2026-04-08- KSR - Hour 2

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Just a chance to get real information and a clearer picture of what's possible. Sometimes the smartest move isn't waiting, it's getting informed. Visit Stockto.com today to learn more about your options. NMLS 8259, Equality and Lender, NMLSconsumerAccess.org. Welcome back. Hour number two, Kentucky Sports Radio 859-280-2287. I got some folks here who found Spring Break at the KS Bar and Grill. Spring Break, is it in Fayette County right this week? I think so. I'm kind of out of touch, but I want to talk about this before you got here. Remember when like the whole state of Kentucky took Spring Break at the same time, wasn't it called like KEA week or something? But maybe, could be. Do you know? I don't know about that. I'm pretty sure it is Spring Break. Does it matter? Do you want them all to be the same time? Are you against everyone having different weeks? No, I think it probably helps because you're going to go to the beach and we all go down with your friends and your classmates. Oh, I see Matt Jones from Middlesbrough. I know, but I play tennis against him. It may have been a better time. You're all also going to the same beach and compete for the same hotel. That's exactly right. So you don't want to do that. A59-280-2287, take some calls. Let's quickly drew you and I. Let's go over people. There's so many people in the portal. Somebody asked me, who are you in Drew's? Who would you like to see Kentucky get the most? So of the guys Kentucky's associated with, who would you like the most? So I'm going to talk about guys that I think Kentucky is actually in on because there are dudes like the guy from Kansas. The number one player in the portal, Fiori. Magunda. Magunda, but I don't think you're a tuckies part of the recruitment. He's actually visiting Louisville Friday. So they may end up getting the number one guy in the portal. So I'm just going to talk about guys that we are going after. I think if you were to ask me the three dudes I've seen in the portal, I would want the most. Number one is the big dude from St. Mary's. I have a feeling he probably goes to Arizona State where his coach is, but he is in the portal. I don't remember his name, but he's massive. If you watch St. Mary's play, I think he's the number three guy in the portal. He's a big, can score, rebound. He'd be great for us and he can shoot. Maroska, something to say. I think he's pronounced it. Maroska. I could be wrong on that. I think Kentucky's contacted him. No idea if they actually have a shot, but if they did, he would be my favorite. Probably the Freeman guy from Syracuse can score big, again, can do a lot of stuff like him. And then the guy from Virginia Tech is probably the one I think Kentucky's got the best chance with that I think would be really good. He was just a freshman, I believe, but he played pro in Europe, can shoot. I watched them play, I think, Duke, and he really stuck out to me on the court. I think it was against Duke. Those are the three I've seen that I would like the most. And then, of course, we want a point guard, but those are my three. What about you? I like all those guys on the point guards right from BYU that just went in. It's probably the best out there. He and DeBonse and Richie were like a pretty good three-pack till Richie got hurt. He would be my first pick. And then, Zoom Diallo, who went in from Washington, if you still think there's a chance with Stokes, he was Stokes' AAU teammate. I even tweeted a video of him throwing lobs to Stokes at Prolific Prep, and he's good in his own right. So those would be my one and two at point guard, I think. Freeman, you know, there's reported Kentucky's interested. I haven't seen a lot of other names I would pick over him at Forward. His shot's not great. If I told you... Three-point shooter, but if he can make one again, then he can create space. If I told you tomorrow that you could get the kid from Virginia Tech either Zoom or right, and then either Freeman or the St. Mary's kid, would you sign up for that today? Yeah. And Miles Byrd, it's kind of a repeat of Lomond Butler. He's not a point guard. He was the defensive player of the year from San Diego State. He's another one I'd like to have. Do you have anyone? He's not a point guard, though. LaVar Wilkerson? Yeah, I think he's coming. Ron seems like a Finley-Bissjack guy. He was brought up early in the process. I don't know if you saw him. He's got the long, wiry hair. He scored from Butler. It looks like the kind of guy that you would like. He also looks like the kind of guy Mark Pope would recruit, although I haven't seen much else about him. I like the conspiracy theory that some guy wrote. You know, we haven't got Mo Williams because his connection to Stokes. Now we're trying to get Zoom Diallo for his connection to Stokes. Like they're trying everything they can to persuade that kid to come here, who would be, you know, obviously the stud we're looking for. Well, I will say I have heard, and I think I can say, well, I've heard two things, one of which I can't say with confidence, but the second of which I think I can. Kentucky has up their offer to Stokes. So at least I think as of now, Kentucky may be offering a little bit more than Kansas for Stokes. Now, Stokes been very clear that Kansas is his first choice. So you know what? I mean, we have to buy it. It is what it is. I do think though, the longer this goes, the better Kentucky has a shot. You know, I think if he had decided last week it was going to be Kansas. And you remember he had an announcement and people think he postponed it to see if self was coming back. But self's not coming back. And we still don't have an announcement. So I think Kentucky is putting everything they got into it. Now there the second thing, which I don't want to say because I don't want to be wrong, but I've heard that like the whole university is trying to figure out how to make Stokes work. And so we'll see. But they certainly haven't given up on it. No, they haven't. Drew, would you would you say? Oh, yeah, absolutely. I don't trust. Do you think he can work with Pope? I mean, if I have doubts, but you still got to try. Everything we've talked about relating to the modern player. I mean, Stokes is considered example A of the modern player like difficult. He's a big Stokes guy. I mean, he's the kind of guy that like you would trust Cal to handle him. Mate, but like it didn't work with Bill Self and a guy like that. With Peterson. Do you think Pope can handle a guy like that? I mean, if he comes, you take him. But like, do you think it would actually work? I mean, I definitely have concerns, but I have big picture concerns next year. If you can get him, you got to try it and see what happens. And I don't really trust Pope Kentucky versus Bill Self, Kansas. I think Bill Self, Kansas win that, but I trust Nike versus Adidas and Nike winning that. And at the end of the day, Nike kid, sorry, signed with Nike and Nike Hoop summits coming up in a week or two next week, maybe what days of Nike Hoop summit? Because I got a message last night. Next week, I believe we get the exact same thing. Is it Nike Hoop summit April 15th? Because if it is that would correspond with the message I got. Is it April 15th? That sounds about right. Let me pull up. If it is exactly on April. It starts on April 11th, runs a couple days. So it's not April 15th. Okay. Never mind. We're still in the fight. I like the power of Nike to still keep Kentucky in it and maybe put over the top once he gets out to Oregon at the Hoop Summit and all that. But if we can go back to that article that Jack and Jacob wrote, you remember they were saying Pope could get some of these high profile guys to the closing table but couldn't close the deal. Well, this is another one. We're going to find out if that has gotten better. 8-5-9-2-8-0-22-87. Who's next? Mark is next. Mark, go ahead Mark. Mark Anthony. I mean, if you're, go for it Mark. Okay. It's Mark Anthony. Hey Matthew Ryan, Drew and Rick. Hey Matthew, I like your idea. If they go to five years, I think that's great. And as far as recruiting, oh, Derek Johnson's tweet, he said, Pope can't relate to these players except for Colin. There is a volume in between those lines. And he may be right. This year is going to prove whether he is or not, including the recruiting that we get done. And as far as recruiting, we need what Ryan calls grown ass men. Yeah. And because the game's moving back to the paint mat, you can see that. I mean, Michigan had two threes in the championship and UConn hit what, seven? Yeah, they missed a ton. UConn did over the course of the second half. Yeah. They did. Had they hit those, it would have been a 20 point win. Yeah. So, and Cal used to say, we're going to beat you in the paint. If we hit threes, we'll beat you by 30. That's still valid. That's the way I want to go. Yeah. I appreciate the call. Do you, so, I mean, we've taken what? Six calls here, four of them and brought up Derrick Johnson. I mean, like everyone, that is clearly, that is clearly the thing that UK fans are talking about. And I think there are many reasons that's the case. You know, Mark Anthony just said, he said, except for Colin. And Mark Anthony said, well, that clearly says a lot. I'm going to take up for Pope just a second on the, except for Colin part. I do not think it's fair to Mark Pope or quite frankly to Colin that every single time those guys are brought up, their religion is just like, well, it's their religion. I just don't, we don't do that to any other player. Like we don't, the idea that the only person Mark can relate to is Colin Chandler because they're both Mormon. I mean, maybe that helps them relate. I can grant that, but I'm just kind of, we got to stop acting like the only thing that defines Colin Chandler is what his religion is. Right? We don't do that to the Christians. We didn't do it to Modi Abate, who's Muslim. Like we don't do, why do we do that to them? And why and people do that to Mark? And I actually don't think it's fair. He got along very well with a Mari Williams, who I do not believe was Mormon. You know, Lamont Butler, Kobe, Braia, Jackson Robinson came from BYU to here was not Mormon. I just, I don't think that Pope, I think clearly did not completely connect with this team, but we got to stop with the, except for Colin as if that's somehow different. Do you agree with that? I do. And it's unique. I mean, like even when you're talking about what Colin might do, it's naturally be like, well, he could go back to Utah just because your brain goes that way. But it is, it's not fair, especially with what Derek wrote about how he's the only one in the locker room Pope can get along with, where Joe with whatever word he used. I think that's an extreme point. But I don't believe that's either because Moreno and, and Cam are coming back. Of course. Yeah. No, I mean, maybe he didn't gel with Jasper and maybe he didn't gel with, I don't know, the Abate or whoever. I don't know, but he, there's two guys coming back that are not Mormon or, and that are not white. I mean, they're coming back. It seems, I would think Brandon Garrison does some non-Mormon things and he trusted him to run it back for another year. He came here to Kentucky. They seem to get along. Pope and Garrison seem to get along great. Yeah. If you listen to Pope talk, Brandon Garrison was his favorite player this past season. Yeah. The place, go ahead. You want to say something? I'm glad you said it for I did. I think some people are trying to say it because they're both white. I gotta get in or late. That's the only guy you can relate. I don't think that's it at all. Not at all. So you think Derek, well, Derek meant something though. Did he mean white? Did he mean Mormon? He didn't include Trent Noah. He did. Which is why I, which is why I think he meant Mormon because he didn't include Respauder. He didn't include Trent. No, he didn't include Yelovitch. He just included Collin. And I think that's, I'll be honest. I'll say it to Derek. I think that's unfair. I don't, you know, you're, you're, I just think Derek's post was really counterproductive and he, I'm sure he thinks I'm counterproductive and that's fine. But like it just doesn't do these kids any good. It doesn't do Jasper any good. This is what fans, I don't want this to be what fans are talking about, but they are. And I would say to Derek, cause you'd put it out. People will necessarily give family members more credibility than anyone else. Understandably so. So when you do this, Ryan, that's what people are going to focus on. That's it. And you know, I've obviously, he loves Jasper and he wants someone's best for Jasper. I think they're just, he's hurt. That is not an excuse. That's not the way to do it. Everyone, I mean, people get hurt. That happens. So, you know, when Jasper is not saying a word, heck Jasper is at the Johnson Center, having fun with UK students, living his life. I saw that last night. Jasper Johnson like posted come play pickup with me. So he's not saying anything. And when his dad's not saying anything, Derek needs to realize that when you talk, you were speaking on their behalf because that's how people are going to read it. They're going to assume that you're just sharing what you can hear at the dinner table or whatever behind the scenes. Yeah. And then there's so many layers to it. I mean, we don't know what calls we're going to go to and half the calls have been about that. It's ages Jasper. It's all. Then it's the family chomping in and then the whole Pope thing. There's three different levels to that one Facebook post. Who's next? David is next. David, go ahead, David. Good morning, everybody. Hope you're doing well. Thank you. On the jelly part, good segue for me pivoting away from the portal talk. I've always wanted to ask this question, Matt. About the 96 team, I know 30 years ago, championship team, but what if Roderick Rhodes would have stayed? What would have that done to the chemistry of that team? Great question. And would be talking about them being one of the greatest teams? Well, that's a Ryan Liman. Yeah, that's a great question. Ryan Liman was there. So I appreciate the call. Do you think if Roderick Rhodes comes back in 96, that team is still considered one of the greatest of all time? I don't. I think it was best for him and best for the team that he leaves. I know he was going into his senior season, but it just worked better without him being there. I mean, that's, I'm not speaking because something I know, I just think it's just a perception of it. It just seemed like things got better after Rhodes left. I was kind of young. Do they recruit over him? Was Mercer? He just, the team was kind of built around him in 94, 95, and it just didn't click. And I think Rick realized he had all this talent and like, he didn't need him. He didn't need him. You know, he was going to play his minutes. We're going to go way down. His minutes were going to go down, but he was going to be a senior. Yes. He went to USC and had some success. He did. He got drafted, played in the NBA for a little bit. His best year at Kentucky was his freshman year and kind of went downhill every year. It was next two years. Yeah. Hey, BBN spring is sprung. And that means we might be getting outside more, whether it's doing yard work or just staying active by biking or running. For most people, increased physical activity when the weather gets warmer can lead to aches, pains, and injuries. That's where court physical therapy can help. Our therapists know what it helps to take, takes to help you heal and get back to the things you want and without being in pain. 70 locations statewide. There's one new year. Court.com. That's K or T.com. We're going to take a break. Be right back here at KS bar and grill. It's wings day. Be right back. Welcome back. Welcome back. Tucky Sports Radio. Are you a big luminaires guy? Rick, I feel like you use this intro every day for at least one second. No, I don't use it every day, but I like them. You're a big lumineer. You've ever seen them in concert? Never seen them in concert. Okay. Some last year, Burma Beyond. Very good. Yeah. Who's Burma Beyond this year? It's Tyler, right? That's Robert. Burma Beyond is, that's the one we're all excited about. Yeah, who's Robert though? It's Tyler. Tyler and Zach Toppe back to back on the same stage. That's on Sunday, right? Yes. We are going to sell parking lot spots. People have asked me about that. They'll go on sale here in a couple of weeks. And then who's on Saturday? It's always Jelly Rolls. It's the luminaires. I think it's the luminaires. Yeah. Rick's being topical today. Oh, I like it. I like it. Is it? They were in Burma Beyond last year. Rick, are you going to come to luminaires? I might do that. You never know. I had somebody tell me, Rick, that they think you're the funniest person on the show, which you're not on a lot. So that's, but that's just something about, you know, I think people really thought it was funny when you said how you get off a Zoom call the other day. They really, they really liked that. And your neighbors commentary. One person writes, Matt, are you excited about the Netflix untolds documentary coming out this weekend about the chess scandal? Yes. Do you remember the chess scandal? Oh, yes. Remember the guy, they alleged he was cheating in chess because he would get buzzes from, you know, something that was their children here. So I have to be careful, but something that was somewhere they're doing in the documentary about that. I've already got that on the remind me. I, I watch all those untolds as soon as they came. Come out. Just watch. He liked to party a little bit. Maybe a little too much. My goodness. Did you see what the chess player did just this past weekend? The main one? I did. What is it? It's, but is it not that guy or is it a different guy? Well, he was playing the guy that had the buzzer. So yeah, apparently he went to play chess in a chess tournament and this girl right before it started said, Hey, can we get a selfie? He was like, sure. And he takes a selfie and smiles. And then the moment they take the picture, he reports her for having a camera at the table and gets her kicked out. He stands up and goes straight to the judge like she, or officials like she has a camera or a phone. I mean, I thought that was one of like, what a jerk. I think he claimed he was helping her because you're not supposed to have it, but he could have just been like, Hey, you shouldn't have that. He walked across the set. Now he did not have the audacity to claim he was helping her. Yeah. I think he was like, well, she would have been disqualified. I was doing her a favor. She was disqualified because you said, I think she still got to finish the, the match or whatever. But I mean, he smiled big. He was like, yeah, nice to meet you. And just immediately gets up, goes to the official and says she has a phone. He could have been like, Hey, you're not supposed to have that. Why don't you put it over here? That's a jerk move. I don't care what you say. That's a jerk move. So if I do that at your trivia, get a selfie with you and me, you go get my camera out during trivia. You're going to kick me out. If I say to you, yes, Ryan, we can have a selfie now. Get out of here. Yeah. That's a jerk move. He smiled so big to her like, yeah, nice to meet you. I'd love to take a selfie. Then immediately tells on her for having a family trivia. It was supposed to be tomorrow night, my trivia, but because of the house closing, it's moved to next Thursday. So next Thursday, the trivia. So get your team together and get ready for that. Did you see the fight in baseball last night? Yeah, I did. It's my guy. What's so what the dude on the angels came swinging? What's his name? Former Braves World Series MVP. Gotcha. And then he had a baseball in his hand as he tried to hit him. And then the other guy, the Braves Lopez is the Braves guy. So what was the batter? But what about the manager coming in spear in him? Walt Weiss coming in there. Walt Weiss, who I remember from baseball cards in the 80s. I was shocked to see he's now old. Fat and bald. How did that happen? I tweeted a little picture of a Goldberg spear. Looked just like him. Good technique, bald head. I've since learned that it's been reported that Walt Weiss has a black belt and used to do cage fighting. So all of the people in that dugout, he's the one I think you'd trust most to go finish the fight. Wow. That is, that is, that is pretty impressive. I'll say as a Braves fan, Lopez looked like he didn't want a part of the fight. He dared him to come out, but he was back pedaling. I think it would have been a bad day if running towards him was big. Here's what I love about baseball fights. They start, they get going. And then all of a sudden after about 10 seconds, the guys all decide they have to jog from the bullpen and ask and act like they're going to participate. By the time they get there, it's always broken up. But that thing of like, okay, here we go. We're going to come. I always find that funny. And they're never at a full sprint. It's always like a light jog. Well, I hope it's over by the time I get there. I don't really want to do anything. And they all pair up, but they don't fight. They'll just, you know, maybe grab a jersey, talk to each other like, okay, we're, we're like linked up here and then they'll pat each other on the back and go the separate ways. I mentioned the, the reds. They have a player who I think looks to be a 43 year old dentist that I didn't know was on the team. His name is Nathaniel Lowe. I guess he used to play for the Red Sox. He got the game winning hit last night. But when he came in the game, I was, I said, I've never seen this person before. Who is this person? And when it was over, they interviewed him and he had, you know, when they interviewed players in the locker room after a game, like, what are they usually wear? Either their jersey or their shirt off or a T shirt. He had a polo on buttoned at the top button like Mitch Barnhart. And like a very like crew cut hit. He looked like a dentist. And I thought, and then his body shape, I mean, he's not in bad shape, but he just is kind of built sort of round and normal. And I'm like, how's this guy an athlete? He looked like the financial advisor for the team. He really did. And even when he talked, he was like, yes, this was a wonderful time for the baseball team. I'll never forget the first time I walked in a big league locker room and I see how unathletic some of these guys are beer bellies, no muscle tone whatsoever. Did you have muscle tone when you play? Oh yeah, I was Johnny Atlas. Is that a person? It used to be. I thought, well, you, but you did, you still claim to lead the league in stolen base. I do. And if we had a fifth year, it'd be probably the nation in the stolen bases. It's just hard for me to see you stealing base with the rye and I see that I totally and I same. I look in the mirror like, how did you do that? I have no idea. But you need to look up Nathaniel low. He got the game winning hit. So I'm, but I wasn't 100% sure he was on the team. I'd seen his name, but I did not think he looked like that. It's tax time. He had to go do his taxes. His game was over. 15th. Ellie was giving him his deductions. Yeah. Right before, right before the game. 8, 5, 9, 2, 8, 0, 20, 20, 27. When we come back, we haven't really talked at all about UK football. They've got, they've been doing spring practice. The game is next Saturday, the spring game. And they opened the practice up. Was it yesterday to some people? Let's talk a little, just real quick, an update on Will Stein and we'll take your calls. This is Kentucky Sports Radio live at KS Bar girl. Welcome back to the sports radio. 8, 5, 9, 2, 8, 0, 20, 287. Text machine is 772-7745-254. One person writes, Matt, you mentioned taxes. I bet you haven't even started yet. Kind of not. Kind of not. But I mean, you get, you can get an extension. Yeah. So usually, so my day is October 15th. I always have to like, that's the day I know that that's your tax day. Yeah. Yeah. You get an extension for six months for like, I don't know why, but they tell me you do. So I always, I've already done my extensions as well. You still got to pay a little bit. You got to pay your tax. No, no, no, no. He estimates and tells me I have to write a check for something, but like it's not do do tool October. Right. I came out of my bank account yesterday. That was hard to watch. Yeah. Disappear. I told you, it's April 15th or for me now, it's the one day a year. I'm a Republican. The other 364 days are different. But that one, I'm like that. All right. So let's talk just a second. UK football. I have not been to practice. I know other people have drew. What are you hearing about Will Stine's first spring practice and the videos I see of Menchie makes it look like he's got a cannon. The highlights are fun. Now, you know, they pick the ones they want, but the ones they're picking are very exciting. Seen a lot of young receivers make plays there. Willie Rodriguez as expected is going to be a huge part of the offense. Stine went to tight ends a lot at Oregon and Willie Rod back. I think he'll be a huge focal point. There's any news at all? It's at the running backs. I don't know if they were thin or banged up, but the two they went out and got haven't been participating a whole lot and had to even move Martell's card or safety to come play a little running back. So if there's any news type things, it's that the running back room's a little thin. But overall, Stine, they're doing a lot of exciting stuff. He's also very secretive. He doesn't want to show his cards going into his first season. Yeah. They allowed people to go to practice and it was 8am. And so I was trying to decide whether to go and they were like, you had to observe all these protocols like you couldn't talk to anyone. You couldn't look anybody in the eye. You had to walk backwards with a blindfold when you walked out of the field. And I was like, that's awful early to do that. Everything that I've heard though is the players love the offense. I've mostly heard about the offense, but the players go, this is like the most fun offense in the world. If you ask anyone on the program, they will tell you that Will Stine has come in and like, oh my, Willie Rodriguez is good. Like I didn't realize he was that good. And so I would expect him to be a huge part of whatever we do. That and just the whole coaching staff, I mean, this is expected. It's his first job. Everyone in there is like in their 30s, but they are just on fire every day where I think maybe at the end of stoop, Sky Little Stale, coaches are going in, going to their offices. It is just nonstop energy and a lot of fun too. And normally spring is pretty hard time on the guys. They're having a lot of fun with them. There's just a, the youth movement in the coaching has brought a lot of energy and excitement around the building. That's what everybody says. The tempo and the energy is just the first thing you notice when you're watching them out on the field, especially on the offensive side. And the fact that our offensive line must be just ginormous. Everybody talks about how big and huge they are. This offensive line, if you just stand next to them are massive. Massive people. They are massive dudes. We will, you know, obviously we got to see how it ends up in terms of how they play, but they are massive dudes and that's where they spent their money in the portal. Like when I think it is reasonable for fans to assume when you're trying to grade Steins first year, they put their money in the portal in the offensive line. And so we will see what it looks like, which brings me to the second thing UK announced yesterday. And I think this is kind of an important thing that didn't get a lot of attention. They announced a new thing called blueprint. So let me explain what this is. You know, I don't like AI, but I recognize that there are things that can be better. But part of the problem in the NIL era is it's hard to know what players are worth. So like the whole notion of economic theory is economics, the reason the free market works is you know, everybody knows the data. So part of the reason on the stock market, they make people release quarterly reports is so that you know how much money people are making. You know whether to invest your money because you can see the reports of the company, etc. The problem with NIL is since they don't have to release what people are making, you have no idea what the players are paying these schools, right? Correct. We've talked about it and the schools don't have to say and the players don't have to say. So the market is very inefficient. Last year's on last year's you can Kentucky basketball team. I think we played too much money for some guys and weren't willing to pay enough for others. So this guy named Evan, I don't know how to pronounce his last name. I call him Evan Maya. That could be wrong. He's a, like if you've ever followed him on online, he's like this little brilliant boy genius guy. But he came up with this system and I don't know how he does it and he won't tell people because he wants to sell the system, which I understand he sells it to schools. But basically he has a system that tells play, that tells coaches and staffs, this is what a player is actually worth. Period. Don't worry about everything else. This is what they're worth. Now, whether you want to pay a more or less is up to you, but this is what a player on the free market is actually worth. The first school to sign up for his thing was Michigan basketball and they used it to build their class. Ended up being pretty good, didn't it? Seems like it worked. The second team to sign up for their thing was Illinois basketball. And where did they just end up? Final four. In the final four. So UK announced yesterday that UK has become the first school to sign a school-wide partnership with it. Basically, it gives them access to use it for all of their teams. They apparently signed this a few months ago. The football team and the volleyball team used it to build their rosters for next year. So when we just saw UK football on the portal, Will Stein said, we have a system to figure out what guys are worth. Well, apparently this is what it is. The volleyball team did the same thing. I see a volleyball booster back there. Now, every other team at the school has access to it, but they don't have to use it. As I understand, at this moment, UK basketball is not using it yet. I mean, they may look at it, but they're not using it to build their roster. But football and women's volleyball have. I just think it's interesting. The UK has created their own model called Blueprint, which this Evan dude is doing specifically for UK, which I think is good. Drew, I like this because it's forward thinking analytic. Obviously, first two schools to do it ended up in the final four and win the national championship. So that's pretty good. I like we'll see how it works, but I like that we're doing it. Yeah, I like being on the cutting edge of stuff. The the system's called Dropback and Kentucky's kind of rebranded it as blueprint, but it combines so much information for people that nerd out on basketball. There's this thing called synergy that has every piece of data you could think of. It includes that in the analytics. Like, heck, can you name the basketball analytics website? It kind of pulls all that together and then formulates its own numbers and for other sports, too. But it takes about any piece of information you can have and makes it easier and puts value on each player. It's very interesting to hear what you say about football. Use it because they definitely started inside out. They started with their, you know, offensive line. And then when I didn't spend a lot on receivers or running backs, our GM for the football team said, basically with every player, we knew what they were worth and we decided our offer was there. And if they wanted way more than that, then it just didn't work out. And like hardly Gilmore, you remember hardly Gilmore, they had an offer for hardly Gilmore. Gilmore wanted more than that. They said, we'd love to have you, but we're not doing that. Gilmore went out on the free market and he wasn't able to get it. And so he came back and ended up getting, getting exactly what they said. Now, my view on this, by the way, is if this is really successful, within a few years, every school is going to have this. So your market advantage is very short, Drew. This is kind of the thing that, like, once everybody does it, it won't be as helpful because everybody knows. So it's really good. This is one of those things that's actually really important to be the first to act on. Michigan clearly did it for basketball and it looks like the UK, at least with football and women's volleyball, is doing it too. And I'd love for basketball to use it, but we'll see. On the football end, I think they use, they combine like pro football focus that everybody knows is just full of data, huddle, like, yeah. All these websites that we all know separately, it pulls it all together into a system and has been really helpful for a lot of places. And I'm glad Kentucky's doing it. Well, you answered my question. If it's, if the Kentucky, University of Kentucky bought it, will the basketball team use it? The press release said basketball has access to it, but I have not heard that they are using it yet. It's weird because Mark Pope is an analytics guy. Yes. But for some reason, when it comes to picking players, he, they're way outside help. I think we're learning he's a little stubborn, like won't do the GM thing or won't call it a GM. Yeah, I don't know why that is, but, but we'll see. Maybe he will use it. I don't know, but that's what I've been told at this time. Who's up next? Randall is up next. Randall, go ahead, Randall. Hey, man, I looked it up before calling, but. Michigan had five seniors, three juniors, and Yukon had five seniors and five juniors on their team. And I kind of think that what Pope may have been up to with not recruiting high school players this year is that he sees that the last five years that majority of the teams are hanging, hanging banners are the teams that are majority, you know, guys with good, you know, high basketball IQ and things like that. You know, just seniority itself in the roster is helping teams, you know, win the championship. I don't disagree. I mean, you, I appreciate the call. Yukon, Michigan had, Michigan had five transfers in the starting lineup, had a lot of junior seniors. Yukon only had one freshman playing big minutes and he was really good. But then they had these other guys. You're exactly right. A lot of businesses drew advertised here on KSR and many of them you've heard, like, you know, going into the you know, going back years ago to fan outfitters, cornbread, et cetera. And you may say, well, you know, how are those so successful? Debbie Green with Bringing in the Green is one of the people behind the scenes that helps Kentucky businesses grow. She has, I'm not just saying this because this is an ad. She has been the best working since I've been doing this. No question. And understanding KSR, how to make it work, but also understanding the Kentucky media landscape. She has a media consulting company and she will help you reach the KSR audience or other similar audiences. If you go to bringinginthegreen.com slash KSR, she'll give a free hour of consulting for KSR listeners. I'm not just saying this. This woman is awesome. And if I ran a business and I wanted to feel like figure out how to use my advertising dollars, I would call her every great success we've had here. She's had a role in most of it. Bringinginthegreen.com slash KSR. I saw Debbie yesterday in meetings at a lunch and we joke about Ryan being the mayor of Lexington. Debbie Green maybe could really pull off being the mayor of Lexington. She knows everyone. She did. She's paying out bidders. Kentucky branded back in Heyday of us doing stuff with them. She does Richmond Road Vet Clinic with me right now. Yeah, she does so many things. She does a ton of Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. Like a lot of these things, she's been great about it. Bringinginthegreen.com is her consulting company. We'll take a break and be right back. It's Kentucky Sports Radio. Welcome back to Kentucky Sports Radio. Still, there's only six minutes left, but we actually still have a lot to do. It's Wild Eggs Wednesday. That's a Wild Eggs. You can win $50 gift card. KSR's Twitter has just tweeted the word of the day. Ryan didn't know how to spell it, so I made sure it's spelled correctly. You have until noon to put the answer in and the, or excuse me, you'll have until the end of the show to put the answer in and then Mario will pick one to win $50 from Wild Eggs. Yeah, you picked the word and I had no idea how to spell it. Yeah, it's not a word you were familiar with. Kenny Brooks is staying with the UK women's basketball team. That's big. I clap for that. Yeah, Virginia off, according to KSR's Phoenix Stevens, Virginia, offering the job. Kentucky was a, got, I think Kentucky may be committed to, to Kenny that they would help raise more in NIL resources. He stays. So that's good. Home state program where he's coached two other teams in the state and offered, when I understand where he's offering even a little more money. Mr. Reddick, Kenny, stayed at Kentucky, big for UK women's basketball. Heck yeah. I mean, I was, I've been dialed in with women's basketball for a while with how much we like Matthew Mitchell, but Kenny Brooks has just taken it to another level with the excitement. Went to a few games. It helps that the, the building's new over there, but they've just, they got a great thing going in the class he has coming in next year with Claire Strack and other returners. Maybe you take another step forward, maybe a little farther next season. I was, I was honestly worried about this one. You know, he, he played at James Madison, coached at James Madison, coached Virginia Tech, got a lot of Virginia roots. I thought if there's going to be a job, maybe lure him away right now, it might be this one. Yeah, I think it was more serious than people realized. And he ended up staying. Kentucky's men played Louisville in baseball yesterday, beat them four to two. Yeah. Pretty crazy game. Kentucky only allowed two hits. However, they did give up 10 walks and hit three batters. So they had 13 free runners they put on base besides the two hits, but hung on them one for two after losing a home series to Missouri last weekend. This was actually a pretty big game. They play at Auburn this weekend. They're in the tournament, but like not solidly. They're going to have to play well down the stretch. Always good to beat Louisville, but especially after disappointing home series loss to the worst team of the conference in Missouri. I mean, obviously the pitching was great. It was a no hitter until the seventh inning and it was used a lot of pitchers. It wouldn't put that at no hitter, but seven walks. Yeah, which happens with 12 strikeouts, 10 walks. I think that's a lot of walks. So I think the first two batters was a walk and a hit by pitch on our end. So I kind of got a slow start to start with. So I think the series going into that was Kentucky 28 Louisville 27. So we held on to the all time lead to pivotal pivotal win there. Good win. Louisville is good. Yeah. Louisville is a good team. Who's up next? Terry is next. Terry, go ahead, Terry. Yeah, guys, in regards to the assistance leaving and staying, Mark Fox, I know you guys probably think he's an old guy and they don't need that. Go check out his record in Nevada. Luz and Mark Fox is going to be akin to John Cal Perry, Luz and John Robick. Thanks. I really like Mark Fox. I hope he stays. I don't completely like that analogy because I think Robick was Cal's X and O guy and Cal wasn't an X and O guy. I think Mark Pope is an X and O guy, but I would be fine having Mark Fox on the staff if he leaves. Yeah, I could see it being potentially an issue, but I do think the staff is smart even if they lose him. Yeah, I don't know all of their sign roles of what exactly they're doing, but when you had no recruits up until Mason Williams, changes need to be made. Now just trust Pope knows who was carrying the load and who wasn't doing their part. By the way, I'll notice, if you don't speak to Cal, his new John Robick, who I don't think was as good as his old John Robick of John Robick, but I think was still decent. Chuck Martin, he just left to go to North Carolina to become an assistant. So Cal is without his John Robick again. That and Jay Lucas, your boy. Somptoe went in the portal with a do not tag. And it looks like he was going to Arkansas, but Jay Lucas has swooped in and might be stealing one of Cal's players that Cal was counting on having. Jay Lucas might get some buzz that Somptoe who was looked like he's heading straight to Arkansas might be switching. I'm going to tell you something. I want this to work out with Mark Pope. I hope he has a big year next year. And then I hope he crushes it and retires here. If he does not Jay Lucas, Jay looks going to be a star. It would be a full circle moment. It would be a full circle moment from the moment we were calling that kid as a 16 year old in high school because he is going to be a star somewhere. It's just a matter of where who's next. Ed is up next. Ed, go ahead. Hey Matt talking Cincinnati Reds baseball. I don't know how old you were at the time, but there's nothing more hilariously classic than sweet Lupinella going at it in the club. I remember I've seen that. Yes, that was. Oh my God. That team was so much fun. Yeah, I was not. I didn't follow with them. Yeah, I didn't follow the Reds then and I appreciate the call. We're going to have to go to break but I heard in the show, but the five and oh to start on the road for the Reds best since that team in 1990. That was a feisty team with the nasty boys in the bullpen. Well, let's do real quick from draft Kings. By the way, go to draft Kings bet five get five get $300 and bonus bets code KSR. Draft Kings the crown is yours. If you have a good problem, call one here. Gamma 18 plus Kentucky only Elgerbeer 6 ply best bet most winners see bonus bets by seven days minimum. Require just all terms possible game resources sports with got draft Kings comm slash promos limited time offer. Reds go for six straight tonight against the Marlins. Do they win? I'm going to go. Yes, they win. They're hot right now. They're not going to be in the next 20 runs, but the picking staff is doing their job. I'm losing every bet I make on draft Kings lately. So for you, I'll pick the Marlins. I have bet against the Reds for these five losses. That emotional hedge. So I'll do it again and hope we keep winning tonight with with Brady Singer. Hey, thank you all very much. Big crowd here today. Thank you guys. Nice crowd. Very nice. Open all day for dollar wings and burgers, et cetera here at KS bar and I don't know. I kind of feel like drew. I got my baby premonition on. Oh, okay. I kind of feel like I'm not going to see you after tonight. I'm going to see you in an hour for another podcast. No, what? True. I mean, after tonight, you're talking about for we're going to do it. Don't speak to new exists. I really want it to be the weekend. I just got a few more things to do to get master Sunday would be perfect for you. Yeah. Come on master Sunday. You're wanting to go to Don Franklin. Absolutely. That's what it is. Yeah. Got a few other things on some reason it's not have a good baby. Have a good baby. We will see you guys later. This has been Kentucky sports radio.