KSR - KSR Postgame UK MBB vs Florida SECT 3/13/26

Episode Date: March 13, 2026

Matt, Ryan and Billy recap the Cats' 71-63 loss to Florida in the SEC Tournament. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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me listen to kingdom of fraud on the iHeart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts welcome everyone it is the local toy dealers ksr postgame show we are live here there you go at the we'll at the draft king's sportsbook slash pbrr bull riding place even though we cannot ride the bull but the cats lost 71 63 to florida that Jones, Ryan Lemon. You can give a shout 859-280-2287. Kentucky, that was a brutal game to watch. Kentucky was in it, but not exactly in it. Most of the game, kind of like all the Florida games this year. As a matter of fact, the script was exactly the same as all the Florida games. Fall down big early, come back, tied up, and then have a stretch at the middle of the first half

where you get a deficit that you cannot come back from the rest of the game. Kentucky made a little late run, I think cut it to six, but ultimately not enough, and they lose 71-63. Ultimately, the story, Ryan, a couple things. Number one, shot really poorly. Open looks, couldn't hit it. You know, you get most of your threes for Mo Diabote, that's probably not a good sign. Otega Owe was four for 17 from the field. That's a problem usually, or excuse me, five for 18 from the field.

and then most importantly out rebounded by 21, 50 to 29. Florida had 14 offensive rebounds. That isn't too much to be able to win. I thought Kentucky actually played pretty good defense on the first shot for most of the game against Florida, especially after the first 10 minutes, but then too many fouls, too many offensive rebounds, and then we weren't able to score. You cannot go score 63 and beat Florida. You're exactly right.

If somebody asked you or me or any of these guys here to write a script how they thought this game would play out, we could have scripted it. That's exactly how all these games played out with Florida. They've all been the same. It's the same. Different point amounts, but the same margin, basically. But if you told me before the game they were going to hold Florida to 71, I mean, defensively, they played pretty well.

I thought, well, you tell me they're going to hold Florida to 71. We got a puncher's chance to win the game. Well, they scored 20, just to give an example. They scored 20 in eight minutes. So that means you held them to 51 points in the last 32 minutes of the game. That's pretty good. If against Florida, that's really good. I mean, that's pretty good.

But we couldn't score. O-A, bad game for O-Way. Now, he's had a lot of great ones, so you can't. But a bad game for O'A. And then, you know, Aberdeen didn't play at great chance. Nobody really played well except Diabate. You know, they forced, I think, 15 turnovers. I mean, like defense, they did their job.

But, yeah, offensively, I was sitting by a guy. He thought their legs were just not there. A lot of their shots were hitting the front of the rim. Yeah, you sound like Mark Pope. You think it was the legs, fatigue? A lot. Yelovich and always, all their three-pointers hit the front of the rim. Almost everyone they missed.

That's true. Yelovich had a really difficult game, especially in the first half. He was kind of, he was hard to play in that first half and that hurt him. I mean, look, Florida's just better. They are. But you know what's weird is you come away from all these Florida games with the exact same view. They are better than us by a decent margin. But we could have been in that game.

Sure. I mean, we could have with it, but we haven't been. And for the second straight year, we lose in the SEC tournament to a team. We've lost three times two in the regular season. And we saw some things in this game. It just drives me crazy. Like you even tweeted it out, I think. Our basketball IQ is not very good.

They had some sequences. They just make, you know, it's a small thing, but Brandon Garrison has that got trapped against the in line, and he just reaches in and fouls it. Why? You got him trapped. I mean, you got him trapped. Why are you doing that?

You know, some of our shots decisions are just in the timing. It just doesn't make it. It doesn't make any sense. We went through a sequence in the first half that I think was crucial. It was 20 to 20. And then they scored, what, 12 straight points. And during that time, we had a lot of guys who just did the whole, okay, it's my turn. Yep.

We had like four different guys. It's my turn. Jasper did one. Yelovich did one. Aberdeen did one. And then Oway did one. And they were like, four straight. I'm shooting no matter what.

And when that happens, this team's not good enough to do that. And we have guys, for whatever reason, when they do that, it's like at the worst time of the game. You know, we're trying to, we were back in it. And now you've got to play me ball instead of wee ball.

And then everything especially a couple times. Again, I know I say this. Why you get so mad at him? He was our best player, except for Diabate. He took some bad shots. It's not late in the game. He dribbled over there in the corner. But see, okay, that dribble was bad,

but why didn't Jasper get out of the way? I don't know. He stood right next to him. If he moves, maybe you can throw him the ball. That's just kind of typical, I think, how that game went. Just some bad decisions, bad mistakes. But like I said, you played good enough defense to win that game. So now.

You got crushed on the boards, crushed on the boards. 50 to 29. Our bigs just, when it comes to toughness, they just don't have it against guys like that. Right. Their dudes are bigger, better than our dudes. And Moreno and Yelovich just can't. play against those guys. I mean, Garrison and Diabate are physical enough to kind of compete, but Moreno and Yelovich just have no shot. No, they got pushed around. Well, we've seen all three

games against Florida. They get pushed around the whole time down in the post. And, you know, even with all that, what was it, uh, was it six or was it four? It set up to where, if we got to stop, I think Xavier and Lee had hit a three. Actually, I think it was five, and he hit a three that made it eight. If you, if you, if he doesn't make that shot and you get a rebound, you know, you got a chance, but it didn't happen. It's crazy that they were in a chance that had the chance to maybe sneak up, take the lead or something, because they played so well defensively, just offensively. It's just like at times they didn't have any idea what they were doing out there. So let's talk about kind of where things are. Yeah. Brackett will come out on

Sunday. I think Kentucky is almost certainly a seven seed, the way things have played out. That means if you look at the two seeds, you could get Yukon, you could get Houston, you could get Michigan State, and who's the other one? Yukon, Houston, Michigan State. Well, let's just take those three. I'm not sure who the other one is. Who would you want out of that group? Do I happen to pick one? Yeah, I mean, we got to play somebody. Houston scares me. Those guys are like grown-ass men playing out there. Yukon. I probably take Michigan State.

You know, they just beat us. Let's look at the two seats. Here are the two seats right now. Iowa State, Houston, Yukon, Michigan State. Iowa State who you'd want the most? Iowa State or Michigan State, probably who I would pick,

one of those two. All right, the 10 seeds, this would be you'd have to play one of these in the first round. NC State, Central Florida, St. Louis, Santa Clara. I ain't scared any of those. Give me one of them.

Which one? St. Louis. St. Louis is probably the one you'd want the most. Santa Clara, even NC. I mean, honestly, any of those. You can sneak up and get you. You got a win, though. It's right.

And the potential locations, at least according to Bracketology, would be St. Louis, Oklahoma City, Philly, or Buffalo. Where do you want to go? If I'm picking. That means you're going, by the way. We don't have to go to the West Coast. That's true. St. Louis will be my number one.

one pick. I mean, that's not too far. Kentucky's had great success in the city of St. Louis. Yeah. So we'll find out on Sunday. A couple side things about the game. Does this matter to you at all? I heard through the grapevine for the second straight game. Mark Pope refused the sideline or the interview during the game. You know how they interviewed coaches during the game?

I thought it was required. Well, apparently he said no both times. The other coaches have. all done it. Do you care? I mean, it's not the greatest look for him because all the other coaches do it. I think he probably should accommodate and fulfill his duties to do it. Yeah. Pope did say that we missed shots, but he said we will make them. Not a lot of games left.

We may have just one or two games left. When they're going to start making them? Well, hopefully in St. Louis, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City. Do you have a preference? Where do you think we're going to go? I mean, all those 10 seeds to me, if you play well, you should beat them. but you could lose to all of them. So I'm more concerned about the two seeds. The way we play, we cannot beat Houston. Yeah.

We're not playing with that physicality. So if you ask me, I'd rather get Iowa State. I think Iowa State is, they're good, but they're the least talented of that group. So give me Iowa State. Yukon, very talented. Now, they can be inconsistent. Michigan State, we've already played. We saw the results of that game.

Right. So, but if you may be rank them, maybe Iowa State. State 1, Michigan State 2, Yukon 3. I just think Houston, they'll beat us up. And I don't think we handle that very well. I think that's the best order that we think Kentucky fans could hope for. Houston definitely the last you want to see. Like I said, they're grown-ass men.

They play rough, physical. We see how we couldn't handle the physicality today. Yeah. You know, you consider this a successful or an unsuccessful SEC tournament. Just leave aside. We got the seat we got. When the bracket came out, do you consider now how we played successful? Yes, because after the bracket came out, I think most Kentucky fans, they were honest with themselves.

They just wanted to win those first two games and have a chance to play Florida on Friday. Just win two have a chance at Florida. I think most fans, if they're honest with themselves, we're happy that that happened. If you ask me if we have now seven straight years of not making the weekend of the SEC, tournament, that is not successful. It's not acceptable. That's a failure. If you ask me, though, once the bracket comes out, this is what I thought would happen.

Yeah. So, but we do at some point. I mean, we have not made the weekend at this tournament since 2019. And, you know, you had all these fans. I mean, you could feel much more so than the other two days. You could feel the big blue mist here today. Oh, yes. Like it used to feel.

And, you know, it's weird. We've had so many games this year where we're just, it never feels like we're in it. Yeah. This whole game today, I mean, it just never really felt like we were in it, even though it was only 12, whatever, most of the game. Today, when they closed it, Jasper's Bucket made it 20 to 20. I let myself believe for a little bit. But then, like you said, they went on 12-0 run, 13-0 run right then. That's what happened in the last two games.

Remember, at Rupp, we go down 11-0, come back, make it 2019. Yeah. then they scored 13 straight points. That's exactly what happened today. When we were at Florida, they started the game, then we came back, got down one, and then they scored 14 straight points. Today it was 10 straight points. It's been the same thing every single time.

I really feel like Florida's dudes are just better than our dudes. We played them 10 times. We might be them once or twice. Yeah. No, I think that's right. They're better. Yep. And Florida is honestly what we should be.

That's what we used to be. That's what we should be. And we're not. And when you watch them, let's just act like we were doing the Florida show. Florida shot like a terrible percentage today. If you're doing the Florida show, you go, this is why we're good. We played terrible and still won, right? They shot three for 20 from three, 15%.

They shot 38% from the field. They had been averaging 47% from three since February and 53% from the field. Today, 15% and 38% and they still win. That's what you do when you're a really good team. That's why I think Kentucky's defense, I think they're being responsible for that poor shooting percentage. Like I said, they made Florida force 15 Florida turnovers. They just got crushed on the glass on the second chance points is what killed them. And by the way, Trent Noah had two wide open threes.

wide open. That if he hits, you know, we don't necessarily win, but they were right there. They were open. They were wide open. 08 played 39 minutes today, Aberdeen 35. 859-28027. We're going to take your calls. It is our SEC tournament trip sponsored by Bert Tavern Bourbon and by Clayton and Kroom.

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If we hit those threes, we win, I'm positive about today. Fair enough, but they went three of 20. You could say the same thing about them. They'd hit their threes and things by 20. They would run us off the floor. if they shot 30% from 30. So, I mean, you know, you're right. We could have, if we hit those, it would have been different, but we didn't.

Think about ours, most of ours seem to be like wide open looks that we just could not knock them down today. We struggled a lot at the beginning at finishing at the rim. I think the size of Florida, the size of Florida throws Kentucky off at the beginning of games. I think shots they're used to getting don't work against them. You're right. We couldn't even buy a bucket outside or inside. Give credit to Florida's defense, but we were doing the same. thing on the other end to them yeah 859280 2287 who's up first DJ DJ what are you doing

I'm headed to my dad's graduation he just passed college so shout out to my dad Derek you're I mean hang on your dad just graduated college yep how old is you dad yep he's 49 49 congratulations to dad good for him I like that yep he's our he's our associate pastor at her church. He's got a degree in theology. But I'm upset about the game. I thought the guys played well. I actually thought Mark Pope had a good game playing.

Got guys open, but we just couldn't hit shot. I think that was the biggest thing for me is we couldn't get shots. We couldn't get rebounds. What do you think that could have done better rebounds? Well, I mean, it's tough. I think part of the problem, I appreciate the call. Florida's a tough matchup. They got three big guys.

You bring a fourth one off the bench. And we only have two that seem like they can play against them. The other two are not physical enough. And when you play those two in Garrison and Diabate, your offense suffers. Right. So you're two guys that are the bigs that can score the easiest. They can't really play because they get physically manhandled. And then the two other ones, the two other ones, they hurt you offensively.

So you're kind of like, damned if you do, damned if you don't. I agree with the color, though. I think Pope had a good game plan. I did question a couple of times coming out of a timeout. They ran some plays coming out of a timeout. They used it are pretty effective. I'm like, what are they doing? Like one time.

Well, yeah, they had one terrible play coming out of a timeout. I think they had like two or three. They got a shot clock violation coming out of a timeout. They did. Actually, I think they played defensively really well most of the game. The first shots for Florida were contested and not successful. Yeah. The problem was the rebounding.

I mean, but you, I think Jimmy Dyke said during the game, Florida against a lot of teams just says, let's just shoot it. We'll get it. And they kind of do. That's exactly what happened today. They got everything. What did you say? That rebound is by 30?

By 20? 21. 21. But offensive rebounds 17 to 7. I mean, that's a big difference. It's a big difference. That's a big difference. Who's next?

Andy. Andy. Go ahead, Andy. Yeah, I just want to start out by saying that I don't want to ever hear Carl Ravich again on my TV. If he's calling one of our games again, I'm just going to mute the TV. Well, you're probably getting him again. The whole time it was, yeah, well, I mean, it's just, and the constant just, you know, glazing of Alex Cond in the entire game.

Like, you know, I'm talking about, oh, he's an Australian this, you know. They're talking about the other guy's going to be a lottery pick. I think him and Carl, I think him and Jimmy got in the, probably got in the showers with him after the game. I mean, it was just ridiculous. Well, he did have a great game. And then last thing, he kind of dominated us for, especially early. Yeah, but I mean, this is, you're watching two games here.

You're not the, I mean, you're not the personal commentators for the University of Florida. I mean, you would think they work for the university. And I think we need to come together as the, I think we need to come together as the fan base and get a GoFundMe started so we can reboot Jimmy Dykes' music career, so we don't have to listen to them on our games anymore. So you're not a fan of... Akey, Bricky Heart on... You can go back to sing an achy-bricky heart on Broadway in Nashville.

So you're not a fan. It sounds like to me you're a negative on Carl Ravage and Jimmy Dykes, am I right? Yeah, no, I'm muting the TV. I can't take it anymore. Appreciate the call. We have had them a lot. I mean, we've probably had them, what is that, 30, 30, three games. I mean, I bet you they've called 12 of them. I will not stand for this Carl Ravich

Blassery. There he is right there. Look at that hair. Look at that hair. He looks so good and handsome. Look at a man, young man right there. What do you think about that suit he's got on? Yeah, what do you think about that jacket and tie combo? Could you do that? I think he's a fashion icon and this blast me. Kind of like you. Yeah. My Pope T-shirt, blue jeans. Serious question. Just me and you talk. Yeah. Same pair of jeans the whole weekend? Oh, yeah. Same pair had on yesterday. And here's a good thing. The thing. The thing. The I would just think, I mean, if we had won, I have no clean clothes tomorrow. I have no clean clothes for tomorrow.

I didn't pack through the sad thrill Saturday. Well, we would have gotten somebody to give you a free t-shirt. I could have got a free t-shirt and did one of these same t-shirt. I mean, I know what jeans you would have worn. That's right. So, yeah. Put them in the refrigerator of the nice and clean the next morning. Who's up next?

Charlie. Charlie, go ahead, Charlie. Man, I'm sick. This is just so old this year, man. I keep thinking I have COVID. the flu that I just got a pit in my stomach and I've had it for four or five months it's just because Kentucky basketball is trash now we just are every now and then we show flashes and we just fall apart and I know you guys probably aren't going to agree with this

I know Jasper's rhymes dude and I understand but like when he goes to Alabama or U&P next year and gets his 25 minutes and averages eight points and eight turnovers we'll be glad he left and Trit and no I don't care what mountain he's from in Kentucky he should not be on Kentucky period and he needs to go play at Berea or Easter Kentucky. Something's got to change quick because this is not Kentucky basketball. It's gross. It's disgusting. Well, I appreciate the call.

I mean, I would not be as extreme as he is, but I do think, you know, I think it is fair to say that coming here and apparently, I don't know how I blanked. We did make the semi-fut, the weekend in 2022, we won one game, and then we're knocked out playing Tennessee. So we've made the weekend once since 2019. I don't even remember that. And we've only won two games here.

This was the first time since 2018. I don't really remember playing Tennessee in that game. Do you remember it, Dwayne? Did we get destroyed? He's a Tennessee fan. Tampa. Oh, okay. Actually, now I do remember.

In Tampa, yes, we did play Tennessee and lost. It's not Kentucky basketball. And, you know, with Jasper and No. know, it's tough. I mean, they're Kentucky kids. So, like, they're going to get added praise when they do well. They're also going to probably get added scrutiny when it goes poorly. You know, I don't know what they're going to do next year.

It's been a frustrating year for both those guys with the team. I don't think there's any doubt. And I don't really totally know why. You know, I really don't. I mean, both those guys should not have had the years they're. have had and I don't really know why it happened. I totally believe that. They're both better than they've played this year.

And I got to stand up for Jasper a little bit. When they made that run to tie it at 2020, he was the one of them out there and he made to run. But he also shoots immediately. But he made a couple bad shots. Well, I mean, that's the thing. He took three straight shots where he didn't even look at the other guy. Now, he made one.

He made one. He made the drive. He literally the first, he took three shots where he didn't look at another guy. Just came down shot. That's the thing with him. Now, again, Jimmy Dykes said that that's what Mark Pope wants him to do. So I'll take that at face value, if that's what he says. I don't know that I think that's the best.

But to be fair, our other guys weren't doing anything anyway. I think Pope wants his point guards Aberdeen and Jasford to just drive and get in the lane. When you get in the lane, you got to hit a little floater or dish it off somewhere. O.A was, I mean, always just way off today. I don't know what was wrong with him, man. But, you know, to be fair, he deserves a game. Sure. Because he's been so good.

But he was off today. Just the whole game, he just really wasn't in rhythm. Maybe he was the fatigue of playing all those minutes, three games and three days. I don't know. By the way, and that technical he got, you can't do that. Yeah, you can't do that. I mean, why are you talking trash when we're down 12 anyway? You know, that doesn't make sense.

He talked a lot of trash this whole weekend. He did. And some of that's how he plays. Like, some of that's just him. but there's got to be a line somewhere. And by the way, I'm completely to the, I don't know what's a flagrant and what's not when you hit somebody in the face.

I don't know when it, when is it a flagrant? They seem like they changed their mind after every play. I mean, the one that we got hit in the face, Chandler, I don't think that was intentional. But then again, I don't think some of the other ones they've called were intentional. So I don't really know what their standard is as my friend Brian hacks up a lung over there. 859-280.

2287. Who's up next? Chad. Chad, go ahead, Chad. Hey, first time, long time. Who are? What's up? I just don't understand, like, two or three for 20. Like, why not try a zone? Lock up the middle. Take out the big man. I'll show that and listen.

Yeah, I mean, that's... But I don't know... First of all, I don't think that would have helped because the problem for us was the rebounding, and that would have been worse in the zone, right? Do you agree with that? Absolutely. They were out rebranders by 20.

You're going to join. It may be a round rebranders by 30. Yeah. I mean, I understand. But, you know, outside of those first few minutes, well, they went from the 13-minute mark to the four-minute mark where they only had one field goal. Yeah.

I mean, that's pretty good. Now, we fouled them. We kept fouling them. but we went nine minutes of game action where they only had one field. Right. And a defense deserves a lot of that credit. It wasn't just all on their poor offense. Our defense created that.

I think our defense played well. Yep. I just think offensively, we just didn't have it. And it was everybody, too. It was everybody. Dea Botte. Diabate had that run in the first half. But, you know, your offense can't be.

All right, let's let Mo cook. That's just not going to be an offense that's going to, have a lot of sense. Yeah, your main offensive threat cannot be Mohamed Diabate, period. Yeah, I mean, Mo D on the ones and twos is not the way to is not the way to make it going. You like that, didn't you, Mark? That was all right. All right. Who's next?

Ryan. Ryan, go ahead, Brian. Hey, Matt, thanks for taking my call. At the point now, I don't want to hear any excuses. Yes, Carl Ravich is annoying. Yes, Jimmy Dykes is annoying. Yes, the refs aren't great. But this is Kentucky. and we need to be going to the SEC tournament on the weekend.

When you think about it, think about how many people work during the week and have not seen this team play meaningful games in the SEC tournament in years. It's astonishing. Mark Pope has got to turn this around. I think he's at a point next year where he has to make the weekend. I know year three is going to be a lot of pressure on him, but there's just nothing that excites me about this being going forward into the tournament. And I don't know.

Maybe you all can talk me back on. No, I mean, there's nothing. I get it. I mean, you know, the brackets are going to come out. I love bracket day. You know, I'm going to be on ESPN radio announcing them. I'm excited to look and see where Kentucky's going to go. I think this, I can't remember a year in a long time where the fan base has had less excitement

about whatever is going to happen in the tournament. I mean, everybody will watch the games, but I don't think there's very much confidence in anyone's mind right now. There's really not. Let's go back to that article that Mark's story wrote. He said, Mark's Pope's legacy could begin right now starting in March. We lost to A&M, lost to Florida. Got beaten the quarterfinals here at the SEC tournament going to the NCAA tournament. So a lot of down in his future, his legacy may dictate what happened in the next couple weeks.

I will say there's going to be a lot of pressure in that first round game. Yeah. That 7-10, there's going to be a lot of pressure on that one. Yeah, there will be. And I think there'll be a lot of pressure in that next game. You better not get crushed. Yeah. You know, you want to win, but if you go out there and get crushed.

And then, I mean, Mark Pope's career at Kentucky is going to be next season. It's got to be good. It's not good. Who he signs, how they play. Next season is it. If it's not good, it's not going to work. I mean, that's just the reality. Next year doesn't, if we have 12 losses again, and we are a 7, 8, 9 seed going to the tournament,

and we lose it. Like, it's just not going to work. They have to be good next year. I think for this fan base to really feel it. And it starts by picking the roster. A couple weeks, yeah. All right, 859-280-2287. What is Corey doing?

Corey is going to get on the bull, so all right? So it is working. Oh, yeah, see, I'm... Corey will probably break it, though, won't he? No, I think he's going to set the tone for you. We will take a break and be right back. This is the local Toyota dealers. Wow.

Our post-game show. Welcome back. It is the local trade dealers KSR postgame show. I haven't heard this yet, but I'm going to play the audio here. Apparently Todd Golden said something about the fact. We've now played 120 minutes against Florida this year. And here's what he had to say. I would have preferred to win this game by 20. But we'll take this a point win. And, you know, in the three games that we played these guys, they haven't led for one minute. Kind of a trash talking there, isn't it? He's a little snot-nose snot-head, I think, and he's going to rub it in every time of again. He's not wrong. But coaches don't talk like that.

They don't. But if our coach was doing that, we would like that. Of course. So are you mad because he does it or because he's right? Both. A little snot-nose snot-head, snot-y-boy. All right, we can do other adjectives. He's a little snot-head.

I can't say the other adjectives. Yeah, I mean, he's... Knucklehead. He is a knucklehead. He's a knucklehead. One person writes, Matt, doesn't Todd Golden just seem like the biggest jerk? Well, he's definitely a jerk. I mean, he and Hurley are competing for biggest jerk, but they've won the last three national titles.

And they have two of the best top five teams in the country right now. They can back it up for talking all kind of smack. Yeah, I mean, you have to say they're two of the five teams. I think have the best chance to win the national title. And they are, you know. You can't shut them up. The only way to shut them up is to beat them. You got to beat them.

It is weird, though. Todd seems to take particular joy against us. And, you know, I don't know. I can't tell. Do you think his relationship he and Mark maybe? I mean, they're very different people, so maybe they just don't. I've wondered, and I don't know this. I've gotten a sense that they don't necessarily love each other.

But I can't, I don't know. And I wonder if it goes back to when they're both on the West Coast. You know, Golden was in San Francisco and. and Pope was at Utah State and BYU? Maybe something happened in their past out there out west or something. Maybe. Yeah, I don't know. One person writes Matt, this is two straight games where

we've had a guy get hot and then they got pulled. It was Yelovich yesterday. It was Diabate today. True. I mean, Diabate goes on that eight don't run. They did take him out. And yesterday, Yelovich was cooking and he took him out and he didn't score again the rest of the game after they took him out. It was interesting. Yesterday, Yelvich did really well.

They took him out. Didn't really play him again in the first staff. Today he was really bad, and they kept him in a lot of the first half, so I didn't really understand that. And he was getting open looks and just couldn't hit one. Yeah, he was, he had a bad game. 859-280-2287. Who's next? Mark. Mark, go ahead, Mark. Well, you played the clip that I was going to make a comment on. I was going to tell you, did you know that in the three games this year, which is 120 minutes that Kentucky never had the lead. Yeah, no, you're right.

You stole my comment, and as far as Todd Golden, he's not very friendly, but I think the majority of Kentucky fans would take him in a minute. There's, you know, it's interesting. There's a video out here I'm looking at right now online of when Oway got his technical, and it seems like it's interesting watching him, Pope and Golden because Pope's kind of jawing and then Golden's kind of, he's not

jawing but he's staring at him and then he's like, tells the ref, hey, get him to shut up, they give the technical, Golden starts clapping wildly. They must not like each other. If you just look at that clip, there's no way those two guys like each other. And the post-game handshake is always a blowby. If he knows two guys,

always a blow by. One person writes, Matt, admit it. The UK fan base wishes Todd Golden were the coach. I don't want to say wishes, but I mean, there's no doubt there aren't going to be a lot of people that would say they would like that. But if he was the coach, most fans would defend

his actions. Now they wouldn't defend the other thing that happened, you know, but his actions as a coach, of course everybody would defend it. I mean, Cal did a lot of this stuff, you know? I mean, the young swash-buckling cow, we loved. We loved the when Cal did it. It only

when he started losing, not playing well, then we did it with Rick was the same way. Rick and Cal were the, I mean. Rick and Cal were same and we loved it. I mean, they were, you know, they didn't have the same exact personality traits, but the sort of talk trash, I mean, he'd make those videos, we come to your town and we take, you know, we liked what he did when we had coaches doing all that. Somebody called the show the other day and said, we need to be the villain of college basketball, and to some extent, I actually think there's some truth to that. When Cal was saying that stuff, doing that stuff,

oh, that's just Cal, because they were winning. We loved it. Things turn quickly, though, when you start losing. And right now, Pope's not winning those. games and so everything he does, he does, judge the little harshly. Yeah. Who's next? Kevin. Kevin, go ahead, Kevin. Hey, Matt. Man, the feeling of existential dread I had watching that game was so jarring. I mean, we used to be Florida, you know, we used to be that program. We used to have the best athletes, the biggest guys, the most size, the most skill. We knew no matter what, whoever we laced up against, we were going to win. We'd find a way to win. It wouldn't matter.

We haven't touched that in seven years. And I'm just wondering at what point do you just say the program is in decline and potentially unalterable. I mean, it's nothing is. Why, let me ask you a question. Why would you, I mean, has it been in decline? Yes. I mean, I will agree with that. Why would you say it's unalterable?

I mean, like, all right, take Florida. Florida was bad for six years in a row. Ever since, I mean, since Billy Donovan left, they were bad. And then they went and hired a coach and he turned it around. Kentucky can be terrible. I mean, they can be terrible. They can still turn it around with the right hire. Billy Gillespie was bad.

Then they hired John Calgary. So why would it be unalterable? I suppose maybe it's just me being so low in the moment because this season has been so unremarkable and uninspiring. But with all the new challenges and wrinkles in college basketball, it just doesn't feel like we're on the eight ball and every other blue blood is. Well, I agree with that. On the outside looking in.

I agree with that. But I don't think outside of some decisions that I think UK athletics has made that I think are poor decisions, I don't think there's anything structurally that makes it impossible for Kentucky to be good, if that makes sense. I think if you have the right leadership making the right decisions and embracing the modern era, then there's no reason Kentucky can't be good. It's not like, you know, if you're a fan of Boston College, there just may never be a way for them to be good.

I don't think, Ryan, that's true about Kentucky at all. I still believe Pope can do it. Maybe it is next year. I'm not giving up yet. I know a lot of fans have, but I think he's a guy that could turn it around here. I hope so. I do hope so. Yeah, and I guess last thing, if Pope's game plan was to have Jasper just shoot through his misses,

It makes everything makes sense this year. I'm just grumpy today, Matt, but I mean, the amount of latitude that a lot of the fan base gives to kids simply because their birth certificate has a K-Y on it is so ridiculous to me. I will never understand that. I will never understand that. I will never understand. I think you. I mean, but you're one of them.

I am maybe the leader of the Jasper Johnson fan club. I think the day's going to come. He's going to be a fantastic college basketball player. But do you think that's right, the fan base? gives too much I mean I don't say leeway but like we put too much stock in this guy's from Kentucky

you know that that matters and maybe they get more chances I mean do you think that's true I definitely think that's true I mean that's who we are these guys are one of us you know and one of them played a high school ball and ended up in our roster we we want

them to succeed but it hasn't worked a lot no I mean you know Malachi's on a good path He is But Reed Reed was a Kentucky boy that did well

I consider Reed different Because Reed was like An Uber talent Uh huh Right Besides Besides Reed When was the last

Kentucky guy That's really worked out You can't Rondo? No Because he wasn't I mean yes But like He also went to Oak Hill

Darius Miller Obviously worked out Patrick Sparks. Yeah, but I mean, Patrick Sparks 20 years ago. That's right. You know, I mean, Darius Miller definitely worked out. I'm trying to think there's guys.

Who else? Well, okay, Hawkins and Willis were solid contributors. Yes, they were. Although, it took a while for Cal. It took a while, though. I mean, it took them, you know, Willis didn't even get in the game until he was a junior. You know, now Hawkins played a little bit as a freshman and sophomore, but. We were talking about the fact that Dominique Hawkins was SEC tournament

MVP that year. He actually wasn't. I think in our minds we've checked. I thought he was. I did too. He was on the all tournament team, but I don't think he was actually in my mind. I've always kind of made, I think I've seen that a bunch. I have to. And I don't think it's actually right. But he was on the all tournament team. That's crazy because he was like the tenth man on that team, but he just showed up that weekend. Yeah. Who's next? Guys, let's give our Johnny Rocker personal injury attorney moneymaker of the game next. injured, get small town compassion with big city results when you call the Rocker at 270321 429. And today we got to give it to Ramadan Moe, 14 points, 12 in the first half, including those two threes,

five of seven from the field, three rebounds, one steel, zero water and zero food ingested during the game. In 23 minutes, he was a team high plus six on the plus minus. He is our Johnny Rocker moneymaker of the game. That's exactly right. All right, who's next? Royce is next. Royce, go ahead, Royce. Hi, Matt.

Hey, Ryan. Thanks for what you guys do. You're the best. I'm just, I'm not surprised. I've been a Kentucky fan my entire life, but everybody seems so willing to want to declare that this is the end of the world and the program's in decline and Mark Pope's awful and we've got to get rid of them. This is what we do every year when we get knocked out of an SEC tournament or NCAA tournament.

I heard you guys say a few minutes ago, oh, the fans, boy, I've never seen people really kind of less motivated and enthused about the NCAA. I listened to you guys yesterday, and you were exuberant after that win and talking about it's going to be out the next morning at a.m. And the fans were going to be in. This is what we do. There is some truth to that. I agree. But let's just use my point about the NCAA tournament. When is the last time?

I mean, if I go back and I sit there and think about the NCAA tournament, last year. Last year, I thought they could get to the final four. I knew it would be tough to beat Tennessee, and I don't remember who would have been in the next round. But I knew it would be difficult, but I thought we could. Then the year before, we lost to Oakland, I thought that team had a chance to make a run. Those Oscar teams, certainly the St. Peter's year, I thought they could. The year we didn't make the tournament, obviously didn't. Then you go back before that, pretty much every Cal team I thought could make a run.

So this may be the first time that we've gone into a tournament that it's hard for me to see us making a run. And I think that's really all I mean. I totally get it. And here's the perspective that I would offer. And maybe because I'm not as close to it and down in the weeds breathing it as you guys are and a lot of others. But look, Mark Pope has been here. He's in his second season. The guy has got such positivity.

a lovely guy. He is. We don't decide whether he's a good coach or not right now. He needs at least another year. The deal is the whole landscape has changed. We're not playing the game we used to play. NIL, transfer portal, all that stuff. This is a totally different game.

You can't judge it by what we did in the past. Yeah, but I agree with everything you said, except the last thing. because then how do you explain that the other blue bloods are good? Let's see. Awful small, small specimen. Remember that in our one year, Mark Pope, who you just said you thought might go to a final four potentially in that first year after Cal took everybody. We had zero.

He started to have zero. We're going to have zero every year. Yeah, I mean, we're going to have zero every year. Let me talk about him being the worst coast and running him off just yet. Nobody said he was the worst coach. You're being just as extreme as you're accusing us. Nobody has said he's the worst coach. Nobody has said he should be run off.

I'm saying I'm hearing some callers that seem to be real quick to want to pull the trigger on the guy. We've got to give this some time. It's a new world, boys. Yeah, I appreciate the call. I mean, I agree with you, but I do think next year is going to be big. Do you think this team has the capability to make a run next week? I mean, I think they can make the second weekend depending on the draw. Yeah.

It all depends on the draw. I got to see who we're paired up against. But could they make the second weekend? Yeah. Do I think they're good enough to beat any of those one seeds if they got to the second weekend? No. But, you know, if you got the right draw and everything came out and you played well, could you make the elite eight? You could.

But you could also lose that first game. Yeah. You know, you could lose the first game. I think most of us, when the brackets come out, we'll talk ourselves into them making a run. We'll say, oh, yeah, they can beat this. My mood will some be about who we pluck? Yeah, right, right. You know, because I think if you look at it and I see Santa Clara Iowa State, I go, all right.

Game on, let's go. Got a shot. Yeah. If I see SMU-UCon, I'm like, oh, I hope we beat SMU. You know? And I think that's probably what our fan base. That's who we are, man. Yeah, 859-28027.

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Welcome back. It is the local toy dealers' KSR postgame show. Met Jones Ryan Lemon. Who? About to finishing up. here. We got Terry Miner's coming on next. He came on and said we had to give him enough time a few minutes ago or yesterday, so we will today. Yeah, we started late today because the game went long. Yes. One person writes, Matt, I love the guys on this team. They're just not a very cohesive

unit, and I really don't know if there's much you can do about that. I kind of agree. I mean, I don't dislike. I mean, everybody knows Garrison frustrates me, but I love his passion. But I I do think it's just not a group that really molds well together. I think we saw it earlier this year. I mean, we should have read the tea leaves early in November. There was something off about this team. We couldn't figure out what it was. There was a time where I even said, I don't like this team.

They do have grown on me, though, this group of guys. Yeah. Fox was the MVP of that tournament. Hawkins was altered. Was the first team? Yeah. But, yeah, I mean, pretty much. If you're looking at it, if you start with Patrick Sparks.

So Patrick Sparks was what, 2007-ish for Kentucky? Am I right about that? Six. Six, seven. So that's 20 years ago. Since then, it's really just Darius Miller, Hawkins, and Willis. That's really it. 20 years.

I mean, I think we think about it being, you know, We love that, but like, there haven't been many Kentucky guys that have had success. We've had a lot of guys during that time, but really only those are kind of the guys that have had success. There were definitely very few during the Cal era, for sure. I will say high school basketball is a lot better in Kentucky now than it was during those years. I believe so too. For a variety of reasons, we went through a period where we just didn't produce that many great players, and it is a lot better now.

Yeah, I totally agree with that. Malachi is a guy that I think he's developing into an NBA guy at some point. If Jaffer gets there, I hope so, but Malachi is definitely on the higher. Who's up next? Brett. Brett, go ahead, Brett. Hey, Matt, thank you for taking my call, guys. Glad to.

I just wanted to give you guys a little bit of a cool perspective. I mean, obviously, everybody's pretty disappointed with the result today. But I'm a high school teacher this week, did create some fun memories for me and a few of my classes that I had. We put the game up on the big projector and I had multiple classrooms in there. Yeah, at one time. And we had a lot of excitement during the LSU and Missouri wins. And it was really nice to experience that.

But one thing that I noticed that struck me as odd is a lot of these kids who are, you know, between 14 and 18 years old, they've never really known. Kentucky to be dominant or good. And in fact, a lot of these kids, unfortunately, they have other teams that they pull for, even in the SEC, like Alabama and Nate Oates and Todd Golden in Florida. And some of them even choose teams like Yukon, Duke, North Carolina. And they're just, it really blew me away and made me a little sad. And we all were disappointed.

And a few of them even got some laughs at my expense today when they, saw me get angry at the game. Well, some of that is just when people are kids, they are contrarians. I mean, when I was growing up, even in Middlesbrough, there were a couple people that would root for Duke. But, yeah, I mean, you know, that is a very good point. I appreciate the call. Certain age of kids really never seen Kentucky be dominant.

I was talking to my son, Josiah, about that. He was five years old in 2012 when Kentucky won the title. Five years ago, he does not remember it. He's never seen Kentucky make a big run. I think he said he first he remembers. He thinks he can remember the Fox Monk and Bam team, but he doesn't really remember much about it. So he has yet to see a good run by a Kentucky team.

Yeah. But then like today at the bar, there were a ton of kids. Yeah, right. You know. Yeah. So, I mean, it is what it is. Let's do four more. We'll call it a tournament.

Who's next? Macy. Macy. Go ahead, Macy. How are you? Good. First time, long time. Who are?

So why do you think they shot so bad today? Do you think, like, I don't know, they got cocky since they won the last two games? I think Florida is very long, Macy. They got tall guys at a lot of the positions, and they contest well. And then, you know, they just got cold. And this is not, Brian, a great shooting team. Even though Pope said during the preseason that it may be the best shooting. team he's ever been a part of.

I don't think that's true, and that's been true all year. I think you're right. I think Florida's defense had something to do with it. And I know we've been talking about a lot, but I think fatigue definitely play a little bit into it. Yeah, that may be true. But thank you, Macy. Appreciate it. Tennessee, by the way, down five.

Right now to Vandy. They were up. They'd gotten up eight, but Vandy's going on a run. Who's next? Tim. Tim. Go ahead, Tim. Hey, what's up, Mr. Matt?

Ryan and Billy the dude. How are y'all doing today? Happy Friday. Doing great. I was just going to say, you know how in the movie Miracle, Brooks comes out and he says, hey, you know, when they're doing the trouts, he's like, hey, you're missing some of the best dudes. He goes, I'm not looking for the best guys, I'm looking for the right one. So what happens when you have a coach that can't find either of those?

And here's my thing. I love Mark Pope. I think he's a great guy. But we're all like, I feel like I'm in one of my, you know, you know you have a friend that's married like one, extra year too long and they're just like not wanting to get a divorce because of that and like i'm just saying like i think mark pope's going to be a great coach i just think he's three or four years away he needs to go and figure out kind of what he wants to run so he can figure out the guys that can run it

and i just don't think kentucky is the place to do that and he's not that young though i mean he's not that young Todd golden's 38 mark pope's 50 right i mean i'm trying to be nice here that yeah but i'm just saying like I've gotten the sense all year and I appreciate the call I think Mark has an offensive philosophy I think sometime during that stretch of Louisville Michigan State Gonzaga it became very clear that the philosophy he wants to play just didn't work with this one going to work just wasn't going to work no he thought this team could shoot he thought that and it just wasn't going to happen so then he basically had to create an offense on the fly that he's just not accustomed to do it and, you know, one of the signs of a coach is you've got to be able to adjust.

And I don't know that that happened. So I think you recruited a team that really didn't fit his style. And then this style that he's tried to do just hadn't done that well. That was the argument a guy gave me that he is a good coach. He changed his style in the middle of the season after he lost a couple of key players, changed it again. And then even during the SEC season, changed during the halftime of games. He did.

But like Jalen Lowe was. always going to be the worst shooter on the team. Probably. So losing him shouldn't have changed a lot. Yeah. Because he was going to always be the worst three-point shooter. And he definitely thought Yellovich, Noah, these guys were going to shoot better. I think if you were to get him and to be honest, and you were to say what went wrong,

he would say to you that he thought Garrison would make a leap. Yes. That didn't really happen. He thought Jasper would be better. Definitely shoe better Than he did I think he thought That the Chandler we saw sometimes

Would be the Chandler all year And then that Jalen Lowe would be a point guard Who could create kind of like Denzel has at the end of the year But he did done that all year Yeah And then he probably thought if Quaintance is healthy He's a beast Yep

And a lot of those things just didn't happen I mean You know Probably the one pleasant surprise Moreno is probably better than he thought he would be Don't you think that's probably a pleasant surprise? We saw at the season started. He was the backup to the backup.

He didn't play some games earlier here. But otherwise, and then Trit Noah hasn't been able to give any of you. No. I mean, Trit Noah started. He did. He was a starter when the season began. So I think him not being able to really give him much, I think all of that has combined to where they are. Two more.

Who's next? Jerry is next. Jerry. Go ahead, Jerry. Thank you, my call, man. I don't want Todd Go in Kentucky because I want to tell you why

he lost three guards last year to the NBA and he recovered good this year and I don't think he'll win the championship this year and I'm not a Florida hater but he's going to lose four out of his five starters off his team next year the only ones coming back is probably going to be playing if he comes back

but he's going to have a lot of people to be placed next year and we may be sitting here this time of year from now and we may be laughing at him this time that year that's true but i will say this i will say this you know in college basketball to win you got to have really good guards and i actually think you could argue his guards have been kind of disappointed and they're still winning you know i mean book the plan has not been what he thought they be he'd be and zavian lee's been better in the second half of the

year but the first half the year was a disaster and yet they've still found to be really good. One more time, and I'll get out here. But Florida was very gettable today. You know what I'm saying? We missed out a lot of rebounds, and it just, I'm sure it was hard legs, whatever, whatever, but they was

very goodable today. But thanks for taking my call, both. Totally agree with you. 859-280-2287. Why am I giving you that? We're doing one more call. Who's next? Curtis. Curtis. Go ahead, Curtis. Thanks for taking my call. I can't believe I'm actually ending the show. I will say I do love Mark Pope and I wanted to work for him. And a question

I had was, if the season next year starts as slow and as poorly as this one did, how quick with Barnhart retiring will the new administration be to probably get rid of them or look into the next coach, you know? And then I will say next week is my favorite week of the year. I can't wait for March Madness to start. Let's have a little bit of hope and let's hope the cats can go on some kind run. Let's have fun with it. We only got a couple games left. Let's stay positive BBN. Hopefully we can do some.

Yeah, I totally agree. I think it depends on who the AD is. You know, I think there's a couple of candidates who would probably be a little more forgiving with Pope for various reasons. I think there's, you know, you bring in somebody with no ties, they may just be like the new CEO of a company, right? So I think

that's a hard question to answer until you know who's got the job. Yeah, there are some guys that want to hire their guy. A lot of people do. Yeah, absolutely. A lot of people do. But if they're winning, they're not going to change. Not going to get changed it in.

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