WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:04.320 Oh, oh, guess what day it is? Guess what day 2 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:09.640 it is? Huh anybody, It's hump Day. 3 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:11.880 Day? 4 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:14.519 What a game? 5 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:16.160 O Tega? 6 00:00:16.199 --> 00:00:19.320 Oh way, bonus shot in the air, got it? 7 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:20.679 What a game? 8 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:26.160 Seventy seven, seventy two Kentucky passed them in court. 9 00:00:26.239 --> 00:00:28.800 Canipples long one is no good. 10 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:31.960 The old guys rule, you can't lay it up. 11 00:00:32.679 --> 00:00:36.000 Tunny seventy seven, Duke seventy two. 12 00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:40.000 How about that, Goose Gibbons. 13 00:00:40.039 --> 00:00:42.320 Not a bad way to start a hump day. Welcome 14 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:44.039 to the Big bloom and Sider. Dick Gabriel with you 15 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:47.840 on a Wednesday, And this day actually began in the 16 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:51.159 wee hours because by the time the UK Radio network 17 00:00:51.159 --> 00:00:53.560 got off the air, it was already Wednesday. But I 18 00:00:53.719 --> 00:00:55.759 was happy to stay up. I know some of you did, 19 00:00:56.200 --> 00:00:58.479 some of you couldn't, So we're gonna help you out. 20 00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:01.039 We're gonna play some of the highlights from the radio 21 00:01:01.119 --> 00:01:02.759 CA I know a lot of you were watching TV. 22 00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:05.439 I always urge you to use both years radio for 23 00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:08.840 one TV for another. But boy, Tom and Jack had 24 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:12.239 such a great time, and I always try to remind 25 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:15.760 myself that Jack Gibbings finished his career with a win 26 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:20.079 over the Duke Blue Devils, but last night it was 27 00:01:20.519 --> 00:01:25.200 an era marker from Mark Pope. No pun intended, but 28 00:01:25.280 --> 00:01:28.280 I'll take it, so will he. This is a game 29 00:01:28.319 --> 00:01:32.200 that Kentucky fans will remember for a long long time. 30 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:35.519 Sold the Wildcats, but then they're gonna have to put 31 00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:37.719 in the back of their mind as they start to 32 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:40.599 work on their next one, which comes up on Tuesday. 33 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:43.120 But let's go back to last night, to a game 34 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:45.879 that saw the Wildcats struggle in the first half to 35 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:50.000 stop Duke to score. But in the second half, Kentucky, 36 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:55.359 using defense and rebounding and better offensive execution, kept chopping 37 00:01:55.400 --> 00:02:10.000 away at it and the Cats down seventy sixty nine. 38 00:02:10.159 --> 00:02:13.199 Look to Andrew Carr, who got a driving layup in 39 00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:14.800 the paint and won. 40 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:16.960 In your car at top of the circuit, who goes 41 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:18.759 over to his left that comes back to his right, 42 00:02:18.919 --> 00:02:23.039 goes down deep pump, fake goes up hands cart. 43 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:25.960 All the veteran car school. 44 00:02:26.159 --> 00:02:29.639 The Duke rookie is traditional three point play makes it 45 00:02:29.759 --> 00:02:33.800 seventy two to seventy. Duke ties it up at seventy 46 00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:37.199 two after kerk Crease have missed on a long shot. 47 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:40.479 The Blue Devils go to Cooper Flag naturally, but otega 48 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:42.159 Oway had other ideas. 49 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:45.599 Flag drives down the left side, spins back to his 50 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:47.439 right hand. It's knocked the way it stolen by ah 51 00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:50.919 Way oh wait drive, So the bucket gets knocked down 52 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:53.919 and found with ten seconds to play. 53 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:56.919 He simply stepped in and took the ball away, hit 54 00:02:56.960 --> 00:03:00.560 a couple of free throws, and then it was Duke's 55 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:04.439 turn to try to come back and tie the game up. 56 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:08.520 But Flag made another mistake in the corner with Amari 57 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:09.599 Williams all over him. 58 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:12.240 They get it up to Flag at mid court. Flags 59 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:15.439 takes it down the left side, almost falls down in 60 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:18.520 the corners. 61 00:03:18.639 --> 00:03:19.159 A brown. 62 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:22.639 Five seconds to play. Now they're gonna look at it Tom. 63 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:25.639 They did look at it Jack gibbings, but he was 64 00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:30.560 out of bound. So now it's Kentucky's ball. Lamont Butler fouled, 65 00:03:30.639 --> 00:03:33.759 goes to the line, hits one, makes it a three 66 00:03:33.800 --> 00:03:36.159 point game. Now he's got a chance to put it 67 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:39.400 out at of reach. But if he misses, Duke can 68 00:03:39.439 --> 00:03:43.000 grab the ball, go down with you know, five seconds left, 69 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:46.439 and break Kentucky's heart with a three pointer and tie 70 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:49.120 the thing and send it into overtime, but once again 71 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:51.319 o Way stepped up. 72 00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:54.680 Shots all the way, got it ted center bod nothing 73 00:03:54.800 --> 00:03:56.960 but the bottom Eddy. 74 00:03:56.879 --> 00:03:57.479 Make it four. 75 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:01.960 Bonus shot bounces off o Good, rebounded by al Way 76 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:05.080 always got it, gribbles out beyond the arc and he 77 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:15.280 gets found with point funds. Oh Way got the office. 78 00:04:11.719 --> 00:04:16.680 And thrown oh boy, oh oh oh Way. 79 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:20.079 What the last few seconds he had for the Wildcats. 80 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:23.279 What a game for Kentucky, and what a game for 81 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:25.680 the Big Moe nation here in the Mark Pope era. 82 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:28.759 And this is what Pope had to say to ESPN 83 00:04:28.879 --> 00:04:30.480 coming off the floor right after the game. 84 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:34.199 I'm really proud of our guys. You know, it's our 85 00:04:34.240 --> 00:04:37.160 first half was pretty shaky. We had a lot of 86 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:40.120 things that felt a little weird tonight. But they're just 87 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:42.439 fighting spirit just continue to come through. And I know 88 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:45.639 that sounds so cliche, but in these games, when you 89 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:47.879 have two great teams going against each other, it comes 90 00:04:47.920 --> 00:04:50.480 down to the connective tissue of the team, and it 91 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:53.120 comes down to like all the little extra stuff, and 92 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:55.680 our guys just kept bounding. I was most proud of 93 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:59.680 their resilience with their emotion. Their emotion was recredibly resilient, 94 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:03.920 everybody on the roster contributed, and so Otega makes a 95 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:06.839 huge play. In fact, we talked about it walking on floors, 96 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:08.839 like it's time for you to make a big time 97 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:11.120 defensive play, and he delivered like he normally does. 98 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:13.519 Well, it all starts with you, coach big time and 99 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:16.920 you just beat number six Duke in your third ever 100 00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:18.879 game coach in Kentucky. 101 00:05:19.079 --> 00:05:20.120 How do you feel right now? 102 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:22.040 Well, here's the thing is that. 103 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:26.920 I've learned in the last few years that this is 104 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:30.519 actually not about me at all. If it's about me, 105 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:33.399 it's too much and it's too big. It's about these boys. 106 00:05:33.480 --> 00:05:37.759 It's about BBN. It's about these guys coming and competing, 107 00:05:38.040 --> 00:05:41.240 these guys dreaming of being wearing a Kentucky jersey one day, 108 00:05:41.399 --> 00:05:44.240 never thinking they would, and actually being here now and 109 00:05:44.279 --> 00:05:45.639 doing it and being in this game. 110 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:47.279 That's what makes this special. 111 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:49.879 I just get to observe and watch and that's pretty great. 112 00:05:51.639 --> 00:05:53.879 Yeah, he does a heck of a lot more than 113 00:05:53.959 --> 00:05:57.240 observe and watch. He did a great job preparing this team, 114 00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:02.720 scouting Duke, knowing Super Flag's tendencies. How that helped his 115 00:06:02.959 --> 00:06:06.480 players make those defensive plays down the stretch, and it 116 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:08.319 wasn't just him. He'll be the first to tell you. 117 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:12.399 It was his staff, his assistants who helped prepare. They're 118 00:06:12.439 --> 00:06:15.199 the ones who break down the video and then put 119 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:19.079 it all together and help the Wildcats pull off this upset. 120 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:23.000 And it was Indeed, Duke was a favorite. And we 121 00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:27.480 know that Duke right now has the greatest freshman class 122 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:31.000 in the country. But Kentucky has the most experienced team 123 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:35.240 in the country, and two of the most experienced players 124 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:38.639 will take away. And Andrew Carr talked to the media 125 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:42.360 after the game and talked about, you know, what it 126 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:44.600 was like to represent Kentucky in a game like this 127 00:06:44.720 --> 00:06:48.680 and what it took to come back against the Blue Devils. First, 128 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:50.800 it'll take a oway and then Andrew. 129 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:52.759 Carr were in Kentucky in your chest. You just have 130 00:06:52.839 --> 00:06:54.959 to carry yourself a certain way, and you know that 131 00:06:55.000 --> 00:06:56.879 you're not just playing for yourself, You're playing for a 132 00:06:56.879 --> 00:07:00.279 whole nation. You're playing for your brothers. So that makes 133 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:02.360 a dream to play for Kentucky. And the fact that 134 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:04.480 I'm here, and in fact that A C's here, I 135 00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:07.720 know it just makes everyone to play harder. So I 136 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:10.160 would say that just wearing a Kentucky Jersey definitely makes 137 00:07:10.199 --> 00:07:11.439 you want to go out there and play. 138 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:14.160 Yeah, And I would agree with Otega, And I'd also 139 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:16.920 just talk about just the team that we have in 140 00:07:16.959 --> 00:07:21.560 general too, is just so talented, and something that we 141 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:24.079 always talk about as a team is just you know, 142 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:26.839 our run or whatever it is. You know, we're looking 143 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:29.720 for that that Djenga block to fall. You know, We're 144 00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:32.120 just gonna keep coming at you guys. We're gonna keep 145 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:34.279 coming at you guys throughout the game over and over 146 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:37.240 and over again until you know we go on that 147 00:07:37.360 --> 00:07:40.519 run or come come back and you know, are able 148 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:41.680 to make impact on the game. 149 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:46.639 Practically everybody who played last night for the Wildcats had 150 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:50.160 an impact on the game. One guy who just could 151 00:07:50.199 --> 00:07:54.680 not get started with Jackson Robinson zero for four git 152 00:07:54.759 --> 00:07:57.160 a free throw, did have a couple of block shots. 153 00:07:57.800 --> 00:08:01.000 Now when he was on the floor started played twenty 154 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:03.639 six and a half minutes. Duke had to be aware 155 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:06.079 of him. Duke had to shave defense toward him and 156 00:08:06.160 --> 00:08:10.000 expend energy guarding him. But not a lot happened for 157 00:08:10.120 --> 00:08:13.000 Jackson Robinson. But you know what, it didn't matter. I 158 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:16.439 mean you know that by now with Kentucky going ten 159 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:20.160 deep last night. One freshman got in and it was 160 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:23.279 Colin Chandler. He only played a couple of minutes, almost 161 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:28.040 had two passes knocked away or or picked off. He 162 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:32.000 just really seemed like he was nervous, kind of out 163 00:08:32.039 --> 00:08:36.000 of place. But I wondered if the veterans on this 164 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:39.440 team would get off to a good start or maybe 165 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:42.279 get blown away a little bit by the moment. Well, 166 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:43.960 the answer was the former. They got off to a 167 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:46.879 good start, as you saw, hit a bunch of three pointers, 168 00:08:47.039 --> 00:08:50.320 couldn't get much done in the paint because of Duke's 169 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:55.039 size and defense, but ultimately the Wildcats figured it out 170 00:08:56.320 --> 00:09:00.679 and outscored Duke forty to twenty six in the second half, 171 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:04.840 even though Kentucky only hit forty three point eight percent 172 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:09.399 in the second half, but the Wildcats held Duke to 173 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:13.279 twenty nine point four percent, maybe more importantly, one of 174 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:17.360 eleven from beyond the arc, and Duke missed four out 175 00:09:17.399 --> 00:09:20.440 of nine free throws in the second half. So Duke 176 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:25.240 did not execute in the second period and Kentucky did 177 00:09:25.559 --> 00:09:31.200 not perfect, not pretty, but way good enough to handle Duke. 178 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:35.120 And this I believe will be and you know, this 179 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:38.720 the kind of game we see all year, or maybe 180 00:09:38.759 --> 00:09:42.480 Kentucky doesn't shoot entirely well from the outside, or rather 181 00:09:42.559 --> 00:09:47.639 from the floor. Kentucky hitches forty percent, but hit forty 182 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:51.519 percent from three point range, which is great. Overall, not 183 00:09:51.679 --> 00:09:55.000 so much, but if you back it up with ten 184 00:09:55.039 --> 00:09:57.440 out of twenty five from beyond the arc, you're gonna 185 00:09:57.480 --> 00:10:00.840 win a lot of games. Out rebound, but only by 186 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:03.759 four forty five forty one. Cats got to the line 187 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:07.519 more often in the second half, and it's seventeen out 188 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:11.799 of twenty four overall Duke overall twelve of seventeen turnovers. 189 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:15.799 That was a weird stat Only one turn by the 190 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:20.120 Dukes in the first half, and that had a lot 191 00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:24.240 to do with why the Devils had the lead. Kentucky 192 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:28.279 only had I think six second half Wildcats committed only 193 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:33.440 four more, finished with ten. So that tells me that Kentucky, 194 00:10:34.240 --> 00:10:36.159 given the fact that the Cats got to the free 195 00:10:36.159 --> 00:10:40.159 throw line and forced turnovers from Duke, I thought, was 196 00:10:40.200 --> 00:10:43.039 in better shape. You know, Duke players started cramping, so 197 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:47.279 of course so did Butler, but it was Kentucky executing 198 00:10:47.320 --> 00:10:52.720 down the stretch. And by the way, seventeen assists on 199 00:10:52.799 --> 00:10:57.960 twenty five made baskets. I think that's a stat that 200 00:10:58.039 --> 00:11:00.919 you can look at all year long and it will 201 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:04.679 tell you a lot. Coming up tonight at the bottom 202 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:06.759 of the hour, we're gonna hear from Sean Woods, the 203 00:11:06.840 --> 00:11:11.000 Unforgettable Guard. He predicted this win, Yes he did, and 204 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:14.080 we're gonna find out why. Our number two, Aaron Gershein 205 00:11:14.200 --> 00:11:16.200 of the cast Balls, he was in Atlanta's on his 206 00:11:16.240 --> 00:11:20.039 way back, covered the game. And we're also getting from 207 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:22.399 our west end BA achieved Gary Moore because it's Wednesday, 208 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:24.960 and that's what we do. After the break, we'll hear 209 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:28.120 from the Wildcats. They talked to Jack Gibbons early this morning. 210 00:11:29.080 --> 00:11:31.879 Well here from Andrew Carr and Brandon Garrison. He had 211 00:11:31.919 --> 00:11:36.240 a nice game. That's ahead six thirty wlap. Welcome back 212 00:11:36.279 --> 00:11:38.039 to the Big Bloom Cider. Coming up in just a 213 00:11:38.039 --> 00:11:41.759 few minutes, Sean Woods, the Unforgettable Guard, will join us 214 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:45.639 and tell us why he predicted he did. I've got 215 00:11:45.639 --> 00:11:49.279 the text message to prove it. He predicted Kentucky would 216 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:52.440 beat Duke and had every right to text me, and 217 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:54.919 he did after the game. What did I tell you? 218 00:11:55.039 --> 00:11:57.519 So we'll find out why he did that. In just 219 00:11:57.559 --> 00:11:59.919 a few minutes, we're gonna check in with Aaron Gershan 220 00:12:00.159 --> 00:12:02.519 as well. He was not with us on Monday night 221 00:12:02.519 --> 00:12:04.840 on the State Wide Show because he was already in 222 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:07.559 Atlanta where he covered the game for the Cat's Pause. 223 00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:09.919 On his way back, we will check with him and 224 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:13.480 get his thoughts on just a great ball game and 225 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:17.080 a great atmosphere down there in Atlanta. And this being Wednesday, 226 00:12:17.399 --> 00:12:19.759 we will chat with our West End bureau chief Gary 227 00:12:19.759 --> 00:12:21.840 Moore to look ahead to the weekend and find out 228 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:24.159 what is on his mind and on the mind of 229 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:27.279 Jack Gibvans after that game last night. You heard in 230 00:12:27.320 --> 00:12:30.519 our first segment where Jack just kept saying, what a game, 231 00:12:30.559 --> 00:12:33.480 What a game, And it really was entertaining. And I 232 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:36.799 always remind myself that Jack's last game in the Kentucky 233 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:39.879 uniform was against Duke in the National title game in 234 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:42.559 nineteen seventy eight. And I'm not a Duke hater. I 235 00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:44.519 know a lot of you are because of what happened 236 00:12:44.840 --> 00:12:48.039 in ninety two. But that was a team doing his job, 237 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:50.639 a player doing his job, and a coach doing his 238 00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:54.240 job and Kentucky fall in one play short and as 239 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:58.600 we mentioned last night, Wildcats got revenge, maybe not enough, 240 00:12:58.679 --> 00:13:02.600 but got a good measure revenge in nineteen ninety eight 241 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:06.320 by keeping Duke from the final four, going itself and 242 00:13:06.360 --> 00:13:09.720 winning a national title. That's pretty good payback if you 243 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:13.759 asked me. But the Wildcats last night turned things around 244 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:17.600 in a remarkable way. And one of the key performers 245 00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:20.879 you heard him in seventy number one was Andrew Carr, 246 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:25.159 and he chatted with Jack Gibbings in our post game show. 247 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:28.480 Certainly a team I first, especially you talk about Taylor 248 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:31.279 two has the second half. We I think held them 249 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:34.039 in the twenties defensively, you know, that was our biggest thing. 250 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:38.799 Our offense flows and does the best when we're getting stops. 251 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:40.759 You know we're gonna be able to get out in transition, 252 00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:43.960 and we really feel like ourselves when we're getting stopped. 253 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:49.279 So I thought everybody really stepped up physicality wise in 254 00:13:49.320 --> 00:13:53.080 the second half, really didn't let them do exactly what 255 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:56.000 they wanted to do. And yeah, man, I'm now three 256 00:13:56.080 --> 00:13:58.320 and two against the dude, ye, so come on, that 257 00:13:58.440 --> 00:14:00.039 was the rubber match and a lot. 258 00:13:59.879 --> 00:14:02.399 Of people can't say that they're that's what they are. 259 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:05.120 I can't let you. 260 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:07.440 Off the hook that easy about the second half and 261 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:11.200 the physicality you guys played with because frankly, in the 262 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:14.919 first half, I thought, particularly in the pain, they pushed 263 00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:17.360 you all around a little bit and kind of did 264 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:21.240 what they want wanted. But Maya Williams sets the screen, 265 00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:24.639 knocks the dude down to the floor, and he doesn't 266 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:27.039 get back up, get back in the game, and didn't 267 00:14:27.080 --> 00:14:28.039 get back in the game. 268 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:29.600 And that seems too. 269 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:32.519 It seemed to me that that kind of fueled you 270 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:33.399 guys and got. 271 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:36.000 You going, yeah, no, definitely. You know, I'm already does 272 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:38.720 a great job. You know, that's a legal screen and 273 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:41.080 and that's what we do. We we play with the 274 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:44.200 legality of the game, and you're gonna feel us. So 275 00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:47.039 I think it was really cool to be able to 276 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:49.399 rally around that moment just come together, you know, as 277 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:51.879 we talk about all the time, coming closer together as 278 00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:55.320 a team and really digging into each other, lifting each 279 00:14:55.320 --> 00:14:58.600 other up and being able to fight, you know, turn 280 00:14:58.679 --> 00:15:01.879 our frustration a lot frustration going on that first half, 281 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:04.360 so turn that into some fight in the second half 282 00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:06.320 and and really were able to connect. 283 00:15:06.600 --> 00:15:06.759 Yeah. 284 00:15:06.840 --> 00:15:09.600 One of the things I've picked up on and I 285 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:13.679 really like about this team is how much patting on 286 00:15:13.799 --> 00:15:16.960 the back there he is and encouraging teammates. Man, just 287 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:19.519 stay with and stay with it. I see you guys 288 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:22.480 getting a huddle on. It's like you guys are just 289 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:25.559 encouraging each other. Stay with it, stay with them. That's 290 00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:27.159 got to be a good feeling to be on that 291 00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:27.840 kind of team. 292 00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:28.600 It's amazing. 293 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:28.960 You know. 294 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:33.600 We talk about our banter behaviors, and that's one of them. 295 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:36.600 You know, it's you know, you score, you point at 296 00:15:36.600 --> 00:15:38.679 the assist, man, you get an assists, you're pointing at 297 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:41.440 the guy. You're you're clapping on the bench for your teammates. 298 00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:43.399 You're you know, you're you're bringing energy. 299 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:46.320 Coach Pope talks about the energy of the team is 300 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:49.559 really important for us, and you know we we try 301 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:52.000 and check in on our teammates energies all the time. 302 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:52.200 Man. 303 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:54.639 And if someone's you know, a little bit low, we 304 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:56.720 got to bring them up. And know that when I'm 305 00:15:56.720 --> 00:15:58.480 gonna when I'm gonna be low, someone else is going 306 00:15:58.519 --> 00:16:00.799 to bring me up. So it's really cool to be 307 00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:01.919 a part of the team like that. 308 00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:02.360 That's great. 309 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:03.879 One more thing before I let you go, I know, 310 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:08.559 you need to get a shower. One of the real 311 00:16:08.679 --> 00:16:14.519 concerns about this team was well, two things. What kind 312 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:17.360 of defensive team where you go out gonna be? When 313 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:20.200 you offensively you could do a lot of stuff. But 314 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:24.559 are you surprised that you've got you guys have come 315 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:26.600 together defensively as quick as you have. 316 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:30.200 No. I was actually you know, being able to be 317 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:32.320 in the you know, we're practicing against each other every 318 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:35.840 day and in the summer, I was like, man, we 319 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:37.879 we have a really good chance of being a great 320 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:38.600 defensive team. 321 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:38.919 You know. 322 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:41.080 I think you know. 323 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:43.120 If you look at it, we might not always be 324 00:16:43.480 --> 00:16:47.120 you know, the best individual defenders. But that's a team 325 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:49.200 game for a reason, you know. And and for us 326 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:51.879 to be able to to play team defense for we're 327 00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:55.039 an elite team defensive team. And and you know we're 328 00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:56.720 able to show that in the second half. And and 329 00:16:56.799 --> 00:17:00.600 I think you know, that's gonna be uh their cornerstone. 330 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:00.519 Of our team. 331 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:02.360 You know, even though you talk about the offense and 332 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:05.839 the whole time a lot of drawing to our offense, 333 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:07.960 it's gonna be our defense that's gonna help us win. 334 00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:11.279 That's Andrew Carr with Jack Gibbons last night on the 335 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:14.039 UK Network in the early morning hours. I should say, 336 00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:17.480 and Jack also talked with Brandon Garrison. Jack had a 337 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:21.000 lot of time to fill, so did Andrew as they 338 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:23.920 waited for Tom to finally get a chance to talk 339 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:28.000 to Mark Pope and send the interview back. But yeah, 340 00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:32.200 it was Brandon Garrison coming off the bench seventeen and 341 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:35.079 a half minutes four to five from the field for 342 00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:39.319 eight points, four rebounds, two block shots. He was huge, 343 00:17:39.880 --> 00:17:42.960 and he talked with Jack after the game about just 344 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:45.759 what it took to come back and put this thing together. 345 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:48.920 Oh yeah, like you said, just a huge win everybody. 346 00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:51.559 I'm just scrolling on social media. Everybody down to us. 347 00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:53.599 You know, Coach Totters don't pay attention to it, but 348 00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:55.200 you know it's all over the media came miss it. 349 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:56.359 But I feel like. 350 00:17:57.799 --> 00:17:59.720 My team started off slow, but then we just stuck 351 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:01.440 with it. Coach said, just keep sticking with it, and 352 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:02.839 the outcome was amazing. 353 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:06.640 Yeah, there was a time there when boy getting points 354 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:10.119 was just a struggle for Kentucky. Duke goes up ten 355 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:13.720 points and you're sitting there thinking, man, where's the Basket's 356 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:17.920 gonna basket gonna come from? Kerb makes the three, Oh 357 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:20.200 the way makes the three, and all of a sudden 358 00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:22.799 Kentucky's on a roll and you get back in the game. 359 00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:25.279 I want to talk to a little bit about this 360 00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:28.400 team on defense. A lot of people wondering what kind 361 00:18:28.400 --> 00:18:31.119 of defensive team that's gonna be. Man, you guys can 362 00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:32.240 defend this. 363 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:34.960 Or you know, Coach b I mean Coach ab R 364 00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:37.880 defensive coach just always telling us to get killed. You know, 365 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:41.039 everybody just think we're offensive team, but they doubt us 366 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:43.000 on the defensive end. You know, in practice we're getting 367 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:43.759 after it and all that. 368 00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:46.079 Yeah, talk to me about it. Kill. What is that 369 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:46.920 for folks who. 370 00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:48.880 Don't know exactly what a kill might be? 371 00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:50.880 Or so a kill is just like when you get 372 00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:52.680 three stops in a row that equals one kill. 373 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:54.599 Oh man, yep, so you got a. 374 00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:55.200 Number of those. 375 00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:55.400 Man. 376 00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:59.960 Duke struggled after their offense looked really good, they started 377 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:05.640 struggle and you guys got it. You know, this is 378 00:19:05.680 --> 00:19:10.359 the kind of game. I think everyone who's here came 379 00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:11.400 to Kentucky for. 380 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:15.000 The Dukes, the. 381 00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:19.240 The Alabama's, you know, the arkansass all of those kind 382 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:23.480 of games. Is what you guys wanted talk to me 383 00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:28.000 a little bit about just being here and the bigness 384 00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:31.480 of Kentucky and what it means the big Blue Nation, sir. 385 00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:34.759 Like you said, I couldn't imagine myself here. It's just 386 00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:38.200 amazing to be here. You know. It's a big, big 387 00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:41.200 thing on all our shoulders, all our teammates, and she's 388 00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:42.920 got to play for the laders across my chest. 389 00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:46.119 It's nice to have veterans on the team, guys you 390 00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:49.359 can look up to who have been in every situation. 391 00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:53.279 And one thing I noticed a lot is everybody patting 392 00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:56.039 you on the back since stay with the big fella, 393 00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:59.000 stay with it. That has to be good too. 394 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:02.640 Like you said, I'm a I wouldn't say I'm a rookie, 395 00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:05.119 but now about you're young, young, yes, sir, But it's 396 00:20:05.119 --> 00:20:07.920 a whole bunch of vetters out there, like Amar getting 397 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:09.920 after in practice, telling me all the little things. You know, 398 00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:11.960 if I'm out there playing so he telling me pick 399 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:13.599 it up, start playing so soft, and I think that 400 00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.359 motivates me. 401 00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.000