WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.600 Hell, everybody to the facilities of the iHeartMedia Megaplexus is 2 00:00:03.640 --> 00:00:06.440 Dick Gabriel. This is the state wide edition of the 3 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:08.800 Big Blue Insiety. You've heard comments from Mark Pope and 4 00:00:08.839 --> 00:00:12.519 Cameron Mills and Nick ben Jon. Stay tuned and you'll 5 00:00:12.519 --> 00:00:14.919 hear comments now from Aaron Gershan and the cast paws 6 00:00:15.080 --> 00:00:18.640 on Billy Rutleds. Stick around for the state wide BBI 7 00:00:19.160 --> 00:00:22.199 from Pikeville to Padica. It is the state wide Big 8 00:00:22.239 --> 00:00:28.120 Blue Insider Tournament Week. March Man already here. Conference tournaments 9 00:00:28.120 --> 00:00:31.039 are already happening. But of course as SEC tournament play 10 00:00:31.079 --> 00:00:35.280 this week, as we all know, and the ever present 11 00:00:35.439 --> 00:00:39.320 argument about the value of said tournaments, and that happens 12 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:43.359 It's gonna happen every day. I guess you know. We 13 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:47.000 were talking off air about do the tournaments actually make money? 14 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:51.000 I mean, that's why they were born. The road map 15 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:54.439 was the ACC tournament way back in the day, I 16 00:00:54.479 --> 00:00:58.200 mean more than fifty years ago. But what it did 17 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:02.640 was made money. And when ESPN came around and started 18 00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:07.799 soaking up all these tournaments, what happened was coaches would 19 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:10.359 see them as hey, we can get on ESPN. It 20 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:14.040 actually started when ESPN began to broadcast games at eleven 21 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:16.200 o'clock at night, at midnight. I actually did some of 22 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:19.640 those games for the OVC, but coaches said, we'll do 23 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:24.439 anything to get on ESPN because it helps recruiting. Yep. 24 00:01:24.640 --> 00:01:29.319 So now the conference tournaments come around and Aaron and 25 00:01:29.319 --> 00:01:31.599 I were just talking about empty seats and you were 26 00:01:31.599 --> 00:01:32.599 telling me about Evansville. 27 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:36.280 Oh OVC. Yeah, that was a brutal crowd. Yeah, it's 28 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:37.799 a pretty big arena there. I lived there for a 29 00:01:37.879 --> 00:01:41.840 year and they maybe got a thousand people in there. 30 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:44.359 What good is that? Now, that's what we get well, 31 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:47.599 and the only good is you're on ESPN. 32 00:01:47.599 --> 00:01:50.400 And you know in their slot. They were the first 33 00:01:50.519 --> 00:01:53.480 championship game of any tournament on Saturday, and that's usually 34 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:56.040 how I believe the OVC, that's usually how they work. 35 00:01:56.079 --> 00:01:58.439 I remember a couple of years back boxing them in 36 00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:00.439 a hotel room, kind of the same situation, end of 37 00:02:00.519 --> 00:02:04.000 season road game for Kentucky. So yeah, no, that that 38 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:06.239 part of it. They definitely got exposure because they were 39 00:02:06.239 --> 00:02:09.560 on I think it was ESPN two eight o'clock tip. Yeah, 40 00:02:10.360 --> 00:02:12.400 standalone game. As far as championship. 41 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:15.439 The sad thing is these kids are playing their butts 42 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:19.919 off one kid. Obviously the Nancy Tournament, there ain't nobody there. 43 00:02:20.639 --> 00:02:22.719 Before we start breaking down the tournament, let me put 44 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:24.800 it to both of you and Billy, how would you 45 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:27.000 feel if the SEC Tournament went away? 46 00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:32.439 I wouldn't love it. I think it's fun. I think 47 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:36.560 it's again, the importance of it can be debated, but look, 48 00:02:36.599 --> 00:02:39.039 the Kentucky fans care so much about it, and they 49 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:40.840 sell that place out. And you know, we were just 50 00:02:40.840 --> 00:02:44.120 talking off air, which fan base should show up. Tennessee 51 00:02:44.240 --> 00:02:46.639 fans show up, show up and show out. Auburn fans 52 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:50.800 lately have been incredible there. Bama, even Arkansas always travels 53 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:53.039 for it. So I think it's still a big event. 54 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:56.960 I think it definitely has lost some luster, and some coaches, 55 00:02:57.439 --> 00:03:01.199 John cal Perry kind of kind of vocalize it more 56 00:03:01.240 --> 00:03:04.000 so than others. But there's also coaches like Mark Pope 57 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:07.319 and nat and Natos to his credit, always talks about 58 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:09.960 how important is to win the conference tournament. Yeah, I think. 59 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:12.479 There's some definite value to it. I mean, as a 60 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:17.120 Western guy in a one bid conference, it's it's do 61 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:19.680 or die every year, even if you did win the 62 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:23.520 regular season titles. So I understand, you know, the tension 63 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:26.000 and the drama and that's two different. But it means 64 00:03:26.039 --> 00:03:28.120 hold on. Yeah, what it means to college basketball. 65 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:29.560 I want to gain, I want to come back to 66 00:03:29.680 --> 00:03:30.080 go ahead. 67 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:31.960 But you know, Texas A and M also went on 68 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:33.719 a run. Was it last year or two years? 69 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:35.759 The twenty two team they were left. 70 00:03:35.560 --> 00:03:37.960 Out and they were left out, Greg Zankees like, we've 71 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:40.439 got to expand the NCAA tournament. Bad idea, Greg, But 72 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:43.280 there was something to the magic of that run by 73 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:44.800 Texas A and M. If they could have won that 74 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:47.520 last game, they would be an automatic qualifier. And I 75 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:52.039 think a from a like a five thousand feet perspective 76 00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:54.960 to give teams the opportunity to win their way into 77 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:56.919 the tournament. You know, I'm not going to say no 78 00:03:56.960 --> 00:03:57.759 to more basketball. 79 00:03:57.759 --> 00:04:01.439 All right, put your Western Kentucky back back on. All right, 80 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:06.599 Let's say Western Kentucky goes fourteen and two but stumbles 81 00:04:06.639 --> 00:04:10.360 in the conference tournament and is left out. When's the 82 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:13.840 regular season bid? That's where I'm going right Whin's because yeah, 83 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:16.120 I'm glad you brought up Western Kentucky and that's that's 84 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:18.000 in a league that should get more than one bid. 85 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:20.759 But we all know why it doesn't. So that's what 86 00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:23.720 bugs me the most. You're right, those everybody loves the 87 00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:26.759 Cinderella and everybody loves the video somebody thrown in a 88 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:30.680 shot rushing the floor, blah blah blah. But Western Kentucky 89 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:32.959 has worked its butt off to go foot and this 90 00:04:33.079 --> 00:04:36.399 is all you know, conjecture fourteen and two or fifteen 91 00:04:36.439 --> 00:04:39.959 and one or some incredible regular season but is left 92 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:43.000 out because a one bad game in a postseason tournament. 93 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:46.800 Well, forget conjecture. Rick Stansbury was there for seven eight years, 94 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:49.839 never made the NCAA tournament, made the championship game maybe 95 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:52.240 three or four times, right, and just could never did 96 00:04:52.319 --> 00:04:55.199 he win the regular season I think maybe once? And 97 00:04:55.279 --> 00:04:57.040 during that time, I mean there were times where they 98 00:04:57.040 --> 00:04:59.319 were the clear favorite in the league and then they stumbled, 99 00:04:59.639 --> 00:05:03.480 like there's the situation and that sucks because it had 100 00:05:03.560 --> 00:05:05.560 really devalues the regular season, thank you. 101 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:09.759 That's that's that's what I dislike outside of it. Yeah, 102 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:12.439 but part of that too is there are too many 103 00:05:12.519 --> 00:05:16.439 mediocre teams from big conferences that get in. Yes, and 104 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:18.879 some think that if you're sub five hundred in your league, 105 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:20.720 you shouldn't get in I mean, there's all kinds of 106 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:24.959 debate about it, but no, it's a it's a great entertainment, 107 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:28.199 it's great spectacle, it's great theater. There's no question about that. 108 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:33.720 Now let's get to Aaron's tweet, shall we, Uh, starting 109 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:38.079 with Cali Peri who and again? And I completely with you, Aaron, 110 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:41.639 And I'm sure Billy you agree that. And I've said 111 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:45.199 this several times. Uh this year, for whatever reason has 112 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:51.199 come up Calipery. The disconnect with the Kentucky fans began 113 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:58.360 with NBA Draft Night. Five players chosen biggest, most important, most. 114 00:05:57.480 --> 00:06:03.000 Important, biggest in UK bas. 115 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:07.879 That was a terrible thing now clearly clearly directed at recruits. Yes, okay, 116 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:11.839 but you talk about misreading the room. We don't care 117 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:16.399 about SEC championships, we don't care regular season or tournament. 118 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:20.480 It's it's all about getting a seed. Well, hello, one 119 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:23.560 leads to another. But to say that to this fan 120 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:27.319 base that, like you said, shows up for the tournament 121 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:33.399 and takes enormous pride in numbers of wins. Now, cal 122 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:35.920 Perry was big on that. He was incredibly paranoid about 123 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:40.800 losing the lead over Kansas, but which he did. But 124 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:46.879 to dismiss the value and importance of SEC titles to 125 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:50.199 this fan base who treasures those numbers and. 126 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:56.680 The money they you know, expensive Nashville is can't buy 127 00:06:56.720 --> 00:06:58.040 a drink for even more. 128 00:06:57.959 --> 00:06:59.720 Even more than the than the folks who go and 129 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:02.240 spend money. It's just the people. No, I mean, it's 130 00:07:02.279 --> 00:07:04.439 about pride in your program and bragging rights and all 131 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:05.000 that you can. 132 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:07.240 Now he's doing it at Arkansas. You can think it 133 00:07:07.319 --> 00:07:09.759 all you want, just don't say it. That's kind of 134 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:11.800 what I was trying to get out in my tweet, like, yeah, 135 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:14.040 I don't may I read it? Go for it all right? 136 00:07:14.519 --> 00:07:18.560 This is Aaron gh a Gershon ninety nine responding to 137 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:22.079 if you're not following what you should my take on 138 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:25.519 this for what it's worth or is your kids type FWIW? 139 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:28.920 Number one, Aaron breaks his points down. Have you not 140 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:29.560 read this show? 141 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:30.560 I better look it up. 142 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:33.399 Man, you're read you're a busy guy. 143 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:34.160 I broke it down. 144 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:36.720 Okay, I agree that if you're a lock in the 145 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:39.839 SEC tournament doesn't matter much. If you're a lock the 146 00:07:40.040 --> 00:07:43.600 SEC tournament doesn't matter much. Two and Aaron's yelling here 147 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:47.439 and all thats no paying and traveling fan wants to 148 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:51.000 hear this, and then in lowercase, it's disrespectful to them. 149 00:07:51.040 --> 00:07:55.240 Right on the money. Number three, Kentucky hasn't won an 150 00:07:55.360 --> 00:07:59.360 SEC Tournament game in Nashville since twenty nineteen. It's been 151 00:07:59.399 --> 00:08:02.759 a while, and rhetoric from Cal has been more outspoken 152 00:08:02.800 --> 00:08:05.800 on this issue each year. So no, it's not helping 153 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:08.439 his teams. Again, right on the money. 154 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:11.160 Yeah, Cal's argument. And for the video for the fans, 155 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:12.560 I haven't seen that video for I think it was 156 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:16.319 Arkansas's radio postgame show. Was you said, point blank, I 157 00:08:16.319 --> 00:08:19.160 don't care about the SEC tournament And he also said 158 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:22.800 my team's have done so well because I don't care 159 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:25.959 about it. That is absolutely and I'm so like someone 160 00:08:26.040 --> 00:08:28.079 in my comments was like, you said it in twenty twelve, 161 00:08:28.160 --> 00:08:31.120 Well one maybe did. I wasn't here in all honesty 162 00:08:31.160 --> 00:08:33.559 and said, what the same thing in twenty twelve, Oh 163 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:36.559 I don't care? Yeah, so, but I don't think that's 164 00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:38.039 the reason they're playing well. And by the way, the 165 00:08:38.120 --> 00:08:42.639 last and since then, social media has been it's crazier 166 00:08:42.679 --> 00:08:45.080 than ever now, so fans are putting more pressure on 167 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:47.279 these kids. And you saw it last year at the 168 00:08:47.360 --> 00:08:49.720 SEC Tournament. I saw it in warm ups, Reed Shepherd, 169 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:53.960 Rob Dillingham. Those freshmen looked terrified before that TEXTA, A 170 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:55.639 and M game. They did not want to screw up. 171 00:08:55.679 --> 00:08:58.440 They wanted to win so badly for the fans because 172 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:00.960 of probably what they see on social media and their 173 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:04.120 coach combining that with that that doesn't matter. It is 174 00:09:04.159 --> 00:09:06.919 probably just screwing them in the head. So I just 175 00:09:06.960 --> 00:09:10.759 disagree completely. That's why you won the SEC tournaments because 176 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:13.279 one your team's were really darn game and to the 177 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:16.840 SEC was really darn bad at the time. So it 178 00:09:16.919 --> 00:09:17.399 just cribs me. 179 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:21.120 Again, I'm not and I will say it is to 180 00:09:21.159 --> 00:09:23.519 your point. Those teams that were really good win it. 181 00:09:23.559 --> 00:09:26.320 They played their butts off, Yes, of course. 182 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:29.039 So I'm not like, I'm not, mister SEC tournament. If 183 00:09:29.039 --> 00:09:31.840 they if they go one and done, can't they shouldn't 184 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:33.679 even go to March bad And that's not it. No, 185 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:37.720 it doesn't ruin March badness. But it's got to be 186 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:40.879 somewhere Like to me, it would be acceptable for Kentucky 187 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:42.279 this year to win one or two games and get 188 00:09:42.279 --> 00:09:44.159 home and get healthy and feel pretty good about it. 189 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:47.879 And Mark Pope I guarantee when they lose if it's 190 00:09:47.960 --> 00:09:50.639 the first game, second game, third game, championship game, he'll 191 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:52.080 be pissed off and devastated. 192 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:55.080 Yeah right, I mean, I've heard calsay for years that 193 00:09:55.240 --> 00:09:59.440 nothing matters but March. Yet the SEC tournament lands in March, 194 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:03.879 so you know, I you know, I don't think cal 195 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:07.360 is lying when he says nothing else matters but March, 196 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:09.320 because I can see where he's coming from. If you 197 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:12.879 I mean, you're remembered for your legacy because of titles, 198 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:15.679 but a big part of your legacy is what you 199 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:18.480 do in the SEC and the conference tournament. And I 200 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:21.679 think it would do a lot for his supporters if 201 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:24.519 the first words out of his mouth wasn't I don't 202 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:27.480 care about the now? Like kind of to Aaron's point, 203 00:10:27.519 --> 00:10:30.559 you can think that just don't flat out say those words. 204 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:34.919 Does it improve your seating? Probably not a lot of 205 00:10:34.919 --> 00:10:37.440 times because the game championship games on Sunday. That doesn't 206 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:41.039 help either. But you know what, it does matter that 207 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:45.600 simply saying it doesn't is is not answering the question correctly. 208 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:47.519 Does it help your seating a lot of times? 209 00:10:47.559 --> 00:10:47.639 No? 210 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:49.639 But does it matter? Do I want to see what 211 00:10:49.679 --> 00:10:51.879 happened now? Like I hate to wish this on his 212 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:54.200 kids at ARC. They've had a great month. But I 213 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:56.399 hope they lose to South Carolina. Who would be that'd 214 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:59.360 be a quad to loss. Well, he's never beat Lamont 215 00:10:59.399 --> 00:11:03.480 Paris that that's true. Yeah, And that their seed gets 216 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:06.320 hurt and they have to play in Dayton. Let's see 217 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:09.039 how he feels about that. Then then will he care 218 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:11.559 about the SEC tournament if they lose to South Carolina, 219 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:14.639 the last place team in the SEC, and end up 220 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:17.320 in Dayton instead of a ten or nine seed. 221 00:11:17.399 --> 00:11:22.840 Well, and that takes me to Billy's point about seating. Look, ordinarily, look, 222 00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:25.720 and we all know this that the tournament is pretty 223 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:30.519 much set by Friday. Yes, Okay, Now, Kentucky going into 224 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:35.240 the SEC tournament more often than not, Kentucky's fate is 225 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:39.639 already sealed. With regard to the NCAA. I just don't think. 226 00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:43.080 I'm sure maybe it did somewhere. Yeah, it's just but 227 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:46.559 a loss for Kentucky and the SEC tournament very likely 228 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:49.480 did not affect their bracketing, their seating, where they go 229 00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:52.240 when they play, you know, but it does for other teams, 230 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:55.799 There's no question. But and I got so fed up 231 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:59.399 with him whining about how the championship game went in 232 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:02.720 doesn't mean we know this. We know this because the 233 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:05.519 tournament's set on front. Unless you're a mid, middle of 234 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:07.639 the pack team that jumps up like A and M 235 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:10.559 did and makes it run. No, but it's like you're 236 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:11.480 either in or you're out. 237 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:12.120 Right. 238 00:12:12.279 --> 00:12:14.039 Most teams are already in. It's just a matter of 239 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:17.240 where are you. And for Kentucky it rarely is mattered. 240 00:12:17.279 --> 00:12:19.720 I'm sure. I think because of the regular season. 241 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:23.240 Right so Kentucky loses a Quad one game, because even 242 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:25.639 if they loseed Oklahoma or Georgia, it's Quad one. I'm 243 00:12:25.639 --> 00:12:27.960 pretty sure. Yeah, they'll still be at three or four 244 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:28.240 like this. 245 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:30.960 As I said, and you know, you talk about making 246 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:35.080 the same mistakes. I mean, and again Billy him saying 247 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:36.960 that now to Arkansas fans. 248 00:12:39.000 --> 00:12:41.440 So far on Twitter, they're they're defending it. 249 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:43.480 Well, if you hear pro Pope tonight, he said something 250 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:45.720 to the effect of, we're preparing for like three different 251 00:12:45.720 --> 00:12:46.519 teams right now. 252 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:49.279 It's like all the different scouting that's going on. I believe. 253 00:12:49.399 --> 00:12:52.039 I remember Cal saying that they were not practicing or 254 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:55.000 scouting anybody, because why would they They don't know who 255 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:55.600 they're playing. 256 00:12:55.639 --> 00:12:55.759 Now. 257 00:12:55.879 --> 00:12:59.960 What's nice about the SEC tournament too, and the NCAA 258 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:02.639 is you know, as media, we get the best access 259 00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:05.480 of all season. And right in front of you or 260 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:07.879 next to you, wherever your seat may be, are the 261 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:10.559 assistant coaches out there scouting. That's correct. And I can 262 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:13.919 tell you from covering four or five whatever SEC tournaments 263 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:17.440 under Cal his assistants are out there the shortest amount 264 00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:20.480 of time, no kidding, no question, but no. And the 265 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:24.919 NCAA's different. They're they're probably a half. Most coaches, i'd say, 266 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:27.840 are there for a half to you know, ten minutes 267 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:30.000 into the second half. Rarely did they stay the full game. 268 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:34.519 I'd say last year Chin Coleman brewis of Flint, and 269 00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:36.120 I forget who the third coach out there was out 270 00:13:36.159 --> 00:13:39.960 there for maybe six minutes wow, and they ended up losing. 271 00:13:40.360 --> 00:13:43.279 The scouting didn't met. So it's he just doesn't care 272 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:46.440 about this, and that's fine. Again, that is fine. Just 273 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:48.840 don't go tell that to your fan base who's probably 274 00:13:48.840 --> 00:13:52.759 already spent money on hotels whatever, not flights I guess 275 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:56.399 from Kentucky, but Arkansas in their case flights like God 276 00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:58.519 only knows how much money it costs these people. 277 00:13:58.519 --> 00:14:03.720 I've got to think that maybe the vocal people on 278 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:06.320 Twitter x whatever you want to call it, the squeaky wheels. 279 00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:09.519 They may be defending their coach or whatever, but start 280 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:10.919 losing early in a turn. 281 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:14.279 Again goal lose to South Carolina. Yeah, and we just said, 282 00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:17.000 we just said the tournament gets decided on Friday. That 283 00:14:17.039 --> 00:14:19.759 game's on Wednesday, So that gives the committee about thirty 284 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:20.919 six hours to screw you. 285 00:14:21.080 --> 00:14:23.720 Arkansas is one of those teams it needs this turn ye. 286 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:26.399 Right, they need to at least beat South Carolina. If 287 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:28.879 they go lose a Quad one game to I think 288 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:30.600 they would play I forget who the eight seed is 289 00:14:32.519 --> 00:14:35.159 Ole Miss if they go lose to Ole Miss on Thursday, 290 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:37.399 But if they lose to South Carolina, it's gonna drop 291 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:37.840 them a seat. 292 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:38.320 It will. 293 00:14:38.399 --> 00:14:40.399 Well, look, coaches are human. They don't have to spend 294 00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:43.080 one hundred percent of their time preparing for the next game. 295 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:45.600 But like, after a loss, you saying that you're gonna 296 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:47.799 go watch a little house on the prairie during March 297 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:51.120 my dogs, Like that's just not what the fan base 298 00:14:51.200 --> 00:14:51.679 needed to hear. 299 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:53.519 And then they lost to Saint Peter's. By the way, 300 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:54.799 let's not forget how that ended. 301 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:59.240 And he also forgets or forgot, well, he's already doing 302 00:14:59.320 --> 00:15:02.120 it at Arkansas all that. I think he thinks he's 303 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:05.559 sticking it to the media by not speaking or you know, 304 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:07.960 speaking to the media out there in Arkansas, but didn't 305 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:09.679 talk to us pregame for how many years? 306 00:15:10.399 --> 00:15:12.559 The last two? Yeah, and he has, he's done one 307 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:14.679 this year and it was the game before Kentucky because 308 00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:16.000 it was about himself. 309 00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:18.000 Right, and then you know, ducked out by the way, 310 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:20.919 you know, you're thumbing your nose at your fans. Yes, 311 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:24.240 you know, we get paid either way, and he writes 312 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:25.799 a story and I go back and report, and you 313 00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:29.320 go back and talk on your show either way. But 314 00:15:29.559 --> 00:15:32.759 fans want to hear from you, the ones who are 315 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:35.639 footing the bill. And by the way, your contract calls 316 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:40.039 for more money from TV and radio appearances than your 317 00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:41.240 salary from your school. 318 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:42.840 That's lost the time. 319 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:45.759 You know, I feel like, yeah, I agree, but well, yeah, 320 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:48.240 because of the way the contracts are constructed. But the 321 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:52.080 bottom line is, you know, that's your conduit to your fans, 322 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:54.159 and so to blow. 323 00:15:53.919 --> 00:15:55.840 Them off, that's the problem. 324 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:58.200 Yeah, that is. And so you're blowing them off in 325 00:15:58.240 --> 00:15:59.000 more ways than one. 326 00:15:59.120 --> 00:16:02.000 I love what Mark Pope says about the SC tournament. 327 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:04.639 I guarantee you somewhere deep down he's like, let's just 328 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:05.440 get through it healthy. 329 00:16:05.679 --> 00:16:07.759 Oh yeah, it was the first game, sure, but he's. 330 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:10.240 Never gonna come out and tell us in that public No, exactly. 331 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:12.480 All right, we'll take everybody come back and actually look 332 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:15.440 at the tournament games and talk a little football in 333 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:18.320 our second half hour. Because Mark Stoops has chatted with 334 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:20.600 us again. More to come on to say why BBI 335 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:24.159 Border to border it is to say why BBI, Dick Gabriel, 336 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:29.240 Billy Rutledge, Aaron Gershawn, Kentucky and Georgia coming up nine 337 00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:31.919 thirty on Thursday on most of these same stage I 338 00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:35.039 would take all of these same stations clock man, Yeah, 339 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:38.720 probably these boys. Well, I'll be watching as well. 340 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:39.279 Man. 341 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:41.440 We'll be working late, Aaron. Of course, we'll have to 342 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:42.440 work after at least. 343 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:44.399 It's Central time down there, so we do have an 344 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:45.000 It is. 345 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:47.879 Going to be a but your body clock's going to. 346 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:50.279 Know, but I'll take it as a I can sleep 347 00:16:50.320 --> 00:16:52.000 in a little later in the morning because they won't 348 00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:53.120 play againuntil Friday night. 349 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:54.960 Yeah, Billy, is this the time of year you just 350 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:56.799 bring in a cot and sleep in here. 351 00:16:57.320 --> 00:17:00.840 Well, theoretically I'll be done with postgame about three thirty. 352 00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:02.399 If we start at ten. 353 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:04.839 And it's am, Ladies and gentlemen. 354 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:07.279 That's Eastern two and with a nine am radio show, 355 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:10.720 you I think I might spend my first night overnight 356 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:11.400 in a studio. 357 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:14.759 Wow, what do we got? Sleeping bag? Blow up? 358 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:16.960 The problem is the couches over there are just not 359 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:20.880 comfortable enough. I'm gonna have to bring a sleeping bag. 360 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:23.319 I mean I got comfy enough pillows, but the ground 361 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:23.640 is not. 362 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:26.720 How about no, no, no, I you know I actually 363 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:29.960 an air mattress that once at the TV station and 364 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:33.799 I cannot remember why, but I remember. 365 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:36.720 Was it an overnight or Yeah. 366 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:38.920 Anyway, that's a long store. It's not worth it. But 367 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:41.039 I do remember sleeping on the couch and a lobby 368 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:43.640 kyt once I had to. 369 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:45.880 I just can't get like three hours of sleep, you 370 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:48.839 know that almost wor for my system. Yeah, you get 371 00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:51.000 in a deep sleep cycle and then you just have 372 00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:51.640 to be waking. 373 00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:53.519 Right now. I will tell you this. I did forty 374 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:56.279 eight straight hours and it was this time of year 375 00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:59.880 I worked the SEC Tournament for SEC Radio, and then 376 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:04.079 on Sunday, after our championship game broadcast was done, I 377 00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:07.400 would finish up working for KYT with interviews and satellite 378 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:09.680 feeds and all that stuff. And I catch a flight 379 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:14.359 come home and I still had my suitcase in my 380 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:18.920 hand when my phone rang and our news director, who 381 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:22.920 was not a good person, he calls me, and I 382 00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:26.039 think he had realized that he was in a meeting 383 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:28.039 where they had decided We're going to do an NCAA 384 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:32.079 tournament special that week and never told me. So I 385 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:34.759 walk in before I set my bag down, What are 386 00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:38.839 your plans for the nca special? I said, what's special? Oh, 387 00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:41.200 the one that air is Tuesday, Like, I don't know 388 00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:44.279 about that, and you know, he's acting like, oh yeah, yeah, 389 00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:46.599 you know, you know. I dropped my bag in the kitchen, 390 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:50.359 turned around and went to the TV station and stayed 391 00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:52.279 there for forty eight straight hours. 392 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:52.960 Wow. 393 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:57.799 And I got about a one hour nap in Rob 394 00:18:57.839 --> 00:18:59.920 Bromley's chair up in the office because Rob had a 395 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:04.680 bigger chair. Somehow that this bigger chair sort of made 396 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:06.720 its way to the sports office, and I don't remember 397 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:08.920 why I was at Rob's desk but I put my 398 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:12.400 feet up and it was about five in the morning, 399 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:14.000 and I maybe slept maybe for an hour and a half. 400 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:16.680 Somebody came in and woke me up, but yeah, got 401 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:20.039