KSR - 2025-07-17- KSR - Hour 1

Episode Date: July 17, 2025

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This is Kentucky Sports Radio. This is the Thursday edition, July 17th. Ryan Lemon, Janet the Dude, and joined by a very special guest. We'll get through here in just a second. But as always, the Kentucky Sports Radio, sponsor. by the T.J. Smith Law Office. Called T.J. What happened, Shannon? He'll make them pay.

He will make them pay. Our Clark's Pubbyshop phone number will be open. 859-2-8-7. We'll have a couple segments. We'll try to take a few phone calls today, because we have a lot of special guests lined up. The A Vision Glass text machine was rolling yesterday. It's been the whole week.

It's my cell phone this week, so if you know that number, you can send us a text. We'll try to get that on. And we'll also have our Whiskey Thief call the day. So, Shannon, we got biffed yesterday by Duran Lam and Diann. I think they're still in bed. They may still be in bed. But we have a very special guest who's joining us today, kind of unexpected.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the airways. Mr. Drew Franklin is back in the big chair. All right. I missed you guys. I had to take a couple days off. Us Franklin's had a lot going on here lately. My parents had back-to-back surgeries. One scheduled.

One kind of just came up out of nowhere and happened to be at the same time. So I've been playing a little caretaker right before their surgeries, their dog died. So it's really been a pretty rough week around my parents' house. and I was there for them the last two days, but I'll be honest, I was sitting with my dad. Both surgeries went well, by the way. We're in recovery mode, but I was sitting with my dad yesterday, and we're listening to the show,

and I told him, because I'm his caretaker. My mom's in Bowling Green, my sister's with her. And I was like, Dad, are you all right? I might have to go drive over and save these guys when Duron knows showed you. Because I was in town, and I thought about coming over here to join the conversation. It was kind of painful knowing that they left you hanging yesterday.

It was painful sitting here knowing they left us hanging yesterday, But the big picture is both your parents are fine. Yes, both parents. Yes. One ankle, one heart. So far, so good. Still getting updates on my mom, but both surgeries went well. So thank you all for allowing me the time off.

I heard you ask for some prayers. Got a few messages. Saw some people around town when I ran my cracker barrel run yesterday. So I appreciate people reaching out, but both went well. They almost fired you as your dad's caretaker, though, on Tuesday. Yeah, well, it was a little weird when he was in surgery, and the nurse came to the lobby to get me, and I was at Wendy's. But I thought I could make a 10-minute run.

But, you know, one strike against me. But otherwise, it's gone as well as it can for a very rough situation here lately. And then when the surgery is over, you had an issue. Yeah, well, I was wearing noise-canceling headphones in the lobby looking out the window, and they were yelling at me. But, you know, it's my first time in this role. I'm learning. I didn't get a third strike.

I've been very attentive. Got my dad Waffle House on night one to go. Cracker barrel on night two. We've mostly been watching Summer League and waiting updates from my mom, but that's what it's been around me. Been playing, had to be a good son the last couple days. Well, glad both surgeries went well. Glad Mike and Nancy are both doing well.

Yep. Kind of got a long recovery for your mom. Well, not a long, but a tough one. So we're all still pulling forward. She's a tough old gal. She'll be just fine. Yep. Hopefully, I don't know when she'll be home. I'm still getting updates this morning.

She's on the other side of the state, but good news so far. We appreciate you joining us. Thank you. We've got another fun show, TBT week. At 1015, we're going to call Willie Collie Stein. He can't come today because he's, wink, wink, wink, meeting with somebody, wink, wink. Who's more important than Ryan Lemon?

Maybe a 6-10 recruit. Oh, okay, never mind. A lot more important than Ryan Lemon. Please, Willie, do whatever you have to do over there. But he wants to be on the show. So he said, Willie can call him. So we'll call him at 10.15. 1030, Archie Goodwin's going to be here.

I think it's the first time he's ever been on the show. I'm very excited about Archie. I mean, Willie, I love Willie, fan favorite. But we've been lucky enough to have Will a few times. same with the Harrison's last year. I can't think of a time we've talked to Archie. I don't think so either. I don't even remember Archie doing it when he was on the team

in one of the exit interviews. Maybe he did, but that's been 12 years. So of all the people will have, and you've already had so far, I think I'm most excited about him. 11 o'clock will be the twins. And then at 1130 will be Canter. Karam. Karam Cantor.

Drew a blank on his first name. It's Karam. Karam Cantor. And Marquis Warrick, the district. dude from Henry Clay that's going to play on the team now this year this summer. And what an addition that was. I haven't been on to talk about that. I mean, that dude was just playing.

At Missouri. Yeah, and played really well in Northern before that. I think he has a couple of buzzer-beater game winners. I think so. Very high-scoring games. With Ian Almanore, he got some very fresh legs on that team. I'm looking forward to hearing from him today, too. Now, the team has been practicing this week, and they may have, wink, wink,

played a scrimmage type of game, maybe, wink, wink, against another team that we kind of know a little bit about. And I've got some intel about that. Okay. Other team. The other team. Got some inside intel. Where is this other team based?

Are they local or did they bring someone in? A lot familiar to bring someone in from out of town? Well, they're a local team. Okay. Yeah, they're just right around the corner here from KS. Bar and Grill, actually. All right. You would expect the two best players in the get-together would be Otega O'A and Jalen Lowe. They were.

Good to hear. Because those two guys are probably going to be the point guard, the two guard all year long. They both played really, really well, really well. But it's the next three names I'm going to say that played well. It might surprise you a little bit. Okay. Let's hear it. The third player that was impressive yesterday was Cam Williams. He said he's not a good as shooter as Brea.

But he's pretty close. He's a better athlete and a better defender than Braia. Close to Brea? That's a big comparison already. I'm just saying I trust my intel. Not as good as shooters, Brea, but pretty close. Better athlete, better defender than Brea. Cam Williams stood out yesterday.

I love hearing that. Matt had a little scoop. Jack had some scoop. Pretty much anyone that heard something from practice, O.A. and low were a big takeaway is two standouts. But when you're throwing Cam Williams, into that tier also. That's exciting.

I saw, and I hate putting this out there because this seems a little extreme to me, but there's a website, MBA draft.net. It's been around a long time. It's not the top of the line place for your mock drafts, but it's a place with mock drafts.

Nothing wrong with it. They have Cam Williams at number six overall. What? Yeah, he's not even really in any of the other ones at all, maybe a couple here and there, but none in the lottery and they have him at sixth.

I got we don't talk about as much. I'm not going to, be calling him a projected six pick all year or anything because I do think that's a little bit of a stretch might be taking a gamble there to try to get one right but just the fact that someone out there believes it that's exciting and now you're telling me he stood out in the practice so it's a name we haven't mentioned a ton of so far this summer but that's it's big news now the other two names that stood on the practice Trent Noah good to hear that a guy we've kind of had in our mind maybe be 10th 11th 12th man on this talented roster played well yesterday I loved hearing that So the reports where Trent Noah started.

Did you see the alleged starting five? I have not seen the alleged starting five. It's exactly what most of us are predicting. I don't know what your prediction was. It's what I thought it was. I think Matt was. It thinks it is, but it was Jalen Lowe, Aberdeen. O'way.

That's kind of what everybody, those three. I'm going to skip over. Brandon Garrison. Yeah, we kind of had him in the larger lineup. Everybody's had Modiabate right there at the four. And maybe it is him. But yesterday, in the scrimmage, it was Trent Noah at the four. And apparently he played pretty well.

And Mo played. It wasn't like he was sitting out in street clothes. I don't know what that means for the season. Maybe Pope was just mixing things up. It's a meaningless scrimmage over there. But that was a surprise in seeing the practice reports that people are putting out. Maybe there'll be more of a battle at the four spot than we kind of thought it might be. Three and the four, both.

He can play both of them. If sophomore Trent Noah is pushing Diabate, who was really good for Bama last year in his role, I mean, that is very exciting news. And the last guy that's kind of surprised me a little bit. Malachi Moreno, a guy I thought would really need a year or two to, you know, get stronger, learning the college game a little bit. And, you know, Trent and Malachi both grew up watching Kentucky basketball. They grew up watching Willie, the twins, Archie Goodwin.

They watched these guys. Yesterday they got to play against them, and they both played well. Yeah, you had the same last year with Trent and Travis meeting these guys. They even admitted being a little wide-eyed. At that point, already been used to wearing the jersey, at least in practice, being on campus. But then when you're lined up with some people you'd like actually idolized in the Harrison Twins and Willie Colley-Stine, that's got to be bizarre.

Especially Marino and Willie are probably banging down there in the paint in this scrimmage. That's got to be a what the heck's going on moment for him. Well, we have to talk about it now because we can't talk about it with the guests that are coming. Yeah, we're using the S word. Last year we weren't allowed to say scrimmage, but I feel like they're using scrimmage. So are we saying it? Are we going to get a call? We'll probably get a call.

let's just call you and I'll just call it a get-together a gathering a gathering a function a friendly you learned what a friendly is this week a friendly in soccer it was just a friendly so if they use that s word we'll let them but you and I will probably save our own rear ends you probably just call it gathering or a get together if it happened you know

allegedly happened Drew and allegedly 61 to 55 the young cats won after falling down early allegedly allegedly at this friendly. If there was something that actually happened. Shannon, I don't know if we can really, you know, tiptoe around it with these guys, but we're not supposed to talk to these guys about it.

So why is it so secret? Why can't you say the S word? Last year when we would talk about it, maybe, allegedly, like the UK would say, don't call it a scrimmage. I guess because there's NCAA rules about scrimmaging Illinois or something. I don't know. It's a gray area, but we were just extra cautious to not get anyone in trouble. but this year it seems they're just throwing S words around.

And to be so top secret, a lot of people knew about it yesterday. We got a score, according to Jack Pilgrim, Aberdeen hit the Ilam ending. Oh, I didn't know that one. At this friendly? At the friendly. At the friendly. Whoever they were playing, whoever had them in.

So UK, we're sorry if we're using the wrong terminology, but it's pretty cool. They got to do that yesterday. That was a big part of last summer. Some of the players from last year's La Familiar team said they followed last season's Pope's first year closer because of the scrimmages they played against them when they first got on campus a year ago. And the UK team last year followed the TBT team throughout the tournament last year

because they get to know these guys when they get to have these gatherings with them? I don't know if they'll do it again this year. Remember last year they would sit down the vet and the new guy? Yeah, that's right. You know, they kind of have a conversation about what it was like. I think maybe Andrew Harrison and Lamont Butler did a little one-on-one face-to-face maybe Amari and Willie or Brandon Garrison and Willie. But all the new players each set down with a former player

and did a little one-on-one talk. I hope they do that again. So we'll take a break. We come back. We're trying to get Willie Kloystein on the phone. Willie's been with us. He was with us last summer. He's been with us here on the show a couple times, and he really wants to do it. So we're going to try to work it out and get with him on the phone. Ryan, Drew and Shannon, we're right back. This is Kentucky Sports Radio. Last night, a blown call changed a game. This morning, the internet lost its mind. Highlights are trending, opinions are flying, and nobody's telling you exactly what happened. That's where Sports Slice comes in.

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Still got tickets available, Drew, if you want to go out and get your tickets, there are still tickets available to load up. And now we've got one of the stars of the team, one of the stars of Kentucky Wildcats during the Calera. Willie Collie Stein joins us again on Kentucky Sports Radio. How are you, Willie? I'm good. How are you all doing?

We're doing well. You decided to run it back again with the TBT. guys this summer? I had to do it, man. Last year it was too fun. Now that you've been through it, what's it like? What are the feelings like now? Is there more hunger, more excitement, more comfort?

You got one under your belt. How are you feeling going into your second one? I think a little more comfort of knowing how the tournament works and the things that it takes to win. I think all the guys that are playing with us are played in this tournament before. too. We're excited to put it together and see how it works. One of the coolest things I thought about you guys that came in last summer to play on the TBT team is you guys all got to feel the love again from Big Blue Nation.

We heard, you know, Kalil Whitney and Anthony Aemanoe talk about it yesterday. That's one of the reasons they wanted to play in this because they feel like you don't want to miss out on feeling that love from the fans. Oh, yeah, man. I mean, y'all know how it is. It's something that. So I'm glad that, you know, Kalil got to come back and gets to feel that love. love for him and know that the time that he did spend here like these people never forget it.

This year's team, it has some guys back, some new faces. Did you play any role in any recruiting new people or any roster creation? Or did you just say, give me my spot? I'm back next summer. I mean, you guys know how I get down, man. I don't care who's going to play with this. I just like playing in front of these fans and being back out in Lexington. So when they told me the guys that we got, I was.

was tight because obviously I didn't get to play with D. Lamb. I got to play with Liggins at the Kings and just a chance to play with Archie again after damn there 12 years I mean maybe even longer. It's fun man and then the last days of practice and fun playing and seeing you know how everybody got better from you from last year and I don't know it's been good vibes. I think it's kind of cool last year to you I think you specifically enjoyed it so much you stuck around. Played a lot of golf here in Lexington this summer. Like you've got to enjoy Lexington all over again. Oh yeah, man. You know, I finished a year at school and didn't go to football games. I don't know, yeah, just being around golf and seeing some old buddies from college that

have stuck around here too. I mean, it's been fun, man. Just seeing everybody grow up. We're glad you're able to hang around and have fun. But we, You know, you do have a championship to win. So what were you doing to stay in game shape? You know, golf course. I saw you're out there. You're getting a cart. You're not carrying your own bag.

What were you doing to be ready for this second? A lot of familiar run. Oh, man, you probably see my second round when I was on that cart. I walked six miles a day. I carry the bag, and that's all I do. I don't touch a ball. The first time I touched the ball was TBT first practice. I won't even live here.

It's like riding a bike, man. So you had, the first time you touched a basketball a long time was the practice, first practice on Monday? Oh, yeah. Last year was the same thing, bro. I don't even own a basketball. Like, the first time I touched the ball last year was the first practice that we had. Matter of fact, it might have been the Champions little weekend or you do the little charity game. And I was pressing off of 18 hole, you know, a couple Millers.

And I was feeling good that day. Man, what a different thing. Hopefully no Millers before the games coming up this weekend. But you mentioned playing with Archie. He's a new edition. Right before you came on, Ron and I were talking about how Kentucky fans, we haven't seen Archie since he played here. You've been around.

The Harrison's been around, but we haven't seen Archie. Is he still got game? I know he's a TBT veteran at another program. Can we expect big things out of him this weekend? Oh, man. You know, Archie's got one speed and one mode, and that's get it. and it's he still has it and it's just more refined now and it's more crafted it was you know i watched them this year in china because of last year we really wanted to play on our team but he had

already you know went to that other team and did his thing when we've seen him in the final four so you know he's he was itching to play with us too i feel like by the end of last year he was like yeah i definitely want to run with you guys next year so i was happy it worked out for us because no he's he's he's he's one of the the guys on this edition that's going to get it for us so I was going to ask you that last year we kind of, Nate Sustina kind of ended up being the breakout star and the leading score. Is that, you think Archie's that guy this year? Who do you think it's going to be this year? Oh, man, I mean, it's not about the offense, I don't think.

This year it's all about defense. Like, if we play good defense, that's why Archie, Liggins, the twins. We got good, like, defensive guys this year that, like, really get after it. So that's what's really going to do is for it. I mean, we can score 1 through 10 if we really want to. If you just throw the ball to a guy, I want to play that way. But, you know, Coach Woods got us buying in and playing the old dribble drive. Man, it's going to be fun.

It's going to be high octane. There's going to be a lot of three. It's going to be a lot of baskets at the rim. And it should be the pieces that we have are a more fulfilling team than I feel like we did last year. Today, the Internet is buzzing about one of Ural's preseason games. There might have been a little scrimmage practice. Okay, say this. Get together with some players that might still be in college.

Can you reveal anything about what you all did last night over at the Joe Crafts Center? And did you like what you saw out of your opponent? Yeah, man, we just got after it. They was trying to tune us up a little bit before our game. And, you know, obviously they wanted to see where they're at. So our whole main thing was just to be, you know, a little more aggressive and put some weight on them,

push them, you know, push them around, just make them feel uncomfortable. But, you know, they did a good job. They answered back at halftime, and they got hot, man. It was good. It ended up being a really good game. And Drew and I talked about, you know, a guy like Malachi Moreno grew up watching a guy like Willie Collie Stein play, and then he's probably banging with you into paint. You know, you're still the OG to him.

Oh, yeah, man. And it was love, man. He came up to me. after one of our practices and told me that. And, you know, I love that shit, bro. Because that was me one day. That was me coming to AD and seeing these guys and Boogie Cousins when I finally got drafted to the Kings.

I'm getting to spend time with him off the court. And I'm just like, bro, y'all, you know, but y'all boys are the guys. Like, the first time I met John Wals, bro, I'm like, man, he's a lot of love for y'all boys. So it was the same, man. He needs respect, you know, he gets it back. and it's all of good energy. I think he's going to have a good year, of course. You got to do that last year, too, so you think we're in a pretty good place in Pope's second year?

He's going to get him in soon. He's going to make sure that they're in the right spot about that team. I think it's just trust, man. Trust what Pope's doing, and let the chips fall where they go. Well, Willie, we appreciate you joining us, man. I know you wanted to do this, even though you had some other obligations this morning, but you wanted to get on board, talk to us, talk to Big Blue Nation. and tickets still available for the game tomorrow night at Memorial Call Sam.

So, man, best of luck to you, and welcome back to Lexington. I appreciate you guys, and I always love coming home. All right. Willie Colley Stein, kind of one of the OGs that are running back again with the TBT team again this summer. He's kind of become, I don't know if he's the official of captain of TBT, but he's a good spokesman. You tell how much he cares and how excited he is to run it back here tomorrow this weekend. Now, Shannon, what was he doing, though?

Was he moan? I'm not sure. working on a wheat eater? He did let us test the dump button now. I don't know if you even heard what he said there. So you did catch it? Well, yeah, I'm glad I wasn't answering a caller. I thought nobody gave me a heads up.

But yeah, I did hit it. So we'll see if it works or not. Ryan said he was going to cover the fine if we got fines. So it's all right. Ryan did not say that. But yeah, I heard it and didn't know if it got dumped or not. But I'm not for sure what he was doing. Feel free to jump in any time that happens and say, hey, did you get that?

Did you hear that? Jump that, Shannon. Yeah, feel free to do that. But, yeah, it's good to hear from Willie. You know, always good to have these guys come back. A lot of these guys, really, we don't have an opportunity to talk to them and catch up with them, and this gives us a chance to do that. Well, like I said, he's been on with this before, and I think he really loves coming back,

being a part of feeling the love of Big Blue Nation again and loves Lexington. He really does. I know he's been back and forth, but I've heard stories of people just running into Willie on the golf course, and it's just run, like, running into a buddy, even though they don't know him. He's just out. He's one of the guys. He's been quite all over town since coming back to TBT. At one point, I know he's considering actually living here.

I don't know if that's still in his plans. But of all people to see, heck, I was at the mall in Cincinnati one time. And my wife was like, is that really way down there? Right up to talk to him. I think there's multiple Willie Stines running around having a good time. Now, tonight at 6 o'clock at Bespoken Spirits in the Grey Line Station, Commonwealth Causes, that has a new bourbon bottle for La Familia, and the guys will be there to sign it.

They're only going to be signing the bourbon bottle, the La Familla Bourbon bottle, right? Yeah, they're just going to sign that one. Six o'clock tonight. You can get the guys, meet the guys, talk to the guys, and get this bourbon bottle from Commonwealth Congress. This should wrap up all the preview events because it gets real tomorrow. So one of the last chances to see the guys unless you run into them, one of the last big events in the week leading up to the actual action.

So we're going to take a break, come back. Archie Goodwin's going to sit in with us. I don't think he's ever been on the show before. I think this is his first time on the show with us. I've waited 13 years to ask Archie a question. Okay. 13 years. That's the pressure right there.

He's standing out here. We'll get him when we come back. 859-280-287. This is Kentucky Sports Radio. 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.

All right, welcome back. Kentucky Sports Radio. Ryan Drew and Shannon here. We are live on the patio at KS. Bar and Grill. Matt got the week off, getting ready for football season coming up. So it works out well with us with Matt being here. We've got the TBT week, got the guys coming and kind of sitting down in his little bit. It's so cool to kind of catch up with everybody.

And we're going to have a guy on now that we believe the first time he's ever been on KSR. Archie Goodwin joins us. Archie, man, like I said, I think it's your first time here. Welcome to KSR. Thank you guys for having me. I'm happy to be here. You know, they tried to get you to play last year. I guess you'd already committed to somebody else.

Went out and made you a commitment to get you early this year. Did you want to play with this group of guys? Oh, yeah, for sure. last year it was really just a miscommunication between me and 20. I think that, because I think he tried to reach out to me, but I didn't see the message because of the platform he used. The message disappeared, so I didn't see it. But if that wouldn't happen, I would have played last year,

especially with one of my guys bled. Me and him are really close. Because, you know, we played with the sons together. So it would have been a no-brainer for me last year. had that communication not fail through. But I knew going after last year, playing, I knew I told 20. Like, man, if I do play in it this year, it'll be with you guys, so you don't have to worry about that.

Awesome. Yeah, last year, not just played one of the stars of the whole tournament. He was getting buckets. And Kentucky fans were saying, what is Archie doing on that other team over there? So we're glad to have you, though, but you are experiencing this tournament, just not with La Familia. Do you feel like, how many, been a couple years, right? Two or three?

Well, I played in it. I played in it maybe four times. Okay, well, regardless, the experience you have in it, are you able to pass that along to some of the new guys? Do you feel like that really helps you in knowing what to expect going into it this year with the new team? Yeah, at the end of the day, we're dealing with a lot of pros. So, you know, basketball is basketball at the end of the day. We have a good group of guys who know how to play the game.

And, you know, in practices, we look really well with sharing the ball with each other, and being really selfless. So I think that as long as we keep that mindset and the defense, Offensive mindset going into it we can beat anybody because we have the talent. Now you said you play with Eric Bledsoe with the sons. We just had Willie Colley-Stein on. He said he was your teammate for a year. Were that with the Kings?

No, he was with here. He was my team. Oh, the UK. The Nerland's team, the young Willie. Young, young, young quiet Willie. That was that was Willie before the tattoos. Yeah. That was the young.

Was that blonde hair, Willie? Was that that team? That was the baby little Afro Willie. He wasn't until, I think, his sophomore and junior year where he started getting more comfortable and really being able to find who he is as a person and being able to express it at the level he wanted to. I think that first year he was kind of conservative. But, you know, as he got more comfortable, he became, you know, the great Willie that we know now. I wasn't going to go this route, but we mentioned the sons twice.

I have a quick story and a thank you. I was going to see DeMarcus Cousins and the Kings by myself. Flew out alone. DeMarcus got me tickets behind the bench on my layover. in Denver, I think. Open my phone. Cousins suspended, will not play. I almost went home.

I went anyway. Cousins wasn't even allowed in the arena, and I still got my one ticket behind the bench. Thank you. Archie Goodwin had 30 points on the other team that night. I sure you remember that game with the Suns. I think Bletsoe, that was the team. But I got to thank you.

I flew across the country to see one former cat. He wasn't even allowed in the building, and then you ended up. That had to have been one of your career games in the league. So that was the last game of the season for us. And coach told me before the game I was going to play just to be ready because they're, Ricky year. You know, I go for a rookie's up and down.

And so I knew I was going to play coming in. So I just came in with aggressive mindset. And, you know, we won the game and everything. Yeah, I remember that. Well, there was a guy on a king's shirt behind the king's bench going crazy with each shot. So thank you for saving my trip. That's dope, man. That's a little dope right there.

Most of a Big Blue Nation, if they had to give a do-over for one team, it would have been your team. You know, when Nerlins went down. I think you guys all deserve to do over, I think. You kind of got cheated a little bit. Well, there's a couple things about that year. First, when New Orleans got hurt, I think that definitely hurt us. We were top 25 before he got hurt. I remember, like yesterday, we was on a role playing against Florida.

And before the injury, we were right there in the game with those guys. And then he gets, you know, the devastating ACL tear. And then from there, because he was our anchor defensively. and um you know like i say with with willie and Alex they became great players but at that time they just were still new and they were not who they became to be as those years went on right so we needed nerlands to be able to help those guys and um and like because it was a comfort knowing that we had him back there to a throw lives to but also the defensive presence of tunnel guys to him, you know, and be the defensive guy he was.

And when you lose that, that's hard for anybody. I think another thing that kind of hurt us that year was realistically the championship that the team won before us because, you know, for us to be a 20-plus-win team and still be number two in the SEC and not make the tournament, I do feel like we got jacked a little bit because of that. We did lose some games, but I've seen plenty of concerns. Kentucky teams that lost games and still made the tournament. Yeah.

You know, and for us to finish, like I said, number two in the SEC at the end, and we still didn't get the bid. It was kind of crazy to me. It was a business team, right? For there to be a power conference, so that's the finish number two, and not get the bid still didn't make sense to me. And then we just went into that NIT not really, we were kind of down. You know, as a young group, we were kind of down because we felt we didn't get a fair hand.

And on top of that, us being the number one overall seat and having a place. play at the team. Yeah, that's right. The Memorial was being used. Yeah, so we can't even play at our home thing, and we had the number of our seats, so we're on the world the whole time. It didn't make sense, and guys just weren't mentally there as a young group. It was just kind of hard for us.

But also, the last thing I'm going to say that I felt like could have helped us was me being at the point guard at the beginning. I think that they helped us a lot as a group. I don't know if you guys remember, but Ryan was the point guard at first, and he had this stuff going on. Yeah. And I went into the point guard role. And I went into that point guard role.

We were top 10 in the country. Like, we were a top 10 team. We were right there with Duke. We lost one to know the Dame at on the road on the road. And then I think that's when Ryan came back. And then coach inserted him back as the point guard for us. And we just kind of had up and downs because for me and my game, if you remember Coach Cowell's offense,

his two guards, the Ron Lamb, Dairns Miller, Liggins was a two-three, but his two guards are predominantly guys who catch and shoot. I play off a floppy action. He did a lot of that with the run, which was where he thrived at. But for me, that wasn't my game. My game was more downhill transition, more like a John Wall type player. John Wall's a better pass than me. But as far as being able to get into the rim and get downhill

and put pressure on the defense on the fast break. standpoint, that was my game, and that was more predicated for a point guard in Coach Cald's system. And so I thrived a lot during that time as the point guard where I was getting a lot of my praise. And then when I moved to the two, where I was in more of a catching shoe row, it kind of went down. And so to the outside guys, or to the public who don't really who don't really understand what's going on, it's like, oh, he's getting worse. So like, that was the theme of the year. Like, oh, Archie's getting worse. It's not, it's not necessarily that I'm getting worse. I'm just in a different position. And I'm not being. And I'm not being.

and used how I was being used at the beginning, which was to my strengths. Because at that time, shooting wasn't a strength of mine. Like, you know, I was more of a downhill player. And even still to this day, like, I'm a way better shooter now, but I'm still a downhill player. And so, like, it works when you give me the ball and let me play downhill.

Then I can get and create and I can get into the real-in-shooting. Yeah. So I think that, you know, me being used, the way I got used at that second half of the season, it hurt us as well, able to really put pressure on the defense like I wanted to. And then what if that was over then? There was a lot of times where I would kind of get antsy and try to force things.

And, you know, trying to force and trying to integrate myself into the game because I wasn't being able to really get used that way. Because, like I say, if you look at his, as Coach Cowell's teams, I would say pre, pre, what year was that? It was one year where he had, I'm not being going to say to your D.D. booking and was here maybe a year or so after that maybe after shay's year because you got to think every year since he's gotten here it was point guard university that's what he was oh yeah right so like the point guards they run the show and all of them are downhill guys you know what i mean like

the only guy maybe that wasn't downhill would be like a tawley ullis but even tally ullis he's so crafty and quick to get in the lane right he could still get there whenever he wanted and make plays he was probably one of the better shooting point guards that Coach Cal had. But like from John Wall, you can go back to Derek Rose, Tyreek Evans, John Wall, Brandon Knight, Shea, DeAnne Fox, Jamal Murray. Like, Jamal Murray is more of a shooter, too, but he was, I feel like he can get downhill. But a lot of the point guards were downhill players. And for me, and the discussion that we had when I prior to me coming was he was going to allow me to play that point guard. or something, which I thrived in when I was there.

And I'm sorry to be a little long-winded, but I just never have gotten this opportunity to explain this to people. Because I got a lot of slack that year, and people wondering what was the problem. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. And I've never gotten a chance to really express how I felt about that year and what I think could have helped us.

I don't think that it was necessarily that I'm not going to put it like, oh, Coach Cowell is the problem. He wasn't. I just, I believe that if he would have allowed me to stay at that point guard, it would have helped us way more, especially when Naird is getting hurt. Like I would have been able to take on it before. Just hearing you talk through, it's like he's the therapy. It's like, you know, we got therapy talking it through,

getting through it, talking about, you know, what was going on. Because we, you know, you're... I'm not saying, don't apologize for being long-winded. That was the best answer I think we've ever had for any questions for a player about anything. It's coming from his heart, you can tell, man. It's coming to my heart. I want to let the people know, man. This is what I was feeling what was going on at that time.

And it was tough, man, because being a young kid and getting so much, like, you guys know, I, guys know, I caught a lot of slack that year for a lot of the problems that was going on with our team. And rightfully so, me being one of the better players, I take that on the chest, but when you can't do anything about it because of, you know, like, because I've had conversations with coach. And I remember going to him and asking me, like, coach, you know, I would love to play the point. And he just basically told me like, I want you to play the point, but we got to let Ryan play it and I need you on the court, you know, so we got to put you at the two. And I'm like, okay, cool, whatever you want me to do, I'll do it.

I'll try to do it the best I can. I just knew that at that time, and his offense at that time, the two was made for, you know, pure shooters. Yeah, right, right. And so, and if you can remember, that's when Julius May started playing a lot for us because he was our best shooter. So, you know, you put him at the two, now I'm at the three,

and it got him a little better because now I'm more of a slashing, cut and roll, which is cool. But, like I said, once again, I was brought here as a top 10 player in the country off of me playing with the ball of my hands. Yeah, right. Putting pressure on guys. Well, if you sit tight, you can sit tight for one more segment? Because Drew's got a question.

He's been waiting to ask you for 13 years. For sure, for sure. It's a question and a compliment. So we'll take our break. We'll come back a lot more with Archie Goodman. Kentucky Sports Radio. We're right back after this. Last night, a blown call changed a game.

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Presented by Capital One, founding partner of IHeart Women's Sports. Welcome back, Kentucky Sports Radio. Ryan Drew and Shannon. We're live on the patio at KS Bar and Grill. The redoing the floors today inside, Drew. There's a lot of noise inside KS Bar and Gros. Looks real good in there. Looks real good.

We're going to open sometime in mid to late August, so keep an eye out for all that. Whenever me and you get our tasks done in there, we got to get some photos going. We got it started. We got a little start going on, so joined here by Archie Goodwin from the TBT team, former Kentucky Wildcat. And Archie, I don't know if you heard, but Drew said he's got a question. He's been waiting to ask you for 13 years. I don't even know what it is. So, Drew, the floor is yours.

It's part question, part statement, part correct. the big blue nation. John Wall does not have the best big blue madness dance. Someone has to say it, and I'm the one that's going to say it. It was this man sitting right next to him. That is very true. I remember you will. Archie Goodwin has the best big blue madness dance.

In fact, one of my best friends in the whole world, I will not say his name, but he is currently listening. He would sit at home and watch it on YouTube and practice it to where he's perfected it, and we will be out in public and tell him to hit his Archie Goodwin. Walk me through that madness. I know we don't have video for the fans to but you were like cranking something over here.

I don't know, you had some kind of lever with your right hand. Also, you're coming off excitement. It's all-time high. They just won the championship. Just walk me through that whole moment of perfection. Well, so where I'm from, we dance, like, at that time, you know, we would dance. It was called jigging. Like, that's the slang for it.

It's jigging and dugging and stuff like that. So that was something big for us. Like, it's even videos when I was in, like, high school. like we used to make um videos of uh like all my classmates us just dancing like like i was doing all of us just doing it like it'd just be a montage of like different us with over different songs and just dancing throughout our school and different places like um so that was something that we always did so uh when i got here the day uh the day that we of the big blue madness um my teammates we you know we all practiced before we came out like uh that day like everybody

picked their song they coming out to and everything and so I saw kind of what everybody was going to do and I'm just like man that's not going to we don't have much like I had a lot of shot guys on my team like as you know like you know Alex is super shy I think he's still kind of shy to be honest like he's just to himself we know Willie was shy at the time Nerlis wasn't necessarily shy

but Norland is from the East Coast they don't know how to dance and then you know like John Hood Kyle them guys are not going to do much John Hood's from Madisonville we don't dance there either right so you know So I knew I was one of the guys who really had rhythm. And obviously, Julius Mays, that's one of my best friends, too. He doesn't dance.

You know, he's not a dance. He was grandpa on that dance. Yeah, I used to call him Uncle Jurey. So he don't dance. But so I knew, you know, I had to bring something to it. And so I knew it was going to stand out because I was one of the guys who had rhythm. You know, so once I got the chance to do it, I told him I was going to do it. Like, everybody was, like, behind, like, well, that was kind of geek behind me, you know, until I went out there.

And then I told him, like, bro, there's nothing for me to dance. Like, you know, I'm not a shot person. And that's right up my alley, especially at that time. So it was fun. Like, that was a dope experience for me. Now. I don't want history to forget it. That's why I asked you about it.

We got, for sure. People need to know that he, you are one, Wall two. Now, Wall is probably more popular because of who he is and what he became. But, yeah, I agree with you. I think my dance was better. All he did was this. He just did a little flex thing and a little, you know. You actually dance.

Just know that there's a group of 40-year-old white guys that'll go to Nashville and hit their Archie Goodwin's 13 years later. If I'm ever there with them and they hit it, we're going to hit it together. Our aviation glass tech machine is blowing up. And this guy says, absolutely mean this. That was one of the best KSR segments ever. Archie is killing it. I think people feel your pain.

I mean, we were all around that season. We know the struggle that you guys had that year. and to hear you in your voice, you can still kind of feel your pain a little bit when you talk about it. Man, I'm 30 years old. Now, that happened 12 years ago. And I turned 31 years ago, and man, it's still,

I still think about it. Not in a hunting way, but in a way of like, man, I wish that I could redo that season. I wish I could redo it. It would be so much that I would do different, just looking back. Yeah, you guys need a do-over, man. But, you know, as we talked about, you know, with Coach Cal, you know, he brings in so many great guys every year.

It's really like you have your, this is your chance, you know. And so with the team he brought in that next year and where I was mentally at the time, it would have just, I just didn't feel like it would work. You know what I mean? For me and I know how the NBA works as well. It's like the more you, the longer you wait, the lower your chances go as far as being drafted, especially as a guard. It worked for Willie because, you know, Willie's a seven-foot freak of nature.

So, you know, he can stay in college and get drafted top ten. But when you're six-five, good athlete, but, you know, there's plenty of six-five guards. You got to take your chance when you get it. You know what I'm saying? It's not the same. So I knew that going in. And then you can even look at guys like Alice. I think Alex was projected to be first round.

He was at one time. Yeah. And then he didn't even, I think he might, did he get second round? or did he go undrafted? I think he went undrafted. He was top five after that Duke game on some of the mock drafts. You know, and then so, you know, it's just one of those things where sometimes you just, you just have to take your shot and go now.

But if I could do that year over, man, I would do it 10 times over because we had, we had potential, you know. I think that I could have took more responsibility in certain areas like we talked about. And then if I really, I think if I really would have tried to be assertive it and being and on Kyle, persistent on Kyle about trying to play that point guard role to help me to my strengths. I think that helps us, man. We won so many games like that, and it helps so many of our guys. And it helped me get Julius open shots.

It helped me get Nerlins and Willie involved. It helps so much because I put so much pressure on the rim. So I just- We're about out of time. I can't thank you enough. This was really good, man. It's great to hear you. And you're going to feel that love this weekend of the TB teacher.

I guarantee that moral cause seen, and you guys get to feel that love again. And you deserve it, man. But what your team went through, what you kind of went through on the personal level during that year, you deserve it. So enjoy every second of it, man. Thank you guys for having me.

I appreciate this opportunity. Thanks for saving my trip to Sacramento, too. Archie Goodman, the TBT team. Again, tickets are still available. They play tomorrow night at 9 o'clock over a memorial call of Sam. Tonight at 6 o'clock, they've got the bourbon bottle signing at the bespoke. Spoken spirits. A lot of bees there.

So that starts at 6 o'clock tonight. You can go second of that. All right, we'll take a break. We come back. The twins are going to join us. The twins are back. Keep calm. The twins are coming.

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