WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:07.759 It's time for Coffee and Company fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:09.560 Sports Talk seven ninety. 3 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:11.839 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:12.400 when we. 5 00:00:12.359 --> 00:00:15.000 Are get off our show, idiot. 6 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:17.440 The kids are crying, or turn them off. The punctures 7 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:18.239 are screwing it up. 8 00:00:18.359 --> 00:00:22.679 Gold Play inter Murals, Brother, gold Play Intermurals. They're supposed 9 00:00:22.679 --> 00:00:25.839 to be mature adults, but they're really not. Who's the 10 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:29.079 kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you kidding me? 11 00:00:29.839 --> 00:00:30.120 Now? 12 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:33.960 Here's Nick Coffee? 13 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:36.200 All right? 14 00:00:36.240 --> 00:00:37.520 Happy hump day, everybody. 15 00:00:37.520 --> 00:00:41.159 Welcome in to a Wednesday edition of Coffee and Company 16 00:00:41.679 --> 00:00:45.600 here on Sports Talk seven ninety, fueled by Thornton's shout 17 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:46.320 out to Thorntons. 18 00:00:47.479 --> 00:00:48.640 They continue to amaze me. 19 00:00:49.399 --> 00:00:53.799 I it was nice to see a very awesome surprise 20 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:57.159 when I arrived at Thornton's earlier today. But I feel, like, 21 00:00:57.240 --> 00:01:00.840 you know, being like the unofficial mascot of Thornton's, Like 22 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:03.679 I'm a Thornton's guy. It's part of the brand, like 23 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:06.040 it or not Thornton's. That's just how this has played out. 24 00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:09.760 And I really appreciate you. But I almost fainted when 25 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:13.879 I pulled into Thorntons and saw all the marketing material 26 00:01:13.959 --> 00:01:16.000 hanging up at the gas pumps, hanging up all over 27 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:20.319 the doors and the windows outside, because they just decided 28 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:23.319 to flex and let everybody, let everybody know that when 29 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:28.040 it comes to you know, everything but mostly delicious food items, 30 00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:32.040 they're on top. So called competitors can't compete with what 31 00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:35.280 Thornton's just rolled out all at one time. They got 32 00:01:35.319 --> 00:01:39.480 boneless wings now tossed in either sweet red chili sauce 33 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:43.799 or bold barbecue gets you a five piece. How about pizza? 34 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:48.280 They got pizza now two slices for six bucks, some 35 00:01:48.359 --> 00:01:53.400 delicious pizza, really good crust. And then how about this. 36 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:57.480 The sausage, egg and cheese and croissant was already the 37 00:01:57.480 --> 00:02:01.280 best breakfast sandwich out there, no lies. Now they're given 38 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:05.200 us a waffle, sausage, egg and cheese sandwich. So waffle 39 00:02:05.319 --> 00:02:07.840 is the bun, sausage and cheese. I mean it's delicious, 40 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:11.520 So I love waffles. I think Thornton's might have known 41 00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:14.680 that there were some imitators out there, some one of 42 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:16.879 bees that might have been getting some attention, and they 43 00:02:16.919 --> 00:02:18.879 just wanted to remind people they're still on top. So 44 00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:21.599 we are proudly fueled. By Thornton's here Coffee and Company 45 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:25.560 Nick Coffee. That's me Austin Montgomery alongside today. What else 46 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:28.680 can I get into to avoid having to talk about 47 00:02:29.240 --> 00:02:31.680 what happened last night? Anything else I need to plug? 48 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:34.280 Oh yeah, this in all seriousness. We are going to 49 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:36.479 talk about a lot of things, including Kentucky getting a 50 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:39.039 huge win last night against Duke. But I didn't mention 51 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:40.680 this yesterday, so I might as well mention it now. 52 00:02:40.759 --> 00:02:43.120 And this is something that I need to say. But 53 00:02:43.159 --> 00:02:45.199 it also gives me a little bit more time to, 54 00:02:46.319 --> 00:02:49.879 you know, avoid the obvious. Kentucky looked good last night. 55 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:53.599 But the company man, mister John Alden, he's still you know, 56 00:02:53.639 --> 00:02:56.240 he's still with us. I learned long ago when people 57 00:02:56.319 --> 00:02:58.919 like get a different job, leave the company, get a promotion. 58 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:01.159 When I say no longer with us, I used to 59 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:02.719 just mean like they're no longer on the show. And 60 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:05.400 then I realized that I actually killed somebody once, not really, 61 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:07.960 but they assumed that like when I said he's no 62 00:03:08.039 --> 00:03:10.599 longer with us, they just boughdy died. So yeah, I 63 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:12.360 got to be a little more careful with my words. 64 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:15.120 But the company man, he's still with us, and he's 65 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:16.599 still a part of the show, but he's kind of 66 00:03:16.639 --> 00:03:19.159 in like a hybrid role now because we had some 67 00:03:19.240 --> 00:03:22.599 shake up here last week that resulted in John being 68 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:26.039 relied on a little bit more than he had been 69 00:03:26.039 --> 00:03:28.319 relied on previously. In fact, i'll just say it, he 70 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:30.439 got called up to the big leagues. That's what's happening here. 71 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:33.439 He's now on the mothership news radio eight forty whash 72 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:36.039 you hear in the mornings with Tony Cruz, and I 73 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:38.280 don't know how long that's going to be his schedule, 74 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:40.759 but even if it is, he'll still mix in and 75 00:03:40.840 --> 00:03:43.599 be a part of the show. But we now have 76 00:03:43.639 --> 00:03:47.280 Austin Montgomery running the operation there in the control room 77 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:48.280 doing a phenomenal job. 78 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:50.319 So thank you from one company man to another. 79 00:03:50.599 --> 00:03:51.000 That's right. 80 00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:52.960 One company man do another, and I think there'll be 81 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:56.240 there'll be plenty of opportunities for the three of us 82 00:03:56.280 --> 00:03:59.960 to make some magic here as a trio. So he did, 83 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:02.879 you know, he didn't He didn't just disappear, and you know, 84 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:05.240 he didn't die. He's he's with us, and he had 85 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:09.560 a big announcement earlier this week that I was happy 86 00:04:09.560 --> 00:04:11.479 that they put it out there for the whole world 87 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:13.039 to know. I found out a few weeks ago. But 88 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:17.000 John the company man, he's going to be a dad. Wow, 89 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:19.079 and his lovely wife Alicia are going to have a 90 00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:22.879 girl and a company baby. That's right, That's right. So 91 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:25.439 congratulations to him. I kind of feel I kind of 92 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:27.160 feel like he's growing up right before my eyes. 93 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:27.759 Seriously. 94 00:04:28.279 --> 00:04:30.879 You know, John was fresh out of college whenever he 95 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:33.639 first made his way over here as an intern, initially 96 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:36.639 for Howie Lindsay, and then he kind of just stuck around, 97 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:38.560 got a part time gig and then became full time. 98 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:40.959 And obviously he's been a part of what I do 99 00:04:41.040 --> 00:04:44.000 here at Sports Talk seven ninety for the last you know, 100 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:46.560 a couple of years roughly. So very happy for him 101 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:48.279 and his family, and just because you don't hear his 102 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:50.680 voice every day, he's still around and he'll be with us, 103 00:04:51.399 --> 00:04:53.720 you know, here and there. So just wanted to let 104 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:57.439 everybody know, all right, let's let's get to it. I mean, 105 00:04:57.480 --> 00:04:59.959 how about how about that performance last night? Yeah, case 106 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:03.199 Dan Musgrave, she was great at the KFC Center. 107 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:04.759 Oh was she actually last night? 108 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:06.560 Oh yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, she was. 109 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:09.240 Let me tell you something, I didn't know really what 110 00:05:09.279 --> 00:05:12.079 to expect from that, and I'm pretty sure everyone tunes 111 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:14.399 into Sports Talk seven ninety to hear about the country 112 00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:15.920 concerts that go on here locally. 113 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:18.959 But what a show. I don't know if do you 114 00:05:19.040 --> 00:05:19.920 know too much of her? 115 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:23.399 You just kind of know. I know she's really hot, Yeah, 116 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:26.319 very much. I know that confirmed last night being there 117 00:05:26.360 --> 00:05:26.839 in person. 118 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:30.240 And I know she's a successful country music artist. And 119 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:32.160 I know that if you if you did, and I'm 120 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:33.600 not asking you to, I mean you can if you want. 121 00:05:33.639 --> 00:05:35.959 It's you, it's your lane when it comes to what 122 00:05:35.959 --> 00:05:38.600 we what we vibe to on the on the show today, 123 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:40.240 when it comes to tunes, But I know if you 124 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:41.759 played a few of them, I probably know them, but 125 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:43.160 I just can't think of any off the top of 126 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:43.519 my head. 127 00:05:43.720 --> 00:05:45.639 But she's a she's kind of a big deal, right. 128 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:47.399 Yeah, it was a really big deal. I didn't know 129 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:48.560 too much what to expect. 130 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:50.279 I think I only knew like one or two of 131 00:05:50.279 --> 00:05:52.759 her songs from her last album, but this was her 132 00:05:52.839 --> 00:05:55.879 newer album tour. The girlfriend knows a lot more than 133 00:05:55.920 --> 00:05:58.279 I did, but I was I was very pleasantly surprised. 134 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:00.319 I wasn't expected to be let down. I knew she'd 135 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:02.560 be a good performer, but it was really really fun. 136 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:05.519 The um Center is a great place for a concert. 137 00:06:05.639 --> 00:06:08.360 Yeah, and that clearly was the performance I was referring to. 138 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:12.160 But also there was a performance in Atlanta that, oh 139 00:06:12.199 --> 00:06:15.040 it was pretty it was pretty impressive. I mean, look, 140 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:18.240 I said nothing would surprise me, but I was wrong. 141 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:22.120 In Kentucky winning and beating Duke last night, that wasn't 142 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:25.160 what really shocked me. In fact, I said many times yesterday, 143 00:06:25.720 --> 00:06:27.839 I really felt like they had a good shot at 144 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:33.480 winning because the roles were reversed, meaning usually you'll see 145 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:36.879 an older team be able to at this point early 146 00:06:36.920 --> 00:06:40.279 on in the season take advantage of being veterans, being 147 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:42.399 a little bit more ready at that point. Now, it's 148 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:45.079 still impressive. I mean I'm not acting like, you know, 149 00:06:45.199 --> 00:06:47.079 Kentucky won't be a good team this year, but it 150 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:48.720 just kind of felt like, yeah, I could see I 151 00:06:48.720 --> 00:06:53.279 can see Kentucky, you know, holding out and being able 152 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:54.279 to win a close game. 153 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:55.680 And they did that. 154 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:59.040 However, I didn't see them winning the way that they did. 155 00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:03.560 And it's still clearly was was a was an over 156 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:07.079 It was a collective effort from everybody involved. Obviously, Andrew 157 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:10.319 Carr was great, for Kentucky. But you know, I thought 158 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:13.560 that if they were going to win that game, it 159 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:17.199 would be a really high scoring game and it would 160 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:20.120 just be Kentucky kind of outlasting them, like a shootout 161 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:22.360 kind of thing, and they just hold on, maybe they 162 00:07:22.439 --> 00:07:24.600 make more free throws like that would have been the 163 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:28.120 most likely scenario that I would have envisioned had they 164 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:29.839 you know, if they won. And they did win, but 165 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:32.279 and it wasn't. It wasn't a low scoring game by 166 00:07:32.279 --> 00:07:36.120 any means, but it wasn't a shootout and Kentucky didn't 167 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:40.439 really have that much of a problem defending Duke. So 168 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:44.240 I mean again, like that was that was impressive. And look, 169 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:49.680 they've got a good team. And I know Kentucky like 170 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:54.680 top to bottom, everybody within BB and the Big Blue Bozos, 171 00:07:54.759 --> 00:07:57.879 from the players, the fans, the coaches, like, I get 172 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:01.839 why they're being of knock because I'd probably do the 173 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:04.240 same thing. I don't blame them at all. I mean, 174 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:08.680 not only was that a great sign for this current 175 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:13.920 team for Mark Pope, but you're really winning the breakup 176 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:16.160 right now and it's not close. And as we've discussed, 177 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:19.000 you can act like that doesn't matter, but it does matter. 178 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:23.920 I would believe you if you told me that it 179 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:27.879 wasn't the first, maybe even the second thing that like 180 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:31.720 popped into your mind after you realized, holy crap, in 181 00:08:31.839 --> 00:08:36.360 just his third career game as the coach, Mark Pope 182 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:38.799 beat Duke. I think it's like the fourth time they've 183 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:41.120 beat Duke in like the last sixty years or something 184 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:44.240 like that. That stat blew me away, But I feel 185 00:08:44.279 --> 00:08:46.159 like it's true because of where it came from. I 186 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:49.919 heard it on the KSR pregame show yesterday, so you know, 187 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:51.960 I know they say facts are optional. They're not going 188 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:53.759 to get facts wrong but make their team look bad. 189 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:57.159 So Kentucky hasn't beaten Duke a whole lot, and they 190 00:08:57.200 --> 00:09:00.720 certainly considered them a rival and they got it done. 191 00:09:00.759 --> 00:09:03.519 So a great sign for Mark Pope. So again, I'm 192 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:04.960 sure there's a lot of things that went into your 193 00:09:04.960 --> 00:09:07.480 mind right afterwards, like holy crap, I can't believe he 194 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:09.840 did that. This is great, this feels awesome. But one 195 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:12.960 of the many things that you were probably thinking about 196 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:15.200 at that time when the game ended and you realize 197 00:09:15.240 --> 00:09:17.080 you held on in one. You were thinking about your ex, 198 00:09:17.279 --> 00:09:20.279 you were thinking about John Keller Perry, and you know, 199 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:24.399 right now, the early stages of this breakup, you're winning 200 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:27.840 in a major way, monster win for Pope and his team, 201 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:33.919 and Cal, you know, he's he's not only looking exactly 202 00:09:34.679 --> 00:09:36.440 the same as he did when he was at Kentucky, 203 00:09:36.440 --> 00:09:38.720 which led to that thing kind of falling apart to 204 00:09:38.759 --> 00:09:40.879 where you needed to have the breakup that you had. 205 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:42.159 But like he's. 206 00:09:42.039 --> 00:09:44.879 Starting to get you know, he's starting to get criticized 207 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:47.080 more so than I feel like he usually does. Like 208 00:09:47.080 --> 00:09:50.440 people make fun of Cal for you know, flopping in 209 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:52.840 the tournament right and just losing to teams like Oakland 210 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:55.399 and Saint Peter's, and that's that's worthy of being made 211 00:09:55.399 --> 00:09:58.559 fun of. I make fun of him too. But now 212 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:02.120 you have those that I guess are you know, more 213 00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:04.919 on the capitol j side of covering the sport. They're 214 00:10:04.919 --> 00:10:07.360 not out here to make jokes. They're not out here 215 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:10.519 to really you know, entertain They're just they're they're given takes, 216 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:13.480 right they are. They're given analysis, like you know, the 217 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:16.039 field of sixty eight guys, right, those that you know 218 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:20.240 that are the talking heads of the sport, Like they're 219 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:22.559 really calling out how here he is at a new 220 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:25.000 school and he's trying to do the same things that 221 00:10:25.080 --> 00:10:29.000 really made it go sour at Kentucky, and it's not. 222 00:10:29.240 --> 00:10:31.600 I mean, he doesn't have the same resources at Arkansas 223 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:33.759 that he would at a place like Kentucky. So again, 224 00:10:34.600 --> 00:10:37.399 a big win last night for Kentucky. And you know, 225 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:39.480 I didn't want them to win, but it happened. And 226 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:41.759 I'd be a liar if I said I didn't think 227 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:43.879 that they looked impressive. I mean, they've got they've got 228 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:45.559 a good team. I don't know what their ceiling is. 229 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:48.279 You know, they're certainly going to lose games this year. 230 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:51.080 But you know, I don't even think they played that well. 231 00:10:51.200 --> 00:10:52.919 I mean, they played well enough, they made shots when 232 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:54.799 it mattered. But if you just look at the numbers here, 233 00:10:55.399 --> 00:10:58.519 the biggest difference in this game was that Kentucky they 234 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:01.039 made they made more three points shots. I mean they 235 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:03.840 were ten of twenty five for forty percent. If you're 236 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:07.200 shooting forty percent from three, that's a pretty good recipe, 237 00:11:07.279 --> 00:11:09.279 especially if you've got a team. I mean, again, they 238 00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:12.480 shot forty percent from three. And it wasn't just one 239 00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:15.039 or two or even three guys that really did did 240 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:16.799 the bulk of the work. I mean, they had looks 241 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:20.840 like four different guys made at least two three pointers. 242 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:23.480 So you know, you build your roster to have guys 243 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:25.720 that are, you know, shooters, you're gonna let them shoot. 244 00:11:25.720 --> 00:11:27.320 And they made forty percent of them. And that's a 245 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:29.720 pretty good recipe. But everywhere else, I mean, neither team 246 00:11:29.759 --> 00:11:33.919 shot the ball great overall, forty percent roughly for both, 247 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:36.799 thirty nine percent for Duke, forty percent for Kentucky. So 248 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:39.360 Kentucky was ten of twenty five as mentioned forty percent. 249 00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:41.879 Duke was four of twenty three for seventeen percent. That's 250 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:45.600 really the difference in the game. Both teams were the 251 00:11:45.679 --> 00:11:48.600 same at the free throw line seventy one percent. Kentucky 252 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:52.320 had a few more turnovers. Duke had a four point 253 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:55.840 edge on the backboard. Second chance points were pretty even, 254 00:11:56.279 --> 00:11:58.039 and I guess the other big difference here is the 255 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:01.519 bench points. I mean, Kentucky they got balanced right. They 256 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:05.399 were led by Andrew Carr, who played really well, especially. 257 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:05.840 In the second half. 258 00:12:06.279 --> 00:12:07.799 O way, I think it's how you say the guy's 259 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:12.039 name who transferred to Oklahoma State was he was solid. 260 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:15.240 I mean, if he's making two out of three three 261 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:17.639 pointers a night and putting up fifteen points and grabbing 262 00:12:17.679 --> 00:12:21.120 six boards. That's a that's like, that's production for Mark 263 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:24.039 Pope that I don't really think anybody was expecting consistently. 264 00:12:25.639 --> 00:12:29.799 And then you had eight apiece from Brea Garrison and 265 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:33.759 looks like Amari Williams had had ten, Lamont Butler with nine. 266 00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:36.480 But your best player, at least the guy that everybody 267 00:12:36.519 --> 00:12:38.120 thought was gonna be your best player. And I heard 268 00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:40.759 a lot of people saying this before the season started, 269 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:45.360 and I didn't disagree, but it was incorrect last night. 270 00:12:45.519 --> 00:12:48.440 Jackson Robinson, he didn't mean was he there last night? 271 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:51.200 I mean I say that sarcastically. He played twenty seven minutes. 272 00:12:51.320 --> 00:12:53.120 He didn't do a thing, and twenty seven minutes he 273 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:55.559 had one point because he made one of three free throws, 274 00:12:55.759 --> 00:12:59.720 had one rebound, didn't have an assist. I mean again, 275 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:02.000 talking about somebody who played twenty seven minutes and essentially 276 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:04.080 just took up one of the five spots on the floor. 277 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:05.679 That's what he did in twenty seven minutes, and it 278 00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:09.600 didn't matter. Kentucky still beat Duke. So if they'll be 279 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:11.480 able to win game because Jackson Robinson's the guy that 280 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:12.879 everybody said, look, he's going to have to be the 281 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:13.399 best player. 282 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:14.639 Can he really take over? 283 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:17.440 Can he turn it on when you're playing elite teams 284 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:20.279 with elite talent like a duke? And he didn't even 285 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:22.960 do a damn thing and it didn't matter. So very 286 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:28.840 encouraging for Kentucky, and I'm jealous. Louisville had an opportunity 287 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:30.440 to kind of do the same thing and put together 288 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:33.519 the same type of performance on Saturday against Tennessee, and 289 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:35.679 you know, they didn't come close to doing what was 290 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:38.240 done last night. So doesn't mean I think Louis's going 291 00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:40.679 to have a terrible season and that Kentucky's going to be, 292 00:13:40.759 --> 00:13:41.960 you know, a billion times better. 293 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:43.039 But we got a call like it is. 294 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:47.399 We've now seen each of these two teams play nobody's 295 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:49.919 and they look good. And then we saw each team 296 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:55.399 play a real opponent, and one team looked outmatched in 297 00:13:55.440 --> 00:13:57.679 a major way and looked like they have a lot 298 00:13:57.720 --> 00:14:00.279 of work to do, whereas the other team pulled through. 299 00:14:00.320 --> 00:14:02.799 And I'm not even sure you saw Kentucky playing close 300 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:06.759 to their best. So you know, another obvious observation for me, 301 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:11.399 Cooper Flag really talented. Thirty two points at twenty six, 302 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:14.279 sorry thirty two minutes, had twenty six points twelve boards, 303 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:16.759 just so you can tell the guy's got a lot 304 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:20.919 of ability. You know, there's not really anything I saw 305 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:22.720 last night that I would that I would say like 306 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:26.200 is a weakness for him. But it might have been 307 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:28.120 Cel Brown, who was on the show last week or 308 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:31.440 the week before. I remember talking with him about Cooper Flag, 309 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:33.120 you know, asking do you believe the hype? Do you 310 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:35.799 think this guy is as good as advertised? And he 311 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:41.080 said yes, but he brought up one potential thing that 312 00:14:40.559 --> 00:14:43.039 that could that could hurt this Duke team. It probably 313 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:45.399 won't matter long term for a guy like Cooper Flag, 314 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:49.879 who's just that talented, but this Duke team, they're gonna 315 00:14:49.919 --> 00:14:52.440 need Cooper Flagg to kind of just take over. And 316 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:55.000 he tried to do it at times last night. He 317 00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:57.000 had that late turnover, of course, that was crucial. He 318 00:14:57.039 --> 00:14:59.799 also made some tough shots down the stretch. Like I 319 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:02.440 think he to say like he looked way overrated. I mean, 320 00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:03.960 I'm sure you'll hear some people say that. 321 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:05.000 I didn't view it that way. 322 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:07.919 I mean, again, he led all scores with twenty six points, 323 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:10.919 but he didn't look comfortable being the guy to just 324 00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:14.440 take over. That's not something you go to the gym 325 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:19.200 and work on. That's not something you you know, get 326 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:20.240 a bunch of reps. 327 00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:24.960 Mike's on. Oh I had it off. 328 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:26.840 Oh I thought, well, I heard you take a drink Son. 329 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:28.480 Oh yeah, I don't know I heard that, but. 330 00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:30.279 Weird, did you take a drink? 331 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:32.600 I did, but the mic was off. Oh never mind. 332 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:36.720 Sometimes it happens. But anyways, with Cooper Flag like, you 333 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:40.799 don't just you don't just become the alpha, and you 334 00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:42.879 can get more comfortable at it, but a lot of 335 00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:45.720 that really is just your personality, right, that's how you. 336 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:48.799 And it seems like when you when you were looking 337 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:51.360 to find anybody bringing up a potential weakness or a 338 00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:54.440 concern about this guy who has more hype entering college 339 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:57.600 than anybody since Zion Williamson, that is what I heard that, 340 00:15:57.759 --> 00:16:00.840 you know, maybe he won't really become table embracing the 341 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:02.960 role of like, all right, everybody, get out of my way, 342 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:03.679 let me go to work. 343 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:06.919 I'm gonna be the guy. And I think he. 344 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:09.039 Tried at times, but he just one of two things, 345 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:11.480 and it's probably it's actually probably a little bit of both. 346 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:15.320 He didn't he wasn't comfortable doing it, and it caused 347 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:19.519 him to you know, struggle here and there late trying 348 00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:23.159 to make some big plays, or maybe Kentucky just took it. 349 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:25.840 You know, they realized, Hey, we know who they're going 350 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:27.679 to we know who they're going to rely on when 351 00:16:27.679 --> 00:16:30.080 it's when it's time to uh, you know, time to 352 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:31.559 close out a game, and we're gonna we're gonna be 353 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:32.240 ready to stop him. 354 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:34.200 We're gonna, we're gonna double, We're gonna swipe. 355 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:36.080 I think it was who was it that had that 356 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:37.879 swipe on the ball that you know was one that 357 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:39.960 might have been Lamont Butler one of the bigger defensive 358 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:43.080 plays late in the game. So again, if you're Kentucky, 359 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:45.440 I get it. Yet, that's huge for you guys, especially 360 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:48.399 to get the new era started with a. 361 00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:48.960 Win like that. 362 00:16:49.200 --> 00:16:52.960 I mean, I hate it, but it happened, and I 363 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:54.320 gotta you know, I gotta call like it is. We 364 00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:55.000 gotta be honest. 365 00:16:56.399 --> 00:17:00.679 Well, you know you brought up that stat earlier WHATSR did, 366 00:17:00.679 --> 00:17:02.320 and it prompted me to go look up just the 367 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:06.400 Champions Classic all time records. So Kentucky has faced Duke 368 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:10.559 six times in the Champions Classic, and believe it or not, 369 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:14.119 they even did at three to three with yesterday, And 370 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:17.440 do you care to you care to take a guess 371 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:20.400 of who has the most wins out of those four 372 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:23.039 teams in the Championship Classics overall history. 373 00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:27.839 Man, I'm gonna say it's either Duke or Kansas. I'm 374 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:30.000 gonna lean that it's that it's Duke. 375 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:33.279 It's Kansas, Okay, So Kansas, yes, sir, Well before yesterday 376 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:35.480 there were nine and five all time, So that just 377 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:37.519 puts them at ten and five for the whole season 378 00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:38.960 or for the whole series. 379 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:39.839 Then it's Duke. 380 00:17:39.880 --> 00:17:41.960 Then it's Kentucky and Michigan State has kind of been 381 00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:43.839 getting dog walked by everybody. 382 00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:44.240 In that series. 383 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:47.319 I mean, I'm sure the contract has been renewed at 384 00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:50.319 some point to where there's no ability to make a swap. 385 00:17:50.359 --> 00:17:52.160 But man Ukon needs that spot, don't they. 386 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:54.920 Yeah, I mean Villanova would have been good a couple 387 00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:55.559 of years ago. 388 00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:57.599 Or yeah, when they had their run going, which, by 389 00:17:57.599 --> 00:17:59.000 the way, they lost again last night. 390 00:17:59.079 --> 00:17:59.440 You see that. 391 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:02.880 I didn't see that Saint Joe's beat Villanova, and then 392 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:06.400 last week they lost to an IVY League team. It 393 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:09.319 might have been was it Yale or Princeton? One of 394 00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:13.799 those teams. So in recent years, when it comes to 395 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:17.880 these legends that either get forced out, decide to walk away, 396 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:20.880 whatever it may be, they've had influence and who takes 397 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:23.240 over for him, and every one of these coaches I 398 00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:27.720 feel like has for the most part underwhelmed. I know, 399 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:31.240 Hubert Davis made the run to the championship game, but 400 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:32.720 outside of that, and you can't. 401 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:34.559