WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:04.679 We now welcome in a guest here, a future Louisville Cardinal Terrence Edwards Junior, 2 00:00:04.679 --> 00:00:09.279 the transfer from James Madison. Can I call you Terrence or do you 3 00:00:09.359 --> 00:00:12.240 go by fat or fats? I gotta I gotta know about the nickname Terrence. 4 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:17.640 The nickname came about when I was like a young kid, I grew 5 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:20.719 up. I was I was fat when I was growing up as a kid, 6 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:24.839 and everybody used to just call me fat, and my parents just stuck 7 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:27.280 with it, and it just got around. So more people just call me 8 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:30.440 fat. But I prefer either Terrence fat. It really don't matter to me, 9 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:33.359 okay, but you're clearly you're not fat anymore. So I'm assuming when 10 00:00:33.359 --> 00:00:35.960 people do learn that your nickname, they always want to know that. You 11 00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:38.960 got to tell that story a lot, I'm sure, Yeah, for sure, 12 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:43.280 I hear that every every time I get someone always asks me get around 13 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:45.960 someone who knows me for real. They always ask them where I get the 14 00:00:46.039 --> 00:00:48.960 nickname from, and I just have to tell them the same story every time. 15 00:00:49.159 --> 00:00:53.159 It's clearly stuck. So I'm gonna start with your first impression of Pat 16 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:56.679 Kelsey. Obviously, once you decided to enter the transfer portal. Obviously a 17 00:00:56.679 --> 00:01:00.960 lot of school's very interested in bringing you aboard, and you took the visit 18 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:03.439 to Louisville and clearly liked what you saw, like the pitch. But you 19 00:01:03.480 --> 00:01:07.000 know, Pat Kelsey's a guy that we're still learning about here in Louisville, 20 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:08.280 and he's you know, I think we learned from the jump, very very 21 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:11.000 energetic, always on. You know, what were you what was your first 22 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:15.719 impression when you had your first conversation with coach Kelsey. I was most impressed 23 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:25.799 by by like what type of guy he was as far as like like things 24 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:27.719 that doesn't have nothing to do with basketball, you know what I'm saying. 25 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:32.640 His staff and the guys that you have around in the program have been with 26 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:37.680 him for a long time, Like he's GA, like he's he's He's played 27 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:42.040 for coach Pat Kelsey. So you know, I can tell that he keeps 28 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:48.120 he keeps in touch with a lot of people that that played with played for 29 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:51.920 him, and that's played around and just just just been in his program. 30 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:53.920 He always bring them aboard. So that's the first thing that stuck out to 31 00:01:55.000 --> 00:02:00.280 me. And and I'm familiar with coach Pat Kelsey, so that's why was 32 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:04.480 a kind of easy decision because I used to play against him when he was 33 00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:07.039 at Charleston when jam You was in the c A A two years ago, 34 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:13.199 So I'm familiar with his style. You know, I played against them, 35 00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:15.800 so they familiar with my game. They seen me when I was really really 36 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:19.840 young, when I first came in to college. So when I met those 37 00:02:19.879 --> 00:02:23.360 guys on campus, and I can just tell that they was decided. And 38 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:27.560 one thing I do know about coach Pat Kelsey is that he's going to win. 39 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:30.039 And I got one more year of eligibility, and I wouldn't want to 40 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:34.719 put my trust in nobody else but him as far as the winning so and 41 00:02:35.759 --> 00:02:39.439 becoming NBA prospect. So you mentioned a connection that may that a lot of 42 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:42.680 people may not be, you know, familiar with, which is the fact 43 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:46.240 that before you guys that James Madison made the switch to the Sunbelt you so 44 00:02:46.280 --> 00:02:49.360 they were you guys were very well familiar with one another, right like you. 45 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:51.360 You were aware of the way they play as far at style, the 46 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:54.319 way he coaches, and obviously he was familiar with your game, uh and 47 00:02:54.400 --> 00:02:58.599 very impressed. But you mentioned, you know, he's he's gonna win, 48 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:00.280 and uh, that is That is what he said. Every chance he gets 49 00:03:00.439 --> 00:03:04.360 when he talks about this opportunity that he has here at Louisville. He's won 50 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:07.120 everywhere he has been, but you know, Louisville is coming off of a 51 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:10.319 of a really bad year and this is a brand new team. I just 52 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:13.560 think it shows a lot of faith you have in him to, you know, 53 00:03:13.639 --> 00:03:15.560 be the first guy to say, look, I'm all in, let's 54 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:17.960 let's see how this team kind of kind of comes together. Did you do 55 00:03:19.039 --> 00:03:22.319 you have any idea as far as you know some other I'm not going to 56 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:23.560 ask you to to name names or anything like that, but as far as 57 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:28.360 you know style of play, like in the debut season of Coach Kelsey, 58 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:30.240 how do you think you guys will play? I assume it's going to probably 59 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:35.120 be pretty similar to the style that we saw at Charleston. Yeah, for 60 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:38.520 sure, and we're going to get out a run. And the most thing 61 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:45.599 I'm most excited about is it's kind of not a style, but it's just 62 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:47.960 dog. You know, you have to be a dog that plays for Coach 63 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:52.159 p K. And I've seen that in the in the past and just the 64 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:54.400 guys he have on his team. I think you really have to be a 65 00:03:54.520 --> 00:04:00.199 dog to play for him. So I just can't wait the brain that I 66 00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:03.919 can't wait to bring that to the Louisville culture, and and and get and 67 00:04:03.919 --> 00:04:06.680 and get with coach PK and we get all the guys on board, and 68 00:04:06.680 --> 00:04:11.919 and everybody just wanted and and stuff like that. That's what made me want 69 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:14.159 to play for them. Like when I got around them, it made me 70 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:17.079 want to It made me want it more. Yeah, I think that's that's 71 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:19.839 infectious, isn't it right? The competitiveness, you know, guys who want 72 00:04:19.839 --> 00:04:23.800 to compete and get better and challenge each other. I mean culture At times 73 00:04:23.839 --> 00:04:26.399 it sounds like a corny thing to some people, but I'm sure you know 74 00:04:26.439 --> 00:04:30.600 as a veteran in college basketball, like that's that's super important. Mm h 75 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:32.439 Yep, it's super important. I think that's That's kind of the main thing 76 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:36.399 when you when you playing college basketball, because you know, college basketball have 77 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:41.279 a lot of outside noise, and but if you build a culture with within 78 00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:45.079 the team and and and and the coaching staff, it can it can actually 79 00:04:45.519 --> 00:04:48.399 be something great. And I've just seen that just building building what we built 80 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:54.519 here at James Madison. So yeah, I can't wait to be coach bomb 81 00:04:54.600 --> 00:04:59.279 By coach PK and his staff, and and he made it, he made 82 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:02.920 it really clear on my visit that we're gonna win. We're gonna win, 83 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:09.759 and and and I've seen it in his eyes, his body language. Everybody 84 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:15.160 knows it's a big task coming in a littleville because they haven't had really have 85 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:17.920 been been successful in the last couple of years. So we are just ready 86 00:05:17.959 --> 00:05:21.160 for the challenge. We're we're going at it head first, like we're not 87 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:25.480 saying we're just gonna win, like we're I feel like we're gonna win, 88 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:30.800 like we're gonna win when games for real, and and we can't wait to 89 00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:36.000 prove everybody on what we can do at a high level because I feel like 90 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:40.800 all of us share that same age. He's coming from Charleston, I'm coming 91 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:45.759 from gm U, So I feel like everybody is saying sharing the same ads 92 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:50.920 as far as moving up playing the power Floud conference. So yeah, it's 93 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:56.319 it's very exciting. I can't wait. Terrence Edwards is our guest here joining 94 00:05:56.360 --> 00:06:00.360 us on Sports Talk seven ninety future Loia Cardinal the transfer from James Madison, 95 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:02.519 the reigning Sun Belt A Player of the Year. So I know you're you're 96 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:06.079 from uh, you're from Georgia, and obviously you've spent the last four years 97 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:10.480 or so at JMU. But let's just go back in time. You know, 98 00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:13.639 five six years ago, if somebody would have mentioned the city of Louisville, 99 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:15.920 Kentucky, what would come to mind for you? Have you visited before, 100 00:06:15.959 --> 00:06:18.680 did you know much about it? Obviously it's going to be your home, 101 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:20.720 uh for the next year, and who knows, there's a lot of 102 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:23.759 people that play here, even if it's for a year or two, that 103 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:26.040 end up deciding to make it home, you know, when they get finished 104 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:28.480 playing basketball. But you know, years ago, if somebody would have brought 105 00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:32.240 up Louisville, what would have come to mind for you? A great a 106 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:39.360 great a great school, a great basketball program. You know, like growing 107 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:44.319 up, I've always seen Louisville Lee eight win the national Championship final fours. 108 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:46.959 So a lot could have came to mind five years ago about Louisville. That's 109 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:51.639 one of the school that you know, it's hard to not see what they're 110 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:55.879 doing. Sure, you know what I'm saying. Even even if you're you 111 00:06:55.959 --> 00:07:01.439 can be across the the country, you are always know how good Louisville is 112 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:06.399 in Eastport, so you know that's yeah. So I was gonna ask you 113 00:07:06.519 --> 00:07:11.000 when when you look at the the production that you had at JMU in the 114 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:14.000 last few years. Uh, you know, obviously very productive. Again, 115 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:16.759 your stats speak for themselves, but is there something about you yourself as a 116 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:20.399 player, something about your game that you you know can't necessarily be seen on 117 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:24.319 the stat sheet, maybe you can't even see be seen in highlights, Like 118 00:07:24.360 --> 00:07:27.879 maybe something about you that you know you want fans to know about before they 119 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:31.079 get a chance to see you on the floor of the season. I'm always 120 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:35.959 happy. I'm always happy for a teammate. Always. I love to give 121 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:40.959 teammates confidence. I love chearing for my teammates. So my teammate hit a 122 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:46.079 three in a game, I might jump up and down and and just just 123 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:51.480 go wild, like you know, like just I just love to to to 124 00:07:51.519 --> 00:07:55.800 amp up the next guy. I love that. That's one of the biggest 125 00:07:55.800 --> 00:08:00.879 things I like about myself. I intentionally don't do that when another teammate's scorer. 126 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:07.199 It's just something that that just happens. I'm yeah, it's just naturally. 127 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:09.199 I'm just always happy for the next guy, you know, that's something 128 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:13.639 that doesn't pop up in the statue. That's just something that have to do 129 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:16.399 with type of person you are. And I feel like that's why I get 130 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:20.120 I do what I do on the court, because I'm always happy for the 131 00:08:20.120 --> 00:08:24.120 next person. All Right, So let's just you know, throughout a hypothetical 132 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:28.839 situation here, Let's say you know, there's some guys listening to this show 133 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:33.120 that uh have Louisville in mind. They may want to transfer here to they're 134 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:37.440 being pursued. What would be your message to those guys again, hypothetical situation. 135 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:39.080 You know, if if, if, if in fact, you know 136 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:41.480 they were listening and you wanted to tell them why Louisville would be a great 137 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:46.720 option, what would you say. We're gonna win. We're gonna win, 138 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:52.039 and we have the we have the best fan base in the country to back 139 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:54.080 that up if when we win. So when we get to win, and 140 00:08:54.120 --> 00:09:00.440 everybody is going everybody's gonna know, everybody's gonna feel it, and and everybody's 141 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:05.200 gonna fear it. So it's better to get on board now than then then 142 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:07.679 then wait when we ask him, we started doing it, and you're gonna 143 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:11.080 look back and wish you wanted to be a part of it. So that's 144 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:13.039 the message I got, all right, Terrence, I got a few quick, 145 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:16.879 rapid fire questions for you. These are just you know, this are 146 00:09:16.919 --> 00:09:18.240 just questions that will let us get a chance to know you a little bit 147 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:22.279 better. What's the last show that you watched all the way through? Like 148 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:26.240 being series? I don't know if you watched much TV, Netflix, Hulu, 149 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:28.519 that kind of stuff. What's the last show you you watched all the 150 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:35.360 way through? Probably Power Goes. Okay, that's Stars, right, I'm 151 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:37.879 familiar, haven't seen them yet. Good stuff? Yeah, good stuff. 152 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:41.679 Great. It's just a lot of action. It's just I just like it, 153 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:48.759 all right. So favorite your favorite meal? My favorite meal is probably 154 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:52.879 friar rice. You can't go wrong there, hell botchi. Yeah, that's 155 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:56.679 good stuff, all right. So when you were when you were a kid, 156 00:09:56.720 --> 00:09:58.320 you know, growing up, probably hoping to be in this position that 157 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:01.559 you're in now and accomplished college basketball player with one more year left at a 158 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:05.320 big time school. What players did you maybe not pretend to be, but 159 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:09.039 maybe try to emulate a little bit, Guys you really looked up to when 160 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:18.039 you were when you were younger, Probably Saba Napier and Saba Napier and Grayson 161 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:22.600 Allen. Okay, those are names we're familiar with those both, uh well, 162 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:24.679 acc Guy and Grayson Allen. But obviously Shabaz Napier in the old Big 163 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:28.840 East days, in the American Conference. He was somebody Louisville played, uh 164 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:33.399 played, played pretty pretty frequently. What actor would play you in a movie? 165 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:50.639 Probably mm, probably it's probably like, uh, probably like Martin Lawrence. 166 00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:54.759 Okay, Martin Lawrence is absolutely hilarious. That's a great answer. He's 167 00:10:54.759 --> 00:10:56.720 to me, he's one of those guys. I mean, nobody would say 168 00:10:56.720 --> 00:11:00.080 he's not funny, but like when people mentioned sort of you know, of 169 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:01.320 those that are in that lane, I feel like he doesn't get mentioned enough. 170 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:05.440 Martin Lawrence is hilarious, you know, not only a stand up but 171 00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:09.039 yeah, no doubt, no doubt about it. That about so I know 172 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:11.559 you again, you were at James Madison for the last you know, four 173 00:11:11.639 --> 00:11:15.679 years, and and you know you're heading to Louisville. I'm sure you get 174 00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:18.279 to go home to Georgia, you know, as much as you can. 175 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:20.320 Obviously you're you're very busy, but I'm sure you've been back and forth whenever 176 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:22.519 you get the chance. But whenever you are away, what do you miss 177 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:31.519 most about where you grew up in Georgia? Probably what I miss about the 178 00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:37.440 area I grew up like, probably the rec center that we had, like 179 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:43.320 near our neighborhood. It was just that's where we did everything at We played 180 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:46.480 football in the grass, like we're going to team and play basketball, just 181 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:50.000 back and forth, all they switching sports, playing baseball. It was probably 182 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:52.600 the rec center for sure. Well, Terrence, I appreciate you making time 183 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:56.440 for us. I can't wait for you to get here to Louisville, and 184 00:11:56.559 --> 00:11:58.559 uh, I know Pat Kelsey is going to get this thing turned around and 185 00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:03.320 envision you being a big part of that. So I appreciate the time and 186 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:05.919 we'll see here in Louisville soon. Yes, sir, I appreciate you. 187 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:11.440 All right. That's Terrence Edwards Junior Fat that's the nickname. Really good conversation 188 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:15.480 there. He gave some really good answers that you know, had me excited. 189 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:18.240 As far as the competitiveness. You know, a guy who you know 190 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:24.320 wants to compete and he knows that's the culture that Pat Kelsey's had at his 191 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:30.679 previous employer, Charleston and I'll admit I forgot about the connection there where they 192 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:33.480 they're familiar with one another, like this is a guy who knows what Pat 193 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:35.440 Kelsey's about. They were in the same league for at least a couple of 194 00:12:35.559 --> 00:12:37.200 years, so good stuff.