 26, 2024

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Monday, February the 26th. I'm Matt Jones here on a beautiful day. Last day of good weather before it gets. It gets rainy and cold just in time for Ryan to walk across Lexington. You give us a shout on the Clark's Pubbenshot full line, 859-280-2287. Shannon will open it in a minute so people don't have to hold. A Vision auto glass text machine is 772-774-5254 in this edition sponsored by the T.J. Smith Law Office. If you call T.J.L. Make them pay. We got a full house. Drew's back.

Ryan's here in his Griffin Gate sweatshirt. And we are at the KS Bar and Grill where you can come have lunch. a good weekend for UK athletics, baseball one game, softball one games, but most importantly, I think to most people, the cats absolutely steamroll Alabama in a feel-good game that was kind of crazy to watch. Some amazing numbers, but I think the most amazing to me is that Alabama shot 56% from the field and never had a chance to win the game. It's true. It was it was their kind of game, they shot the ball well, they scored points, and still got run off the floor. That is pretty amazing.

I mean, they were at one point shooting 54% and down 35 points, which is one of the craziest. I don't know that you'll ever see that again in basketball, Drew. Yeah, I mean, if you told Nate Oates before he got on his plane, they're going to score 95, make their free throws, shoot 57% from the field. I mean, I don't think he thinks there's a scenario in mind where they lose that game, and then they lose by 22 points. That math just doesn't math, but that's what happened in Rupp Arena. It was crazy.

It was awesome to watch. I mean, it was like Kentucky kind of at their best. I think it's very clear after that game and after the North Carolina game. You cannot play Kentucky like that and win. Yeah. Right. If Kentucky's playing reasonably well. Kentucky's the best in the country this year at that, Ryan.

Now, I don't think you're going to see another team try to do that to us. Alabama may not have a choice because I don't know if they really play another way. that may be the last team that even tries that but really you can't try that because we will do it better than you there's no doubt about it and that like i said Alabama played the way they want to play and Kentucky still ran them off the floor you've seen Kentucky against their three best wins North Carolina Auburn Alabama just get in a situation where teams play the way we want to play that way can't yeah and in the Auburn game they tried to play like they just couldn't get any shots and then we we actually didn't hit a ton, but we didn't hit enough to win.

You know, what was amazing about that game is it felt like, with the exception of DJ Wagner, who just didn't have a great game, but it felt like everyone else, like they were going to score no matter what. Like, whoever got the ball, like you're going to score. Well, that's for sure. Yeah, and that team would have beaten anyone. If you have those, what I liked, the three most dynamic scoring guards at the moment, Reed, Reeves, and Dillingham,

who were kind of played most of the minutes. If they're three, four, and five of the best players in the game, then Kentucky's unstoppable. When Big Z and Justin Edwards are the storyline and three still. Well, that is just, as Nate Oates said after the game, there's nothing you can do when all five guys on the floor shooting like that. Edwards, you know, it's the lineup a lot of people have wanted to see all year. Let's try Edwards at the four.

Now, he's got to play well to do that, But he certainly did play well. Third most made baskets without a miss in UK history. Only Rodney Dent and Kidney Walker have more, 10 of 10 from the field. How happy is everybody for that kid? And, you know, he stuck with it. He breaks my heart to hear him now talk about how he really was getting down. I had to see a mental health coach and really try to help himself get through this funk.

The Cal's credit kept saying he's going to have a breakout game. He's going to have a breakout game. So happy for him that that happened, especially on a big national stage. stage like that. I hope he keeps playing him at the four because he gets better matchups for himself there. Hey, let me jump in here. Can you reset that because we're having some issues with your connection? There we go. All right. How about now? Okay, now we're good, I think. All right. You got to love the technology. When are they going to come and put this new line in? He said they were going to come and do that. When is that happening? Are we going to wait until April to make

that happen? You asking me? Yes. I don't know. I don't know. I thought that was on your end. I didn't know I was responsible. I didn't have anything to know. It's eye hearts in. Well, they found. I mean, like, what's crazy about this is this is a hard light internet. That's what blows my mind. And it doesn't work as well as that stupid.

The best thing we've ever had work is that little piece of equipment I have. That you have. That I have that is held up by, like, you know, construction paper. Duct tape. Like, that's the best thing we've ever had is that little thing. The little cell card is about to, like, a flash drive. It's the only thing that works pretty much everywhere. It's that thing.

But the problem is you only one person can talk on it. And there it goes again. That's good night. All right. How about that? I mean, you're fine now. I'll tell you what, let's do this. Let's take a break.

When you add that car? Yeah. And we'll take a break and be right back. And we'll try again. This is Kentucky Sports Radio. Welcome back. All right. Hopefully this works.

859-280-2287. No radio show. in the United States. Especially the number one show of mid-markets. It's not even that to me. It's just basic like, can we not get anything to work? It's unbelievable to me. But hopefully this works.

And if it doesn't, you know what, we're going to take your call. So let's go ahead and do this. 859-28027. You call in. So that way, if we get disconnected while we're trying to get to work, you can talk to Shannon, who I heard Shannon needs to be more positive. Like, were you being negative on the pre-show about the game Saturday? No, no, no.

I just just, I said I don't know who this team is yet. This is a team that could go to the final. But it doesn't matter though. Yeah, my view is this. I was happy about it. Yeah, my view is that, and this is my takeaway from the game Saturday. And I'm going to tell myself this if we lose. Good gosh.

They keep going. Now you're fine. I'm just letting you know. I was in a great mood today. You were in a good mood. I'm serious. This is unacceptable by the I heart folks. I mean it.

This is unacceptable. But anyway. my view about the team is that ultimately we're now to a point, Drew, where it doesn't matter what the next, not even, I'm not going to say it doesn't matter what happened Saturday because I enjoyed it and I wanted to enjoy it. But none of this stuff at this point matters. This team kind of is what it is. An optimist will look at it and we have a lot of those in the band base and say, you know what? Look how we played against Alabama. We can win Saturday.

I saw somebody, one of the optimist accounts said, seven of the eight quarters we've played as a championship level. And that's certainly true. A pessimist would say, we lost on the road to LSU, we did this, you know, we're not consistent. That's maybe more what's saying. He doesn't know what the team. I don't at this point really care which one people are.

People, if there's one human show, it's that they have confirmation bias, which is whatever their opinion is, they will look for ways to hold it until they cannot hold it anymore. At the end of the day, this team, it's all going to be about March. And so we have two more weeks. We need to win them for seating purposes and all that. But the judgment on this team, and to some extent the judgment on Cal is going to be

marked. It will be. Things matter like confidence in certain players like Edwards. And then I still am staying up at night worrying about having to play on Thursday of the SEC. I know that doesn't matter to everyone, but I want to win that damn tournament again. So it matters in little storylines like that, but you're right about the narrative of this. Yeah, yeah. The narrative of this team will be written with how their last game, whether it's in the final four. I mean, ultimately that's seating. And seating at this point, we can move up or down

in the SEC tournament, one or two slots, maybe three. We could get to a, I think we could get to a three. We could go down to a six. I think it's going to be very hard to get to a two. And I don't think we can go to a seven unless we collapse. Yeah. I'm saying it matters like that. But what I'm saying is I do think, however, that the sort of grand pronouncements, Ryan, of what this team is or isn't will be made in March, right? 100%.

The way this season is gone, and I was listening to you describe the optimist guy and the pessimist guy, these last two Saturdays have put me more towards the optimist guy. Even though they lost that LSU game on the road, I'm still the guy that is in the boat that, man, they can get hot and play in March. This is, you know, I don't know if you know this, but Cal says they're a team built for March. Well, I know he did. And I think that's what he should say.

But I guess as I was watching Saturday, Saturday should have been a joyous day for pretty much everyone. Oh, yeah. Alabama's probably going to win the SEC, right? I mean, unless something crazy happens, they're probably going to win the SEC. And we ran them off the floor. And NATO's a coach that a lot of people at Kentucky have said, man, I'd love that guy to be here. Got absolutely destroyed.

And I hope we don't get to a point. And I don't think we're there, but I think some people online are there, that every game in the next couple weeks is a referendum on whether their side about the season is correct. Sports, one of the great things about sports is unlike life, like politics. I don't care what you believe, you're going to believe it no matter what happens anyway, right? Sports, there's a result. There's a final result that will tell us, and I don't think that result, Drew, will be until the tournament. Yeah, and that's why some people are like, you're flip-flop and on your opinion. No, I'm reacting to every single game.

I have no clue what they'll do tomorrow night, but I bet you if they lose on Wednesday, I'll be upset, and if they win on Wednesday, I'll be very happy, and that's kind of how this season has gone up and down. To your point about not really mattering, we won't write their story until this. whole thing is completely over. Like you're saying, the next four games, two years from now, we're not going to remember what happened there. This team's, how we'll remember them, will be where they were when they played their last game in March.

And a lot of it's just going to be about which team they get draw. Yeah. You know what I mean? I would rather be a five, well, I don't want to play on Thursday in the SEC term, but let's say we did. A five seat against South Carolina, to me, I'd rather have happened than be a four, and Tennessee is the five. You know, because I think it's, I think the same is going to be true about the NCAA tournament, Ryan.

It's all going to be about the matchups we get in those games, less than like anything else. Yeah, there's always that chance. You're going to get matched up with a team that does the things that give us problems. Bullying, bully our guys around, force the pressure on defense, force them out on the perimeter. You could easily run into a team like that and cause some problems. Yeah. That's why a lot of people are trying to make a five right now. Like some people are ready to go all in on Z, and that game was awesome.

But tomorrow night, there you are big inside. It might be a game where you don't see him. So I think with this team, there are just so many pieces and so versal. You're just going to have different nights. It's going to be different scenarios and situations. I do think, though, three of the four guards have to be on the court. Yeah. I think you're a lot better off with Edwards and Theero at the four.

Now, I don't know what happens when Trey Mitchell comes in, though, because you're going to want to play him. But I do agree with you. I want to see Reed, I guess, I want to see Reeves on the court no matter what. I want to see Reed Shepherd on the court. Absent something crazy. I do think it's going to be, Ryan, a game by game situation. I don't know what to do, honestly.

I mean, at this point, what do we do, Shannon? What do you want to do? I mean, just keep going. It's just going to have a hiccup every couple of minutes. It's better than what it was at the beginning, though. I'll say that. So whatever you did. Okay, well, just telling me there's a hiccup.

Does it really do you want to be a lot? Because if I don't tell you, you're going to be like, why aren't you telling me? So then I do tell you. All right. So what should we do? It is hard to have a conversation. It is hard to have a conversation. What should we do?

The only other option we've got is to try it just sell card only. Take out the hard line and try sell our last office. Do you want to go outside do something? I don't know. It's a nice day. Yeah. All right. Well, let's, it is hard to have a conversation.

If every couple of minutes it's going to do that. Let's take a call. Who's up next? Steve. Steve. Go ahead, Steve. Thanks guys for taking my call. First of all, I'm old, and I thought that was as good of a Kentucky game as I've seen in my life.

It was so pleasant. But I wanted to address this rushing the court issue that's been talked about all morning and had known for days. There were all these radical ideas this morning. To me, and I wonder if you all have noticed this, there have been a few games already where the school. were prepared for that. And there are men on both sides or at one end, and at the very end of the game, they come and run police tape all the way up,

and it seals the team. But again, you're banning court storming. I mean, and that's fine. I'm not saying that's wrong, but if you're going to have police, like, tape it off, then you're basically saying no court storming. No, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying they go with the,

I don't even know if they're police, if they're uniform or not. some I think one or two, one million. But what they do is they come all the way down right before you step onto the floor, the plane area, and they come all the way down, and that seals them. And people store them in the court on all the rest of it and leave them alone. Has anybody seen that besides me? I have not.

I mean, the problem, though, is, again, the Duke game, and we hadn't started that yet, and I appreciate the call. The Duke game, the reason that was weird is the players really didn't have a chance, I mean, there was nobody who could have taped anybody off. The game just ended, and they were out on the court before the game was even over, right? So, like, it would have, I don't think they could have done anything for Philopowski, unless they just blocked off and made it to where no one could get on the court. But let's hold off on that, because I do want to go back to Kentucky.

Were you, I think Cal gets the most satisfaction from beating Nate Oates, right? There's no doubt. There's a little bit of, uh, animosity there, I think, between those two guys, and for him to drill him the way he did. I mean, dude, you know, with like 10 minutes left in the game, Kentucky's sitting on like 92 points already. I mean, it was unbelievable. So you know that had to give Cal to look down at the other bench and like, dude, you see what's going on here? If they had to keep, I mean, Reeves went out with eight minutes ago.

Right? Like, if they had kept those guys in, they finished with probably 130 points. It's amazing. And that would have 130 points against a team that's going to like win the SEC. Yeah. Yeah, I tweeted a clip from Nate Oates press conference. I mean, that's a guy he coaches the highest scoring offense, maybe each and every year. He kind of, I think it was Kyle Tucker.

He was like, did you say they had 28 points in eight minutes? And then Kyle says six. He goes, 28 points in six minutes. Like Nate Oates couldn't even believe that stats saying it out loud. And that's a guy who's seen a lot of offense. And we talked about defense. Okay. I mean, they gave up 95.

So I'm not going to act like it was the best defense in the world. But they had a stretch, Ryan. The score was 31.30, I think. And they had a stretch where they went on like an 18 to 2 or 20 to 2 run. They got like seven or eight defensive stops in a row. And that was the difference in the game. And that was one of those we've talked about. Man, if they could just get 10% better in defense, you could win.

I'm kind of pointing to games like that, right? They didn't play great defense the whole game. But they had a stretch where they locked them down and got a cushion that then they didn't give up the rest of the time. I think it was after he said that he goes to Alabama has to score on this possession and then they didn't next time Alabama absolutely needs to get a bucket on this possession nothing because Kentucky was getting the job it kind of reminded me of the Tennessee game in reverse we had a little stretch at the beginning where we got town 10 and then we just could not get back we just could not we could get it to six but then they'd get it back to 12 or 14 we just could not

get those 10 points back because we were asleep for four or five minutes I think that's what happened to them. Alabama just had a stretch and it got away from them and then you got to like 20 and it would make a little bit and then we were able to just put them away. And the defense was more active than I think they've been all season. They were getting in passing lanes. You know we've talked a lot about they sit around just watching the ball. All five guys nearly every possession were doing something and that's why it led to a lot of breakaways. It got to while Alabama was just jumping in the air and kind of throwing it back to the top of the key and it led to some transition transition points, but that's because the defense was doing so good at locking them down.

Isn't it fun just to watch them like that, though? Dude, it's incredible. I mean, when Justin Edwards would hit his threes, Reed, I mean, it's funny. When Reeves shoots, I just always assume it's going in. When it doesn't go in, I'm like, has someone checked the rim to make sure it's okay? I have that level. And then Justin Edwards, 10 for 10. Like, remember, Leitner went 10 for 10 in that game in that game.

92. Like, that's an historic game. And you mentioned Rodney Denton, Kenny Walker had a couple more, but none of those guys took a three-pointer. Justin Edwards did it shooting four three-pointers. So that makes it even more impressive. I think somebody, I think it was Corey Price, said since 2000 maybe or 2005, only three players in all of the NCAA have made 10 shots, 10 of 10 or more while shooting four

threes. And one of them was Buddy healed at Oklahoma. and then I didn't know the other guy. What Justin Edwards did, keep in mind the LSU game, remember he hit three, three pointers in the LSU game. You know, is it finally we're getting to see the guy we've been waiting for all year? Clearly, yeah, clearly. And he's playing good defense now, too.

He's playing really. So happy for him, man. He was so good to see him smile and Kenny Walker. UK released a video yesterday with Kenny Walker as the narrator. He said that he thinks at the end of the video, he's talking about Antonio Reeves, that he thinks he's the most underrated player in UK history. Wow. It's very fair because he may graduate as the most efficient offensive player

Kentucky has ever had as far as threes, field goal percentage, free-percentage. He said a guy with the numbers Antonio Reeves at Kentucky should be an All-American. And he said, I think he's the most under, because there's so many other guys on the team that he's the most. I mean, Kenny Walker knows something about UK. I mean, he's seen it since the 80s, all of it. what do you think of that?

I actually was like, wow, that's a strong statement coming from him. But when you think about the numbers of what Reeves does, it's an automatic 20. I mean, we're talking about Edwards. Reeves went 7 of 10. He didn't miss much. But it's just, it's like it's a given at this point. He's, we talked about after the game. He's close to doing the, you know, the 50% field goal, 40% 3, 90% free throw.

I think he's going to miss it on free throw by like a fraction. He's going to be like 88 on free throw. He's 88 right now. But that is just insanity for a guy that takes as many shots. he does. That's what I said. He may be the best way the best player ever in those three categories. Yeah. He, he, any

other team, you're right. If you're the best player leading score on UK, you're an all-American candidate if you're doing what he's doing. So he needs to be in that conversation. Who's up next yet? Paul. Paul, go ahead, Paul. Hey, Matt. I was just calling to say that

I broke my really bad streak of live games. I took my son to his first game. Took my dad for a 70th and I don't think I could have picked a better one. Oh, I thought it's a great one. What a fun game. I didn't, I wasn't in attendance, but being there in person had to be awesome. Oh, it was awesome.

I mean, the crowd was hyped and then it was weird because at some point, you're just like looking at the scoreboard going, there's like 15 minutes left and we've got 90-something points. No, yeah. To even comprehend. But, yeah, I was on a, I was on a. really bad live game streak. I went to Indy for the Champions Classic, watching overtime to Michigan State before that, blown out.

I don't need to hear all the games you've cursed, but this one was much better. Oh, it just made up for all those bad ones, but it was a great experience being there with my son for his first game, and then my dad probably got the best 70th birthday ever. That sounds awesome. Well, thank you very much. I appreciate it. Where do you rank it some of these great beatdowns Kentucky's had over the years? Where do you rank that one? Like the Florida game in 03, the first half against UCLA. I love that for.

Yeah, those two to me are better, just because I don't think this Alabama team is all that good. I mean, just to be honest, I think they're going to win the SEC again, and you've got to give NATO credit. That's going to be three straight SEC regular season titles. So that's three or four maybe, but that's awesome. I don't think like I thought I mean that 03 Florida team was great yeah they were number one that that UCLA team went to the what elite aid or something like that and and so those but in terms of an offensive performance drew I don't know how many you're going to see better than that

yeah just recently when they destroyed Tennessee Taita had yeah almost 30 that was an amazing but that was one half though we did this the whole game yeah that game comes to mind but that still wasn't anything like Saturday I think the win we got at Kansas when they then went and won the title is also up there a couple years ago. But I don't know that I've seen a better just like, they're not ever going to stop us performance. We'll take a break. Be right back.

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hey, things don't sound. Great. We're working on it. Hopefully it'll be better coming forward. One person writes, Matt, what do you think are the great beatdowns in UK history? Somebody wrote one. I think this is good. 93 tournament, Ryan, against Wake Forest and Florida State when we just absolutely demolished them. Yeah. 93, was that the same year they had 81 and the half against LSU? I mean, they were just... I think that might have been the next year. Oh, that was the next year?

I think so. 93, though, we beat Florida State and we were. Wake Force by like 30 in the tournament. Yeah, you're up 30, like by halftime almost. It seems like in those two games. Also, I like the Florida one. Yeah. What was the one? I just had one on my mind a second ago. When they destroyed Kansas and UCLA, both early in that 31 and 0 team, that was a lot of fun.

The, you know, 35, 8-1, yes. No, that was defense. We mentioned that in the other segment. The, um, I got one for you. Okay, what is it? Was it the 93 SEC tournament when Kentucky demolished Tennessee with Allen Houston? 101 to 40. Yeah.

Todd Sabota had four points. Alan Houston had three points. That's right. The day Todd Sabota outscored Allen Houston. That was a great way. They beat Vandy by a 61 year, I think. That was 93. That was.

That was 90. No, it was too easy. Drew, it was 2003. I was about to add, though, when they killed him in senior day. They brought in Azabuki, who people didn't really know. He got like a dunk. One of the best dunks I've ever seen at Rupp Arena. Yeah, Drew's right.

That was 03. That was a great one. Yeah, there was one in recent years, though, that I'm trying to remember. Well, didn't we, we took Vandy on the road not that long ago and absolutely destroyed them. I can't remember the year. I just remember them being up by so much. They were up by like a thousand in that gym at Vandy. What year was that?

Well, we're now becoming old men. What year was that? But you do remember those incredible beatdowns, and now this one's going to be in that conversation. I think it is. Yeah. I think this one is right there with. All right, let's talk because there is now on first take. Let's talk about the court-storming thing.

It looks like Philpowski's probably going to be okay. Yeah. So that's good. Very good. You hate that he got hurt. Because if he had gotten hurt, then I think it's open. Yeah. And then I think court-storming is done.

you know now that he's not hurt we'll see um what do you think let's start with this do you think courtstorming as a practice is something that should be preserved or not before you do how you do it do you think it's something that should be preserved i'm in the boat that it's such a special part of what makes college basketball and college football great when your team pulls off a big upset or maybe a last second shot or a last second field goal and the fans get to celebrate with the team. I would hate to see that be taken away. So you'd like to keep it?

Yes. Okay. I'm also for keeping it. I do think we need to – it needs to get back to where it's a truly special moment. It's getting a little too frequent. Like, wouldn't Wake Forest favored in that game? I don't know how you do that. You're not going to be able to do that.

I know. But I'm saying it is too big of a game to completely take away. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you're not able to say you all can do it today. you can't do it today. I just wish it was a little more sacred than it's gotten, but I don't think you take away.

But I mean, I do think, to Shannon's point about sort of like predicting it, there's only a handful of times it's going to happen. Yeah. Kentucky, Duke, North Carolina, Kansas. So my view is when one of those teams comes to your town, you've got to be ready. Okay. And then if it's like Purdue when they're ranked high, Houston when they're ranked tie, you know what I mean?

Yeah. Like Kentucky, they storm the court against LSU. Duke's not great. When Kentucky and Duke come to town, you got to know as a institution, this could happen. So I got to be ready. I'm with you, though. I don't want to see it go away because it's such a unique part of college basketball. But what makes it a little harder in college basketball than even football is the students can get there so quick.

You know what I mean? like in football they got to climb down from things and it takes them in it in basketball they can just be there yeah and so i do think that makes it harder shannon do you want to see it preserved yes i think we're all on the same page i like it um i don't know how you prevent it do you put a cage around the the court like what do you like how do you stop at those the question right you can't well first of all you've got the literally physical how do you keep that many people back yeah i mean you can't just say fines because we have fines in the SEC and they did it Tuesday night. I mean, the kids don't care about that.

Paying those fines. They're not paying. It's not their money. I liked the idea of when the game's over, you find a way to give the other team 15 seconds to get off the court. They're not going to do that. It's a moment of excitement. Well, the LSU game is the perfect example.

Okay, the Wake Forest game, they could have slowed that group down. The LSU game, it's a shot at the buzzer. It's spontaneous. I bet those kids didn't even plan on doing it. You know what I mean? And it just happens. And I agree with Shannon. I don't know how you stop that.

There needs to be a way. It might just be the students have to police themselves and you warn them ahead of time. I will make an example of you if you're out there early. But there has to be a delay where everyone involved knows that the team needs to get off the court. And I know that's almost impossible when it's excitement like that. But I think it's fine as long as there's just a. small window where the Philpowski's are off the floor completely, and it might just be students

have to know better. It looks like they bump knees. Yeah, it does. So it does not look like the kid or him was trying to hit the other one. It looks, I mean, he extends his arms after they bump knees, but it looks like the initial contact was they bumped knees. But that's an example of, that's inadvertent. Like, I don't think that kid was trying to hurt him.

I don't think Philpowski was trying to hit the kid, but like, it's just, you know, it's It's just going to happen, right? Can the schools say ahead of time like you're saying, you know Duke's in town. If I'm the athletic director, I'm saying if any of you're all on that court before Duke's off the court, whatever penalty. Expell them. Like if we have any incident where we're a national story, you're out of school. But at that point, the students know, okay, we're allowed to do it, but we're going to be careful about it and maybe take a couple seconds to know we're not going to be the news for 48 hours. So it's interesting, none of the four of us take the position that seems to be the position the media's take.

which is we got a ban it. Yeah, we're all on board. And we all agree, we hate that Philipowski got hurt. We hated that Caitlin Clark maybe when she got bumped could have been hurt. We don't, we hate that. But it's only a handful of teams. That's what I'm going to say. I mean, it literally, it's only, I mean, I wonder how many court storms have happened

in a women's game ever. Like Caitlin Clark's a unique phenomenon. Yes. Right. It is only Kentucky, Duke, Carolina, Kansas, and then a couple of teams. So, like, Shannon, you know when it's coming. You know what I mean? It's not that you have to worry about it every game.

It's just a handful of times where it could happen. Right. And you're not going to stop it. You could slow it down. I mean, if you surround it the entire court with an extra amount of people, you know, police officers, maybe you can slow it down a little bit, but you're not going to stop it. But you're right. You've got to be prepared for those teams come to your town.

And that's why I think it was on the post game show after the LSU game. The guy was like, we're not a blue buddy anymore. Kentucky and Duke This is why Kentucky and Duke are different than every other school They'll do that against us even if we're not that good That's right You know what I mean? That's not true about everybody else

I don't think that even happens with North Carolina and Kansas Kentucky and Duke will have the court stormed Whether they're good or not Duke's on the bubble right now Duke, well, they're like a four-seat. I think they weren't underdog in that game. They weren't an underdog in that game, but I think they're ahead of us in the bracketology. That's your point.

They're Duke. But they're Duke. And Duke in Kentucky will see that happen to them. And so you just know those teams are coming to town, so make it to where you're ready for it. I kind of laugh when, you know, they're, and you mentioned the counting down. So they're going to have the PA guy when the buzzer sounds, he's going to have to count. 10, 9, I don't know about that. Maybe you put up a graphic in the stadium that says if you're a student and you're on this floor, X minutes after the game, see you from school.

I know that seems ridiculous. You can't kick a kid out of school. Well, something, some kind of punishment so they know I'm allowed to do this. I'm just not going to go storm it and trample somebody and end up being a story. I guess I'm with you a little bit, Shannon. Like you're not going to be able to talk. I mean, there are rules now and kids break them all the time about everything. thing. Like, I don't know, you know.

When you're dealing with that many people, they're going to do what they will. They got the numbers on their side. See, that's another thing. You have the numbers on your side. And, like, you can't, you know, think about the Indiana game when you and I were there. There were people trying to stop them. You can't. You can't.

You can't catch them. So producer Matt, there in the studio told Shannon this morning, let the players fight back. Let the players lay a haymack arrow once in a while on the fans. Well, DeMarcus did that. Yes, he did. You remember DeMarcus punched the dude at South Carolina. I don't even did it in his shoulder. You could use whatever.

I saw a video last night on Twitter. It was old, but it was the Pirates, Pittsburgh Pirates, and fans around the field. And the catcher is beating the ever-loving crap out of a fan with his helmet. Like, it's criminal and no one's doing anything. It is interesting, though, that in pro sports, you go to jail. Yeah. And in college sports, it's nothing. No.

I mean, that is strange, isn't it? I don't know maybe they can arrest people, but man, when you've got 500 people on your court after the game, that's going to be tough to get everybody. It is. I wouldn't be one of the first people. I'd let everybody get arrested first and then go down to the court, you know? Like they can't get me.

They've already got their hands full with these other guys. I have the solution. Don dish soap all around the court as the game ends. And they all fall down. They fall before they even get there. The guy I was doing the show with on ESP and Sunday. his name is Jake Asman. He suggested that you make an announcement right before and say, wait 15 seconds.

And I was like, but think about how that would be practically. Let's think about the Kentucky LSU game. We're up one. If they announce, hey, if we win, don't run on the court, you know, Cal's going to go, look, they already think they're going to win. And they're suggesting you should do it. That's why I said making a graphic. In the event of an upset, take your time getting to the.

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Here's two good ones, but a lot in the tournament. So West Virginia, excuse me, yeah, West Virginia in 2015. Oh, yeah. After they talked about trash. After they talked all that trash. What was that guy's name? Brad Paisley? No, not him.

He didn't talk trash. But some guy guaranteed a win. He talked trash to Peyton Manning on that all-stick. I think you've been one of the players. Yeah, he said something about how the end of the streak ends and Willie got back to the Kentucky locker room. Well, no, I was one, I was actually the person that went back and forth on that. I was at the press conference with West Virginia,

and then it might have been Kyle as well. We went and immediately did the Kentucky one, and we read the quote to them. Darius Miles Jr., or Dexter Miles Jr. He scored zero points after guaranteeing the win. He said the streak ends tomorrow. And I think I was standing there and I think I said to him or if it wasn't me, it was Kyle. One of them said to them, they said the streak ends tomorrow. And I think Willie looks at me and goes, did he really say that?

And I was like, I promise you he did. Yeah, Dexter Miles, over from the field with zero assists, zero stills. I mean, he almost did the whole thing, all zeros. Wake Forest in, we seem like we beat Wake Forest pretty good. Wake Forest in the 2010 tournament. Eric Blenso. Eric Blentso hit all those threes. Remember, that was a big beat down, too.

That was the answer to the trivia question tonight. That's a game he had over 28 points in a tournament game. Yes. So those are all ones that stick out. 859-280-2287. By the way, before we go to the phones, you are walking tomorrow to Clark's Pump and Shop. So you're going to be here to start the show. Yes.

And then you're going to walk out and you are going to walk to Clark's Pumping Shop out on Lucille since you didn't know where it was. And according to my GPS, it's exactly a two-hour walk from here to there. So I've got to have to hoof it to get there by the end of the show. You can't stop? No, I can't. Now, do you, what if it's raining? There's some reports that may rain tomorrow.

Well, you know, Shannon whisked out when it started raining up. You know, it was going to rain for 20 straight hours, which is a little different than your two-hour walk. But, you know, they've got a big event playing when I get there, like free drinks and goodies and some UK players are going to be there signing on. grabbed me it turned into it turned into a big deal yeah it sounds like you did number oh yes so you but you need to uh you need to be ready so we're going to come here we'll have you on at the very beginning then you're taking off i got to take off do you know your route yes what is it down here then oliver lewis then to lees town road yeah the that's the quickest way when i hear to old frankfort pike cut over to uh oliver louis uh Alexandria and then alexanderer comes out there on

on Lees Town or over. Oh, not Oliver Lowe. That's the quickest way, according to the GPS. Alexandria comes out where? It goes to the secretary at roundabout. I'm going to take Old Frankfurt Pike to that roundabout and then go up Alexandria to... That's what it says is the quickest way. Well, I mean, you go, you take the map.

I mean, Shannon, I'm not going to say I know more than the Internet. So I'm not going to... You've never said that before. I've never said that before, so I'm not going to do that. Well, it's... So tomorrow, if you are driving around, You should look for Ryan, say hi to him, give him a honk. I mean, I guess you're going to be by yourself.

Is anyone walking with you? Nobody's walking with me. I'm doing it by myself. Okay. I bet someone else show up, give you a little company. Yeah, if anybody wants to give him company, but you've got to be like fast, right? Because you're going to have to. I'm going to have to hoof it.

First 50 people who show up will get a free fountain drink or a free coffee. UK volleyball, softball players are going to be there. You can win a $100 gas card. I mean, I got a lot of things going on. Okay. But that's after you get there. It's assuming you cross the finish line. They pay for their coffee if you never show up.

I'm worried about getting there by the time the show is over. Well, better work on it. You can walk faster than you. You can also run. Get those arms swinging. It's good power walk. Yeah, I don't know if that's going to happen. So if you're someone out there who can walk at a brisk pace, maybe they could pace you like a horse.

I guess we need someone keep eyeballs on him. Maybe we don't want him catching a little ride, skip a few blocks. Well, that's true. But, I mean, no one's, you can't get in a car. Yeah, Rachel's, if it's her account said, I'll make sure you get there on time. No, we're not doing that. You have to walk. I will say this.

If anyone catches Ryan cheating, I will give a reward for you catching Ryan cheating. This is like a crime thing. If you catch Ryan cheating and take a picture or video of him cheating, I will give you a reward, and Ryan will have to do a public punishment. as part of it. So I do want the word. It's kind of like people don't know. I have spies during my trivia here.

And if someone catches them, I pay them. Oh. See, people don't know that. We haven't caught anybody yet because people are following the rules. But Ryan, you don't know. I do this to you in life. I'm going to a tracker. I have people watching you all across the city in case you're doing something you shouldn't.

Well, I checked out my route last week. week and it's I don't where to go but there's some parts that they don't have a sidewalk I'm to have to walk in the side of the road or in the grass I want to be but you know on the thing you can put make me go on a side where there are sidewalks that'll take me longer to get there it's like two hours 15 minutes I think of your face it's a big ride all I know is I mean there are probably long distance runners who can get there in time if they can get there you can so you're supposed to walk against the traffic right so if the place the areas they don't have a sidewalk walk against the traffic I'm not advocating

you to walk where there's not a sidewalk. So, like, I think you should be planning your trip to go where there are sidewalks. I'm not asking you to, like, walk on train tracks and stuff. I want you to, plus, these are major roads. What road are you talking about with no sidewalk? Why don't you drive it on the way home so you know your path? There you go. I did.

Alexandria from the roundabout to a man-of-war. There's a long stretcher. It doesn't have a sidewalk. You're walking down man-of-war? Not Man of War. Lees Town Road. I don't know why I said Mano War. I said secretary at the wit of Man of War.

Okay. Don't walk where there's not a sidewalk. I don't want you to get hurt. Well, I'll have to leave from here than earlier than 10 o'clock. No, you leave at 10 o'clock. You're going to, listen, you've had a long time to get this walk fast. Also, that's just the suggested Google pace. You set your own pace.

That's the average American. You need to be going faster. I feel like you would get there before the show is over. I'll be there by the first hour. Just like when Google tells me in 20 minutes to get there and you walk. You know you see those people on TV and their hips do like this when they walk. Yeah, do that with your little hips going in and out. Like a mall walker.

Yeah. You'll make up time in the air. You'll be there in no time. That's right. They do that with planes. You can do it. We'll take a break. Come back.

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