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Episode Date: March 31, 2025

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Welcome, everyone. It is Kentucky Sports Radio Monday, March the 31st. My last day in Kentucky for the next few weeks, and I'm here with the beautiful duo of Ryan Franklin. Ryan Lemon and Drew Franklin. Ryan Franklin and Drew Lemon. Chan, the dude is in Louisville. Mario's here.

We are here at the KS Bar and Grill. If you're in town, come say hello. 859-280-2287 is Clark's Puppet Shop. Phone line, AVision Auto Glass, Texas, 172-745-254 in this edition sponsored by the t-j smith law office if you call t-j'll make them bay how you doing sir uh we are after a long march run well at least of us traveling maybe uh decently long run for the team we are back here in lexington and ryan there is a ton of stuff to get to and uh in order to catch my first flight i have to leave at 11 30 so i'm going to make sure we

get to all as much of it as we can off the top i guess we'll start we have not been on the morning show since the lost Tennessee, which was late Friday night. Now that it's, you've had 48 hours. What are your thoughts? Just you saying that was Friday night, it seems like it was two weeks ago. And that pregame show we did at Tenroof. Seems like that was two weeks ago. It didn't play well. You know, a great season kind of ending with a thud. The game didn't go nearly. Of all the scenarios I thought might happen, getting whoop like that was not one of the scenarios I thought might happen. Really? Yeah. See, I thought that was a scenario that could happen. Yeah, I didn't think that's coming up. I mean, we just.

The same thing that happened to us happened to them the next day, and happened to Michigan State the next day, and happened to Alabama in the elite eight. Just teams kind of, all those games were the same. A team jumped on them early, and then they just could never catch up, and that's kind of how it was for us, too, Drew. Yeah, to beat Tennessee, you needed to make threes. And the two regular season wins, they hit 12-3s,

and both of those shooting 50%. So six threes in a game when, what, four of them? of them were by Butler and then Colin Chandler throws in a prayer before halftime. That just wasn't nearly enough from outside to hang with Tennessee. Yeah, if you tell me Brea, O'Way, and Carr are going to combine for one three. We're in trouble. I mean, you know we're in trouble at that point.

I mean, that's probably the game. And, you know, most of it was Tennessee. Tennessee's defense was great. And we just, honestly, as I watched these games this weekend, all of these teams kind of had the same thing happened to them. Us, Michigan State, yesterday, Tennessee, Alabama, you just, at the beginning,

you fell behind and it just felt like you were always climbing a hill that you couldn't get over. Yeah, Tennessee got that 9, 10, 11-point lead, and we never, you know, chip into it. Could never cut it down. It'd go up to 15 and then come back to 9 or 10. It always just stayed that way for most of the game. And when you guys said, like,

we hit 12, 3-pointers in the first two games. only shot 15 three-pointers. Tennessee took the three-pointer away from us. Tennessee had a great game plan. They basically said you're getting no threes. Duke did the same thing to Alabama. You're not getting threes, so now try to beat us some other way. And we just didn't have the game plan or the success in executing it.

Now, with that said, a lot of our conversation after the game was about the season as a whole and being positive about it. I have become no less positive about the season than ever. There's, you know, and it seems like looking online, it's tough when you drew look right after the game because people get all angry, especially when it's on Friday night, they might be drunk and they're like,

yeah, but when everybody takes a step back and starts forming coherent sentences, it feels like the fan base is still in a very good place. Do you agree with that? I think so, too. And I was also, I expected to hurt a little more than I did. I think part of it was because it looked like it was over pretty quickly in that game.

It didn't come down to like a crazy buzzer beater. We should have done this, should have done that. You just got beat. Also, just that loss, even though it was to Tennessee, the ones we've suffered the last few years were much worse. So getting over that first weekend hump, not, you know, lower in the bar for Kentucky basketball. But that one did sit a little easier than I thought it would. Although I hung around Saturday, the worst part was just that sea of orange. All of them were talking trash.

I ended up leaving town Saturday night when we wanted to stay because I just couldn't be there anymore. Every restaurant, just walking down the street, I was still wearing Kentucky gears. So they were a very vocal on Saturday. They had a lot of people didn't help them on Sunday because they went and did the same thing. And we'll talk about those games. I still want to make fun of Tennessee even though they beat us. But we lose. I think we all talked on the post game show.

We were all on it. It was a good post game show. but we all talk gave the grade in A. These guys, I think, are going to be remembered very positively, don't you? Oh, these guys will be beloved. I mean, we fell in love with this group of guys, you know, overcoming the injuries. You know, they played their butts off. You know, they gave everything they had for this one year they were going to be here.

They wore that Kentucky uniform proud, and I think we saw that and felt that. Which player are you going to – not which player will be the most – like the biggest one to miss from an MP. Just on a personal level, which one are you going to miss the most? Like who's going to be the one you go? I miss that guy. I'm going to miss a lot of them. I mean, Amari was my favorite going back to May when I had my first interview with him. Before I'd even seen him touch a basketball.

I just liked Amari from the beginning that he panned out playing really well. But I'll be honest, that might have flipped a little towards Butler, just how he played in that last game, the images of him and Pope put their arms around each other, what he said at the press conference. I'll miss a lot of them, but his leadership, even though he wasn't available a lot of or some of the year, I mean, Bel-Ehr was pretty special looking back, even in that last game. Shannon, what about you? Which one are you going to miss? Colby Brea, man. I mean, I've never seen a guy who could, when he's hot, is a better shooter than Kobe Brea. And I think that he's going to be somebody they're going to miss next year.

I think if they'd stayed healthy all year, he would have had a shot to break the percentage three-point record. He had to take ones that are not his normal thing once Robinson got hurt. What about you? I always leaned towards point guards anyway, so it's probably Butler. just the fact the dude fought through the injuries. I mean, he was a wounded warrior most of the second half of the season, gutted it out, wore that big old brace, had the monster game against Louisville when he came back,

had the monster game against Tennessee, two of our biggest rivals. So I'd definitely be Lamont Butler. Yeah, I mean, I would say I have an affinity for guys who have a lot of pressure on them. And then, and then, so I probably will miss Jackson Robinson, just because I do think he would is the difference in us making a run or not because he was the best thing we had close to a star really on the team. And times it showed up, times it didn't.

But I did like him quite a bit. But I will tell you, after the post-game press conferences, I feel that way about all these guys. Kobe Bray is saying you're going to have to pry this jersey off of me. Andrew Carr saying he doesn't want to take it off. Listen, man, if you're going to write a script of what UK fans want to hear, Ryan, you would write that, wouldn't you? Yeah, because you've talked a lot about it.

It's a different kind of one and done. It's not the one and done we're used to. These guys are at the end of their career. A lot of them, this will be the biggest game of their life. They'll go play overseas professionally, but they won't play in a big monster arena or a big game like that probably ever again. So I think that was, you know, I think that was, that's something I really will miss. It's just that sort of thing.

Now, then you get to the final four. First of all, I mean, I'm not going to act like I'm some sort of genius, but I said all one seeds the final four because I thought they were all better. And I think they all showed themselves to be a lot better. Honestly, none of them really got a test except maybe Houston against Purdue. I mean, they all just kind of exploded. I think you're going to have, just from a talent perspective, one of the best final fours of all time. But it does feel like Drew, the four best teams made it.

They were kind of definitively the four best teams, and now we'll see what happens. Yeah, even Florida was on the ropes a little bit, but they had a good comeback. making some threes down the stretch to win that win. In my bracket, I had three ones in Alabama beating Duke. I think in hindsight that was just me being a Duke hater. I had them losing in the second round, but Duke has just run through everyone. So it does make for a good Final Four with the matchups.

Some people hate on it being all chalk, and it's lame to pick one seeds, but this year they just seem to be much better. It's not blamed to pick one seats if it's correct. You're right. First time since 85. When I went on ESP of Joe Fortinbaugh and my man, Q Myers, they were like, how are you going to pick all one?

seats because it's going to be what happens. Like if we, well, I pick wrong things and it has. Now, I feel like we've gotten a pretty good set of results for Kentucky fans. And what I mean by that is, you know, Arkansas lost the same round we did. Yes. Right. Louisville lost in the first round. Tennessee does beat us, but then they don't make a final four.

They remain probably the best program to not make a final four. The only thing left, I think, for Kentucky fans is can we get someone besides? Duke to win. In a perfect world, I would want Houston to win. Houston has no effect on us. I mean, they haven't, you know, they haven't won one. Have they ever won? No, they won. Did they win one?

I don't think they've won one ever. I don't think they've won one. So you know what? Give it to Houston. Auburn and Florida, I'd be okay with. So now it's just get Duke to lose. Do you agree with that? Yeah. So Houston plays Duke, right? And Florida plays Auburn? Correct. So we're going to get one SEC team in the final. That's what I'm hoping for. I'm probably leaning the SEC. Well, you don't have to hope.

That's going to happen. One of those two teams is going to be in the finals. And that's what I'm the team I'm cheering for. I would like to see Houston, but I'm probably going to pull for an SEC team. Yeah, I've been a die-hard Houston fan ever since Friday night. Calvin Samson's been knocking on the door for a while. Kentucky knocked him out a few years ago. They've been in the hunt just about every year.

I think this year they finally get it. Behind them, I'd probably hate saying it out loud. I'd maybe want Bruce to get one ahead of Florida, but Duke is bottom, bottom, bottom of what we want to see. Did you see the Houston tweet, Shannon, to the guy? There was someone from Purdue that had written something like Kevin Sampson doesn't know how to coach or something during the game. And the Houston official, not the basketball account, the official university account retweeted it and said, you forgot your L to the Purdue man. That's pretty good.

I thought that was whoever ran that Houston account to me if you weren't for him before, Shannon. That might have been the reason to do it. And what a dumb comment saying that he can't coach as he's in the final four now. I love the size. He's a great coach. He is. I mean, this is a final four of guys, you know, Kelvin Samson. Houston fans, you can't even give people compliments anymore.

I thought this was a compliment. I said Kelvin Samson is one of the three best coaches in the country. He take, which I agree, I do think now. I think I would say Bill self, Tom Isso and him. And then, you know, maybe throwing Rick, right? But I do think, though, and well, I'm sorry, Danny Hurley. I meant Bill Self, Danny Hurley, and him. I'll put just a notch below because he hadn't, you know,

it's not been as good the last few years. But I thought that was a con. And I said he wins with dudes you've never heard of. Which, let's be real. Like, who? I mean, L.J. Cryer. Okay. That's the only one.

Maybe you've heard it. Yeah. Who else? Nobody. I don't know the other guy. Well, all I got were people go, you'll know ball. You casual. You don't know ball, Shannon.

We'll get that all the time. You know what? You're probably right. We don't know ball. You know what? I don't. If you're asking me who the seventh man for Houston is, I have no idea. No idea.

But here's what I know. They've had the same dudes for 10 years, all of whom look like. like they could beat you into submission, and they're tough, and then one of them graduates, and then they just clone his twin and come out there and play again. And my point, this is a compliment. I never even know they're players, but I know they're going to be good, and that's to Kelvin Samson. He's an outstanding coach.

He had years ago, made out of Oklahoma on one of the best runs we've seen in the last 25 years. He was doing the same thing in Indiana before he got in trouble. Now he's done the same thing in Houston. Everywhere he goes, the guy's a winner. So, but yeah, I am a casual. I mean, name me, hey, okay, Maro, you watch a ton of basketball. Give me someone from Houston's roster the last 10 years. Last 10 years.

Just give me a Houston player besides Cryer. I think they had a guy named like Sneed. Akeem Elijah won. Now that was a long time. Sheed. Sheed. Now name another one. Oh, about you, sir.

Let's all collectively put our heads. Let's all these casuals put our heads together. some Houston play. Tremont Mark that transferred to the SEC. Don't think that's a real person. So, Clyde the Glyde Drexman. Again, that's the 80s. But my point is that you know, but that's a compliment

to him. We don't know any of these people and they're still in the final four. Like Drew said, they've been knocking on the door for several years and I didn't know if Purdue had them down there and I thought, oh, no, he's going to collapse again, but he was able to find a way to win it, get to the Final Four. The only negative about them is you got to see Jim Nance. Yeah, that's the only negative.

He's sitting there. He's the only person I know that went there. You don't like Jim Dance? What's wrong with Jim Nance? He's fine. I just feel like I'm looking at an oil paper. You don't want his tie? You don't want Jim Nantz's tie? I do. I do like Jim Nance's tie. Maybe he'll give me a pin again. 859-28027. We're going to talk about UK has been busy in the portal. Sweet 16 has a UK player as a champion and then controversy in women's basketball. There's a lot to jab about. That's next here on KSR. Last night, a blown call changed the game. This morning, the internet lost its mind. Highlights are trending, opinions are flying, and nobody's telling you exactly what happened.

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How are you? 859-280-2287. We have some breaking news, Shannon T-Dood. Ronnie-N-na-na! Kurt Reisa has entered the transfer portal. He will be using his final year of eligibility and will go somewhere that is not Kentucky as he enters the. transfer portal. For me, this is not surprising news at all. I like Kerr, and I think he's a, he's a fun guy to have around. I don't know that it went great here. I think fans really love the kid,

but I think maybe things weren't glorious with him and UK. This is one of the things with Mark. You're not going to hear anything negative, which is why I think he's going to be a beloved coach. But I can just tell you, I don't think things went exactly the way they wanted them to. But I'm sure he will still get, what do you call it, when you leave a job in the smuggles, I'll write you a letter of recommendation. I'm sure he'll still get a letter of recommendation, but I think it's been known probably since January that he would not be back, Ryan. And, you know, he knows that Kentucky's going to bring in a point guard, and Kerr himself can probably be on the open market. It's a mutual decision.

This is not, this is very much a mutual decision. Yeah, he can go on the open market and find a team that also needs a point guard, make some money in the same process. So I don't think it's a shock to anybody he's leaving. Is this his, going to be his fourth or fifth school? West Virginia, Arizona and us. Fourth school. Fifth year or fourth school, maybe six years. I really enjoyed having them around.

And he even was a good teammate on the bench during games. He was injured. I mean, I was surprised how emotional he was after the loss Friday night, after not playing as much and kind of knowing he was on his way out. But, yeah, I think once he got injured, you know, things weren't working out well with maybe just being around town. You know, Kerr likes to have a good time. And even if the off-the-court stuff wasn't there, I just in a numbers game, I don't know where you would have put him. Because you've got to get a guard.

You got Jasper coming in. Another guard coming in. You're probably another one. And he's a guy playing another year of college basketball. He's going to want to start and make a lot of money, and it wasn't there from here. Sometimes you can like somebody and just be like, I like you, just not here. And I think that may have been it with car. I think that fun personality was on at all times.

Sometimes it's like we need to be a little more. I will say this. And I think this is going to apply to what we talk about in a little bit as well with the women's basketball thing. I think it's very important for people sitting at home. to not assume you know everything because of like what you see during the game. Right. So sometimes you'll see somebody like, I remember we had a game earlier this year where somebody was like, I don't like so-and-so's facial expressions.

And I wanted to be like the camera was on them for 25 seconds. Maybe you caught them on the bad 25 seconds. I think sometimes, you know, just because you think you know, just because you think you know, There's a lot of time in these people's lives You don't know what's going on And so I just think it's important with Kerr Like I think a lot of people want him to return Because they like him and he's funny

And they like him on the bench But I think it was probably best It was probably best for both And I hope he goes and crushes it somewhere else You know we heard I got a text message back after he got hurt Saying he'll be at St. John's next year It's hard for me to see him playing for Rick

But if he does then I'm going to say That text message knew what they were talking about He did kind of become after he got hurt the Gonzaga game, kind of the team cheerleader on the bench when Otega hit the last second shot against the Oklahoma. Kerr was the first guy that ran down to Florida. I think the players love him, by the way. I think the players really liked him a lot.

I remember him for injuring himself in that Gonzaga game and still running the length of the court to try to block a shot with the bum leg. That was awesome. And he showed he did have a lot of heart when he was playing. And he had some personality early on with some of our other players were maybe just kind of getting to feel it. All right, so let's talk about our portal. you know if you subscribe first of all if you go to kentucky sports radio you'll hear all the major

commitments and meetings if you go to ksr plus and you do that we have a special i think it's like a dollar right now or whatever you can you can kind of get the the scoop in the scuttle butt um let's go through all right so donovan dent the kid from new mexico kentucky had out offered everybody and then ucla matched it he wanted to go there because it's closer to home so Kentucky now look in a lot of different directions. They get the commitment from the kid from Tulane. Again, people online were like, you don't know anybody's name. You just know the kid from.

I'm not learning people's name until they come here. Why do I need to learn people's name if they're not going to be here, right? So you have the Robert Morris kid and the Davidson kid. I think they're going to get one of those two guys. Maybe I'll be wrong, but I think they will. Those are two, the Robert Morris kid's hanging out in Spain, so I don't know if we're going to go there or not. Those are the bigs.

They're now talking to the point guard at Georgia. What's his name? Silas Dimmery Jr. Lonnie Silas Dimmory Jr. Do you remember him from when we play? I remember the name. The name tells him, but I don't remember what he did against this. That severe Wheeler pipeline from Georgia to Kentucky.

Don't say that. Then LSU, they have a guy named what? Victorious Miller. Victorious, which is a great name. Also, the son of Silk the Shocker, one of my favorite rappers back in the day. He's the son of Silk the Shocker. Nephew of Master P. Make them say, uh, nah, nah, nah, nah.

They're talking to him. Then they've got the kid at Sam Houston State that shoots all the threes, right? Who else has come in and out of our lives? There's a new one that popped up yesterday or maybe Saturday from UCF, big 12 winning score. He's a big 12 leading score. Now, he's an interesting case because he's a big 12 leading score, scores a lot, but this would be his fourth school in four years.

And some people are like, oh, that's a bad sign. You know, my view about that is if Mark thinks he can make it work, then I think he can make it work. But he was a big 12 leading score. That's pretty good. There's a Zoom schedule today, so they're taking it seriously. Yes. Popa was great about what we saw roster construction,

getting the guys to fit the pieces what he wants to do offensively. So he'll go out and get those guys to fit the pieces. The Georgia point guard, there's a great story about him. What was his name again? Silas Dimery. Silas Dimery. Silas Dimery. Silas Dimery's boy.

Oh, old man Silas Dimery's boy. Apparently Mark Pope on Saturday called up Silas Demery. Said, hey, Silas, what are you doing, man? And he was like, I'm just doing my thing with my Demery family. And he said, you got dinner plans? And he's like, no, just Saturday. We're hanging out. Mark said, see you then.

And he just flew to Georgia and had dinner with it. Really? That's kind of cool. Why are you surprised? This was on KSR plus. I'm trying to be the sidekick guy. like you're telling me a new story. Oh, you already knew this?

Yeah. Okay, don't be fake. Just, just if you know it. I thought you were breaking news to Ryan. I don't believe him. Ryan, I love you. I don't believe you knew that. Be honest, did you know?

Yeah, I saw that. You saw it? Yeah. So why did you let go? What? That's my job as the co-host. Kind of prop up the lead guy. Okay.

All right, so I'm going to keep explaining it to you. So, Ryan, he then goes to Georgia and shows up and, has dinner with him. That's pretty damn cool. I think it's cool, right? What are you doing for dinner? Nothing. We're coming from Kentucky.

You like that? I invited, too. You just uninvited? He wasn't even invited to dinner. He just came. What if Lonnie Demery had a date Saturday night? Well, Lonnie would have. I don't know if Silas did, but what do you make of it?

I like the Jacob at KSR Plus interviewed the family. They were like, we kind of didn't believe him when he was like, what are you all doing for dinner? I'm going to head that way. Like, is he being serious? And then, you know, hops on the jet, pops up a couple hours later. Shannon, awesome or weird? Awesome. Awesome.

But I don't come to my house on invited. Very awesome. Yes, he could come to my house. So I have a feeling, Silas Dimery. Sounds like, I mean, if they're going to go have dinner with him, they're very interested in. He's visiting St. John's today, though. Rick. Yukon tomorrow.

Go away. I'll be right back. T.J. Smith, personal injury attorney. Call T.J. He'll make them pay. Now, more of Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Here's Matt Jones. This could be our basketball team.

next year. Ah, nah, nah, what do you think? I like it. Go for it. Yes.

859-2-80-20. Mark Pope's going to come out bopping's head to this? I think you would. Yes, and it'll be dorky, but it'll be awesome, right? One person writes,

Matt, I love when people invite themselves to my house to eat food. I do that sometimes. No, I mean, I just say like, oh, hubby,

Jason, would you, you want, you want company? What are you having to eat tonight? Yeah, because, like, one of the things,

I've learned about people is it's what's the word what's the word I'm looking for where you where you don't move and you just like I can't think what's the word I'm like anyway the biggest thing that keeps people from hanging out with their friends and doing stuff is that they just don't make plans like like nobody just like they just nobody makes the initial call so you make the initial call just to get people moving yeah right because everybody's waiting for somebody to call them you're that guy yeah because I'm the single one of our of my friends I'm the one trying to remind the married people that they have lives outside of their house that they can go and do, right?

So you can go meet at my house anytime. What's the word I'm looking for? I made buffalo chicken wraps last night. Wait, where you talk about, like, I want to say inerency, but inertia. Anertia is what keeps people from there. You just stop and you just stay where you are. So do you call hubby? Say, hey, what are you eating?

And then you call Jason, see what he's in it, and pick the best one? No, I don't ask them to cook. I'll say, it might be a Friday night. I'll be like, you all have dinner plans. You want to go out. If they say, well, I'm like, well, if you want, like, I'll bring the food over. And they usually will say yes to that. Oh, okay.

Yeah, I don't never ask people to cook for me. That would be a little. I don't think Mark Pope was like, hey, woman, cook for me, and I'm going to come see your son. I'm sure they would have catered it. Probably went out to eat there. Yeah. But you can crash our house any time. Do we get credit?

Do I get credit if Kirkcrisa picks St. Johns? Because we just had another person right, so you think it's going to be saying. You're the first person I heard to say that. I say back in December. Long time I got it. A long time. All right, so you sent something out last night that was like, what did you send out? The internet on fire.

My phone was blowing up about it. I just tweeted out Magoon and then the googly eyes. Googly eyes, googly eyes. See, you got to be careful with that because, like, people might have thought you were like, Magoon. What a handsome fellow. That's not what you were doing. You think we're going to get the kid.

He's from San Diego State. San Diego State. Seven footer. Thin. He's only like 210, 210, 215. 210? Yeah. When he went to San Diego.

Slender man over here. Seven feet tall. Tall 210? Yes. And I think when he first got there, he was 190. 7.1.90. But, yeah, he did a Zoom call yesterday. Apparently went very, very well.

I would just keep an eyeball on him. Magoon Gwath. You have been pretty money with your scoops, but then you had a scuttle butt fall apart. So are we calling this a scoop or a scuttlebutt? It's scoop that he met with him. Well, everybody knows that, but is it scoop that he's coming? We hasn't pulled the trigger yet,

but I would say, I would say chances are very, very, very, very high. He's stubborn to answer the question. Is it Scoop or is it Scuttlebutt? A scoop. Okay. KS. Board lit up about it last night, and I didn't have answers. I was like, the thing with Scoop Lemon is...

But you also say he likes one more school, Michigan, right? Michigan, today, apparently. Michigan. And he's still considering staying at San Diego State. He's not staying. But I wrote on the board with Scoop Lemon, you don't know if he fell for a Photoshopped image or if he had the Guath family over at his house for pool party.

I mean, we don't know. There's a wide. range of scoops here yeah that's true he could he could either fall for anything or be making out with the mother like any of the questions but it is rare for him to put himself out like on a on a transfer recruitment there so it it got a lot of attention your team had like 80,000 views on it what yeah everyone everyone thinks you've got the scoop here wow everybody's like he doesn't say much of worth but when he does it's really it's got 153 000 views this morning oh guys of use.

Just the googly eyes. I just think he looks good. At 190 pounds. Here we go. I do like Magoon Gua. I hope we get him. He was the defensive player of the year and the freshman of the year. He can step out and shoot three a little bit.

Play the four or the five. Yeah, I mean, here's the way I'm judging this recruiting. You know, this happened last year in the portal. We have so many, like, Charlie Doomsday people who are like, we don't get a guy and go, oh, more Pope can't close it. You're like, look, this is what this is now. What this is now is really managing money. You have a set amount of money,

and you have to build the pieces to the money that you have. And the problem for us judging it is we don't know how much money they have, although I do think they have quite a bit. And we don't know what the other people have, really. And we don't know what the other people need. And because of that, you can't just judge it in like a straight, he sold a monitor not. There's a financial component,

and because unlike in Major League Sports, we don't know the money, we will starting next year, but we don't right now. You're just kind of left like, well, we're going to get some of these guys, and then we're not. I don't think it really says a lot about...

Think about Kobe Brea. He picked us over Kansas Duke, blah, blah, blah. Well, some of that, I'm sure, is he like Mark Pope, but some of his we probably gave me more money than Kansas and Duke did. So, I mean, that's kind of what we're going. we don't know. And like I said earlier, he's so good about just picking the guys that fit his program.

I think he went out in a short amount of time and picked the perfect guys to fit what he wants to do offensively this year. He'll do the same thing this year. He knows who he's got coming back. He'll go out and get fill in the holes with a big guy, a point guard, a shooter. One person writes, Matt, what was it like for your mom and Larry to go to the game? I think they really liked it. It was a lot, though. It was a lot. I mean, I don't know the last time you've taken an 87-year-old around a NCAA championship arena, there's a lot happening. I don't think you realize just when you go all the motion that's everywhere.

Then you throw in taking them to tin roof where it was like they were the Beatles. People were just taking their, like, it was a lot. And then the walk, for those of you on the walk who came over and like would help my dad off a curb or something. something like it was very very nice but we walk i thought it was right around the block and it was like a mile and you know there's just so many people then you get in the arena and there's people just everywhere and they're all running around and then you know when my parents sit down i go up there and everybody's talking to it's it's i think it was i think they loved it but i also think ryan maybe was a little overwhelming for them you know i think we all got a kick of you

telling the story of you guys walking over people coming up with their arm around larry getting a selfie with Larry. I mean, people were taking selfies of Larry. I guarantee you no one's ever taking a selfie of Larry. Like, I don't think Larry necessarily knows what a selfie is. And because he still has like a touchstone phones. And you said he was

moving fast with a cane. He was booking it. I think he felt like he had to move really fast. And we were like, my mom and I just kept going, it's okay, we can slow down. But I think he wanted to keep up with the hustle and the bustle. And then we ended up behind that TV shot. Really neat. Like, that'll be a picture I'll keep

of us walking into the arena. But you do have to take moments, Drew, to appreciate that. Because, like, I don't know how many times I'll get to do something like that again. Like, to sit at the tournament with my parents and watch the game and have, it was just, it was nice. But that's a big place, and there's a lot going on getting in and out. Well, I got to Tindroof first, knowing they weren't far behind, and I was even telling people, no, when they get here, let's create a path, they had a table reserved.

But when Larry got there 30 minutes for our show And there's just the house DJ Blasting clubbing music Right by Larry's ear I'm thinking It's one thing when we're going on But before we start You know Shannon the DJ's like

Boom tchoo And like Larry was rocking out man I saw Larry bobbing his head Well the first thing he did was take his hearing aids out He took both his hearing aids out Because it was pretty loud It was loud

Very loud But your wife apparently Abby was very sweet to my parents My mom probably said nine or ten times. Like, Abby is the sweetest. And there was a little bit of like, are you going to get married? Like, is there ever going to be an Abby, like, in your life? But she was very nice.

She was very excited to help them get in, hang with him while we were yapping. She's a great teammate. Sweet 16, Malachi Moreno and Great Crossing win the title. A lot of upsets on the way. The final was Bowling Green and Great Crossing, which surprised a lot of people. Moko, Montgomery County, got to the semifinals. But Malick, was he named MVP? Yes.

Malacomarino's named MVP. So another of these guys going and playing in the Sweet 16, winning the title, and then coming to Kentucky, he joins that list. It's only like, you know, eight or ten people he joins that list. I went to the championship game Saturday night, and he just dominated. And they said he was just as good in the semifinal game against Moco. I think he saved his best basketball for here at the end of the season and show everybody why he's a five-star and why he's Mr. Basketball

and why he's coming to Kentucky. and it's just going to get better and better. Won the state championship. Think about this. Played in the semifinals at 1.30 on Saturday. Then they do that thing where they play the finals at night. I don't ever understand why they do that, but they play the finals at night. He then must have gotten on a plane.

He did. Because he was then at the McDonald's All-American practice on Sunday, and he was named one of the standouts of the All-American practice after just having won the state tournament the night before. Got have been an exhausting run for him, But, I mean, they played so well. They pretty much ran through the Sweet 16. And I just think it's cool.

You know, last year's Sweet 16 championship had two future wildcats in it. Now next year's roster is going to have another state champ on it. Hopefully the other two stick around. You have three kids on UK's roster who were in the last two championship games of the state tournament. That's pretty unique for a Kentucky roster these days. Yeah. So very cool. And I think a lot of the staff was at that game on Saturday night,

the ones that didn't go have dinner with what's his head? I didn't see him. I'm sitting on Press Row eating my free Chick-fil-A. Sitting on Press Row acting like you were a super stop. Getting a Magoon scoop. Yeah, getting your Magoon scoop. The finals are here of college basketball, and this is the last time to bet on the college basketball season.

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Sorry. Yes, the selfie patrol there in Indianapolis. 859. 280-2287. Text machine is 772-7-744-5-254. All right, so let's talk for just a second about the other big story of the weekend, which was on the women's side. Cassidy Row, who's from Eastern Kentucky. Where in Eastern Kentucky? Shelby Valley High School. Shelby Valley High School came to UK, played here for a few years, and then she posted that she was no longer going to be playing basketball at Kentucky. She actually was no longer going to play basketball. basketball at all, even though she has a year of eligibility. She was going to go, I think, to physical therapy school or something. And then reports started coming out from various people that cover the women's team

that Kenny Brooks did not offer, like sort of suggested to her she needed to transfer and that wouldn't have a scholarship for this year. There are some people very upset online, I think in part because they might have known her when she was in high school. Her dad is a prominent coach. Some media members very upset. seemed like some fans very upset as well. Ryan, I'm curious.

We have not talked about this. I'm curious as to what your take is. I can see Coach Brooks's point that he wants to get the best players possible to try to win a championship. They now have 15 scholarships. Cassidy Rose is going to be a senior. She's the one girl that stayed during the coaching transition and kind of held everything together. She gave everything she had to this program for three years, and now you're telling her your senior year that you don't have a spot for,

when you've got 15 spots on that bench. I can see her, Coach Brooks Point, but I think the perception of it is horrible. Drew? I kind of agree. I mean, she committed to UK earlier in her high school career. Committed to Matthew Mitchell, had a couple bad injuries, still made it to UK. She seems like she's been nothing but a great teammate. There's clips that we're going around now.

She's the first one off the bench to, you know, congratulate or whatever's going on in the game. She hops right up and wants to be a part of it. you know if he has seven transfers ready to go to take all those spots i guess i get it but i still think you got to look at the circumstances on this one or if you knew it was going to happen let her know before she could at least have a senior day as a junior it just seems like someone that's been a pretty good glue around that program lately and nothing but a good teammate shouldn't be pushed out the door like that having all the kentucky connections and everything else well i think it's important to know kennie brooks hasn't said anything so we don't know i mean we we we only know what what

Cassidy said, and she didn't throw him under the bus. I mean, I think a lot of the reports are from outside people, and I'm sure those reports are true. I'm not questioning them. But we haven't heard anything from Kenny one way or the other. So here's the thing. I think it's, I want to try to figure out why people are so frustrated by this, because I do want to narrow into why I think people are frustrated.

First of all, this happens all the time. It does. This happens all the time. Kenny Brooks is not the first coach. to do this. Take any coach that you love that has ever coached here and they have asked people to leave. All of them. Cal did it. Tubby did it. Tino did it. Rich Brooks did it. Mark Stubes has done it. Matthew Mitchell did it. Minjeon. Mingeon did it a ton. So it can't be that people are mad that he asked someone to transfer. That's happened with everybody. So let's start with that. Second, you know, it can't be that

she stuck around because that's happened with everybody, right? I think what bothers people at its core, would you agree, Ryan, is that she's from Kentucky? Is that, I mean, it's odd to me how much this has worked people up, and I think it's got to be the fact that she's from Kentucky. Would you agree with that? And not just from Kentucky. She's from the Mountain. She's from Shelby Valley. Okay.

So is that why you think people are upset? I think that's a huge part of it. Okay, so the question then becomes like, I get it, but would we feel this way all the time? Are we going to take, because you're going to have to be careful. John Caliperi used to say privately that the reason he was hesitant to take people from Kentucky is once you take them, you're adding the baggage of all the fan expectations of the state. That there's kind of a, once you take a kid from Kentucky,

It better be good because the fans will expect you to play them and you'll hear about it all the time. And I think that's a big reason why I didn't take kids from Kentucky. Probably some truth to that. So I do think it's worth noting that if you want these people, these coaches to take kids from Kentucky, you have to be judged on the same standards. Now, do I think Cassie Row can play, should play?

I have no idea. I didn't watch it enough to say, so I can't say. I'm with you a little bit. There's 15 scholarships. feels like there'd be one for her. But we also have to say, if we say that because someone's from Kentucky, it's a different standard, it's going to make people less likely to get people from Kentucky. That's probably true, right?

I guess what if Coach Pope told Trent or Travis, you don't have a scholarship next year? We want you to transfer. People would be furious. Yeah. Same thing. So, but then if I'm Mark Pope and this kid two years down the road, and I'm not sure, but I'd like to give him a chance, do you then go, I don't want that pushback again? You know, I mean, Kenny told a lot of people to leave last year.

He told her to come back if she wanted to. Well, I don't think everybody got so mad when he told the other people to leave. It's just I get it. I understand why people are upset, and my inclination is to be pro-Eastern Kentucky, and if it were me as coach, I'd leave her on the team. Be like, I got 15 scholarships. But I also think we've got to be consistent,

and now if we set the precedent of if you recruited for a kid from Kentucky, they have to stay all four years no matter what. You're probably going to get fewer people recruited from Kentucky. Yeah, I think the big thing is just there's so many open spots. People are like, is there not just any way to keep her? You know, if they were down to just two or three roster spots that were open, they need to open another one to go to the portal, you probably sit with it a little better.

But the fact that she's been, feels like she's been a part of that program for eight years. I think she committed in like eighth grade or as a freshman just adding to it. everybody's known about her. And it just makes you wonder, are you really going to go out and get that many people that there wasn't a spot for? But maybe he is. You know, it's his job to win basketball games and have the best roster he can. I think her backstory, too, people fell in love with it because she blew her knee out like as a sophomore. Twice.

Rehab, got back. Then her senior near, she blows out the other knee. Rehabed, got back, made the roster. Kentucky honored her scholarship. She came to UK. Like I said, she's just kind of the off-the-court leader, just kind of the glue that holds everybody together. She's off the court leader to the fans. I mean, George Amor was the leader of the team.

Yeah. Okay, so like, we fans had the connection, but George Amor was the leader of the team. Listen, I've never, I don't even know if I've ever met this young woman. We met her when we did the show at Shelby Valley that day. Oh, okay. Yes. Okay, you're right. You're right about that.

I've met her dad, I think, once or twice. She seems like a wonderful person. I don't know at all. But I would also say, like, you know, this is also, the business we're in now. Like part of the part of the thing about giving players money and giving them the ability to transfer is this. This is the other side, which is

if it's a business, it's a business the other way too. It's a free agency. It's a free agency. And that I can see why that would bother people. But if you're people like me who think these players should get paid, who think Georgia Amor and Claire Strach and these people should get, I think Cassie had some NIL deals, right? I think then this is the opposite of it, which is they're going to say, well, it's a business.

So I hate it for, but I also think we don't know everything, so I'm hesitant to condemn it, if that makes it. Yeah, I does. We'll take a break. Come back. Hour number two, KSR. Another podcast from some SNL late-night comedy guy, not quite. Unhumor me with Robert Smygel and friends. Me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman helped make you fun.

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