WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.440 --> 00:00:00.560 Uh. 2 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:04.919 Oh, guess what day it is? Guess what day it is? 3 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:09.519 Huh anybody, It's day. 4 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:24.679 What better way to start off hump Day than with 5 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:29.199 the way the Kentucky fans were showing their appreciation or 6 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:31.920 take a oh Way down the stretch. This happened in 7 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:35.200 the closing moments. It was right after Kobe Bray. I 8 00:00:35.240 --> 00:00:38.719 think it hit him with a lob pass and Ohway 9 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:42.240 throws down a dunk and really sealed the game to 10 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:44.679 win over Tennessee. Welcome to the Big Boon Sider. Dick 11 00:00:44.719 --> 00:00:48.439 Gabriel with you on this Wednesday following the Wildcats crucial 12 00:00:48.479 --> 00:00:52.439 win over Tennessee. And this was I've heard the Way 13 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:55.119 chant before, but this was the best example of it. 14 00:00:55.200 --> 00:00:58.039 And in case you're wondering, and you might already know this, 15 00:00:58.159 --> 00:01:01.880 if you're a soccer fan, you hear this at soccer games. 16 00:01:01.960 --> 00:01:04.799 It's it originated in Spain. I had to look it up. 17 00:01:05.480 --> 00:01:09.280 But what the soccer fans are chanting as olay, which 18 00:01:09.319 --> 00:01:13.799 means bravo. But where you hear it as often as 19 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:16.879 not from what I've read, you hear it from some 20 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:18.879 of the fans in Great Britain. You hear it from 21 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:24.319 Irish soccer fans. They like to chant olay olay, olay olay. 22 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:27.439 Here's what it sounds like from an Irish soccer game. 23 00:01:38.359 --> 00:01:41.439 So it's only natural that UK fans pick up on it, 24 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:46.000 especially when Oway does something terrific like he did last night. 25 00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:48.359 Coming up tonight, we're gonna hear from Sean Woods, who 26 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:50.760 joined us every week, the unforgettable Guard. He'll break down 27 00:01:50.799 --> 00:01:54.319 the Wildcats win over Tennessee. We'll hear from Gary Moore, 28 00:01:54.439 --> 00:01:56.560 West End Bureau Chief. I know we'll talk Cats in 29 00:01:56.599 --> 00:01:59.280 balls with him. Also going to hear from the Wildcats 30 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:02.280 from the seven twenty four to seventy five team who 31 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:05.599 hated Tennessee, love beating the balls. They were honored over 32 00:02:05.599 --> 00:02:08.639 the weekend. During that went over South Carolina, which seems 33 00:02:08.639 --> 00:02:11.439 like it's too far back in the rearview marror. That 34 00:02:11.479 --> 00:02:14.479 was a great performance by Kentucky against one of the 35 00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:17.280 have nots, maybe the worst have not of the league, 36 00:02:17.319 --> 00:02:20.039 but a team that had given other SEC teams fits 37 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:25.080 South Carolina, and the Wildcats put everything together and destroyed 38 00:02:25.520 --> 00:02:28.039 the game Cocks. And during that game, the seventy four 39 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:30.439 to seventy five team that made the Final four was 40 00:02:30.479 --> 00:02:34.879 honored and They had a reception after the game, friends 41 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:38.039 and family, and I was actually invited to join them, 42 00:02:38.039 --> 00:02:41.039 which was very I was very appreciative of that, and 43 00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:43.240 we talked to some of the players, so we'll hear 44 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:46.960 from them coming up in our number two. But last 45 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:50.840 night's win, I will admit, surprised me because there was 46 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:53.520 no Jackson Robinson. And you remember he had such a 47 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:59.080 great game over Tennessee down in Knoxville when the Wildcats 48 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:03.240 pulled off a surprise win there, when Kentucky went down 49 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:07.000 there and played a really good Tennessee team. How good, Well, 50 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:10.240 I don't know, but I will tell you this that 51 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:13.599 Kentucky put it all together down there, and Jackson Robinson 52 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:16.680 was a big part of that. And as you know, 53 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:18.919 he could not play last night, didn't play at all. 54 00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:22.159 And then with eight minutes and forty one seconds left 55 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:26.960 to go, the Wildcats lost Lamont. Butler had played so 56 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:30.360 well opened the game with a steal, I mean just 57 00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:34.719 strips of Kai Ziggler stole the ball, took it in instead, 58 00:03:34.759 --> 00:03:37.560 a defensive tone for the Wildcats. They played one of 59 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:41.120 their best defensive games. Then he goes down hard on 60 00:03:41.159 --> 00:03:46.400 that shoulder. He was an absolute agony. And left the game, 61 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:48.759 and I tweeted about it and I marked it on 62 00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:53.560 my computer. You know, remember this point in the game 63 00:03:54.919 --> 00:03:59.240 because we didn't know obviously what would happen next. We 64 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:02.280 just knew it would happen and without Lamont Butler, and 65 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:05.360 you know what, the Cats went on a tear and 66 00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:09.840 closed out the game. Depending on where you want to 67 00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:12.120 start measuring what it was basically seventeen to four to 68 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:15.599 twelve to two, and it won the game for the Wildcats. 69 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:20.199 And after the game, Mark Pope is opening comments talked about, 70 00:04:20.319 --> 00:04:23.079 of course how much they respect Tennessee, but what it 71 00:04:23.160 --> 00:04:24.959 meant to him to get this win and complete the 72 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:28.000 sweep of the balls in this his first year. 73 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:30.800 We have so I mean, I personally have so much 74 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:33.519 respect for coach Barnes. He's one of the best in 75 00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:37.920 this business. He's got a great team. They're playing amazing basketball. 76 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:41.639 They're a top five team in every statistical you know, 77 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:45.920 the net, the ap the whole thing. They play hard, 78 00:04:45.920 --> 00:04:48.720 they played right, they played together, and it was really 79 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:52.560 great to be a part of this epic, epic game tonight. 80 00:04:52.639 --> 00:04:55.279 It just was like it was awesome. I'm so proud 81 00:04:55.319 --> 00:04:55.920 of our guys. 82 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:01.879 We have guys that that I just want to fight 83 00:05:01.959 --> 00:05:06.120 and compete, and and and we got ballers, right, They 84 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:07.800 just want to be ballers, man, They just want to 85 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:10.079 come play, and we have guys step up and make 86 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:11.800 huge plays. We had some of the young guys step 87 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:13.920 up to make huge plays. Really really proud of our guys, 88 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:18.600 really happy and just grateful beyond belief that we get 89 00:05:18.600 --> 00:05:23.040 to be on this magical, incredible journey that you only 90 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:24.480 get to do at the University of Kentucky. 91 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:25.120 It's pretty great. 92 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:27.759 Coming up in a couple of minutes, we're gonna hear 93 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:31.079 from Trent Noah, who was one of the stars last 94 00:05:31.160 --> 00:05:34.959 night and this was the Kentucky Kids game. This was 95 00:05:35.040 --> 00:05:38.240 Travis Perry and Trent Noah just coming up huge for 96 00:05:38.319 --> 00:05:43.160 the Wildcats at just the absolute right time when Kentucky 97 00:05:43.319 --> 00:05:47.560 needed big buckets or big plays. Those guys came through 98 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:52.720 true freshman and there were guys who have gotten minutes 99 00:05:52.720 --> 00:05:56.160 in the past and had some moments, but this was 100 00:05:56.240 --> 00:05:59.600 really the first game where they did it together in 101 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:04.040 such spectacular fashion. With so much on the line, Wildcats 102 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:07.439 need to keep pace, need to play for bracketing and 103 00:06:07.480 --> 00:06:12.240 seating in the SEC Tournament. In the NCAA tournament and 104 00:06:12.439 --> 00:06:15.480 Travis Perry three for four from the field, two for 105 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:19.600 three from outside, Trent Noah three for four from beyond 106 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:21.680 the ark and a couple of free throws, so he 107 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:24.800 knocks down eleven points, Travis gets eight. They combined for 108 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:29.319 nineteen points on six of eight shooting five of seven 109 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:34.240 from distance. And in case you're wondering, Travis had a turnover, 110 00:06:34.560 --> 00:06:40.199 Trent Noah had none. So true freshman playing like that 111 00:06:40.759 --> 00:06:43.680 for the hometown team. We all know the backstory. Perry 112 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:46.600 was a late ad for CALIPERI didn't really want him, 113 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:51.240 but took him. Noah was going to South Carolina and 114 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:54.319 when Caliperia leaves, he decommits and then commits to Mark 115 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:57.759 Pope Anita. One of these guys is going to be 116 00:06:57.759 --> 00:07:00.160 a first round draft pick. Very likely, maybe they would well, 117 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:04.720 who knows, but they fit the style of Mark Pope's team. 118 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:08.600 And what did they come in handy last night? So 119 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:12.879 did Kobe Brea, who has played much better defensively more 120 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:17.439 minutes because Jackson Robinson's out four of nine from the field, 121 00:07:17.480 --> 00:07:21.879 three of six from distance, scored eleven big points at 122 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:27.560 a couple of assists, zero turnovers, two steals in thirty 123 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:33.079 three minutes and a guy who has improved that defense. 124 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:37.959 But after the game, somebody asked him about the dead 125 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:40.879 eye shooting of Trent Noah true freshman. 126 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:44.000 His preparation, you know, just so the fact that he's 127 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:45.920 coming every single day since he's been here, and he's 128 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:48.800 putting like the hardest work, you know, like something that 129 00:07:48.839 --> 00:07:50.959 every single day you know what you're gonna get from him. 130 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:52.959 And it's like not just in games, but the practices. 131 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:55.319 Man Like, he goes hard all the time. And it's 132 00:07:55.360 --> 00:07:57.279 like things like that, you know, they go a little 133 00:07:57.279 --> 00:07:59.600 bit unnoticed, but it sounds like this, this is where 134 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:02.120 you get to light. 135 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:01.879 On that a little bit. 136 00:08:02.720 --> 00:08:05.399 And Mark Pope after the game talked about how hard 137 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:07.560 Noah and Perry had been working. In fact, he told 138 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:10.120 the story about how the night before the game, he's 139 00:08:10.160 --> 00:08:13.399 in his office and it was after ten o'clock and 140 00:08:13.399 --> 00:08:15.240 he might have been meeting with Aim at the recruit 141 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:17.399 But the bottom line, I think he did say that 142 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:19.399 he was well. He didn't mention him by name, he couldn't, 143 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:21.600 but he said he looked out the window his office, 144 00:08:21.600 --> 00:08:24.480 of course overlooks the Joe Crab practice courd and there's 145 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:27.639 Travis Perry after ten o'clock at night down there getting 146 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:31.439 up shots. But he just said that's just normal for 147 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:34.120 that kid, for this group, for him, for Noah, for 148 00:08:34.279 --> 00:08:38.080 Colin Chandler, the other freshman who played last night played well. 149 00:08:38.559 --> 00:08:42.559 But you know, people keep asking on social media about 150 00:08:42.639 --> 00:08:45.639 the substitution patterns, and look, put that out of your 151 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:49.559 mind because there isn't a pattern. This isn't the NBA. Well, 152 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:53.320 there is definitely a substitution pattern for every team, at 153 00:08:53.360 --> 00:08:57.360 least early in the game. But what happens with this team, 154 00:08:57.480 --> 00:09:02.360 especially giving the injuries, is Pope is subbing as needed. 155 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:06.559 You know, maybe Trentonah doesn't belong in a certain game 156 00:09:06.559 --> 00:09:10.399 with certain matchups, maybe he does. Maybe Perry fits better 157 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:13.440 here or there. And plus Pope's still learning about these guys, 158 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:16.320 and these guys are getting better every week, so they're 159 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:18.720 proving the Pope. Hey, I'm ready, I can go play. 160 00:09:19.320 --> 00:09:23.120 But that's what's really I think difficult about this Kentucky team. 161 00:09:23.559 --> 00:09:26.799 You take away Jackson Robinson, they still play well. You 162 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:29.840 take away Lamont Butler down the stretch, they close out 163 00:09:29.879 --> 00:09:33.600 the game. They don't win every game. They played poorly 164 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:37.759 at Ole Miss but since then, defense much much better 165 00:09:38.159 --> 00:09:41.759 and that will carry this team late Final fourteen. Probably 166 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:44.039 not a team that can do some serious damage in 167 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:47.080 the postseason. You better believe it and you sell why. 168 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:49.879 Last night, we'll hear from Trent Noah. Next six point 169 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:54.399 thirty WLAP Welcome back to the Big Blue Insider. Coming 170 00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:56.679 up in just a few minutes, we'll hear from Sean Woods, 171 00:09:56.720 --> 00:09:59.759 the Unforgettable guard. He will break down last night's when 172 00:10:00.279 --> 00:10:02.440 over the Tennessee Balls. We'll talk a little bit about 173 00:10:02.440 --> 00:10:05.799 the South Carolina win as well, and look ahead to 174 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:09.120 the Wildcats next outing with the Texas Long Orange. But 175 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:11.679 I will tell you guarantee Sean like what he saw 176 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:14.000 last night, not just because of the windy bike, but 177 00:10:14.080 --> 00:10:17.639 because the defense was better and Lamont Butler was back. 178 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:19.799 And if you were with us last week and really 179 00:10:19.840 --> 00:10:24.919 all year long, you've heard Sean Wax poetic about Lamont Butler, 180 00:10:25.039 --> 00:10:28.360 the Kentucky point guard and an outstanding defender, and both 181 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:31.480 of those labels matched Sean Woods during his playing days 182 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:36.360 as an unforgettable at Kentucky. In our next hour, we're 183 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:38.399 gonna hear from some of the members of the seventy 184 00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:40.559 four to seventy five team. They got together. They were 185 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:43.600 honored over the weekend at the South Carolina game and 186 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:46.799 then they had a reception both before and after the game. 187 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:49.480 But I was invited. It was very kind of Jerry Hale, 188 00:10:49.879 --> 00:10:51.480 who was a guard on that team and one of 189 00:10:51.480 --> 00:10:55.200 the super Kittens, to invite me to come to that 190 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:57.840 get together. He said, you know, you were one of us, 191 00:10:57.879 --> 00:11:00.639 and actually it was very touching to me. But I 192 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:02.879 was in school at the same time as these guys. 193 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:06.759 It was my second year at UK and I was 194 00:11:06.840 --> 00:11:09.080 writing sports with the Colonel. I covered that team, and 195 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:11.360 I've stayed in touch with so many of those guys since. 196 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:14.480 And Jerry's great wife, Pat is a tear and now 197 00:11:14.559 --> 00:11:17.240 is retired teacher at Henry Clay High School. She taught 198 00:11:17.320 --> 00:11:20.799 my children. So a lot of those guys stuck around 199 00:11:20.799 --> 00:11:23.279 part of the community. You see him at games. Of course, 200 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:26.200 Jack Gibbons on that team and now the color analyst 201 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:29.759 for UK Radio. So I just loved that team, and 202 00:11:29.799 --> 00:11:32.200 really a lot of people did. And they got to 203 00:11:32.240 --> 00:11:34.960 the final four. They got to the championship game where 204 00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:38.159 they should have played Louisville for the NSA championship, but 205 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:41.399 Louisville blew it against UCLA, had a lead the entire game, 206 00:11:42.440 --> 00:11:46.000 and John Wooden out foxed his former assistant Denny Crumb, 207 00:11:46.559 --> 00:11:48.720 and UCLA pulled out the game. And then you know 208 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:52.600 the story. He announced his retirement right before the Kentucky 209 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:55.360 game and they go on to beat the Wildcast for 210 00:11:55.360 --> 00:11:59.600 Wooden's last national championship. So coming up, we'll hear comments 211 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:02.840 from some of those guys who were after reception, and 212 00:12:02.919 --> 00:12:05.120 I guarantee you they like what they saw last night. 213 00:12:05.159 --> 00:12:08.039 Also next hour, our West End Bureau chief Gary Moore 214 00:12:08.080 --> 00:12:11.519 will talk about the win over Tennessee. After the game. 215 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:14.440 He heard comments from Mark Pope. But Trent Noah did 216 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:16.879 media after the game. One of the Wildcats. You don't 217 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:20.279 get everybody, but he was an obvious choice. And then 218 00:12:20.320 --> 00:12:24.279 he sat down and talked on camera privately with Jeff Goodman, 219 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:27.759 who works for the Field of sixty eight website, among others. 220 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:30.600 Jeff's been on our show before. He is a national 221 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:35.320 college basketball writer and if you know his backstory, you 222 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:39.440 know that he and John Calipari clashed and I had 223 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:42.840 Jeff on my show. I think it was three years ago. 224 00:12:43.559 --> 00:12:47.960 The Kellen Grady team whenever that was preseason, basically right 225 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:52.240 before there, just as the season began, and Jeff admitted 226 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:54.559 that he and Cali Perry had had some problems, but 227 00:12:54.960 --> 00:12:58.000 he claimed they had smooth things over. I don't know 228 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:02.759 that they were or are or ever will be completely smooth, because, 229 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:05.519 as Goodman said, he tried to have me fired. This 230 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:07.960 is back when Calipari was at Memphis. I never did 231 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:11.440 hear Cali Perry's side. If it never will, not that 232 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:15.039 I wouldn't mind it, but let's just leave it at 233 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:18.120 Goodman is not a huge CALIBERI fan, but he was 234 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:20.320 in Reperena last night and I think his daughter was 235 00:13:20.320 --> 00:13:22.840 with him, and he did an interview with Trent Noah 236 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:27.240 after the game and talk to Trent about what it 237 00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:29.559 was like for a kid from Harlan County, Kentucky to 238 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:31.960 be such a big part of such a big win. 239 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:34.360 Tell me what's going through your mind because you've waited 240 00:13:34.440 --> 00:13:36.879 for this a little bit this year and you bang 241 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:39.320 those three threes in the first half. What's going through 242 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:41.399 your mind? And how much did you want to smile 243 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:41.960 through that? 244 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:42.759 Yeah? 245 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:45.039 I mean it was awesome. I mean growing up a 246 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:48.559 Kentucky kid and Kentucky I mean leaving blue all my 247 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:52.720 life getting to watch the Kentucky Tennessee games, and now 248 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:54.919 that I'm in it, I mean it is super cool 249 00:13:54.919 --> 00:13:56.799 and be able to hit a three in front of 250 00:13:56.799 --> 00:13:59.679 Reperena and it was like the roof blows off. I mean, 251 00:13:59.679 --> 00:14:01.360 you got to take a second and make sure you 252 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:03.960 can still hear after the crowded RUPs. I mean it's 253 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:05.600 so special to me. It's really cool. 254 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:09.000 You got the biggest salvation to night. And I'm watching 255 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:09.960 it and I'm asking. 256 00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:13.159 People around there, like, well, it's cuz he's a local kid, right, 257 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:14.919 I mean could you feel it? 258 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:18.240 Could you feel how much? I mean this was crazy tonight? 259 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:20.080 Yeah, I mean it was awesome. I mean we had 260 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:22.279 the best fans in the world. I mean, I mean, 261 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:24.120 this is the mecca of college basketball. I don't know 262 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:26.600 why anybody wouldn't want to play here. I mean it's great. 263 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:29.320 I'm so grateful. I'm glad to be able to play 264 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:31.279 and where Kentucky across my chests. 265 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:34.039 And you weren't supposed to be here for a while, right, 266 00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:38.360 You're going to South Carolina and then coaching change and you. 267 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:40.279 Go with Pope. What was that like? 268 00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:43.879 And how appreciative are you with how everything kind of went. 269 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:46.720 Yeah, I mean I was just just trusting God's plan. 270 00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:50.679 It was a little tricky situation, but just trying to 271 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:53.679 have on waivering faith and just to trust in him 272 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:55.840 because his plan is bigger than mine. 273 00:14:56.440 --> 00:14:59.399 So you hit the three threes, but you can't get 274 00:14:59.440 --> 00:15:01.159 the n one laying the game. 275 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:03.559 What happened there? Yeah, I gotta work on that. 276 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:05.320 I think I've been shooting a little to me threes. 277 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:07.919 I need to go back to the fundamentals and work 278 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:09.559 on my touch off the glass. 279 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:10.080 All right. 280 00:15:10.159 --> 00:15:13.240 So Kobe's known is maybe the best shooter in the country. 281 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:14.759 Where do you? 282 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:18.200 Where do you stack up here on the shooter chart? 283 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:21.679 Here on the team? Where are you? I don't know. 284 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:24.399 I mean maybe if I can start getting some switches 285 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:26.840 and drawing the big out to the logo and hitting 286 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:30.720 the contested three, we can rethink it. But I mean, 287 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:34.519 Kobe's phenomenal. He's literally the best shooter I've ever been around. 288 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:37.360 I mean, it's lucky if it hits the rim half 289 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:37.759 the time. 290 00:15:38.600 --> 00:15:41.320 That's Jeff Goodman from the Field of sixty eight website, 291 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:44.200 and if you love basketball, you might want to subscribe. 292 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:47.240 I've had a couple of the writers on the Big 293 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:52.200 Blue Insider and it's a fun read. So Jeff Goodman 294 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:55.000 with a video interview as you were last night with 295 00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:58.879 Trent Noa. Next up of the Cats is a trip 296 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:02.360 to Texas tomorrow night. The UK women take on the Longhorns, 297 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:05.840 but this is at the coliseum, his historic Memorial Coliseum. 298 00:16:05.919 --> 00:16:09.440 This will be historic as well. Third ranked Texas eighth 299 00:16:09.559 --> 00:16:13.679 rank Kentucky, although the Wildcats, unless they upset Texas, likely 300 00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:16.639 will drop a little bit after blowing that game down 301 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:20.240 at Ole Miss Kentucky blew a double digitally and lost 302 00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:24.000 sixty six fifty seven. Kentucky just fell apart down the stretch. 303 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:26.679 So a chance to bounce back for Kenny Brooks and 304 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:29.159 his team At the seven o'clock Star Darren Heddrick has 305 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:32.200 the call for you at six forty five with pregame. 306 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:35.120 It will be on ESPN two. It's on the deuce 307 00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:38.720 and it's going to be big. And now you're looking 308 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:42.759 at the stretch run for the women because as always, 309 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:46.639 the SEC tournament pops up earlier for the women than 310 00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:50.000 it does for the men. Six games left for these 311 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:54.799 Wildcats after this, it's Georgia at home. It really gets 312 00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:58.799 tough now down the stretch. A trip to Missouri always difficult. 313 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:03.600 LSU comes to town with Kim Maulke. That's on Sunday 314 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:07.599 to twenty third. Then Tennessee comes in the following Thursday, 315 00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:10.519 and they wrap up to the women with a trip 316 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:15.640 to South Carolina on March second, and then it's a 317 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:19.640 CEC tournament time. So it is stretch run for Kentucky. 318 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:22.319 That's why that lost to Ole miss was damaging. Could 319 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:24.640 hurt them, well, it might hurt them depending on what 320 00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:28.119 happens next in the bracketing, the seating, et cetera. Still 321 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:31.680 been a great season for Kenny Brooks and the UK women, 322 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:35.200 and it's a big one coming up tomorrow night with 323 00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:37.960 those Texas Longhorns. We'll have it for you right here. 324 00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:41.799 Up next, Shawn Woods, the Unforgettable Guard, breaks down Kentucky's 325 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:43.920 went over Tennessee on the Big Blue and Siders six 326 00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:47.640 thirty WLAP. Welcome back. We are joined now by the 327 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:51.880 Unforgettable Guard, Shawn Woods. He joins us every Wednesday schedule permitting. 328 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:55.440 His jersey hangs in the rafters of Rup and the Coach. 329 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:58.279 Last week we talked a lot about point guards and 330 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:04.039 since then Canentucky manhandles South Carolina and you know you 331 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:05.920 kind of expected to win, but not like that. And 332 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:08.839 then last night, of course, the win over Tennessee. Let's 333 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:11.799 let's work backwards a little bit. In fact, let me 334 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:14.599 fast forward to eight minutes and forty one seconds left 335 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:17.839 to go in the game and Lamont Butler takes a 336 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:20.839 bad spill. You and I spent a lot of time 337 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:23.960 last week talking about point guards. What makes him good, 338 00:18:24.599 --> 00:18:27.640 what makes it tough when you don't have him. He 339 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:30.119 came back the first and you had to love this. 340 00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:34.400 He steals the ball first play of the game, but 341 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:36.920 the next thing you know, he's down, writhing in agony. 342 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:38.440 What were your thoughts? 343 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:40.799 Wow? 344 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:43.519 Just you know, I was looking at Mark Folk like 345 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:45.200 not again. 346 00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:48.680 You know, I've been there as a coach when one 347 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:51.960 of your key players get hurt, you don't have him, and. 348 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:59.240 You know, and sometimes this team has shown miraculous character 349 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:03.640 because every time when la Mott gets hurt, they put 350 00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:08.640 their head down. But then they just rallied, and you know, 351 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:12.960 it never stops them from making shots, it really doesn't. 352 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:17.480 They just do so many dynamic things from the offensive end, 353 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:21.759 especially in South Carolina. I just think South Carolina was 354 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:24.039 just a you know, that's the reason why they hadn't 355 00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:28.720 won a game in that sec. But you know, last night, shoot, 356 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:31.720 you know, we show some resilience. You know you had 357 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:34.480 you know, Tyler per I mean Perry and Rust the 358 00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:38.440 name come in and you know, makes a shot. You know, 359 00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:40.799 they're still not good on the defensive end. I mean, 360 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:42.920 as soon as they made a shot, they came back 361 00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:44.920 down on the other end and got taken to the rack. 362 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:48.440 But you know, at least they they they're contributing in 363 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:53.400 some some form of fashion. And never whenever Kentucky is 364 00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:58.240 scoring the basketball, it helps the morale of their team 365 00:19:58.279 --> 00:20:01.279 on the defensive end. It's just I watched you know, 366 00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:03.359 you get excited. Yeah, they hit a shot and next 367 00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:05.839 thing you know, the next play, their man takes them 368 00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:08.559 to the basket, either off a cut or you know 369 00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:10.599 what I mean. So they've got to drop you nuts. 370 00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:14.039 But you know, you got other players that are stepping up, 371 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:18.759 and that's that's that's the true sense of a team. 372 00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:23.880 And you know, last night was a character win. I 373 00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:27.839 really believe it's a character win. And this team has 374 00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:32.839 shown great character all year. You know, we knew that 375 00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:34.960 there was gonna be some games you know lost. You know, 376 00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:37.480 they weren't run the table and go und see them. 377 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:42.720 But they've shown me some resilience after losses, you know, 378 00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:47.400 and dealing with some adversity with injuries and finding a 379 00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:54.720 way to win tough SEC games under the circumstances. That's big. 380 00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:57.839 Yeah. And you know what I've always tried to remind 381 00:20:57.839 --> 00:21:00.000 myself and other people, and you know this because you 382 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:05.480 lived it. SEC teams are not afraid of Kentucky. They're 383 00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:08.359 not intimidated by Kentucky. They may come in and get 384 00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:11.839 a little intimidated when Rupperna explodes like it did last night, 385 00:21:12.640 --> 00:21:14.960 but these are guys who have spent a lot of 386 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:18.960 their career preparing to play not just in the SEC, 387 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:22.200 but against Kentucky and measure themselves against the big boys. 388 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:25.400 You know, non conference games, you may have teams come 389 00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:28.039 in for the first time. Wow this is Kentucky. 390 00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:28.440 Wow. 391 00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:31.640 You know SEC teams are like, okay, yeah, we played 392 00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:34.160 you last year and the year before that. We have 393 00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:36.640 you at our place. You know, we got you at 394 00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:40.240 your place. Let's go. And that makes it a bigger challenge, 395 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:40.680 doesn't it. 396 00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:44.920 Well, that's what makes conferences much more different than pre conference, 397 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:47.119 you know what I mean, it's a whole new ball 398 00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:53.759 game because everybody knows everybody, you know, and anybody can 399 00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:56.920 get beat on any given night in conference, no matter 400 00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:59.759 if you're the worst team. You know, lookal was won 401 00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:03.720