KSR Postgame UK MBB vs Santa Clara NCAAT 3/20/26

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These folks can't even hear me on a speaker, and everybody else doesn't even know what's going on. But the Cats win one we will always remember on a shot that will live in Kentucky lore for a long time as they win in overtime, 89-84. Matt Jones and Ryan Lemon, we are here right outside of your Cardinals stadium. I love that stadium. That's Bush Stadium, yes, where the Cardinals play. I have to tell you that this was, you know, if you go to home games at Rupp Arena, you see where they do the entrance, and they play a minute and a half of the greatest highlights in Kentucky sports history. This shot will be playing on that for the next 75 years. You got to see in person, those of you that win, one that will last forever as the Cats get a much-needed win to move on to the second round where they'll almost certainly play Iowa State and also to get a chance to keep advancing. And Otega Owe, 35 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists. Only four players in the history of the NCAA tournament have ever had an NCAA tournament game like that with 35 points, 8 boards, and 7 assists. Let me give you the names. Oscar Robertson, Bill Bradley, Larry Bird, and now Otega Owe is the fourth one. That's a pretty unbelievable list. Today, Otega Owe submitted himself as a Kentucky basketball legend for the rest of his life. A lot of people don't realize he also broke the record today for most points ever by a two-year player at Kentucky. He broke Bill Spivey's record today during the game. It's him first, Bill Spivey second, Antonio Reeves third now for history. for two-year players. I have to tell you, Ryan, and then before we get into more details, you also got to give it back a big shout-out. It was BG time, Mario. It was BG time. It was BG time. Peanut butter jelly time. Yes, it was. How about Brandon Garrison? Has seven rebounds, six blocks. Six blocks including two huge ones in overtime. To block a three-pointer on the perimeter like that late in the game is huge. And do it twice. He did it twice. And then only that, got the block, went down the floor, got the feed for a dunk after he blocked that shot that one time. And we won't talk about Owe on that play. No, he didn't walk. I didn't see him walk. Did you all see him walk? No. He took the exact perfect amount of steps. But Brandon Garrison, you've got to give him a ton of credit for playing. But this will be remembered as an Owe – Otega-Owe defining legacy game. And that shot, we were talking about, you know, how do you rank it all time? It's hard to know. I guess we kind of need to see what they do in the tournament. If they get beat by 30 next game, maybe we don't remember it as much. But it's for postseason shots, you know what? You're talking like Tony Delk in the 96 championship game for the corner, Aaron Harrison shots over the years. A lot of our other ones have actually ended up being in losses, like the Patrick Sparks game. But this one ends up in a win that's just amazing. It will be one of the greatest NCAA tournament shots in Kentucky basketball history. I think it's one of, objectively, that's a shot we'll see for 50 years just at the NCAA tournament period. Yeah. I mean, that sequence where he scores, they hit the three, we come back and tie, and there's no timeout, so it just goes back and forth. They'll play that. I mean, that's, you know, it's not Leitner, but they'll play that like that. That's going to be, it's certainly going to be like they play the dude from Carolina that hit the shot against. How many times have we seen that Bryce Drew last second shot? and the Tyus Edney last second shot. Those were kind of jumpers and layups. This was nearly a half-court. And he banked it in. And banked it in. I don't know about you all. I heard him call it. I heard him call bank. You know what's crazy? Mario and I were standing there before the game, and we were bouncing those balls. Did you notice how much people had real issues with the ball? Yeah. And I remember thinking, and I was watching Kentucky warm up, and guys were shooting off the glass, and none of them were going in. And I thought, I think these balls are just too inflated. you're not going to be able to bank shots in. Well, I was wrong. He banked in a 35-footer with that inflated ball. You know, you mentioned a couple of the shots. Brandon Knight hit a last-second shot to win a game in the tournament. Those are good. Those two Brandon Knight shots, yes, against Princeton. Vernon Hatton throwing in from like three-quarters court one time, I think, in an NCAA tournament game. But this, the pressure of what could have been. It could have been the end of the era, Mark Stoops' era. If he misses that shot, he would lose that game. It wasn't Mark Stoops. Mark Pope. And it also wouldn't have been the end. He's getting a little worked up. He's just got to get in. He's excited. He's getting a little worked up. That's okay. Let's just talk a little bit about what happened down the street. First of all, can I tell you the story where I watched the game? Yes, I've been waiting to hear this. All right, so I found a little alleyway where I could watch and pace back and forth. So I did that the whole first half. I just was watching and just walking back and forth. In the arena? In the arena first half. We get to the end of the first half. They take the lead. Yes. And I go, all right, I'm out. I can't do it. You left at halftime. So I walked down here to a park like two blocks away. Yeah. And I sat there and I watched it on my phone. And I guess, I mean, these girls right here, there's a child's volleyball, girls' volleyball tournament going on. Yeah. So those kids are everywhere, right? And I'm sitting there and I'm holding my phone like a crazy person, screaming the entire time, just yelling and screaming. When Aberdeen hit that three to put us up seven, I started thinking, okay. We got this. Let's get in the mode. We're good. Then they come back and go up four, and I'm sitting there going, okay, now what do I say if the season has ended? How do we look at this? Blah, blah, blah. When O-Way makes that shot, thankfully there might be security footage somewhere in that park. I just start running and going, ah! And then I look, and, like, no one's there. And these people are staring at me, but I couldn't help it. I was way too excited. You were the crazy, wacky old man in a park full of female volleyball players. They're all like, what are you doing here? That makes it sound much worse than it was. I think it was. All right, so we get to overtime. And in overtime, we're up four, I think, with like 48 seconds or something after the garrison ones. So I walk into this, like, hotel bar to try to watch the end of it. And I don't know if you all have ever done this, but I'm so into it, I'm staring at my phone. and I've got my head down staring at my phone and I end up walking up and this was one of the most embarrassing things in my life. I walk up and I get like right here next to a woman that's a stranger and I don't see her because I'm looking at my phone. And then I look up and I am three feet from her nose. And she has a look on her face like, what are you doing? What is wrong with you? And I had to apologize. So I was a little out of control, but you know what? It was worth it. We got the victory. He is who he is. We're Kentucky basketball fans. We celebrate like we want to celebrate. So if that's how I help you, if you helped the Kentucky Wildcats win by doing that today, I think I did. I think I certainly helped. Do it. All for it. How many of you guys were in the arena? All of you? Yeah. Pretty much. I mean, you were there. Talk to me about what it felt like in the arena during that period. First of all, I was kind of surprised how many Santa Clara fans were there. They had more of a turnout than I thought they were going to. And the Iowa State fans, I'm sure, cheered for them, too. And the whole first half, you know, we were kind of living and dying by three and not hitting them. and I could just feel our fan base just kind of tense up. You could just feel it in there. And I think they stayed tense until always basket went into the game. I don't know if a lot of people were scared to death of that game in there. Even though the game stayed close the whole time, I actually think it was two completely different games. In the first half, I actually thought we played excellent defense, like really good defense. But offensively, we got away from a game play. We stopped going to the basket. We were shooting threes, but not even shooting good threes. We were shooting like contested threes or off-the-bounce threes. Then in the second half, I thought our offense was much more efficient. We were driving the basket, kicking it out for threes. Those were better looks. Guys were finishing. Diabate was great. I need to mention him. He ended up with 17 points in the game. Garrison was great. Aberdeen made big shots. And then, of course, Owe gets 35. But our defense kind of disappeared. We started and we couldn't. Poor Moreno and Yelevich kept dropping rebounds, giving them second chances. But the key thing is, with four minutes to go, four minutes to go, game's essentially tied. And the question is, are you going to be able to out-tough them? And this team did it. You've got to give credit to both Diabate and Garrison on the defensive end. They got physical with their big guys, and I think that really bothered them. And then Owe, as good as he was offensively, he was getting it down on the defensive end too. He was trying to slow those guards down and got hot and did a good job. Chandler finally made one. That was a big one. You know, he missed all those open shots, and then he hit one. He got a steal at a big point in the game there as well. Had a stretch where AOC hit back to back to back. Yeah, and Aberdeen, O.A., and Chandler, I saw you tweet AOC. You got some nice replies to that. I'm really happy, obviously, for the fans. I'm happy, you know, I'm a fan. I'm happy for myself. I'm really happy for the team. You know, this team has, for a lot of the year, felt like it underachieved. It's been frustrating at times. I really didn't want to see them go out losing like to this team. Nothing against Santa Clara, who I actually thought played really well in the second half. Although I did have a bad interaction with a Santa Clara fan right out there. I was just standing there talking on the phone to Billy, and she walked by and goes, you people from Kentucky are so smug. I wanted to be like, look. Come on. You're in San Francisco. lady. Like, come on. That's a different level of smug. But they were pretty upset. I mean, and I would be too. You haven't made a tournament in 30 years. If you're a Santa Clara fan, that one will stick with you forever. Yeah, because I'm sure they thought they won the game. Of course. The kid hit the three-pointer with two seconds left. Game over. We win. We just knocked off big, mighty Kentucky. So, now, Iowa State is going to beat Tennessee State. This isn't a game. But, you all may not have seen this because you might not have been watching. Their best player got hurt at the beginning and is on crutches. Joshua Jefferson. So he's an All-American, and if he doesn't play, that's a different game. Now, they're still winning by 30 tonight, but I hate to see any kid get hurt, especially in the tournament. I think he's a senior too. But if he doesn't play, that game looks completely different than what it looked like. He's a forward that kind of is the kind of dude we struggle to match up with. So just something to watch. You hate for anybody to get hurt. But if it opens up a better path for us, you know, Virginia was getting beat by a Hofstra. Did Virginia win? Virginia won. So Alabama's losing right now. Or no, they now took the lead to Hofstra. But so Virginia has won. Tennessee's about to play Miami of Ohio here in a few minutes. But we will be playing Iowa State. People have asked what time. They will not announce that until after in the late games tonight. You and I were talking about, I mean, I think the thing to watch is if St. John's and Kansas both win tonight so that they play each other, then I think that'll be the 5-30. That'll be their big game. It's a primetime game on Sunday. And I would guess if that happens, they'll put us at that game before it, that like 2-15 or 2-30. If one of those teams loses, then I think they might put us in that 5-30 game because CBS's last game's at 5-30. Then the other games are on TBS, TNT. I would be surprised if they put Kentucky on the other networks. So my guess, if I'm guessing, if both Kansas and St. John's win, I would guess we go 215 If Kansas or St John loses then I think we would play 530 That a complete guess but that where I am If Iowa State hangs on a win, that ticket on Sunday is going to be a hard one to get. Yeah, are you guys going to go on Sunday? I do think that's going to be a hard ticket. And if Purdue wins tonight, and you have Purdue, Kentucky, and Iowa State in the same session, I do think that will actually be a very difficult ticket to get if we did it. Yeah, a Kentucky fan earlier told me he was trying to get one real quick, and I think the cheapest he found was like $250 already. Yeah, it's going to be expensive. This guy has a thing that says he bets his friend he couldn't get on the show. $5. What's your name? Caden. Yeah, you – All right, I can't believe Ryan already handed him the headset. I wasn't going to do that. But I'll tell you what, it's $5, and you came and we won. What's your name? Caden. Caden, where are you from? Henderson, Kentucky. Henderson, Kentucky in the house. What did you think of that win? Dude, that was electric. I've actually never been to a U.K. game. That was my first time. That was your first game? Well, they're not always like that. All right, Caden, the only way I'm going to let you be on this show is you lead this crowd in one more CATS chant while we go to break. Take that off first and let them go. Ready? Y'all start it. Y'all start it. No, you start it. Oh. CATS, CATS, CATS, CATS. CATS, CATS, CATS. There you go. We're going to take your calls. Guys, you all will have a hard time hearing me now, but I thank you guys very much for coming. It is an awesome win. Enjoy yourselves. The Missouri Pep Rally is coming here in a minute. Boom. We'll see you. We'll be right back. This is the local Toyota Dealers KSR postgame show. Welcome back. It is the local Toyota Dealers KSR postgame show. 774-5254 is the text machine, 859-280-2287. I have seen some people sort of downplaying the game on Twitter or on Facebook, et cetera. I'm not listening to any of that. You know, yes, it's Santa Clara. I get all that. But if you can't enjoy this game, if you can't enjoy a half-court shot or just inside half-court shot to send it to overtime and an overtime win in that environment, like, that is why we do sports. Like, that's why you're a fan is for moments like that. So for me, I'm hearing no slander. This is nothing but joy today. We are long overdue to celebrate a big win. How'd you like to be North Carolina? They're home watching TV. Yeah, I mean, Wisconsin is at home. I mean, there's a – but I don't even – it almost doesn't even matter to me about that. You play sports to have moments like that, moments of elation. You know, I tweeted out there's a whole commonwealth of students in high schools, grade schools, middle schools, who their teacher put that on in their classroom today, right? And some of them have sent me videos. Some of them even said, Matt, I'm not going to write it on social media because I don't want to get in trouble for my principal. But, like, think about what it was like for them to be sitting in their – they'll remember that for the rest of their life. They really will. They'll remember sitting there and watching that for the rest of their life in that moment. How can you not love it? The video at KS Bar. If you haven't seen it yet, insane at KS Bar today when he hit it. Drew ends up standing on the bar doing a Ryan Lemon up there. It's just awesome. Like, how can you not love that moment? And they will always remember Otega Owe now. Like, we remember some of these last-second shots over the years. You know, like you said, you mentioned Tony Delk's three in the corner against Syracuse. We can all can see it. These kids that watched those games in their classroom today will always remember Otega even won from half to four. Do you agree with me that ends up on that montage that plays forever? There's no doubt. Yeah, absolutely it will. It has to. Like I said, it's one of the most historic shots. The fact that tied a game in the NCAA tournament to send it in overtime is one of the biggest shots in U.K. history. And if they were to make some kind of run, right, if they were to beat Iowa State or to beat Virginia and Tennessee, if they were to make some kind of run, that's the moment, right? Like that's the moment. And sports and life, but sports is a game of inches. you miss that shot is a completely different conversation we're having. You make that shot, and it's like, you know, you've been washed in the blood of the lamb, and we don't even have to think about anything and can get ready for our next game. A great, wise, old philosopher said sports is awesome. Sports is awesome. I do remember somebody said that. Sports is awesome, yes. All right, so we will be in St. Louis now for the next couple days. Happy? Let's get started. Now, let me just say, Billy has the flu and is literally like as sick as I've ever seen, Billy. But because no one else knows how to run the UK games, he came in today. Billy, you're a trooper. Thank you very much. You doing okay? Yeah, I'm here, guys. Thank you, though, for saying that. You can hear it in his voice. Yes, you can. But thank you for coming in, Billy. Seriously, I know how sick you are. I appreciate it. All right, who's up first? Dustin. Dustin. Go ahead, Dustin. Matt and Ryan, how are you? You all think this is a legacy game for Brandon Garrison today? I think two people's, two players, I do think this is a kind of legacy game for two players because O.A. I think was always going to be remembered as a really good player. But he kind of, I think in fans' mind, will move one notch up. I mean, he's maybe not into the all-time greats, but into the all-time, wow. I think what happens with Owe is what happened with the Harrison twins, right? I mean, in some ways the Harrison twins are thought of as much – is a little bit higher than they would have been because of those postseason shots. I think Owe – and then I think Brandon Garrison, who has been a very controversial player, including to yours truly, even if he never plays here again, even if he never plays here again, I'm going to have fondness for the guy because of today, right? I'm going to have fondness for him because of today. Because that really, I don't think you can help but feel something positive for him because of that. I do think it will change the way fans look at him. It absolutely will because he had the big game in the SEC tournament. He's BG, big game Brandon. That's what he's going to be. And he also did such a Brandon Garrison thing. Gets the blocks, gets us the win, and then fouls with two seconds to go. Like that was Brandon Garrison in a nutshell. He fouls out with two seconds to go when he completely didn't need. It was the quintessential Brandon Garrison game. You lose your head at the moment for a silly foul. Really, that is Brandon Garrison to a tee. All right, yep, last question for Ryan. Ryan, have you ate a donut yet since your donuts last summer? Appreciate the call. He asked if you've eaten a donut since the donut challenge. I've had a donut with icing on it, but not a regular donut. I can't eat a regular donut yet. You can't even look at them anymore, can you? No, I can't do it. I'm just not ready yet. If you've got icing on it or whatever, that's okay. Mario's walking around doing interviews here of the players. Wright State nearly pulled it off on Virginia. That would have had one on Tom Crean. Tom Crean said Virginia would roll them, and I was like, I think Wright State's going to win, even though I didn't believe it. Tom, right again. Who's next? Drew at KS Bar. It's Drew Franklin at KS Bar. Drew, how are you? Oh, I couldn't be better, guys. What a game, what a finish. What a Brandon Garrison time. Yes. So tell me what that environment was like in there. I saw the video, but it looked awesome. Well, it was amazing. We had BG chants throughout the game. I had to call in to make two points. One, I agree with you because anyone that has any negativity right now just needs to shut up. That was amazing, and we will be talking about always shot decades from now. And two, as you just asked, KS Bar was awesome. When I got here, there was a line out the door. Yeah, we got a little nervous, a little uncomfortable at times, But when that shot went in, that was an all-time moment with the fan base. And I know you guys are in St. Louis, but I wish you guys could have been here to see the KS Bar crowd too. Yeah, I do too. And I appreciate everybody that was in the group because I was by myself in a park, Drew. But nevertheless, I got to enjoy it as well. I heard that. Yeah, I just wanted to call in and check in from KS Bar. We're loving it as much as you all. I'm enjoying the postgame show. Ryan, get it together. But what a game. Now let's go on and win the next round. Appreciate that. Drew's record at KS Bar for watch parties. Drew is amazing, and he'll be there Sunday as well. So, we got all weekend long. Listen, as somebody who owns a bar, the difference in the amount of people that will be at the bar tonight and tomorrow versus what it would have been if we lost is quite substantial. So, that will be good. Who's up next? Ben. Ben. Go ahead, Ben. Hey, guys. So, I was ready to give up when they hit that shot then to go up with two seconds left. And then all of a sudden I see Otega Owe pull up a Harrison shot, just spanking in like that. I was there when they made a shot in Michigan back in 2014, and I can honestly say that that's the first time I've felt something in a long time with Kentucky basketball. You know, I just really appreciate Otega Owe, and I hope he understands and feels the love from Kentucky. He's going down in history for sure, and I hope Aberdeen feels the same way and BG and all those guys. I hope they all realize. That's exactly right. Oh, I appreciate the call. You're exactly right. I mean, O.A., you know, there'll be somebody else in 20 years doing this show who will sit there at some moment in the future at Kentucky basketball and they'll go, you know, it was like Jack giving shot in 78, Tony Delk and, you know, Brandon Knight, and now Oteg O.A.'s name will be in that. Like, that is a cool thing that, you know, you get to have for your whole life. That's what I said. He cemented himself in Kentucky basketball lore forever with that heave. Just because it was like almost a half-court shot, and he banked it in to send it into overtime. Let's talk about on that play real quick. It's getting some attention online. If you watch the replay, Herb Sendak tries to call timeout, and they don't give it to him. Now, a lot of people are whining about it. I'm going to give a preemptive response. He clearly did try to call timeout, but he didn't do it immediately. I think he did do it before they inbounded it, but not immediately. And just a little note, I had a coach tell me, coaches are told if you want to call timeout there, look towards the baseline official. The midcourt official is watching the ball, so he may not see you. So coaches know, look towards the baseline official. Herb Sendak is chasing the referee running down the court. He did try. I understand why he's frustrated. He started his press conference by going, I tried to call it. It's on video. I watched the video. He did try to call it. But, A, he looked at the wrong official. And, B, he waited like a second or two before he did it. And so I think if either of those things he had done differently, they probably would have given it to him. But they ended up not doing it. Yeah, a lot of times, like after the shot, the official even glanced over real quick. And he did. If you go watch the video, the official looks real quick at Herb. Nothing. Sees nothing, starts running down the court, and then he starts chasing after him. But there was an official on the baseline. He could have done it, and then he didn't do it. So that hesitation really cost him. So that hesitation cost him. Now, you know, I get why he's frustrated, but, like, some of that's on you. If you had done it immediately, you would have gotten it, but he didn't. I'll take it when he hit the shot anyway. I agree. By the way, also, I would say to her, why didn't you foul? Right? Yeah, right. Should have fouled. Moment that ball gets inbounded, you should have fouled. And I also know one thing. You remember the guy who talked trash before the game saying Jack Gulke was his favorite March Madness player? I want you to go watch the replay. When Graves makes his three, that guy runs down the court and starts celebrating. When Owe gets the ball, he comes in to close out, and he's about a half a second late. And if he hadn't been celebrating like Jack Gulke, he probably would have cut him off and stopped him. but he's about a half second late getting back because his celebrating ass decided to do that instead of play defense. So I'm just saying a lot of people made mistakes there that they could have done something else. The ghost of Jack Golke, a little karma right there it sounds like. Yeah, that's right. Who's next? Autumn. Autumn. Go ahead, Autumn. Hey, Matt. I'm going to try to say this without crying, but, man, when Otega hit that shot, I just lost it. Tears were streaming down my face. And I just felt the frustration of this season, like, leave my body. Exactly a year ago today, my mom was diagnosed with liver cancer. And she has fought and she is still here by the grace of God. And I just feel like when that shot went in, that was for her. And I'm so excited for this team. And I love this team so much. And I love Mark Pope. And I just pray that we as a fan base realize how blessed we truly are to be a part of the best fan base, the best team in all of sports, and that's Kentucky basketball. That's really nice. I want to go back for a second. What's your grandmother's name? It's my mother. My mother's name is Debbie. Debbie. So Debbie, she watched it today? Yes. Okay, that's awesome. Well, first of all, we're praying for Debbie. I think it is. I'm going to say Otega made that shot for Debbie, aren't you? I think he did. That's exactly right. And thank you for listening and calling in, and God bless you. Thank you all. Go Cats. Go Cats. I think the microphone even picked him up when he let it go. He said, Bank for Debbie. Did he say Bank for Debbie? He called Bank and said that was for Debbie. I didn't hear him say it, but I believe it. I did, yeah. Microphone picked it up. Mario, I want you to come here real quick for a second, Because Mario went in the locker room after the game while we came here. So, Mario, you were in the locker room after the game, right? Yes, I was. Tell me what those guys were like. A lot of smiles. Everybody laughing, joking around. We had Jalen Lowe interviewing all of his other teammates. A lot of media was waiting for Otega Owe to return to the locker room. But there was a lot of good vibes in the locker room. Yes. What did you do when he made the three? I was recording. So I tried to, like, record the last-minute shot, but I panned to the St. Clair student section, so I kind of missed the Otega Orton. Why were you showing the Santa Clara student section? Who wants to see that? I thought it was over. You were – what did you think about BG time? Oh, BG's the man. Touch money, baby. Touch money. That's all what it's about, man. Touch money. All right, thank you, Mario. Appreciate it. Who's up next? Jackson Jackson Go ahead Jackson Man Matt I know you a lawyer Can I is this grounds to sue for emotional distress No, because you had no damage. We won, so you cannot sue. I'm sorry. You got to just enjoy it. I feel like I went through every emotion and depression in that two seconds, and then when that shot went in, I'm out. I'm a mailman working, and I think these people probably think I'm insane, and I don't care. No, they were watching, too. I'm the happiest I've been in a while. They were watching, too. But, again, like y'all said, just a great shot. Like, you know, under Pope and under even the last few Cal years, it feels like we've had good tournament wins and had good wins in general, but we haven't had, like, a moment to remember. We've had wins to remember, but we haven't had the moment. This feels like that moment. No, you're right. There hasn't been. I appreciate the call. The last moment for Kentucky basketball in the postseason that's really been a moment was when Tyler Hero hit that shot against Houston in the Sweet 16 and took us to the Elite Eight. That's kind of the last postseason moment that Kentucky's had, and now you have it here with this one. With this one, like we've talked about, it was just so much more dramatic. We were about to bow out of the first round of the NCAA tournament to Santa Clara, and he banks one in from half court. I will say to the people in Kentucky, we're going to need you from a crowd perspective Sunday. There's a lot of Iowa State fans here. We had more fans than Santa Clara, but we probably didn't have more fans than Iowa State in the arena. No. So we and Purdue, if they win, we're going to need an invasion of the blue because there will be a ton of Cyclones here on Sunday, and Kentucky is going to need to match the crowd. God, just they tried to buy a ticket for Sunday. Now it's up to 300. Yeah, that doesn't surprise me. It'll be a tough ticket. You get three good teams all close. Who would Purdue play if they – Miami or – Miami or Missouri. They could have to play Missouri. If Missouri ends up in that final four with us. Oh, my God, I didn't even think about that. If it's Missouri, Purdue, Iowa State, and Kentucky, Now that's a hard ticket I didn't even think about Missouri Wow We need Miami to win because they won't have anybody It'd be kind of a home game for Missouri But maybe Missouri fans Would buy up all the tickets And then we wouldn't give them to Iowa State fans That's fair But there was a good Kentucky crowd It wasn't quite what it normally is I think but it was a good crowd Our one section was all blue And then we were kind of spread out We're going to take a break 8-5-9-2-8-0-22-87. Text machine is 772-774-5254. We'll take a break. Be right back. This is the local Toyota Dealers KSR postgame show. Welcome back. It is the local Toyota Dealers KSR postgame show. Shout out to these U.K. fans. This is the greatest group of fans. They're standing out in this sun, and it's hot here. I don't know what it's like in Kentucky, but it's a hot sun. They can't even hear the calls. They can barely hear me, and they're still out here, and that's why you're wearing a hoodie, man. and you've got to be really – he's not even worried about it. Look at it. It's no big thing. We do need to give a shout-out. We're at Sports and Social here at Ballpark Village, and their manager, Drew, is a big Kentucky Wildcat fan. He's from northern Kentucky. Listen to KSR. We're everywhere. We are absolutely everywhere. Also, we get tomorrow nothing to do but watch games. It could be one of our favorite days of the year, laying around on the couch all day. Don't have to be stressed. Order DoorDash. Matt pays for it. Watch ball games all day. I mean, we could go out of the house. No, I prefer not. Okay. Well, there are places to go. She's been giving me recommendations all weekend, and they've been good stuff. So, 859-280-2287. Do you – how do you feel about Iowa State? I mean, especially – all right, so they're going to lose. He led the team in rebounding. Joshua Jefferson second in scoring. I think he's like third team All-American. and he is in a boot and on crutches. So I'm just going to assume it's unlikely he plays. They'll be the favorite. They can still beat us without him. They're still very good. But I do think we have a chance. I saw Iowa State just kick the snot out of Kansas. And ever since I saw that, it has scared me to death. And then they played Arizona like to the last second in the tournament, the Big 12 tournament. They're good. They're very good. They're very, very good. But they don't scare me. Like I said, Kentucky may not have enough. They play a style that we've done better against this year, generally speaking. And I think Joshua Jefferson was the position where they had the biggest advantage on us. So I do think, you know, I mean, I will probably even pick them, although on the pregame show I'll probably pick Kentucky because that's just what I do. But I do think Kentucky has a legitimate shot. And then I mean, if we get in the next round, I actually think the next round would be easier than this round, depending on how it works out. You know, I didn't get to watch any of this game, but they obviously had no trouble with Tennessee State. I thought that would be closer, and it wasn't. No. Yeah. So, Miami of Ohio and Tennessee are tipping off right now. Well, who's next? Anthony. Anthony. Go ahead, Anthony. Hey, Matt, just wanted to ask you, what time is it? It's BG time. It's BG time Josh Jefferson, Justin Jefferson Thomas Jefferson, it don't matter Cats by 90 Appreciate it Jefferson Starship, whatever you want We'll still do it I think this Kentucky team I didn't know we ever had a run at a final four But capable of pulling off some upsets There's two things I also think are worth noting First of all, whatever else you want to say About this team, at no point this year Have they ever given up in any game Well, that's not true They gave up in a couple games. But in general, they have fought through the vast majority of games. And they have, in other situations where teams have given up, they've shown resilience. Secondly, when Mark Pope built this team, we've had a lot of criticisms of how he built it, and I think a lot of them are valid. But in his mind, he was building it around veteran, tough leadership. Well, that certainly showed through today with O.A., Garrison, Diabate, and Aberdeen being the four guys that took them. He was almost kind of validated for today for how he built the team because those guys are the ones that came out and played. I haven't seen a box score, so I don't know about minutes played. But Owe, Aberdeen, Chandler, all three of those guys played at least probably 40 minutes or more. Yeah, let me look. I'll pull it up, but you're right. And then the three big guys kind of rotated between Moe and Garrison. Well, there was 45 potential minutes. And let's see. Owe played 43, Chandler 42, Aberdeen 38, Diabate 32. Yeah. Jasper, Trent. By the way, Cam Williams hit a big three. We won't even talk about that. Cam Williams hit an important three in the game when he hit it. So that was a big one. He didn't get a lot of minutes, but when he comes in, he can just do that. How important is that going to be? I said this on social media. O-Way was the first person on the court when I saw him get there this morning, and he was the last person to leave the court playing and, you know, getting ready for the game. He understands this is it, man. This is his last run. He's a senior. Everybody's going to focus on the half-court shot. That take to the basket to tie the game right before it might have been just as hard a shot. I mean, it was contested. He had to do his O-Way thing, kind of physically get in, bank it in. That was a great shot, too. When he hit that shot, I thought that's what we'd be talking about here on the postgame show was that crucial drive and shot. That's kind of a quintessential OA shot right there, too. Like, that's what he does as good as anybody we've had. Who's next? Matt, while we're talking about him, let's give our Johnny Rocker personal injury attorney moneymaker of the game. Injured, get small-town compassion with big city results when you call the Rocker at 270-321-4429. An OA stat line of 35, 8, and 7 hasn't been done in the NCAA tournament since Larry Bird in 1979. He is our Johnny Rocker personal injury attorney moneymaker of the game. That is a really amazing stat. Larry Bird, Bill Bradley, Oscar Robertson, 35-8-7. And Otega Owe. And Otega Owe. I mean, that's crazy, isn't it? I mean, he was close to getting a triple-double in the NCAA tournament going into Dwayne Wade territory. But that was some amazing numbers he got up today. I mean, Brandon's numbers were kind of wild, too. I mean, Brandon Garrison was not triple-double, but he was like triple-something. Yeah. Well, you mentioned Diabate had like 17 points, I think eight rebounds, almost a double double. Yeah, Brandon Garrison had 10 points, seven boards, six blocks. It's pretty nice. Blocked a three-point shot and then came back and blocked another three-point shot. Ten, seven, and six is quite a game. Who's next? Deacon. Deacon. Go ahead, Deacon. Hey, how's it going, Matt? We're down here at PCB where UK students in spring break, and the condo has just erupted. I mean, we went absolutely ballistic. They said they heard us from the beach. I bet that would be fun. It was absolutely unreal. Unbelievable. Actually, you know, there are a lot of places this game would have been fun. I do bet a condo for UK fans on spring break, that would have been a fun place to watch it to. Oh, it was unbelievable. Mo Diabate is not a puppy. He's a big dog for sure. Yeah, I appreciate the call. I mean, Mo, we talked about it. 17 points, big shots, especially in regulation there at the end. And he hit some big free throws. He did. Hit a three. Hit a three again. Yeah. They stepped the free throw line. I'm thinking, oh, no. You know, it's interesting. If Colin Chandler just hits half of his open threes, then we win this game easily. Yeah. You know, he just was off in the first half. I think he missed his first five three-point attempts. Yeah, I think he was, what, one for eight or something. But, you know, we won. So, who's next? Matt. Matt. Go ahead, Matt. Matt Alright who's next Oh I hung up on him Alright go ahead Mike is next Mike go ahead Mike What's up guys I just want to say I thought you gave Johnny Rocker away and I get it but I think I would give it to Garrison I don't think we would win this game without Garrison No we don't I'd give him hell all year That's the God's honest truth. I ain't going to lie. But, you know, and I was frustrated with Owe and some of the shots he took in the mid-game. But, you know, we don't get too many moments like this. This will be one we all remember forever, and we just got to build off this. And I'm telling you right now, I think Stokes comes to Kentucky. I think things change next year. I really do. I appreciate it. I hope – thank you, guys. I hope you're right about that. We'll see. But, I mean, Garrison, no one has taken more frustration than Brandon Garrison. Certainly, for me, I think I've said on here, he might be my most frustrating player in a long time. But I also can't dislike him, really, because there's just something almost childlike about him. And so it was great to see him have this game. I'll tell you what I admire about Brandon Garrison is that he was a starter, got benched because of lack of effort a couple times. But then he picked it up after that. Like he didn't sit around and pout. It's like he became a better player coming off the bench. Wanted to figure out what his role was going to be. I can't remember his exact wording, but Pope was talking about O-Way on the post-game show, and he said something like, you know, we go at it sometimes. I think their relationship is kind of interesting. I think that Pope loves the guy. I also think they kind of maybe fight a little and bicker. But, you know, they got to share that moment. There's a great video of Pope's reaction to those shots. It's awesome. I haven't seen that yet. Yeah, it's on. I just tweeted it out. It's a very cool video. Cal Perry almost, he welcomed that back and forth. He did. Cal used to love doing that. Used to love doing that. And he kind of, I think Cal kind of respected guys who would do it. Yes. If you were good. Now, if you weren't good, he didn't like that. But if you were good, he would. Who's next? Matt is back. Matt, go ahead, Matt. Hey, so where do we rank 0-8 shot with Aaron Harrison's three big shots in 2014? team and then just the comments that I've noticed is our help side defense looks a little slow and we switch too many ball streams and then we get caught underneath. I think that hurts us a little bit, but our defense came up big. It did happen, but I actually think that was intentional. I think they did not want to give up open threes. So they were kind of making Santa Clara. They were not rotating until the last second to kind of keep them from kicking out on threes. I actually kind of agreed with that mindset. The problem is they made some tough shots at the rim in that second half, which kind of hurt us. Yeah, I think the help side sliding over is about a step too slow, especially with Marino, but we recovered. Yeah, Marino had a couple of those. What about Pierre Rondo at North? Is it too early to start recruiting him? Oh, I think they're definitely recruiting Rondo's kid. Are you kidding me? Eighth grade and he scores 23 points in the state tournament. I appreciate the call. They definitely were going to recruit him. Already have, probably. Why not offer him now? A middle school kid, go ahead and make him the offer. Because I wonder, he's such an elite player, how many years he will actually play in Kentucky before he gets shipped off to overtime and lead in one of these other programs. North Laurel nearly upset St. X. St. X won, but North Laurel had a shot at the end to win. North Laurel, they knocked off Warren Central in the first round, nearly took down the favorite St. X. Did Grayson County win? Did Grayson County beat Great Crossing in the second game today. Yes, 859-280-2287. We'll do one more. Who's next? Bill. Bill. Go ahead, Bill. Hey, guys. First time, long time. Hooah. What's up? Hey, I just got to tell a story. My dad is in a rehabilitation nursing home, 91 years old. I had to make a phone call to the establishment to make sure that they had the game on. Okay. They did get the game on. Me and Dad watched the game. This game will go down in history as one of the greatest games that I ever watched just because I was with my dad. That's awesome. And this shot by O-Way will be remembered for 50 years, maybe 100. I appreciate the call. And me and my dad got to watch it in person and love it. That awesome Well thank you sir and God bless you and your dad That a very cool story I love this stuff You know there obviously been a lot of negativity some this year and, you know, I understand that, some of that. Obviously, we've had criticisms. You know, there was stuff yesterday and all that. With all that said, Kentucky fans at their core, they want moments like this. This is what it's about. Well, just even the calls on this postgame show, it's an example of what we've talked about. And this is why I love doing this and talking to you is for moments like this. And that's why I think it's such a cool day. We'll take a break. Come back. Final segment. It is the local Toyota Dealers KSR postgame show. Welcome back. It is the local Toyota Dealers KSR postgame show. Final segment celebrating a huge win in the Bluegrass. We've had multiple days of these daylight shows where Terry Miners has to sit there and wait on us until we finish. And I enjoy it, to be honest with you. And I enjoyed this victory. So, Iowa State looks like they're going to crush. Tennessee State, Utah State leads Villanova. Tennessee up a couple on Miami of Ohio. And Bama looks like they are going to take out the pride. You know, we said this last week in Nashville at the SEC tournament. We as a fan base, we deserve these moments. It's been a long time coming for us to have a moment where we can celebrate. Got to celebrate with everybody at Tin Roof down there in Nashville. Got to celebrate here at Sports and Social today in St. Louis. We needed this. I mean, if we can win Sunday, there's no reason not to think about it. If we can win Sunday, then you go to Chicago and you play Friday night. I mean, we'll have that Chicago arena packed with people. We will. We will have it absolutely packed. Oh, wow. You're going to have to drink mine. I don't – you know that's not mine. Thank you very much. This guy's bringing me drinks. He must not be a listener. Does anybody want this? It's just lemonade. Oh, is it lemonade? It's just lemonade. Well, shut up. It's not lemonade. I don't want to. You know he'll drink it right there. Hey, come here, Mario. You'll drink it. I already got him one. I got him another one. Oh, you already got him one. I'm sorry. I can't do it. But Brian will drink them both. I'll drink them both. I'll drive you home, Brian. There you go. All right, who's next? Brian. Brian. Go ahead, Brian. How you guys doing? Just to elaborate kind of like you were asking about the temperature, it's 82 and the sun is shining bright on my old Kentucky home today. Oh, that's great. That's what it is here too. It's awesome. Yeah, I just wanted to reiterate and say, could you guys, would you say or not say that Mo Diabate's game today may be the best as a U.K. Wildcats? Maybe. I mean, I don't know. I can't think of one better. I mean, I think he's been really good the last ten games of the season or so this year. Yeah, I think with, you know, his experience in NCAA, you know, and then him going to the Final Four year, it seems like he just really enjoys the spotlight. And I know down the stretch with no way you could tell he's getting a little fatigued playing all that time. He came up with some huge buckets, and he was 6 of 8 from the field. He was 6 of 8 from the field. I think you're exactly right. He got huge buckets down the stretch. There is something to be said for both Diabody. Go ahead. Yeah, between him and BG, like I said, you know, I mean, O-Way, not to downplay any part of his game at all, but between those two guys today, if we didn't have them, we definitely would have struggled to win if not win. I agree. I appreciate the call. I think one thing, like I said earlier, to kind of validate some of Mark Pope's philosophy on this team. Again, it has not been perfect. I actually think, you know, it wasn't the best-built roster. But part of his thought process in Aberdeen and Diabate was those guys have tournament experience. They won't get rattled. Aberdeen played 39 minutes, one turnover his point guard. With a bouncy ball. With a bouncy ball. So, Diabate, 17 points, eight boards, and, you know, doing his thing. So, I think, you know, part of what they – part of what he thought was, as we get down the stretch here, I want guys who've been through these wars, and he had them and they showed up today. Bringing Brandon Garrison and Diabate off the bench is quite a weapon he's got sitting over there. And they both seem to have been playing, like the caller said, their best here during tournament time. And I still think there's a better game out there for Kentucky. I do. I mean, I think that's your best from Colin Chandler yet at all. You have not, and you really haven't gotten in the last few games a lot from Moreno. Yep. That's still out there to happen. Still out there. And so, you know, now, I mean, you've got – you're not going to get performances like you got from O.A. all that often, right? He can't go for 35 on Sunday? I mean, he could. You probably don't want that. You probably want him to have to – you know, I mean, Kentucky had 29 points at half time. So they had 60 points in the last 25 minutes. Yeah, our defense was doing the job. Our offense stunk it up in the first half. I'm sitting by an Iowa State fan, and he leans over and goes, is this usually what UK tries to do offensively? Just jack up three-pointers after a win? That was bad. Were you in the crowd? Yeah. I sat with Bill Meck in the first half in the crowd. Bill Meck? That was a superstar lineup. Well, Bill Meck obviously is a Kentucky fan, but he went to Iowa State. So in between games, he had an Iowa State shirt on he was going to put on over his Kentucky shirt. What's he going to do Sunday? He's all Ohio State. I mean, he's all Kentucky. He's all Ohio State. That would be a weird decision. Iowa State was his college girlfriend. UK is his wife. Okay. All right, good. Four more. Who's next? Thomas. Thomas. Go ahead, Thomas. You guys have covered all the main points, but I will tell you, Casino and Owlsboro is packed. Diabate pulls up for a three-pointer. Everybody screaming, no. He hits it. That's how I was. Yes. Yeah, that's how I was, too. That was exactly how I was. No criticism. There's nobody who criticized this game. It was a memorable Kentucky victory in the NCAA tournament. I totally agree with you. Yep. Appreciate the call. I mean, you can say, we could have done this better, we could have done this better, but there's one goal in March, and that's just a win, and that's what they did. Best Kentucky NCAA tournament win since? Houston. That was a big win. People forget that Houston team was good. So that's 2018? Has it been eight years? 19. 19? 19. That's a long time to have a win like this. That was a really good win because that Houston team was good, and we had Hero and Johnson. We didn't play particularly great but made the plays down the stretch to get the win. And then we thought we had a great chance to go all the way because Carolina got upset, and then we lost Auburn in the Elite Eight. And had a chance to beat Auburn because one of their top players. Yeah, one of their top players was out. That's exactly. I forgot about that. Who's next? Darryl. Darryl. Go ahead, Darryl. Hey, Matt, how you doing, buddy? Hey, first of all, this is Nolan's pawpaw, the one that was sneaking on his laptop the other day in class and listening to the game. Oh, I love it. I want to put it to rest on that final timeout. I looked at the video, and Aberdeen is underneath the basket. You can't see him on video, but he had already grabbed the ball before he kind of called timeout. I slowed it down, I stopped it, I made it go, but he grabbed the ball. And since he grabbed it, he cannot call timeout. Is that true? Is that the rule? 100%. See, I didn't know that was a rule. The other team can't call a timeout. Absolutely not. Well, if that's a rule, then that's interesting. You taught me something because I didn't know that's what the rule was if you grabbed the ball because you're right. He does have the ball. Exactly. If you take the video and you keep hitting the stop button until Aberdeen picks that ball up. I love this. It's a pruder film. Her hand is not extended. his timeout. I've watched it several times with everything sneaks out. You can't see it on video. He's got the ball because the referee didn't throw it to him. So he grabs the ball and Herb's not quite done that motion for a timeout yet. So that's inbound referee on the end. So you know what? Herb did not deserve the timeout. I appreciate it. He did not deserve it. I'm going to assume you're telling me the truth, sir. I appreciate the call because I want to believe Darryl. I think was his name. I want to believe him. If the rule is that when you grab the ball, they can't call timeout. It is true Aberdeen did have the ball in his hand. So if that's the case, then it was too late for Sendak to call. I'm going to trust that guy knows the rule because I didn't know that was the rule. Only Kentucky fans are going to break down a film like this at the end of a game to see if the guy got a chance to call a timeout. I hadn't seen Herb Sendak in about 25 years, and I would not have known that was Herb Sendak. Yeah. I had not seen him since I think, what, did he coach NC State? NC State. I think that was the last time I'd seen him. So I didn't even realize that was him. He's been to Santa Clara for, what, nine, ten years, something like that, I think? I didn't know. I didn't know. I thought if you had told me where is Herb Sendak, I would not have known. And now I do. Who's next? Mike. I'll actually do three more. Mike, go ahead, Mike. Is this me? Yes. If you're Mike. Yes. Hey, this is Mike. Hey, I just wanted to call and say I love your show, and I love Ryan Lemon too. He's a good guy. And, well, I've got one statement. How about them cats? C-A-T-S. Cat, cat, cat. C-A-T-S. Cat, cat, cat. Go Big Blue. We ain't done yet. Appreciate it, man. Appreciate it. Love your show. Appreciate it. Thank you, sir. Ryan Lemon is a good guy. And you've got to be hot in that shirt. I'm sweating, running down my boxer shorts right now, sitting here in the sun right now. It is hot out here. Again, we had a deal. You weren't going to mention that word. Boxer shorts? Anything having to do with undergarments, you're not going to mention. Who's next? Brandon. Brandon. Go ahead, Brandon. Hey, guys. I just want to tell you what a hell of a game that was. I was one of the unlucky few that had to work. And I'll tell you what, I had it on my phone. I had the radio going. I had customers backed up for 30 minutes after that last little bit going into overtime. and it was all worth it. Make them wait. I agree. Like, listen, if they're not watching the game, that's on them. They need to wait. They shouldn't even – yeah, they shouldn't even be out running around. I hope Billy gets feeling better. I love the pre-show and the KSR show. Just great win. Thank you, guys. Thank you very much. We'll do one more and then we'll call it a day and spend the next 36 hours getting excited until we have to play again. Who's next? Tanner. Tanner. Go ahead, Tanner. Tanner. Hey, Billy. First of all, I hope you feel better, buddy. Matt and Ryan, I'm glad you guys are saying what you're saying. This is what March is all about. There's going to be time to question substitutions, recruiting classes. It ain't today. Today's a day to be an out-of-control Cats fan. And speaking of which, Josh, you gave up on the Cats two months ago. It ain't too late, buddy. We're playing Sunday. Come down to the B list. I'll buy you a beer. because if it's March and the cats are playing and you ain't watching, then what are you really doing? I totally agree with you. Thank you very much. And, Josh, get your tail down to the B list. And thank you all very much, all of you that are here. We really appreciate it, especially for sticking around in this heat. Listen, this is why you're a fan. For wins like this and games like today, you can put everything else aside. There will be plenty of time, as he said, to talk about rosters and talk about this and talk about that. For today, Kentucky gets a huge win. Otega Owe makes a shot that all of us will remember for the rest of our lives, and the Cats move on, and who knows what happens on Sunday. My guess, just a complete guess, is St. John's and Kansas win. We'll probably play at 2.30 on Sunday Eastern. If St. John's or Kansas loses, we might be 5, 5.30. That's just a guess, though. They won't announce it until late tonight after the games. Thank you all very much. Billy, go get to feeling better. So Sunday you're 100%. We'll be on the pregame show. Whatever time the game is, two and a half hours before that, we will be on the air. See you guys later. The Cats win. This has been the local Toyota dealers. KSR postgame show. I'm Daniel Alarcon, and this is my friend. He's much more famous than I am. I wouldn't go that far. 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