WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.920 --> 00:00:03.040 Welcome to the Big Blue in Sider. Dick Gabriel with 2 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:06.360 you on a Friday, A frigid Friday. It's supposedly warmed 3 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:09.039 up a little bit yesterday, but that's that's a relative term, 4 00:00:09.119 --> 00:00:11.480 isn't it. We're still it's kind of chilly down here 5 00:00:11.480 --> 00:00:12.919 in the garage. I can tell you that got the 6 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:16.600 space theater going. I'm bundled up, but you know, this 7 00:00:16.719 --> 00:00:19.000 is the best acoustics in the house here in the garage, 8 00:00:19.039 --> 00:00:22.000 So we're gonna we're gonna stick it out. Coming up tonight, 9 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:25.280 we're gonna talk, of course, Kentucky basketball, the Wildcats taking 10 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:28.719 on Vanderbilt tomorrow at two thirty down in Nashville. You'll 11 00:00:28.719 --> 00:00:31.800 hear that game right here on six thirty WLAP. We're 12 00:00:31.839 --> 00:00:34.119 gonna talk about the UK women last night. Oh, just 13 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:36.920 a bad shooting night at Texas A and M. They 14 00:00:37.039 --> 00:00:40.240 hung on, they hung on, but just couldn't hold off 15 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:43.600 the Aggies, who did make just enough shots to hand 16 00:00:43.719 --> 00:00:47.640 Kentucky its first conference loss and only his second loss 17 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:49.520 of the season. So we'll hear from Kenny Brook's coming 18 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:52.719 up in just a few minutes. Maggie Davis of BBN 19 00:00:52.759 --> 00:00:54.920 tonight will join us, and we'll talk with her about 20 00:00:55.119 --> 00:00:58.679 Kentucky basketball and other things. And in our second hour, 21 00:00:58.759 --> 00:01:02.640 James McCoy a, the UK baseball team will be alongside. 22 00:01:02.679 --> 00:01:04.640 We'll talk about what it was like going to the 23 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:07.319 World Series, looking ahead with a brand new it seems 24 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:10.040 like at least half of the roster this year, but 25 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:12.519 a lot of talent back from last year. And James, 26 00:01:12.560 --> 00:01:16.000 of course a veteran outfielder and a pitcher, so we'll 27 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:18.000 talk to him about playing two roles. A lot of 28 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:21.079 that goes on in college baseball. We're also going to 29 00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:26.760 shamelessly plug the documentary The Team that will air on Sunday. 30 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:29.280 I had Cameron on the other night and worked on 31 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:32.920 Tom Leach's show This Morning Talk with Tom a little bit. 32 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:35.760 Cameron was on with Tom yesterday, but that, of course 33 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:38.719 is the show that we produced man eight years ago. 34 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:42.280 I think it was when the team got together for 35 00:01:42.319 --> 00:01:45.920 a reunion down in Miami. Cameron got permission for us 36 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:50.319 to go down with a Cameron camera crew, Jason Epperson 37 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:53.840 and his guys, and we gathered a lot of great stuff, 38 00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:57.359 set up a suite, set up our cameras and lights 39 00:01:57.799 --> 00:02:01.040 in a suite. We had rented and interviewed almost every player. 40 00:02:01.239 --> 00:02:03.079 A couple guys didn't make it to the room, but 41 00:02:03.120 --> 00:02:06.239 we eventually got up with him and put together a 42 00:02:06.359 --> 00:02:10.840 one hour documentary that airs once again on WKYT Channel 43 00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:14.479 twenty seven on Sunday at five o'clock in and around 44 00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:17.039 the NFL games. And if you're going to just stay 45 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:20.120 on football, just record it. But I guarantee you, if 46 00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:23.039 you haven't seen it, you will enjoy it. If for 47 00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:25.840 no other reason, Mark Pope. He was such a great 48 00:02:25.879 --> 00:02:29.960 part as you might expect of that documentary and was 49 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:32.639 I'm telling you because I did the editing. He was 50 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:34.800 the toughest guy to add it because he said so 51 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:38.000 much good stuff. He's a really good storyteller, as you've 52 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:42.520 learned by now, and was just really, really entertaining. But 53 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:45.639 they were all great, and at one point we kept 54 00:02:45.639 --> 00:02:49.520 trying to round everybody up and we could not get 55 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:55.319 individually Walter McCarty, Derek Anderson, Ron Mercer, and so finally 56 00:02:55.520 --> 00:02:58.599 Cameron was like, guys, this is the last chance we 57 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:00.599 have to talk to you guys. The way that the 58 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:03.719 schedule worked out that weekend, so all three of them 59 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:06.719 came in and sat together and it turned out to 60 00:03:06.759 --> 00:03:10.000 be great. We had multiple cameras because they fed off 61 00:03:10.039 --> 00:03:13.240 each other and they reminded each other of different stories, 62 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:16.680 and so Mercer, Anderson and McCarty did their interviews together 63 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:20.080 and that was entertaining as well. So we'll have some 64 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:22.879 clips from that coming up and our number two. But 65 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:24.919 I urge you to watch it if you haven't seen it, 66 00:03:25.159 --> 00:03:27.520 and if you can't, you can get it on vimeo. 67 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:31.479 Go to Cameron Mills's Twitter page and he's got information 68 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:35.800 there on how to get the link. I think he's 69 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:38.919 only charging like four ninety five or something like that 70 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:41.479 for it, but you're gonna want that, and obviously you 71 00:03:41.479 --> 00:03:45.039 can keep it forever. But the team comes up Sunday 72 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:49.120 at five on WKYT. Pope and his Wildcats down in 73 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:53.159 Nashville tomorrow and Mark talked to the media as he 74 00:03:53.199 --> 00:03:57.280 always does on Thursday, and of course he has talked 75 00:03:57.280 --> 00:04:02.599 in the past about working on fouling, on what are 76 00:04:02.639 --> 00:04:04.680 we doing? How can we not do it? When does 77 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:09.000 it pop up? Is it more prevalent in this situation 78 00:04:09.199 --> 00:04:12.560 as compared to that situation. You know, they break everything down, 79 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:16.399 But as he said yesterday, that's only one element of 80 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:18.600 the Kentucky game that they've had a chance to work 81 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:20.759 on this week because there was no midweek game. 82 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:24.319 Two point field goal percentage is a real problem for US. 83 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:28.120 Rim Shot percentage are a real problem for US. Rim 84 00:04:28.120 --> 00:04:30.560 Shot selection is actually pretty good for us, but it's 85 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:35.839 an offset because because we're fouling right and and so 86 00:04:37.480 --> 00:04:39.360 you know, you have those numbers of base and then 87 00:04:39.399 --> 00:04:41.480 it's figure out how to do it a little bit better. 88 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:45.439 And so certainly our guys focus will be good and 89 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:48.879 it'll be up. You know, this is not you wave 90 00:04:48.959 --> 00:04:51.839 a magic wand and all of a sudden fix some 91 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:54.160 of this. But we're gonna make progress. We'll make progress 92 00:04:54.160 --> 00:04:54.879 throughout the season. 93 00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:57.639 So yeah, pull all that together and you're gonna have 94 00:04:57.639 --> 00:04:59.839 a pretty good looking team. You already have one. But 95 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:02.399 that's a lot to work on. But we'll see. We'll 96 00:05:02.399 --> 00:05:05.040 get a chance to see tomorrow just how well the 97 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:07.519 Wildcats have improved. And again you'll hear it right here 98 00:05:07.720 --> 00:05:11.720 network beginning at one o'clock local covers beginning at noon 99 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:16.519 here on six thirty WLAP two Kentucky Wildcats named starters 100 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:21.079 for the NBA All Star Game. Shay Gildis, Alexander Carl 101 00:05:21.160 --> 00:05:26.199 Anthony Towns announced last night as starters for the upcoming game, 102 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:30.240 the All Star Game February sixteenth at the Chase Center, 103 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:33.319 the home of the Golden State Warriors. And what a 104 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:38.360 season gildess Alexander is having his third All Star selection overall, 105 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:42.600 second consecutive starting nod. He is one of the great 106 00:05:42.639 --> 00:05:47.120 players now in the NBA, averaging thirty two points a game, 107 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:51.399 leads the league, and also six assists, five and a 108 00:05:51.439 --> 00:05:57.040 half rebounds, two steals per game. Just incredible. He played 109 00:05:57.040 --> 00:05:59.560 here the one season in twenty seventeen eighteen, and you 110 00:05:59.639 --> 00:06:03.279 might call he wasn't even a starter when the year began, 111 00:06:03.399 --> 00:06:07.000 but Caliperi worked him into the starting lineup and it 112 00:06:07.079 --> 00:06:10.959 was magic from that point on. Unfortunately, that was the 113 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:15.279 season that ended up in the South Regional semifinals with 114 00:06:15.439 --> 00:06:18.000 that lost to Kansas State when the Wildcats lost sixty 115 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:21.279 one to fifty eight and hit only twelve of twenty 116 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:25.639 three free throws. Now Shay went eleven to twelve, not 117 00:06:25.720 --> 00:06:29.839 to be pointing fingers, but PJ. Washington missed twelve out 118 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:33.519 of twenty. Otherwise, the Wildcats had an open path that 119 00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:36.360 seemed to the final four. You might remember that but 120 00:06:36.839 --> 00:06:40.560 Gilgius Alexander is having a great career and Karl Anthony 121 00:06:40.600 --> 00:06:44.279 Towns having a huge season in New York. Is first 122 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:47.120 with the Knicks after being traded after ten years or 123 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:50.800 nine years in Minnesota. Twenty five points a game, a 124 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:54.480 career high fourteen rebounds, and three and a half assists 125 00:06:54.560 --> 00:06:57.600 per game. He's hitting a career best fifty four point 126 00:06:57.720 --> 00:07:02.879 five percent from the field. From the arc, Karl Anthony 127 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:06.240 Towns is hitting forty three percent. That's a career high. 128 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:09.560 So he's making New York Knicks fans very very happy. 129 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:13.920 No word yet on the reserves for the All Star Game. 130 00:07:13.959 --> 00:07:15.680 I got to think at least a couple of former 131 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:19.399 Cats we'll hear their names called as well, including Tyler Hero. 132 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:22.439 That word, as we said, came down last night. So 133 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:26.759 did the word that Kayla Wilson will be a North 134 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:30.000 Carolina tar Heel. We kind of knew that going in, 135 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:34.639 but he made the announcement on Inside or rather the 136 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:40.720 NBA on TNT with Charles Barkley, Saquille O'Neill, Ernie Johnson, 137 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:45.120 and former tarhel himself, Kenny the Jet Smith. 138 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:49.079 What's going into your decision and how'd you even get there. 139 00:07:50.120 --> 00:07:52.720 I just looked at who the coach was, you know, 140 00:07:53.040 --> 00:07:54.759 I was able to put a good relationship with him, 141 00:07:54.759 --> 00:07:57.120 you know, looking at the roster and also just seeing 142 00:07:57.160 --> 00:07:59.160 how much the coach believed in me over the time 143 00:07:59.199 --> 00:07:59.600 he knew me. 144 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:02.360 So what I looked at. You got how many people here? 145 00:08:02.399 --> 00:08:04.959 About thirty people here and it's in here. 146 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:06.079 Yeah, thirty people. 147 00:08:06.360 --> 00:08:08.040 Man, excited times are you? 148 00:08:08.120 --> 00:08:10.399 Are you ready? I'm ready, I'm ready. I'm excited. 149 00:08:10.399 --> 00:08:12.120 So wait waiting to see man. I'm hoping. 150 00:08:12.160 --> 00:08:14.639 Oh, I got two figures crossed, but I'm. 151 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:15.079 Gonna let it go. 152 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:17.480 I'm hoping that you go awhere, I think you're going, 153 00:08:17.519 --> 00:08:18.399 but we're gonna let it go. 154 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:20.360 It's all you, but floors all yours. 155 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:22.560 I just I want to thank God. I want to 156 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:24.759 thank my family for sure, all the people that supported me, 157 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:28.639 my coaches, Coach key Ky, coach Swaying, coach Pack, everybody 158 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:31.040 that's really supporting me and helped me make this decision 159 00:08:31.319 --> 00:08:34.000 and get to love on met today and I'll be 160 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:35.279 taking my chant to Chapel Hill. 161 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:44.600 Man, you can't just say it. 162 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:48.000 You gotta guarantee it got you. Gotta hit the button, Chuck, 163 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:50.159 you got a guy, how you. 164 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:52.080 Have to say that my man Caleb is going to 165 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:56.279 you n see and that is ga run. 166 00:09:02.399 --> 00:09:05.120 And if you haven't seen that show, when Charles Bark, 167 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:06.759 they guarantees something. 168 00:09:06.879 --> 00:09:09.080 He smacks a button that they put up to prop 169 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:11.080 that they put up on the desk and then the 170 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:14.919 confetti falls and all kinds of special effects. And last 171 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:17.360 night it was you know, the tar heel blue confetti, 172 00:09:17.399 --> 00:09:20.000 blue and white and then the North Carolina mascot runs 173 00:09:20.039 --> 00:09:21.559 out and hugs everybody. 174 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:23.919 So yeah, that's a big deal. But again not a 175 00:09:23.960 --> 00:09:27.720 surprise that this kid goes to North Carolina. But you know, 176 00:09:27.799 --> 00:09:30.639 Mark Pope still has a pretty good recruiting class going 177 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:33.200 and there are other guys out there. I can tell 178 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:36.159 you this. If you've been following along, you know North 179 00:09:36.200 --> 00:09:38.759 Carolina needs help right now. This is not a team 180 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:41.519 that will be a factor in the postseason at all, 181 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:46.360 lest they turn things around dramatically. One other note before 182 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:48.159 we get to the break, and we'll talk about this 183 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:51.120 more in our number two, but Liam Cohen will be 184 00:09:51.159 --> 00:09:54.200 the new head coach in Jacksonville, and this comes after 185 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:58.799 he turned down a huge offer from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 186 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:01.879 Billy Rutledge's team he would have been the highest paid 187 00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:05.279 offensive coordinator in the NFL. Is a three year deal, 188 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:07.799 which is almost unheard of as I understand it for 189 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:12.279 OC's in the National Football League. But he had turned 190 00:10:12.320 --> 00:10:15.720 down an opportunity to talk for a second time with Jacksonville. 191 00:10:15.919 --> 00:10:19.519 But then Jacksonville turned around and fired its general manager. 192 00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:22.480 Went back to Liam Cohen. I said, would you talk 193 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:25.080 to us again? And he said yes, And then the 194 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:28.320 next thing you know, he's the head coach of the 195 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:30.960 Jags and he'll be coaching I assume if he stays there, 196 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:35.279 among other people Josh Allen, the former Kentucky Wildcat, and 197 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:41.360 Luke Fortner, who is now a backup old lineman for Jacksonville. 198 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:44.200 So we'll tell it was a weird timeline. We'll tell 199 00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:46.960 you more about that in our number two. Up next 200 00:10:47.320 --> 00:10:50.399 women's basketball, we'll talk about that on six thirty. Welcome 201 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:52.440 back to the Big Moonsider. Coming up in a few minutes, 202 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:56.320 Maggie Davis of BBN. Tonight, we'll talk Kentucky basketball, and 203 00:10:56.360 --> 00:10:59.720 in our number two we will once again talk more 204 00:10:59.759 --> 00:11:02.559 about out the Team, the documentary that we put together 205 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:05.320 a few years ago about Mark Pope and his teammates 206 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:09.080 who won the ninety six National Championship. We're also going 207 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:11.759 to hear from James McCoy of the UK baseball team, 208 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:15.240 an outfielder who was actually pressed into service as a 209 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:17.799 pitcher last year and he's going to pitch some this 210 00:11:17.919 --> 00:11:19.919 year as well, part of the team who went to 211 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:23.120 the World Series. So we'll get started with baseball covers 212 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:25.600 with James coming up in our number two. As we 213 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:29.320 mentioned earlier, the UK women you probably know this, last night, 214 00:11:29.759 --> 00:11:32.679 lost down to Texas A and M. And that is 215 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:35.759 not a great Texas A and M team, but Kentucky 216 00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:40.639 just could not hit a shot. Wildcasts lost at sixty 217 00:11:40.679 --> 00:11:43.840 one fifty five. They had a double digit lead on 218 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:46.600 more than one occasion, but they couldn't extend it. They 219 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:49.840 couldn't go on those extended runs and really put away 220 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:53.320 A and M. Because the Aggie said just enough shots 221 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:57.559 to keep fighting back, and Kentucky just could not buy one. 222 00:11:58.159 --> 00:12:00.919 I think they missed their first twelve three pointers or whatever, 223 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:04.559 but they went one from eighteen from beyond the arc 224 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:08.000 and Georgia amore just a nightmare of a game, zero 225 00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:11.720 for eight from three point land, five of eighteen from 226 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:14.600 the floor and played thirty eight and a half minutes, 227 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:16.919 and you got to tip your cap to A and M. 228 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:20.279 They were relentless. They face guarded her all night. They 229 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:23.000 put I think they switched people off on a couple 230 00:12:23.080 --> 00:12:27.159 of occasions and just made sure she could never get comfortable. 231 00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:29.559 She's gonna have to get used to that in the SEC. 232 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:33.440 But yeah, she couldn't hit. Nobody could really. Clara Strack 233 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:36.480 two for twelve had great looks two for twelve. Really. 234 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:40.200 The only person who had a nice game statistically was 235 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:43.919 Tony Key, which probably isn't a surprise. She went eight 236 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:48.600 for sixteen and pulled in nine rebounds, hit one three pointer, 237 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:50.960 the only one of the game for the wildcast, so 238 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:53.799 she finished with twenty and Yet and once again, if 239 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:57.519 you believe in plus minus, you know, sometimes they do, 240 00:12:57.639 --> 00:13:01.279 sometimes they don't. Hers was minus ten. She leads the 241 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:03.519 team in scoring and rebounding, but she also leads the 242 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:08.279 team in negative plus minus numbers. One person had positive 243 00:13:08.600 --> 00:13:12.120 plus minus. It was Clara Silva, who played sixteen minutes, 244 00:13:12.159 --> 00:13:15.039 and I'm not belittling her at all, but she had 245 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:19.320 four points and four rebounds. But plus minus is basically 246 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:22.639 about how does the team fare while you're on the floor. 247 00:13:23.440 --> 00:13:26.519 And I think when Clara was in is when Kentucky 248 00:13:26.559 --> 00:13:29.039 made a couple of mini runs. But otherwise it was 249 00:13:29.120 --> 00:13:32.519 just a nightmare of an evening. And A and M 250 00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:35.960 hit thirty three percent in the first half, forty percent 251 00:13:36.159 --> 00:13:38.480 in the second half. So it's not like Kentucky was 252 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:42.840 playing bad defense. But something else that hurt Kentucky was 253 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:46.720 twelve offensive rebounds. Now A and M only got six, 254 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:50.080 but the Cats weren't getting much done in the department 255 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:54.799 of putbacks. So it was just a bad, bad night. 256 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:58.559 And you know, it's the first conference loss for the 257 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:01.759 Wildcats five and one, sixteen to two overall. But as 258 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:04.320 Kenny Brooks said after the game, that's life in the 259 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:05.519 Southeastern Conference. 260 00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:06.360 This league's tough. 261 00:14:06.440 --> 00:14:07.879 You know, you can't hang your head. You know, we got, 262 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:09.399 we got. We're fortunate. 263 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:11.879 This was our fourth game on the road out of 264 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:14.639 five and so we're gonna be happy to be back 265 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:16.960 home and get an opportunity to play in front of 266 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:20.080 our home fans. And but this Leak's tough, and this 267 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:22.039 is a tough place to play, and they play really. 268 00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:25.799 Hard, yeah, he said, A and M. Well, they played hard. 269 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:29.919 The Wildcats didn't up and down the line up and 270 00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:33.080 down the roster, he said, didn't exactly give it their 271 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:34.759 best effort. He said he felt like some of the 272 00:14:34.799 --> 00:14:40.679 players were not exactly giving it there all. So it's 273 00:14:40.679 --> 00:14:44.639 something that cannot happen, especially when your shots aren't going down, 274 00:14:44.679 --> 00:14:46.480 because that just compounds the problem. 275 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:49.039 Yeah, we had, we had some good looks early, you 276 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:50.799 know that I thought we didn't capitalize on. I think 277 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:53.960 it really changed our attitude. I thought they you know, 278 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:56.200 as you mentioned, you know, one way of staying it 279 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:59.480 is pressing. I thought we were aiming some shots and 280 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:01.320 you give them credit, you know, they did contest some 281 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:03.480 murber shots, but we had some that could have fallen. 282 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:06.000 And then that's a big part of our offense is 283 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:07.559 to step up and knock down those shots. 284 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:08.440 And we didn't. 285 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:10.840 And I thought we still gave ourselves a chance to win. 286 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:13.840 We played well in other areas other than shooting the basketball. 287 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:15.720 We wanted to win the rebounding battle. 288 00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:18.600 We did and we just didn't do some of the 289 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:22.000 little things to overcome the bad shooting. 290 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:23.279 But that's something we got to learn. 291 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:26.480 Just like Mark Pope's ball club, you know, the book 292 00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:29.720 on this UK women's team is run them off. The 293 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:33.039 three point line, and why not they average making nine 294 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:36.879 per game. They've got really good shooters. But Texas A 295 00:15:36.919 --> 00:15:40.919 and M fully sold out to taking away good three 296 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:44.360 point looks for the Wildcats. They tried Kentucky moved to basketball, 297 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:46.399 but A and M did a great job. So what's 298 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:50.120 left for you? Well, shots inside generally, that's where Clara 299 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:53.600 Strack just cleans up. And I'm not placing a lot 300 00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:55.600 of blame on her whatever. She worked hard and she 301 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:59.600 got good shots. They just weren't falling, and a lot 302 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:01.799 of people, you know, they're cutting to the basket and 303 00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:04.799 things like that. But it just didn't work last night. 304 00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:07.919 It was just one of those games in the Southeastern Conference. 305 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:11.240 So now the Wildcats get to come home back to 306 00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:14.399 back games. They play host to Arkansas Sunday at noon 307 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:19.759 on January twenty sixth, and then on Thursday they play 308 00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:22.120 host to Alabama. We'll have that one for you as 309 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:24.879 well with Darren Heddrick. That's a seven o'clock game. So 310 00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:30.639 Sunday noon, Arkansas Thursday at seven pm they take on 311 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:33.480 the Alabama Crimson Tide. As the Cats now four and 312 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:36.679 two in road games. They other loss at North Carolina, 313 00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:42.919 first road loss in Conference play for Kenny Brooks. It 314 00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:47.279 was UK's first loss as a ranked opponent against an 315 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:51.240 unranked opponent on the road since twenty twenty one, when 316 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:54.279 the Wildcats lost at Ole Miss, back when they were 317 00:16:54.320 --> 00:16:57.080 ranked number fifteen in the country, And of course, at 318 00:16:57.080 --> 00:17:00.879 broke Kentucky's nine game winning streak overall and a five 319 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:04.119 game streak in the SEC. The Wildcats had started off 320 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:06.680 the league at five and zero. And this is tough 321 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:09.279 because Kentucky, as I said, I blew a couple of 322 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:13.799 double digit leads, had a halftime lead of about five points. 323 00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:17.200 But Kentucky's got a score because when the Wildcats are 324 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:21.880 held to less than sixty, they're zwe and two. So 325 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:24.240 it's not that they have to outscore their opponent. I mean, 326 00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:27.880 technically they do, but of course this team is much 327 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:30.920 better off when it's throwing in threes, getting up and 328 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:36.160 down the floor, and getting offense out of transition. All right, 329 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:38.880 Coming up next, Maggie Davis of BBN Tonight here on 330 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:42.119 six point thirty WLAP welcome back to the Big Moon. 331 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:45.720 Sider joining us now. Someone who knows UK basketball inside 332 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:48.759 announced she is the co host producer. I was called 333 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:50.920 him the chief cook and bottle washer for BB and 334 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:55.000 Tonight Yankee Farmer pop up on your TV set every night, 335 00:17:55.440 --> 00:18:00.200 Miss Maggie Davis and Maggie first of all, congratulates this 336 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:02.279 Kentucky sportscaster the year. 337 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:05.319 Thank you so much, Thank you so much. 338 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:07.480 It has been like just the coolest thing in the 339 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:11.880 world to be recognized in that way one, but more importantly. 340 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:14.640 To hear from people like you and people in our industry. 341 00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:17.119 Who have won the award in the past, who are 342 00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:19.160 part of it and who are people that I look 343 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:21.440 up to and admire and try to emulate in my 344 00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:23.759 own work. So to get to hear some of that 345 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:26.319 from the people that I idolized in that way has 346 00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:28.680 been really cool, and I really appreciate all the kind 347 00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:30.599 things you've had to say over the past couple of 348 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:33.160 weeks since the news came out. I'm really excited, but 349 00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:34.440 mostly just honored. 350 00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:37.359 Yeah, well, you know, it's nice and hard work pays off, 351 00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:42.920 but the work itself, I know, is reward and if 352 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:45.759 nothing else, one of the bonuses, one of the real 353 00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:49.240 pluses from our job, as you know, is it can 354 00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:52.640 be fun. And how much fun have you all had 355 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:56.720 you and your crew covering this basketball team, because obviously, 356 00:18:57.359 --> 00:18:59.599 you know, we kind of hoped we would have something 357 00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:03.400 fun to cover this year. We didn't know, and man, 358 00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:04.880 it's been a lot of fun, hasn't it. 359 00:19:05.680 --> 00:19:07.839 Well, it has been, and I think back. I talked 360 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:11.160 to a journalism one oh one class earlier this week 361 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:14.640 at UK my alma mater. Jen Smith is the professor there. 362 00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:17.480 Worked for The Herald Leader as a writer for years 363 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:20.160 and years. I adore her work. She's a great professor now. 364 00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:22.720 So I love going back every semester and talking with 365 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:24.839 some of her classes. And I have somebody ask me 366 00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:28.680 about a student maybe along the lines of what my 367 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:32.200 best interview moment was, or something that was really cool 368 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:34.400 that I've done recently, or something like that. You know, like, 369 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:36.400 you know how it is. You're getting into journalism one 370 00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:38.640 oh one and just kind of getting a taste, and 371 00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:40.880 you and I have been doing it, you know, this 372 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:43.440 all season long, and you kind of get used to 373 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:46.640 Mark Pope and the players and the fans of this season. 374 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:48.680 And obviously you can buy in and kind of get 375 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:50.759 stuck in a little bit, but it's different when you 376 00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:53.079 take yourself out of it and look at it like 377 00:19:53.119 --> 00:19:56.359 an outsider who is a student at UK just getting 378 00:19:56.359 --> 00:20:00.799 into journalism and can't imagine getting access that we're able 379 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:02.559 to get in our job. That is very fun, like 380 00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:05.079 you said, So I had to kind of think about it, 381 00:20:05.119 --> 00:20:06.279 and I was like, you know, at the end of 382 00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:09.599 the day, when you realize that the Kentucky men's basketball 383 00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:13.440 program is hiring a men's basketball coach and it's something 384 00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:16.759 that they've really only done eight times in the modern 385 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:20.640 era of college basketball, it's crazy and it's groundbreaking and 386 00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:23.359 it's historic and it is the big story in the 387 00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:25.720 sport and we get to be at the center of it. 388 00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:28.200 And like you said, sometimes you kind of go into 389 00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:31.759 that season and just that as the overarching story might 390 00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:34.880 have been enough. You have the new coach, the new staff, 391 00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:36.920 the new roster, a new culture. 392 00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:37.519 A new environment. 393 00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:41.480 Everything over there is completely different with the program, and 394 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:44.480 so there is a big picture story to it that 395 00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:47.440 has been fun in and of itself. Then you throw 396 00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:49.279 in the fact that we've seen this team play a 397 00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:52.839 style that I think Kentucky fans have been hungry for 398 00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:53.720 for quite some time. 399 00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:54.559 You see them. 400 00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:58.440 Scoring a lot, shooting a lot, fast paced offense. Guys 401 00:20:58.440 --> 00:21:01.200