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Speaker 2: All right, five o'clock hour here on a good Friday.
Speaker 2: I don't know what it looks like outside, but I
Speaker 2: know it was beautiful all day today and I hope
Speaker 2: that it still is. And I don't know why. It's
Speaker 2: taken me a little while to get used to it.
Speaker 2: But it's a nice surprise, like unexpected happiness that you
Speaker 2: know you weren't anticipating it. Really, it's a strong hit.
Speaker 2: And whenever I leave here at six point thirty or
Speaker 2: you know, earlier, depending upon what I have to do
Speaker 2: before I leave, and I walk outside and like it's
Speaker 2: not only still daylight, but like it's sunny like that.
Speaker 2: I don't know, because I'm in this cave all day.
Speaker 2: I guess it's just taken me a little longer actually
Speaker 2: realized that, you know, here we are in late April,
Speaker 2: mid April. I guess, uh, you know, it stays light outside,
Speaker 2: and it's uh like tonight is the night patio dinners. Right,
Speaker 2: Like if you if you you got a restaurant with
Speaker 2: a good patio, you're gonna be busy tonight for good reason,
Speaker 2: so good vibes, no doubt. As we get you out
Speaker 2: of here, we'll get you set for Easter weekend and
Speaker 2: uh we'll finish strong, at least we'll attempt to. So
Speaker 2: I'm gonna look up here with the n C Double A.
Speaker 2: When is the n C Double A transfer portal window?
Speaker 2: Because we talked about that a little bit earlier that
Speaker 2: I just assume that, you know, if guys were gonna
Speaker 2: leave in college basketball in the portal, they would have
Speaker 2: already they would have already decided. But no, because the
Speaker 2: last couple of days there have been some really good
Speaker 2: players that have decided to UH to enter the portal.
Speaker 2: And you know, one of them now is believed to
Speaker 2: be one of the UH top three players in the
Speaker 2: portal overall, and that's PJ. Haggerty, who, by the way,
Speaker 2: UH is this is from on three Sports. He is
Speaker 2: asking for four million plus and to play primarily the
Speaker 2: point guard role. Well, the report is from on three
Speaker 2: is reporting it, but they're citing Jeff Goodman, which makes
Speaker 2: me believe it even more because Goodman, despite being you
Speaker 2: know Goodman, he is as connected as anybody in college basketball.
Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean four million. He'll probably get it.
Speaker 2: Somebody will pay him that. I don't know if it's
Speaker 2: gonna be worth it, but somebody will probably pay him that.
Speaker 2: And that's just where we are now. This would be
Speaker 2: a huge get for Kentucky. And I don't even know
Speaker 2: if they're I haven't seen if they're in the mix
Speaker 2: here or not. But you know, you missed out on
Speaker 2: Donovan Dent, you missed out on Linnenborg, and those were
Speaker 2: you know, those were Missus and clearly guys that right
Speaker 2: out of the gate Pope and company were prioritizing and
Speaker 2: they chose to go elsewhere. They did bounce back with
Speaker 2: other good players that to me are different than those
Speaker 2: two guys. But still, you know, if your consolation gets
Speaker 2: in the front court, in the back court are Jade
Speaker 2: and Quaintance and Jalen Lowe, I mean, you're still getting
Speaker 2: good players. I don't think they fit Pope's system as
Speaker 2: quite as much, but still, like it's not like you
Speaker 2: went had had to go recruit some walk ons to
Speaker 2: try out. But if they could somehow get in the
Speaker 2: mix here, that would change a lot of things. But
Speaker 2: I'm just gonna assume that Mark Pope, if we're going
Speaker 2: to do, you know, if we're basing it off of
Speaker 2: you know, consistency, He's not even gonna want this guy
Speaker 2: if he's already, if it's already out there, that it's
Speaker 2: going to be a formulion other price tag because and
Speaker 2: I know, there's no way for me to talk about
Speaker 2: Kentucky without people hearing it the way they want to
Speaker 2: hear it, as if I'm being like overly critical and
Speaker 2: I'm being you know, just a troll Louisville fan. And
Speaker 2: sometimes it probably does come off that way, and it's
Speaker 2: for good reason. But I think Mark Pope has has
Speaker 2: kind of made it clear that regardless of the budget,
Speaker 2: he doesn't want to bring in guys where the only
Speaker 2: reason the real kicker to get them to pick Kentucky
Speaker 2: over three other elite schools is money. I guess he
Speaker 2: just feels that is, if that's not going to be
Speaker 2: good a good fit for his locker room. I mean, clearly,
Speaker 2: guys who come to Kentucky are getting paid in IL
Speaker 2: is a real thing, and he can sell that if
Speaker 2: you come to Kentucky and you have some success, maybe
Speaker 2: you're ANIL deal isn't going to be four million. But
Speaker 2: man if you're good here, you can make endless amounts
Speaker 2: of money. I mean, Kobe Brea ended up getting that
Speaker 2: March Madness endorsement where he was in that commercial for
Speaker 2: one of the major sponsors of the NAA tournament. Kobe
Speaker 2: Brea was, you know, a role player a lot of
Speaker 2: the times this year, a good player. Clearly at times
Speaker 2: he played really good, but like he wasn't even like
Speaker 2: a top four a guy on their team. And he
Speaker 2: got that. You tell me it's not because he played
Speaker 2: a Kentucky, one of the bigger brands. So maybe onto something.
Speaker 2: But like, I think you will continue to miss out
Speaker 2: on guys like this. And I don't even know if
Speaker 2: they're recruiting him, I really don't, but I would think
Speaker 2: that they would at least try to get in the mix,
Speaker 2: but maybe they won't. I don't know. I haven't seen
Speaker 2: any schools that are already in good shape with PJ.
Speaker 2: Haggerty the transfer from Memphis, because he just hit the
Speaker 2: portal yesterday and he probably hasn't had time to even
Speaker 2: like read every text message or take every phone call.
Speaker 2: Because you know, he's gonna be a player that everybody wants,
Speaker 2: but some won't be able to pay for him because
Speaker 2: they don't have the funds. And some will say, yeah,
Speaker 2: we just can't justify that because you could have got
Speaker 2: four million dollars. I mean, human nature, it's a real
Speaker 2: powerful thing. Meaning like I feel some way if I'm
Speaker 2: in the locker room and I'm making a teeny tiny
Speaker 2: percentage of four million, and I know this guy might
Speaker 2: be better than me, but man, he ain't that much better.
Speaker 2: Like four million dollars for a player. I think it
Speaker 2: just becomes something you really got a babysit more than
Speaker 2: anything as far as egos, and just making sure that
Speaker 2: like that doesn't become contentious because you know, eventually that'll
Speaker 2: probably go away because look, in real life, you're gonna
Speaker 2: make less money than other people. That's just that's just
Speaker 2: how it is. So you get what you're worth based
Speaker 2: off what somebody is willing to pay you. So like
Speaker 2: there's no there's no like you know, in the NBA,
Speaker 2: if you get sour in the locker room because Lebron's
Speaker 2: making more money than you, like you got your you know,
Speaker 2: you need to change your job, change your career, because
Speaker 2: like that's just better players are going to get more money.
Speaker 2: That's just how it works, and that's how it's working
Speaker 2: in college. But it's still relatively due because yes, it's
Speaker 2: now become pro sports, but we still live in this delusion.
Speaker 2: Well we don't we know what it is, but like
Speaker 2: the NSTA LA operates in delusion to where these guys
Speaker 2: aren't being paid to play, they're just being paid because
Speaker 2: they're because of who they are. Like it's nonsense, and
Speaker 2: I'm sure you still see like clearly like Cooper Flah
Speaker 2: Cooper Flag was in the was in the commercial that
Speaker 2: you saw too many times during March Madness at the
Speaker 2: retirement home. And I just mentioned that Kobe Bray commercial,
Speaker 2: Like those are those are those are clearly like they're
Speaker 2: they're using those guys to help promote their product. But
Speaker 2: like it's not a return on investment, Like which athlete
Speaker 2: got a lucrative and il deal at the college level
Speaker 2: that whoever gave them the bag got a legitimate return
Speaker 2: on investment. Nobody like And I don't say this to
Speaker 2: be critical, it's just it's just an example that comes
Speaker 2: to mind for me that that I think makes sense.
Speaker 2: And again, we appreciate, as Louisville fans anybody who's throwing
Speaker 2: up big money to help get these players because that
Speaker 2: matters now and you need it. And thankfully Louis's got
Speaker 2: some really good support. But like Rick Keeper, he is
Speaker 2: the CEO of Glow Brands. They own Planet Fitness, Suntan
Speaker 2: City and I believe Buff City soap here in the
Speaker 2: UH in the Kentucky and area. Very successful businesses. Rick's
Speaker 2: a very successful guy. Great guy too, by the way,
Speaker 2: also owns Thoroughbreds and you know, he's he's he's clearly
Speaker 2: a made man and he's and he's great. We appreciate
Speaker 2: his support at U l as loisvell fans. But do
Speaker 2: you think Planet Fitness has has has made the money
Speaker 2: back specifically from what they invested to sponsor all these
Speaker 2: great UL athletes. Probably not. And that's okay because you know,
Speaker 2: it's just these nil deals name, image and likeness. It's
Speaker 2: stupid that we even call it that, to be honest
Speaker 2: with you, because yes, there are examples of it, but
Speaker 2: the like when you see that you've got at least
Speaker 2: eight schools now reportedly are spending over ten million dollars
Speaker 2: on their roster for college basketball. You know, if it's
Speaker 2: coming from the collectives, that's different because that's that's just
Speaker 2: crowdsourcing and bringing in, you know, a big pot of
Speaker 2: money and splitting it up. But there's also some big
Speaker 2: time boosters that are saying, all right, we need three
Speaker 2: million to get this guy, I'll cover eight hundred thousand.
Speaker 2: That person is not getting a return on that investment,
Speaker 2: and again that speaks to how fortunate they are to
Speaker 2: where they have money, to where they can do that,
Speaker 2: you know what I mean. So here, I am somebody
Speaker 2: who has advocated that this is better for college basketball
Speaker 2: now that we have this, and I believe that wholeheartedly.
Speaker 2: But also I also can acknowledge that like it's just
Speaker 2: an unregulated mess. And as someone who never will have
Speaker 2: money like that to throw around to get players from
Speaker 2: a favorite team, I can't relate. So, like, you know,
Speaker 2: I just I can't. But I even if I had it,
Speaker 2: I don't know if I'd be able to justify giving
Speaker 2: the money, because yes, I want my team to win
Speaker 2: and you need good players. But like as someone who's
Speaker 2: never and I don't want to act like i've i've been.
Speaker 2: You know, I'm in poverty. I'm very fortunate, and you know,
Speaker 2: my wife and I do well for ourselves. I had
Speaker 2: a very good childhood. So I don't want to make
Speaker 2: it out like I've never known what money is. But
Speaker 2: if I gave as a fan a lucrative amount of
Speaker 2: money couple hundred thousand to go towards bringing in a
Speaker 2: really good player, even if I even if I even
Speaker 2: if that wasn't a huge expense to me because I
Speaker 2: was wealthy, I do feel like I would watch said
Speaker 2: player and be like, good thing. I kept the receipt,
Speaker 2: Like that's how it works. But I just again, that's
Speaker 2: what I mean when I say I can't relate to
Speaker 2: like like, I've never paid any kind of money for
Speaker 2: you know, the most expensive purchases that I've ever made,
Speaker 2: like most people is my home. I didn't pay cash
Speaker 2: for my home, you know what I mean. So yeah,
Speaker 2: just again, we're lucky as sports fans at the college
Speaker 2: level to have very wealthy boosters that that are willing to,
Speaker 2: you know, support because you have to. Now if you
Speaker 2: don't have it, you're screwed. Like and by the way,
Speaker 2: there are programs out there that like they're they can't.
Speaker 2: I mean, you know, you always hold that hope, but
Speaker 2: like if you're Boston College, where's the light at the
Speaker 2: end of the tunnel for you, like what scenario will
Speaker 2: you ever be competitive at the top of the sport?
Speaker 2: Like you probably won't. So you know, having big money
Speaker 2: and going and getting really good players does not at
Speaker 2: all guarantee anything. I mean, look at look at the
Speaker 2: two most expensive rosters in college basketball last year, Kansas
Speaker 2: and Indiana. Big failures in both aspects. Kansas huge disappointment,
Speaker 2: Indiana same thing. So doesn't guarantee anything. But you also
Speaker 2: have to have it to have a chance. I think
Speaker 2: you just do. So we're we're fortunate in that regard.
Speaker 2: But anyways, another few names to mention as far as
Speaker 2: guys that have that have hit the portal that are
Speaker 2: still out there. And again I don't know ifloev is
Speaker 2: gonna get involved, but Jimir Watkins he didn't at the
Speaker 2: portal recently, but he's one of the top ten players
Speaker 2: out there and Louisville is still listed for him. I
Speaker 2: just and I would love for Louisville to be able
Speaker 2: to bring him in. He's a really good wing, was
Speaker 2: an All acc player average eighteen points a game. I just,
Speaker 2: you know, a part of me thinks he might look
Speaker 2: at Louisville and think they're a little too crowded, but
Speaker 2: then again maybe not like maybe the native ment stuff
Speaker 2: has made it to where Louisville can now set aside
Speaker 2: money for somebody else and sell that role that I guess,
Speaker 2: for at least a little while, there were some that
Speaker 2: believed that was going to be naatea amant because it
Speaker 2: looked like Louisville was in good shape, and now it
Speaker 2: looks like there's no, He's clearly not gonna come to Louisville.
Speaker 2: It's going to be either Tennessee or Duke, which again,
Speaker 2: if he had committed that I had said, great, that's exciting,
Speaker 2: but also like, I'm not losing any sleep over not
Speaker 2: getting him, because, as we discussed all throughout the week,
Speaker 2: the scenario where he's a piece that really substantially elevates
Speaker 2: you in the one season he's here, I just think
Speaker 2: that's unlikely and you're only going to get in one year,
Speaker 2: and he would cost a lot of money, it sounds like.
Speaker 2: But ba back to the Kentucky aspect here, I'm curious
Speaker 2: to see if there ever is a change of heart
Speaker 2: for Pope because I just think if you're if you're
Speaker 2: living in the world of well, yeah, they've got a million,
Speaker 2: We've got a million. This other blue Blood or this
Speaker 2: other school's got two million, But you know you're still
Speaker 2: gonna get paid. And clearly like we're better. We're Kentucky.
Speaker 2: Look at us. We've got the biggest fan base in
Speaker 2: the country. Maybe we've got all these national championships. We're
Speaker 2: one of the most followed programs in the sport. That
Speaker 2: stuff matters and it has value. But man, if the
Speaker 2: money's not right, that's not a big enough incentive for
Speaker 2: a lot of these guys to bypass more money in
Speaker 2: order to Okay, yeah, I'll take less money, but it's Kentucky. Now,
Speaker 2: maybe some will, but the guys that'll do that are
Speaker 2: not the PJ. Haggerty's, are not the Donovan Dents. Those
Speaker 2: are the guys. Again, those guys, they're sticking around because
Speaker 2: of money. That's why they're still here. If there wasn't
Speaker 2: money to be made, they'd leave and go play professionally
Speaker 2: overseas and make money. But the more, the bigger payday
Speaker 2: is in college. So if you're selling high school kids, yeah,
Speaker 2: we'll give you a mill. I know this, Uh you know,
Speaker 2: I know Mississippi State and uh, Saint John's they're offering
Speaker 2: more money, but you're gonna be an NBA lottery pick
Speaker 2: regardless of where you go. You'll have a better platform,
Speaker 2: you'll be more tested playing here at Kentucky. So those
Speaker 2: guys probably will take less money because they they don't
Speaker 2: like they're not as hard up for it. The biggest
Speaker 2: payday in basketball that Donovan did and PJ. Haggerty are
Speaker 2: ever going to get is that is right now and
Speaker 2: they know that. So not to say that money is
Speaker 2: the only thing that matters, but I would be highly
Speaker 2: shocked if money isn't the biggest and most important factor
Speaker 2: when they're making these decisions. And who can blame them.
Speaker 2: That's how we operate, right, Like, if you're considering a job, Yes,
Speaker 2: there are some jobs. Maybe if the salary was a
Speaker 2: little bit lower, you'd still take it because it would
Speaker 2: be less stress, and there's other things that come with it,
Speaker 2: maybe a shorter commute, less stress, like those things matter.
Speaker 2: But you wouldn't take that job if it, you know,
Speaker 2: paid substantially less. You'd live with having a bigger a
Speaker 2: longer commute, and maybe more stress because you know you
Speaker 2: want to make money. It's your livelihood. So yeah, I'm
Speaker 2: just at a quick search here. I don't know, it
Speaker 2: doesn't look as if there's been any you know, this
Speaker 2: is you know, Goodman reported that he wants four million
Speaker 2: plus and wants to play point guard. But he's one
Speaker 2: of those guys that, like any school you hear is
Speaker 2: interested in reaching out to him. You're not surprised because
Speaker 2: he's believed to be one of the best guys that
Speaker 2: is that is available. I didn't even realize that Mackenzie
Speaker 2: and Bacco was in the portal like cold. I think
Speaker 2: I saw that when I was on vacation. I totally
Speaker 2: forgot about it. His recruitment to me kind of went.
Speaker 2: You know, I shouldn't say that it was ignored, but
Speaker 2: I don't really. I don't really remember hearing anything about it.
Speaker 2: But apparently Kentucky was in on Mackenzie and Bacco and
Speaker 2: he has decided to go to Texas A and M
Speaker 2: instead and play for coach Bucky, who got that job
Speaker 2: after Buzz Williams left to go to Maryland. So, I mean,
Speaker 2: I don't know if that's another whiff as they're saying
Speaker 2: for Mark Pope, but clearly I think Kentucky was recruiting
Speaker 2: him and wanted to get him in for a visit.
Speaker 2: I don't know if he visited or not, but you know,
Speaker 2: to me, A and M is the perfect kind of
Speaker 2: example to where, yeah, Kentucky probably has a good role
Speaker 2: for Imbaco, and you know, Kentucky's clearly a better program
Speaker 2: than A and M. A and M will always be
Speaker 2: a distant second, maybe even a distant third, because I
Speaker 2: think they have a pretty popular baseball team too. But
Speaker 2: like Bucky, even he is not as proven as Mark Pope,
Speaker 2: and that's saying something because Pope still relatively new on
Speaker 2: the after his first year. But I would be willing
Speaker 2: to bet A and M. You know, being A and M,
Speaker 2: they probably have a lot of money and that was
Speaker 2: the factor for McKenzie and Baco. Now. Not to be hypocritical,
Speaker 2: because I did say earlier like there are going to
Speaker 2: be guys that just simply decide that they want to
Speaker 2: go elsewhere and not go play for you. Wilkerson did
Speaker 2: earlier this this this week? Was it this week? Yeah?
Speaker 2: Somebody I was thinking of this last week. It was
Speaker 2: this week. But anyways, let me see here before we
Speaker 2: move on. Yeah, here, so the window for the transfer portal,
Speaker 2: let's see it opened Monday, March twenty fifth, which, of
Speaker 2: course you know that was right before the Final four,
Speaker 2: wasn't it. I think that's what it was, but which
Speaker 2: is just insane to think about. Or maybe it was
Speaker 2: maybe it was the Monday with the Sweet sixteen. Either way, Uh,
Speaker 2: it's been open now for just about three weeks and
Speaker 2: it'll close in Wow, he closes in four days. So
Speaker 2: I knew they trimmed it to where it was there
Speaker 2: wasn't as big of a window. But yeah, if you so,
Speaker 2: I'd be willing to bet that over the weekend and
Speaker 2: even up until Tuesday, you'll continue to see guys that
Speaker 2: were contemplating what they wanted to do, maybe seeing if
Speaker 2: their school could could could pay a big amount or not.
Speaker 2: And I wouldn't be shocked if there's guys that hit
Speaker 2: the portal that end up being in the top twenty
Speaker 2: as far as guys that were available, because again when
Speaker 2: I mentioned Haggarty and you know Chad Baker, Mazzara, Jimmy
Speaker 2: or Watkins, like those guys being top twenty five players,
Speaker 2: that's including dudes who've alread committed elsewhere. So as far
Speaker 2: as Louisville, I don't know who else they're going to get.
Speaker 2: In fact, a good question just came in on the
Speaker 2: text line that I hadn't really considered, but we'll talk
Speaker 2: about it. On the other side, it's about case in pryor,
Speaker 2: meaning like does he owe Louisville a real like like
Speaker 2: a real confirmation so they can actively know what they
Speaker 2: need to go out there and pursue. That's a good
Speaker 2: point I hadn't thought about, but we'll get to that.
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Speaker 2: So the text that came in earlier, it's a fair point.
Speaker 2: At least it's a question because I hadn't really considered it.
Speaker 2: But one, we don't know what's going on behind the scenes,
Speaker 2: and we're not really entitled to it. It's that weird.
Speaker 2: Do we need Cason to say anything? He's still on
Speaker 2: the roster, he hasn't entered the portal, so like, should
Speaker 2: we expect anything? I am even more so now than
Speaker 2: I was earlier this week. Of the belief that Cason
Speaker 2: knows what he's doing here and you know, he's got
Speaker 2: until Tuesday to say something. I would be shocked, it
Speaker 2: really would if we get to Tuesday where the portal closes,
Speaker 2: and he, you know, and he hasn't put out something
Speaker 2: to say one way or the other. Now, another thing
Speaker 2: that just hit me. He could be graduating, and I
Speaker 2: think that's still a thing that if you were a
Speaker 2: graduate transfer, there's no window you can pop whenever, which
Speaker 2: means he could tell us in August that he's leaving,
Speaker 2: but I doubt that would be the case. So the
Speaker 2: question that came in was, you know, can Louisville really
Speaker 2: know what they need without assurance from Casein as far
Speaker 2: as him coming back, which is true, but I believe
Speaker 2: he's coming back, but it's just belief. There's nobody that's
Speaker 2: telling me that. I just assume that he's coming back.
Speaker 2: And also Pat Kelsey's no dummy. He's probably had, you know,
Speaker 2: like look Case and Pryor. I mean, he's already a
Speaker 2: guy that made money last year and obviously got hurt,
Speaker 2: which was unfortunate. So you know, when you are being
Speaker 2: paid and this is now viewed as a job for you,
Speaker 2: because you know it is, you don't get paid based
Speaker 2: off performance, clearly, But I just have a hard time
Speaker 2: thinking that Pat Kelsey wouldn't be real direct with Case
Speaker 2: and as far as like what's going on to where
Speaker 2: I guess Case could burn him. I just don't see
Speaker 2: that happening to where I'm of the belief that everybody
Speaker 2: internally knows he's coming back, and they are moving within,
Speaker 2: you know, the portal and even the high school ranks
Speaker 2: maybe to try to find the pieces that they know
Speaker 2: that they're gonna need, meaning that they're not looking for
Speaker 2: somebody to fill the role that they have in mind
Speaker 2: for prior because they believe he's coming back. I don't
Speaker 2: know that, and I feel like to say that I'm
Speaker 2: just guessing wouldn't even be fair because that makes it
Speaker 2: seem as if like it's totally up in the air.
Speaker 2: He has not said he's leaving, and I still think
Speaker 2: even though things have changed quite a bit, that does
Speaker 2: have some value. But as we talked about earlier this week,
Speaker 2: he's he is someone that you would expect there to
Speaker 2: be some kind of an announcement because of how big
Speaker 2: of a PC is and because clearly he's somebody that's
Speaker 2: that's utilizing this new world and this extra eligibility to
Speaker 2: make money and continue to play college basketball. Guys like
Speaker 2: can I Russ and James Scott. I mean, if they
Speaker 2: hit the portal at this point, it would be a shock,
Speaker 2: but like they haven't done it yet and it's just
Speaker 2: not super necessary. James wouldn't do it anyway. He's not
Speaker 2: on social media and he's very much just you know,
Speaker 2: don't like the attention. Can I, you know, he said
Speaker 2: after the season in the locker room he can't wait
Speaker 2: to come back. So like technically they you know, he
Speaker 2: did tell us he's coming back. It just wasn't like
Speaker 2: a formal thing. But you saw Noah what's his name,
Speaker 2: what's the guy's name, Trent Noah for Kentucky and then
Speaker 2: also Colin Chandler yesterday, those guys in ounce they're coming back,
Speaker 2: and like it used to be make fun of you
Speaker 2: thing like you used to announce that I'm coming back
Speaker 2: instead of going to the NBA Draft, and people would
Speaker 2: be like, you were never going to the NBA Draft
Speaker 2: and you never will, Like who do you think you are?
Speaker 2: Like it used to be people just clown you for
Speaker 2: doing that. Now you announce your coming back just so
Speaker 2: your fans know that you're not hitting the portal, because again,
Speaker 2: so many guys do hit the portal. So I don't
Speaker 2: think Case's holding out on him, like making them like again,
Speaker 2: I hadn't even thought about that, And look, I could
Speaker 2: be wrong, but I'd be highly shocked if it's a
Speaker 2: situation to where they're not knowing who they need to
Speaker 2: be targeting because of you know, he's not told them
Speaker 2: what he's gonna do. I think they're under the impression
Speaker 2: he's coming back, and I hope he comes back. All right,
Speaker 2: So Kentucky's gonna get a visit from Ryland Griffin. I
Speaker 2: meant to mention that earlier, but he's a Kansas transfer
Speaker 2: and I don't I know the name, I don't know
Speaker 2: a whole lot about him. But they're still obviously looking
Speaker 2: to fill some some roles. And you know, when you
Speaker 2: have Otega away coming back, and you brought in Jalen Lowe,
Speaker 2: and you do bring back some other players too, you
Speaker 2: know at the guard spot. If they were to get
Speaker 2: if they get in the mix and they get Haggardy,
Speaker 2: then clearly they they would I mean that would be
Speaker 2: huge for them. But I feel like if you, like
Speaker 2: this is something you see from time to time, if
Speaker 2: in fact they got Haggarty to commit, like, would it
Speaker 2: be a shocker if Jalen low then decided to not
Speaker 2: come to Kentucky, and who would blame him? And Kentucky
Speaker 2: would be like nobody totally get it, Like we we
Speaker 2: really liked you, but like then something, you know, things changed.
Speaker 2: So anyways, Ryland Griffin is a six' six guard and
Speaker 2: he's played At kansas for three seasons and he averaged
Speaker 2: six points a game last, year so you, know solid,
Speaker 2: PLAYER i. Suppose but, again if you've got oh way
Speaker 2: back Low Jasper, JOHNSON i, mean Maybe Ryland griffin is
Speaker 2: the kind of guy that like is, realistic because you,
Speaker 2: know he can't be thinking he's somebody that's, gonna you,
Speaker 2: know run a team because obviously you know he couldn't
Speaker 2: do that At. Kansas why would you think you could
Speaker 2: do that At. Kentucky that's what's, interesting. Man, well these
Speaker 2: guys take on whatever role for the. Money some of
Speaker 2: them probably, will AND i don't blame, them because it's
Speaker 2: so much more of a just a job now that
Speaker 2: it is anything. Else All, right we're out of. Time you,
Speaker 2: guys have yourselves a good, weekend a Good easter. Weekend
Speaker 2: we're back at it On monday and look looking forward to.
Speaker 2: It have a good, weekend. Everybody see. Soon