KSR - 2025-07-17- KSR - Hour 2

Episode Date: July 17, 2025

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Welcome to Hour 2 of Kentucky Sports Radio, presented by Stockton Mortgage. Now, here's Matt Jones. All right, welcome back. It is our number two, Kentucky Sports Radio, Ryan Drew and Shannon. We're live on the patio at KS. Bar and Grill. Just had a great interview with Archie Goodwin because it's TBT Week, where the guys on the TBT team kind of come individually and get to talk to them. But for the second time, Drew, in their UK basketball career,

the twins are back. They came back for their sophomore season at Kentucky. Third time. They came back last year. That's true. It came back now for the TBT. Second time with the TBT guys. So Andrew and Aaron Harrison join us now.

So welcome back, guys. I guess you enjoyed it. We'll start with you, Andrews. Since you enjoyed it so much last year, you wanted to be a part of it again this year, what was your thought processing coming back? I'm definitely. I just enjoyed being around the guys,

being in the facilities, being in the Lexington. Being of the play in front of the Kentucky fans, that was the best part being of the player of my brother again. team. So all that went into one to be able to come back and try to win the championship this year. Yeah, Aaron, after you all did one, did you kind of commit right away? Did you have the whole year to look forward to it? What's the excitement like now that you figured out what it is and you know what you're getting into? Oh, yeah. I mean, we're super excited just to get back out there and now we know

what it takes a little more. So we're going to go out there and I think we have a big advantage is just being mature and having that one year under our belt. And this year we're going to have a full group the whole time. So I think we're just going to take a game by game. When you were here last year, Andrew, were you, I don't think surprise is the right word, but a little stunned to see there was support and the love that you guys got. And did that play a factor in you guys wanting to come back and run it back again?

Um, honestly I wasn't even that surprised. I just, you know, you forget, because I didn't come back at all since I left school. So you forget how much, you know, how much they, they love basketball, Kentucky basketball here. So when you get here, you like, remember like, okay, yeah, this is, this is crazy, this is serious. But, no, at the games, I kind of got a feeling once we had, like, an autograph signing and stuff that all the fans are going to come and show and support us a lot. So it was a no-brainer, really. Last year, the highlight was in Louisville, and forgive me, I was a little concussed if my details are off here. I got assaulted there.

But I remember saying this is the part where I always hits it, and I was talking about Aaron hitting the game winner, and then Andrew hits the Ilam ending. Was there any, like, what the hell, man, that's my shot? Any brother jealousy there? Was it his turn? How did that work out where Andrew finally got his chance to call game? Nah, I mean, there's definitely no jealousy, of course. He had it going. It was a great shot, great play.

So, you know, this type of stuff, you just, you know, you just want to win. There's nothing. Definitely no jealousy. How to Phil to do that in Louisville? That atmosphere was insane there in Freedom Hall. You'd be in the road team. Definitely. That was fun.

Man, you can't even imagine playing a game like that with the adventuring the summertime. It was just crazy, y'all. There's a lot of red in there. It was a little bit of blue, but it was a little bit. lot of red in there so they were they booed us and stuff which made me smile that made me smile them booing us when we ran on the court and everything um I mean the shot was was good um bled made a play got it to me and I was able to make it so it was pretty cool I got he just saved just so many times so at least I could do it one time you know you owed him one yeah do you like

the Ilam ending had you ever done that before was that the first time playing that way it's okay you know it's okay when you win and when you lose like I wish I had the rest of the game you know what, but it's okay. It's definitely a way for our teams not to just hold the ball or keep it exciting, you know. So it's cool. Aaron, I got to ask you, when you're back in Lexington or back in Kentucky, how many times a day do people ask you about the shot against Wisconsin or Louisville or Michigan? It's got to come up every single day you're here.

Oh, yeah, of course, all the time. Like, that's probably the first thing that people ask. Yeah. Like, oh, how was this shot? Like, how did it feel after? or they say what they were doing when it happened. That's something that's like, you know, priceless. So it's pretty cool.

I even ask you here during the break, which one of the shots was the one that kind of curved in? It was the Michigan shot that kind of somehow magically curved in and went in? I mean, I think it was in Michigan, I think. I got a little touch on the hand, I think, too. Oh, we're a foul? Okay. You get a four-point play there.

Yeah. But, yeah, it dropped, so, yeah, thank God. You get asked about that so much, including us right now. We even ask you when you first walked up. Share with us a fun Kentucky memory that wasn't one of your 10 buzzer beaters you hit. Surely there was a game or another moment that other people, we can remember you for something else, too, because right now I said during the break,

the four of us will be long gone and generations down the road will still be talking about Aaron Harrison shots. Yeah, so probably, A memory besides that, probably like, I mean, my first big blue madness was kind of crazy. Like, I think that that had a big impact on me. Like, just experiencing that. And then I feel, I think I went to someone else's, like, whatever they call it, similar. And it wasn't even, it wasn't close.

So just going to that, that was just pretty cool. And that's something I always remember just being in high school and that having a big impact on me. And you carried the team several times yourself, just. not the buzzer beaters that he had. Did you have a favorite moment or a game that you really think fondly of looking back? I know the Wichita State game. My freshman year was fun. That was probably like the best game that I played in while I was here in terms of going back

and forth and just competition. So that was like a very memorable game, even though it was kind of early in the tournament. But we were actually the underdogs in that game. Yeah. And I don't know. We figured out a way to win. So that was a pretty cool moment. Louisville, my freshman year was a good game.

We were underdogs in that game as well. We end up winning. Man, there's so many any game that you win. I mean, but you remember the losses, too. You remember the criticism, all the scrutiny that me and him took. So, I mean, you become men. Like, at the end of the day, we became men here. You're able to take the good and the bad.

Got to be able to have tough skin and not really care what other people say. So, yeah, I mean, you become a man whether you want to or not. So it's, it was funny. I wouldn't trade it for anything. You guys talked about that last year when you were here. Archie Goodwin just got up. He kind of went through some things when he was here. Yesterday we had Khalil Whitney.

He had some things when he was here. And all three of you kind of just said the same thing. Kind of helps you grow up as a man, not necessarily as a basketball player, but helps you grow up as a person. I mean, yeah, because everybody's not going to go on and make $500 million in playing the NBA for 20 years. It just don't happen like that. So you got to, what kind of man are you going to be?

And you're going to figure it out. Are you going to complain and worry about what somebody else got or what somebody else doing? So we always been like that. We never worry about what anybody else got going on. We're just trying to be the best us. Do you think that to that, Aaron? No, of course. I mean, that's just a part of coming here, part of our, part of our,

our college careers. It was just, you know, ups and downs and you just become, you become tough. Like you say, you have tough skin and you learn not to let what other people say or do bother you really

because we're going to do it anyway. It is what it is. Let's get back to the present day with La Familia. You're the point guard. What's our team looking like this year? Some back, some new changes. Did you have any say in the roster and you like him what they have there?

I never have any say in the roster. That's not my job. But, no, we look great, man. We look great on defense, especially on the defense event. We got a lot of switchable parts. We can go one through 12 or 11, I think, that we have. Everybody on the team can play. Everyone's going to stay committed and play the whole time.

So I think we'll be fine. It's a tough field that we have. It's like a pretty good bracket. and stuff like that. But if we play together, play defense, I think we'll be fine. And we're going to finish it off this year, hopefully. Everyone we've talked to has said defense. This sounds like we're going to have some unders, Ryan.

I think, is this the message behind the scene with the coaches? Just defense, defense, defense? I mean, you know, in a tournament like this, it's all about, it's about defense. No one's going to come in there and play like, no one is going to be such an offensive, fluid team in a week or so, but there will be talented players on every team, but you just can't let one player beat you. And I think that we have, I think we have a team that it will be pretty tough for a player in this tournament to beat us by itself. Last season when you got to it was the expectation kind of what you thought of just the competition and the level of play would be,

we kind of coming in and not knowing what you're expecting. Did you feel like it met your expectations? Were people better than what you thought? I mean, no, I mean, if I being honest, it's not, I still don't feel like too many people are like better than me individually. So like in this tournament, we all look at, we can look at it like that like, oh, no, these guys are individually better than us. But if we put it together, it's like, it's like amazing. It's like something that that we don't have to do, but we're doing it just because we want to sacrifice for each other. So, you know, no one is going to get a contract out of scoring 30. Especially not on our team.

No one's going to really gain anything individually by going off in the TBT. So we all know that. We know that the goal is to win. So that's the best part in what makes it fun. We had some of the guys say that the relationships they built with last year's team, UK team, kind of led them to follow the team more. last year. Did either one of you guys like follow the team a little more last year because you kind of knew these guys and worked out against these guys and maybe developed a relationship with any of the

guys? I think I mean I feel like I did have a little bit more of a relationship. I did kind of like check them out, check on it a little more than I yeah just because I did get to see them up close I saw him in the summer so it was just different you know it was it was kind of different so it's pretty cool to come back and see the team and it has a different it has a different feel yeah yeah you agree andrew um yeah absolutely um just being around the guys um even coach pope being new wanting to check it out seeing how they looked um but even this year i probably check them out even more and more just because i know a couple know a couple kids on the team just from houston and they just seem like it's intriguing it's like

You don't really know if they're going to be who they're going to be. I'm not saying, I mean, they looked good yesterday, but you never know who's in summertime. So it's interesting to see how good they can get. You mentioned the connection. You all know Jaylon Lowe. He's new to Kentucky fans. What do you think everybody's getting out of the new point guard that came in from Pitt?

Man, first he's a great kid. Come from good parents and everything like that. Man, he was a little kid. He was a little kid. He showed me a picture yesterday. He was at David in Bunchy. He's like a little kid, and I was like, oh, man, I feel real old. But, I mean, he's a hard worker.

I mean, his dad had him in basketball, all his life, around basketball, his life. So, I mean, I think he'll do well here. He works hard. He's a leader. Has some toughness. So he just got to keep working. I talked to him yesterday, gave him a few pointers, and he'll be just fine. Did he reach out when he was considering Kentucky in the portal?

Did you all have any conversations before he got to Lexington? Or is just now you're walking through it that he's here? No, no, no. I feel like, you know, everybody got a match. make that decision on their own. Like, everyone's a different, different situation. College basketball is way different now than when I was picking, so it's a different mindset. So, no, I didn't get to talk to him about that, but I got to talk to him yesterday,

and we did an interview earlier this week together. So I was able to talk to him. He was able to ask me some questions and stuff, too. And you mentioned yesterday, we're not really allowed to talk much about it, but there seemed to have been a gathering yesterday with you guys and the other guys. What's your takeaway from that, Aaron? It was fun. I mean, I think that they're a good, it's a good group.

It's an athletic group. I think that the SEC will be fun to watch this year. They, I mean, they obviously have like a leader, and they have, I mean, they have a leader in coach boat. So I think they'll be fine in the SEC. I think they need to make sure they're physical enough. We were a little physical with them yesterday, and they definitely fought back with that. So that was a good sign.

So I think that's the main thing. Like, SEC basketball is pretty physical. So that's probably what people are wondering when a bunch of new guys coming in, can they handle the SEC? Can they do that every week? But I think that they responded to us pretty well. So this week makes it easy for you all to interact with Pope and the team. I mean, you're in the same building over there.

But beyond TBT, I think Pope's done a good job reaching out to alumni. We hear stories of some other guys, you know, pictures with him. He's offered up the gym to anyone. Do you all feel like Pope's doing a good job of keeping everyone all together? He definitely, he definitely bleeds blue for sure. He loves it. He loves being here. From what I see every day, he seems like he's grateful and he puts his on every day.

So you can't ask for much more out of a coach. I mean, winning a tournament is a one-game thing in your house, so you can't really judge someone like that, even though, you know, that's what you do. That's you have to do. But, I mean, I think he's the right man for the job. Can't really put it in other words. Perfect guy for the job.

Well, listen, we really enjoy visiting with you guys again. Kind of cool to catch up. Kind of cool you to see you come back. I mean, you're still wearing your Kentucky stuff when you come in and talk to us and all that's pretty cool. You've got two events coming up I want to talk about. One is the one tonight. bourbon barrel, bourbon bottle signing, not a bourbon bottle signing,

that bespoken spirits, a gray line station. The whole team's going to be down there, right? Sign in the bottle. And then you got another event, a week from Saturday, July 26, for the Scott County Humane Society. Yeah. So I guess as long as you guys keep winning, you'll stay here and get some opportunity of people come out and talk to you, right? For sure, definitely.

We're excited about that, definitely. So see him tonight at the bespoken spirits, and a week from Saturday for the Scott County Humane Society. Listen, guys, thanks a lot, man. Good catching up with you again. the luck to you this week. This weekend you guys try to go out and win the title now. Yes, sir, definitely.

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But I was all over the app last night. I think we're witnessing something kind of special with these TBT interviews. For the third time, now we've had guys that went through some struggles and issues here and are now kind of talking through it. Khalil Whitney yesterday, Archie and the twins today, you can kind of feel their pain a little bit. And like it's been good therapy for them, I think, to talk about it. Absolutely. I've been an Archie defender for a long time.

Love Archie. I'm not saying that because any of my fandom. That's probably the best answer we've had from any player to any question in any interview ever. I mean, he was completely open. That's why we just let him go. Yeah. You could seem, you could hear it, we had to just let him go. And just the level of detail in the bat, he was going player by player

and how they were used, should have been used, how injuries affected him. I mean, leave aside him personally. he just did a great job explaining just how that whole season went, the struggles they had as a team, let alone what he was going through himself, thinking he should be used in a different role. Shamm, people were like, text me, like, I want to give Archie a hug after he left here. Oh, yeah, I mean, there's a lot of love that these guys,

I think maybe we'll fill in this TBT tournament that maybe they didn't, you know, necessarily feel when they were players here. Exactly. Welcoming them back, you know, is always a lot of fun to see. And Archie's going to get buckets. He was like one of the leading scores last year for that Eberlene Drive team. Watch Archie this weekend. When you saw him, did you not think he was still 18 years old?

He looks like he's 18 years old. He looks like he's 18 years old. Look good. These guys are all 30 years old, close to 30 years old, man. You know, they're getting up an age, and I think they want to get back to what their love for UK. They want to feel it again. That's one of my biggest takeaways, having covered all of these guys since Cal's first year, like in Archie, he comes here and he's 18, and like any of them,

them. They're right out of high school. They're shy. You know, they're kind of giving two-word answers, maybe a full sentence. You're not getting a lot out of them. They've been media trained. Now we're talking to 30-year-old versions of those guys. They're grown men. Yeah, just having real good conversations about how it went. It's almost like we're, I mean,

it's not almost, we're getting them in a different part of their life a lot more mature and have a lot more to say about how it went. But in a little bit, though, even with the twins, they talk about the struggles they went through. They go right back to that moment. And you could see and hear that they still feel that. They feel when they were 18, 19, 20 years old, they were here. And for people that only hear this and don't keep up with while familiar on social media

and all the stuff that's going on this week, it is really cool to see how much fans embrace these guys, whether it's at a restaurant one night or the bottle signing tonight or over at the road show, whatever they're doing. They're getting the same love that they were getting when they were showing up for games as college kids. And I think that's why a lot of these guys have come back. Willie the Twins, some of these guys come back and run it back again because of exactly what you just said. And a lot of the ones you mentioned, you know, Andrew said it himself, he didn't get to come back from the moment he left. Yeah.

They've been playing pro careers. They're just slowly reaching the end of theirs. And through TBT, they're all able to come back. We haven't seen Archie in person probably since the Robert Morris game in Pittsburgh. So it's really good catching up with all of them. Well, I think he said that. He said when that game was over, he immediately left and has not come back. but he wanted to be a part of it last year,

signed with somebody else, and made it a point to come back and play again this year to be a feel of a part of the BBN family again. And we're long past this, but when Pope first got hired, there was the concern of the cow guys. Oh, yeah. Would they be all in?

Now, that has been proven 100 times over at this point, but these are just more examples. And I think Pope taking the guy, his current team last year, to the TBT tournament, had him sitting in the end zone, taking them to Louisville to watch him play Louisville,

I think that kind of added to that. Look, we want you guys feel as much a part of this family as we feel about you guys. Yeah, Aaron said, you know, I'm checking on a little more than I would normally. I mean, in this coming year, they have the Jalen Lowe connection that we got into a little bit, but that story's been written several times about how when he first got here,

he mentioned having connections to them. I think maybe Darren Fox connection, all these Texas guards we keep getting here in Lexington. Now, before we go to a break, we've got a couple other guys we're going to finish up with. I do want to tell you, today is the anniversary of an awful day in Lexington history. This is the day that Trent DeGiro got murdered by Shane Raglan, July 17th,

and there's a new documentary out that I watched it, and it's awesome. I mean, people that know around here know the story, and it's called A Killer Among Friends, and it's on HBO. It's like six different episodes, and the Trent DeGriereau episode is episode number one. A Killer Among Friends on HBO. If you remember the story, I'm sure people around. here they know the story it's uh you know officer don evans is of being an antonio feral some of the guys that were involved in it it's kind of a new fresh look at what happened that night i mean the house

is still over there right off campus you know still painted the same pale color blue i mean everybody knows around here knows that house so i just wanted to mention that that this new documentary one one parter is out now a killer among friends i have to watch that uh they did a dateline episode i remember watching that that's how i learned most of what i know about it because i wasn't really following at the time but yeah didn't realize that thanks for sharing All right, we'll take our break. Come back. We've got three more guys.

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All right, welcome back. Ryan Drew and Shannon here, Kentucky Sports Radio, live on the patio at KS Bar and Grill for TBT Week. They play tomorrow nights. We've been rotating like musical chairs, Drew, different players. We had a couple guys coming yesterday. a couple guys today. We got three more now. We got Karam Cantor, and we got DJ Burns.

DJ's kind of the new kid on the block. We'll get him in a minute, but Karam, you're coming back for a second season after you guys had a good run last year. What made you want to come back and do it again this year? Yeah, I'm excited to run it back. You know, last year it was an unbelievable experience playing three games here in Kentucky, here in front of Kentucky fans at Rop Arena. You know, they embraced me.

They called me an honorary alumni. Yeah. So it was a fun experience. You know, we got to final four. I felt like we played well for the most part. This year we have, you know, a different team, you know, deeper, more youth, I would say. So I'm excited to be back, excited to play with these guys and get it started on Friday. Well, let's talk about those fans embracing you because I'm one of them.

I tried to try to find some of your jerseys online. I became such a fan. How cool was that? You know, I think there were only two players on the team that weren't former Kentucky players. You probably a little shy coming in. Kentucky fans just treated you like you had played at UK. Was that expected at all? Did your brother warn you that was coming?

No, it's not expected at all. I was talking to DJ about this yesterday. Throughout the season, I was getting more love from Kentucky fans than any other school that I played for. You know, it was a really cool experience. You know, I've watched my brother. Obviously, you didn't get to play here, but I watched his season here, and I saw how crazy the fans can get here. So it was a cool experience.

I'm definitely looking forward to, you know, getting that type of love for me and my team as well. So when your brother was here, did you come physically to a game at Rupp Arena or to Lexington at all when he was here? I came to a game. I came to a game when they played Tennessee. You know, it was an unbelievable experience. You know, I got to watch guys like Brandon Knight, Terence Jones, Durand Lamb, put on a show. You know, my brother was just sitting on the sideline. You know, it sucked not having them play.

But, you know, it was really cool, you know, watching a game. I think I was at the time 15 or 16 years old. My first year coming to America, so I'm like if they have that type of low for college basketball, you know, it's cool. DJ, we heard over the weekend you had quite a game. I wasn't there to watch it, but did you just let it all out on these guys in this group? 50 points? Was that an accurate number? Yeah, yeah, it was 50.

I actually got encouraged by a lot of the guys to get back in and score the last four points. I was off as a second half, most apart. But nah, I just got a lot of love. I just have fun. You know, that's all it was about. Give it back to the community. Being a people's person, you know, it's definitely important to me. So, you know, I wanted to give the community a show.

A lot of the guys, you know, they were a little rusty, you know, just getting off a plane and stuff like that. So somebody had to, you know, put on a little bit of a show. So, nah, I just was really more pleased and happy that the guys were, you know, really encouraging of it. It made me feel comfortable right off the rip. And you're one of the guys like him that didn't actually play at UK, but you have Kentucky connections. Play to Murray.

Have you heard from some racers fans that are following you now that you're back representing the bluegrass? Yeah, most definitely. Honestly, I was a little bit of nervous. Murray State and Kentucky doesn't have the best relationship, but I got a lot of love from both communities. You know, Murray State fans actually hit me up today. And I said they're going to be at the game, and they love to take pictures and hug

and stuff like that. So, no, it's always good to come back to, you know, Kentucky, which I feel like is home for. me and play for a beautiful college like University of Kentucky. It's not all beef between the two. I'm from Western Kentucky. I like both. One of our employees went to Murray.

So we like the Razors and the Cats. Glad to have you on the team this week. Most definitely, man. I'm happy to be here, man. So not only do you have the Murray State connection, you played for Sean Woods at Southern. Yeah. So you've got that connection now. Most definitely.

Yeah, great guy on the court. You know, he definitely knows the stuff experienced. You know, and his legacy from UK carries. You know, he knows what he doing. So, you know, we're having him on the coaching staff, especially as the head coach. It made it a lot more comfortable to come to play, you know, for U.K. alumni and to be a part of the journey. Because I believe these guys are one of the best teams last year. So hopefully I'm one of the secret recipes to get it done this year.

Have you had a moment yet where you're like, Sean, I'm not in college anymore. I'm not really on your team. I'm not going to run right now. I'm getting older. I'm catching my breath. Or is it still, he's just still the coach and you're locked in on whatever he's telling you to do. Well, I mean, that's one thing I love about was, you know, he's never going to change. No matter, you know, how old he gets, where he at, you know, no matter what, that's what he's the own was.

And I love him for that. You know, so, you know, he doesn't change him. I don't expect him to. And that's what I love about him. So, you know, he still tells me run hard, be the energy guy, same stuff he told me in college. But that's what got me to this point. So I wouldn't stop now. Sean and Ryan are very close.

So Ryan, they're good buddy. Sean's been on the show many times, so we're big Sean Woods fans here. Absolutely. Karam, you know, since you were there last year and you're here this year, how is this team different than last year's team? Like I said before, we're deeper. You know, we have 11 guys that can all play that are in good shapes. You know, our practices have been great. We're competing, you know.

And last year was Laot-Familio's first year doing it. So this year we have more experience. We got to the Final Four. So I think having that experience is key for us. And having veterans like Duran Lamb, someone who won a championship here. You know, if you look at March Madness and TBT, they're kind of similar concept in a way that's a winner-go-home. And Daron Lamb was one of those guys that went all the way and won a championship.

So his, I think, contributions will be huge for us, for sure. You know, he was supposed to be on the show yesterday, and we think he overslept. He gets sleepy sometimes, Karam. That's okay. I think we'll go to second round and third round. So you guys will have time to have it. There we go. Somebody needs to be his wake-up service to make sure he gets up and ready for the game to him tomorrow night.

Well, games at 7, so hopefully he's up by that. Yeah, we have problems if he's not up by 7. But you mentioned being surprised by fans and how they embraced you. Were you as surprised as I was by the atmosphere, A, at Rupp, and then when you went to Louisville, which you won, I'll add, but that place was insane. Did you expect that when you committed to play in the TBT that you'd be playing in these big sold-out arenas like you have been? Not really. So this is my fourth year playing in TBT.

Two years ago, I was playing for the college that I went to Xavier, and we hosted Cincinnati, and we got about 8,000 and I think that was the second most fans that was ever at a game. First was Wichita at 9,000. I definitely didn't expect 16,000, 17,000 at a TVT game. You know, it's summertime. People usually, you know, not as school, students are not here. So it was a cool game. I'm glad we won that game, you know, bragging rights for an entire year, you know.

Hopefully we'll play against those guys this year too. It was fun. I'm looking forward to that. So what's your expectations then, being the rookie on the team now this year? Yeah, well, I don't have four years, like my God, but I played in the TBT last year. I'm going to run DFW in the Louisville region. So actually, I was at the game. Oh, okay.

Nice. So I got to experience somewhat on the outside. But now I'm just ready to do my part. You know, I expect, you know, sold out arenas. I expect, you know, big time shots. I expect big time plays, you know, because that's what you want. I'm a competitor, so I didn't want to sign up for nothing, which, you know, wasn't up to par. So I believe, you know, it's one of the best competitions that, you know, could be available right now.

That's why I committed to playing it. And, you know, with the guys of my team, you know, they're big-time players, big-time shot-makers. So now I'm just ready, you know, to one be a fan of it all and see it, and to two to be a part of it, man. And like I said, just do my contribution to whatever I can do to, you know, help this team succeed. For either one of you, since you're both veterans here, do you like the Ilam ending now that you've had it a few years playing in this? Is it, especially you made with the ball on your hand. Do you like knowing one shot could call game at any moment like that? Yeah, it definitely gives a little more interest to every possession, you know, down the stretch.

But, yeah, I mean, as a competitor, like I said, you know, you want, you know, big-time shots, you know, big-time plays. So, nah, that's why I'm glad I got a lot of players on my team that, you know, all can make shots like that and all big plays. So, yeah, it's fun, you know, when you're on a good side of it, you know, but, you know, it has its cons. Definitely, you know, when you're on the other side of it. Yeah, Andrew mentioned when you lose, you want more time on the clock. Like, no, one more minute, we got this. But it has been fun. Andrew hit the big shot in Louisville.

Did you get an Ilem ending last year? Yeah, I thought you did. Second round. There you go. Yeah, I knew you had one. Feeling good getting that game winner? No, definitely. It adds more excitement to the game.

You know, the game could be a blowout, but, like, you want to see what's going to happen in that Elamending, so it adds more joy and excitement. So I'm a fan of the Ilamanding. Well, of course, you're going to feel the love. You already know the love is going to be there this weekend. You're going to feel the love. I mean, the only the one. embrace you. You'll be a Kentucky Wildcat now for live. You guys wearing your Kentucky

see, look, he's got your Kentucky. Yeah, I got love. I got a lot of love so far, man. I even gave my own little personal UK bag and stuff like that. So, no, man, you know, they didn't embrace me with more than love. So we can't use the S word, but you guys did have a little gathering yesterday. Not a scrimmage, not a scrimmage. It wasn't a scrimm, it was just a gathering. What was your takeaway of the team you played against yesterday, Karen? Yeah, so we've done a similar concept last year as well. You know, I think, I think last year's team versus this team is a little bit different. How are they different?

I think last year, I think they relied on outside shouts more and a little bit more physical. I think this year's team has more skill and guys that can, you know, do multiple things. You know, I was a fan of Otega. Yeah. You know, I think he's going to be a leader. He's going to, you know, be the guy for them. But I think they have 10-11 guys that can play. So that was really cool to see.

You know, I'm looking forward to seeing these guys. I think they put up a good fight yesterday. So I'm looking forward to following them all season long. What about you, DJ? Yeah, man, I've just seen a lot of explosiveness. Like you said, you know, they got a lot of young talent over there. And those guys, you know, they're not no pushovers, for sure. They definitely can hold their own and end some more.

So now I'm excited to see how the Wildcats do this year. I'm expected big things from them. They got a lot of great talent over there. And like I said, man, I'm expected a lot of explosive plays, a lot of great time. So we need to hear. That's what we want to hear. Listen, thanks for coming out, guys. Really appreciate it.

Good to get to know both of you. Really, I know you were here last year. We didn't get to visit with you much. DJ, welcome to Lexington. Thank you. And go out and win us the tournament. It was definitely go well, okay. All right.

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Playing against your home team. So, but appreciate you join us and congratulations. Welcome to TBT. Well, wait a minute. I turned down the wrong one. Now go. That was Ryan's fault. Thank you for having me. You started your career at Northern. Played for Darren Horn. Had a great career there. All Horizon. Great. You hit a couple, Drew Mitch, a couple big buzzer

beaters. Played, what, the decision then to transfer got to play in the SEC against Missouri last year. That had to be a big thrill for you. Yeah, it was, yeah. You know, just making that jump. And like you said, all four years in Northern Kentucky, and I had a great career there. And then, you know, I just wanted to prove something. You know, at a bigger level.

Ryan mentioned it. But the Kentucky game, even though it went well for the Wildcats, you got pretty hot. Yes, he did. If you didn't leave Missouri in scoring, you had to been close. 17, 18, 18 points, something like that. Was it because of that Lexington connection and that logo on that jersey? Did it wake you up a little bit? or I think you all were in a funk at the time.

Did you just know that the team needed to get back on the right track? Any extra motivation there at all? Yeah, I'll be honest. There was a little bit of both. You know, you know how guys get hyped up and things like that to play Kentucky. But at that, you know, in my hometown school, school I grew up watching. And so, you know, just to play against them, you know, I meant a little bit more in that game, especially at home.

It was senior day, too. But also, it was just me staying ready when my name was called and just being ready to go and do what I do out there. And Kentucky really needed to win that for a SEC tournament. So I apologize, anything I said toward your direction, my television, while you were knocking down five three-pointers or whatever it was. Every time he touched the ball, he was knocking down a three-pointer. Yeah. Against Kentucky.

So I mentioned you said your mom still lives here in Lexington, so you still spend a lot of time during the off-season coming back? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Every time, you know, during my college career coming back during the spring and sometimes in the summer when we have breaks for workouts. But, yeah, I love Lexington. I've been here basically all my life. and, you know, I love just coming back and see my mom and the friends as well as well.

You know, seeing you kind of grow at Henry Clay. You now ended up Henry Clay's all-time scoring leader, a great basketball school. Just every year you got better and better and better. Yeah, yeah. I mean, I tell people all the time, I basically did it in three years because I barely played my freshman year. But, yeah, I mean, just a great tradition there. And at the time, I took over the record from the assistant coach Steve Miller, who played there.

Mr. Basketball in Kentucky. Shout to Steve Miller. You know, he held it since 1984. So I wish I could have the career he had with state championships and Mr. basketball. But, yeah, I mean, I had a great time there and just a lot of hard work and patience. Your time in Missouri is still fresh, so I understand if it's awkward admitting this. But did you like Kentucky growing up when you were in Lexington?

Did you follow the cats closely? I followed them closely. I've always been a basketball junkie, so I've watched a lot of games in Kentucky basketball. But, no, I didn't grow up a fan at all. I never wore Kentucky Blue. I was actually a Florida Gator fan. Honestly, I was. What's wrong with you?

You went to him and play right down the road over here. Since I was a little kid, just Florida Gators, that was my dream school. So you playing, I guess, just the office at 20 Beckham College? You said, hey, man, you're interested in playing with us? How did that conversation go? Yeah, it was just a few weeks ago. I talked to, it was my first interaction. I talked to Lamont, Campbell.

He played for Sean Woods. He was about to be on the staff, like Scott County with him. Oh, I didn't know that. He's a Henry Clay guy. Yeah, Henry Clay guy, yeah. So he brought up the idea to me. I was like, yeah, I'm interested potentially because I was thinking about, I was still going through the pre-draft stuff and also looking for some of the opportunities.

But then, you know, Twani and Ethan Corey on the staff, you know, they hit me up and they said, do I want to play? I was like, yeah, I'm interested for sure. So, yeah, I mean, anytime I could just come out here and, you know, play with, you know, Kentucky Legends and meet new people and things. like that and make connections, you know, I was definitely down for it. You and I guess, Ansley Almanor, have the freshest legs on the team having just finished your college careers a few months ago. Yeah, do you think just coming off of SEC basketball, toughest conference,

that gives you all just a little bit advantage, at least with youth and the experience you're just coming out of? Yeah, definitely, definitely. Like you said, just having those fresh legs, being young, being able to, basically, I mean, if we want to play almost the whole game, if we needed to, because we just came off a season and, you know, we're still a little bit young, so compared to our teammates. So, but, yeah, there's definitely an advantage and indefinitely something that will be used for sure. So after the TBT tournament's over, what's next for you? Were you going to look to play overseas somewhere? Yeah, yeah, definitely looked at pro options, whether it's overseas or G-League route, one of the two.

But, yeah, I've had an agent for a little bit now, and we've been talking about – we haven't talked specifics yet, but we will after TBT, you know, hopefully after we win big. So, yeah, that's the plan. You're part of a big team here with big expectations, but this could be an opportunity, too, for you to, you know, get some exposure. This will be on FS1 tomorrow night. Do you think there's any chance maybe this could even help propel your career

if you were to have a good run with La Familia? Yeah, that's one of the biggest reasons why I'm on the team right now, just to be on this stage, be on the platform, to be able to show what I can do. You know, I want to win first and foremost, but also this can open a lot of career opportunities for me in the future, so that's why I'm here. That's a good thing with you and Anzley.

The other guys are kind of not at retirement or getting close to it, and you guys are just getting started. So this could be a big opportunity for both of you. So it's going on the rundown a little bit. Tonight you guys are at 6 o'clock at Bespoken Spirits over at Grey Line Station for a bourbon bottle signing. The whole team's going to be there. So fans have a chance to kind of interact with them,

get pictures, get some autographs, things like that. They will sign the bottle only, I believe, is what I understand. The bottle that's available. And then the game is tomorrow night at 9 o'clock Over here, historic Memorial Coliseum. Have you ever a chance to play in Memorial Colesam growing up? Not a real game.

I remember we practiced for Henry Clay. We practiced one time in preparation for the region tournament at UKU. That was the only time I've really ever been over there. But yeah, I've came to some games over there. But yeah, I'm very familiar with Memorial College of Sam, though. Expecting lots of friends and family, being the hometown kid on the team. You got a lot of people asking about it? Yeah, yeah.

Unfortunately, we only get a couple of complimentary tickets, but we'll see what I can do, though. There's tickets available. Tickets available, 9 o'clock tomorrow. Man, good to catching up with you, man. Congratulations. We kind of got to, like I said, I've got to watch you over the years.

So welcome back to Lexington, and you've got to get you some blue and white clothes to wear now. Yeah, I don't got enough, but I'll take care of you over there. All right. That's been, it's going to do it for today's show. Tomorrow we're back in studio. We've got some other things lined up for tomorrow, but tonight and tomorrow it's all TBT.

So thanks to all the guys. came out and joined us, and Drew and I realized we watched DJ Burns play when Youngstown State. Shannon too. Shannon was there. Throw him under the bus with us. Played at Ohio University. We stopped at Ohio University. They were playing Youngtown State, and DJ Burns had 14 points and 11 rebounds in that game.

The Draft King's Road Tripers game. We saw DJ Burns. We saw it. We saw DJ Burns. I never would have placed that. It sounds kind of cool. So I appreciate everybody coming out. Mark Weiss, thank you very much, man.

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