WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.520 Hell. Everybody to the facilities of the iHeartMedia Megaplexus is 2 00:00:03.560 --> 00:00:07.320 Dick Gabriel. This is the holiday edition of the state 3 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:10.119 Wide Big Booon Side. He heard Mark Pope's comments, you 4 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:12.759 saw the Wildcats kind of go down in flames right 5 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:15.800 before Christmas. So we're here to sift through it tonight 6 00:00:15.880 --> 00:00:20.440 and talk some football because the playoffs have everybody upset. 7 00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:24.079 Welcome back and talk with Billy rutligs, Aaron Gershan, Jefpiicorral 8 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:27.079 in the state wide BBI Border to Border. It is 9 00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:31.359 the Big boon Sider, Dick Gabriel, Billy Rutledge, Aaron Gershewan. 10 00:00:32.079 --> 00:00:36.079 I hope everybody's having a good holiday a week some 11 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:40.560 of you still had to work today, but it's a 12 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:43.039 good time of year. A lot of football, there's a 13 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:45.280 lot of basketball, there's a lot of crossover. We're going 14 00:00:45.359 --> 00:00:49.039 to talk about basketball in the first half hour. Jepeicorrel 15 00:00:49.119 --> 00:00:51.920 joins us. At the bottom of the hour, we'll talk about, 16 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:54.600 of course, the playoffs. And Jeff grew up an Iowa 17 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:57.000 State fan, because we've talked about him before. His dad 18 00:00:57.359 --> 00:01:00.439 went to school there, played baseball there, so we don't 19 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:03.320 blame him for room for the buck Eyes and the 20 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:06.159 Tennessee Balls he hated so much, went down in flames, 21 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:09.760 but perfect storm for him. Aaron gershwin alongside along with 22 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:13.239 Billy Rolaseron and I of course across Pass up in 23 00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:16.879 New York City. We knew we would. Madisonsquare Garden. That's 24 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:20.719 gotta be fun for you. Yeah, to go home, see 25 00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:24.680 the fam take whatever train you take into the city, 26 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:26.799 and Long Island Railroad, I. 27 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:30.040 Guess, yeah, Metro North from Connecticut. Yeah, it doesn't get 28 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:33.079 much better. I mean, this is my second game covering. 29 00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:35.599 Neither have been kind to Kentucky, but I had a 30 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:38.239 great time of both. I'm trying to remember the first 31 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:41.840 UCLA two years ago. Oh yeah, that was ugly. Both 32 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:44.239 of them were ugly, but that one was even uglier. 33 00:01:44.439 --> 00:01:47.159 So this was weird. There was There was that one 34 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:52.920 stretch where Ohio State just basically couldn't miss ye and 35 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:56.959 Kentucky couldn't hit Nope. And that's separated the two teams 36 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:00.079 by at least ten points. And it stayed that way. 37 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:02.120 It did that, I mean Kentucky did go on a 38 00:02:02.200 --> 00:02:04.879 run there or in the second half. I think Ohio 39 00:02:04.920 --> 00:02:06.760 State got it all either all the way to fifteen 40 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:10.319 or to thirteen, and Kentucky cut it to six and 41 00:02:10.360 --> 00:02:13.120 I was like, okay, here they come again, the comeback Cats. 42 00:02:13.159 --> 00:02:16.759 And then I think it was a pass to Brandon 43 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:21.080 Garrison that he dropped down underneath the basket. It might 44 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:23.759 have been Jackson Robinson. I forgot who dropped it. And 45 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:26.680 if they had just converted a lay up there it's 46 00:02:26.680 --> 00:02:29.120 a four point game and you're like, okay, like here 47 00:02:29.159 --> 00:02:32.479 it comes. And then after that play kind of blew up. 48 00:02:33.080 --> 00:02:35.039 Ohio State went on another run. I think it was 49 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:37.520 like an eight to two run, pushed the lead back 50 00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:39.560 to double digits and that was it. That was it 51 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:40.199 for Kentucky. 52 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:44.360 And prior to that play, yeah, did you think Kentucky 53 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:45.400 could complete the cut? 54 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:48.560 I thought they were going to just because they've done it, Ben, 55 00:02:48.599 --> 00:02:52.000 They're done that. And honestly, and give Ohio State a 56 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:54.159 ton of credit. They played a great game. And you know, 57 00:02:54.199 --> 00:02:57.680 Bruce Thornton Junior was fantastic. That Mobley kid didn't even 58 00:02:57.719 --> 00:02:59.960 shoot well coming into the game. Was a fifty three 59 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:03.280 percent three shooter on fifty six attempts, So you know 60 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:05.919 they have some nice players. Aaron Broadshaw played a great game, 61 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:10.199 but picked a good time, didn't Yeah. With all that said, 62 00:03:10.599 --> 00:03:12.960 Kentucky came back and beat two teams that are much 63 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:16.000 better than Ohio State and Duke and Gonzaga. So I thought, 64 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:18.879 you know, you got it to six, there's still fourteen 65 00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:22.120 minutes left in the game. Here it comes. But it 66 00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:22.680 did not come. 67 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:25.919 You know, it's funny you said that because I don't 68 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:28.400 know why, and I hate to be you know, Debbie Downer, 69 00:03:29.159 --> 00:03:33.240 but I was so skeptical. Yeah. Maybe if I were 70 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:35.840 watching on TV, I would have felt different, But watching 71 00:03:35.960 --> 00:03:38.719 it and I can't well, I think you were sitting 72 00:03:38.719 --> 00:03:41.360 in the same section I will yep. We were amazingly 73 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:41.879 close to. 74 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:44.439 The Oh it's amazing Tom leach and and Jack Gibbons 75 00:03:44.479 --> 00:03:45.280 rubbing the boonies. 76 00:03:45.479 --> 00:03:50.000 Sorry guys, but anyhow, it just didn't feel to me. 77 00:03:51.159 --> 00:03:54.080 Even though the fans were trying their hard, God they 78 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:56.800 did to pull them back into it, it just didn't 79 00:03:56.840 --> 00:04:00.120 feel like they could get the stops. They didn't have 80 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:06.599 have the right plan to stop Ohio State and score consistently. Billy, 81 00:04:06.680 --> 00:04:08.560 you were one year on the radio, one ear on 82 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:11.120 the TV, yeah, or one eye on the TV. Did 83 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:13.120 you think they complete the comeback? No? 84 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:17.480 And not because I'm not optimistic, and it's not because 85 00:04:17.519 --> 00:04:19.639 I haven't seen it before, which they've done it. It is 86 00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:21.439 just I mean, they went on like an eight or 87 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:25.160 nine minute drought of no field goals at the end 88 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:26.839 of the first half, and you and you go into 89 00:04:26.879 --> 00:04:29.639 halftime with no momentum, and it's just it felt a 90 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:31.639 little different. It felt like guys were standing around. It 91 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:34.360 felt like Ohio State. It dictated the pace and that 92 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:37.240 was Yep, that's something that's an achilles heel for this 93 00:04:37.279 --> 00:04:40.160 team for sure. You know, you know this is something 94 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:43.000 to build on. Obviously, Mark Pope will point to this 95 00:04:43.079 --> 00:04:46.319 game several times throughout the year that I'm sure, but 96 00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:50.240 like seven of twenty three on layups is unbelieve. 97 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:52.920 Yeah, I can't remember a stat line quite that bad. 98 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:56.279 And then throw on on top of I'm not sure 99 00:04:56.279 --> 00:04:58.240 if this team is a good three point shooting team. 100 00:04:58.279 --> 00:05:00.920 They again, there was four twenty two in this game. 101 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:04.439 I think that's the worst this year. Yes, as you know, 102 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:07.160 people have said Kentucky needs a guy to get a 103 00:05:07.160 --> 00:05:09.160 basket at the end of the game. I've always said 104 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:11.399 it seems like the system is that guy this year. 105 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:15.560 Whoever's open take that shot and be confident. But right now, 106 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:17.680 Kentucky I don't know. I don't know if they have 107 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:20.000 the confidence of a good three point shooting team right now. 108 00:05:20.839 --> 00:05:23.800 I tell you what somebody asked, is this a blueprint? 109 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:27.560 And you always ask that after a loss. Early in 110 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:30.000 the year, we saw what at least part of the 111 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:34.800 blueprint is if you can, you know, imagine the opposing coach, 112 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:40.000 game planning, whiteboard, whatever, run them off the three point line. 113 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:42.759 I think Kentucky is a good three point shooting team 114 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:44.959 when the shots you're there, but you can say that 115 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:48.399 about a lot of say they're a volume shooting team. 116 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:53.439 That's the key. And it was clear that Ohio State 117 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:58.360 was willing to challenge Kentucky in the paint where it 118 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:02.879 was outscored by a million. Yeah, but Ohio was extending. 119 00:06:02.920 --> 00:06:07.079 Everybody was in their grill two steps beyond the three 120 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:10.800 point line. And therefore Kentucky wasn't getting many clean looks. 121 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:13.240 No, they weren't, and I think there might there were 122 00:06:13.240 --> 00:06:15.920 some they passed up. Though again that's a that's a 123 00:06:15.959 --> 00:06:19.879 concerning trend I've noticed, is they Andrew Carr specifically. I'm 124 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:22.000 not trying to call anyone out, but he's a guy 125 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:24.639 who's a thirty seven percent three point shooter. Last year, 126 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:27.040 he was a forty percent three point shooter in his 127 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:29.360 second year at Delaware that they made the NCAA tournament. 128 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:33.240 There are several times where he is instead of taking 129 00:06:33.399 --> 00:06:36.160 a wide open shot, pump faked or passed it away, 130 00:06:36.519 --> 00:06:38.920 and it's like, dude, you're a good three point shooter, 131 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:41.439 just just shoot it. And Mark Pope talked a little 132 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:43.439 bit about that tonight on his radio show that they've 133 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:46.040 been working on getting him more aggressive. So yes, I 134 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:49.480 agree with that, but to me, yeah, the offense was terrible. 135 00:06:49.879 --> 00:06:52.839 It was an off night. I think I'm with Billy. 136 00:06:52.920 --> 00:06:55.160 I want to see if this team's really an elite 137 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:57.720 three point shooting team or if it's or like you said, 138 00:06:57.720 --> 00:07:00.480 it's a volume shooting three point team. To me, the 139 00:07:00.519 --> 00:07:03.199 defense in this game, they o hoop State didn't do 140 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:06.959 anything particularly special. They put Thornton Junior behind ball screens 141 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:09.759 and their bigs just cleared up way too much space 142 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:14.720 and like a million and he score ended up scoring 143 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:18.399 thirty points because he also had fourteen free throws. Just 144 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:23.040 that's something that's concerning the perimeter, our interior defense all 145 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:25.040 year long has been a little shaky. They haven't quite 146 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:27.720 I don't think they've gotten that three time Conference Player 147 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:30.600 of the Year level of defense from Amari Williams. I 148 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:33.240 think Brendan Garrison they knew coming in was a work 149 00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:35.800 in progress in that end. So they have some things 150 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:37.920 to shure up. And you know, one thing I think 151 00:07:37.959 --> 00:07:40.639 this roster is lacking is just the guy off the bench. 152 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:43.319 They have that shooter off the bench in Kobe Brea. 153 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:45.639 They don't have that guy on the debt bench that 154 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:47.120 they can be like, all right, we need you to 155 00:07:47.160 --> 00:07:51.560 go get us a stop. Yeah, he's not a great defender. 156 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:54.240 He is a great energy guy. He has awesome energy. 157 00:07:54.439 --> 00:07:57.920 They they were lethargic, so they missed that. But I'm 158 00:07:57.959 --> 00:08:00.680 not sure they like they don't have that lead defender 159 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:01.800 they can be like, all right, man. 160 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:04.519 How many teams do though have an elite defender on 161 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:05.040 the bench? 162 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:09.720 Yees, not that many that that is generally the case. 163 00:08:10.040 --> 00:08:11.879 They only really have two elite defenders on the whole 164 00:08:11.959 --> 00:08:18.040 roster take Away and La But Williams allegedly it hasn't 165 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:18.879 happened yet exactly. 166 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:19.879 He did it in the CIA. 167 00:08:20.439 --> 00:08:21.759 Yeah, death is a real problem. 168 00:08:21.800 --> 00:08:24.480 I mean Aley almanor seems he can't really stay on 169 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:30.439 the floor for very long. Defense Colin Chandler, Travis Perry, 170 00:08:30.480 --> 00:08:33.200 these guys don't seem ready no yet. 171 00:08:34.440 --> 00:08:35.720 Made a nice steal he did. 172 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:37.440 I thought after he made that, I was like, Oh, 173 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:40.200 that's a play you can actually turn into some momentum. 174 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:41.399 And then they came and turned it over. 175 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:44.240 But their their liabilities on defense. A lot of times 176 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:47.519 Lamont Butler scores thirty three and then I think they 177 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:50.080 played him defensively maybe a little bit down. 178 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:52.799 Hey, his his man was their leading scorer. I think 179 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:55.240 he only scored like royal and he only scored like four. 180 00:08:55.159 --> 00:08:57.399 Points to stay on the floor. I mean he's getting 181 00:08:57.480 --> 00:08:58.080 foul trouble. 182 00:08:58.279 --> 00:08:59.759 That's a problem often exactly. 183 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:03.960 And with Kerkkrisa not available, you're shifting Robinson to the 184 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:08.720 point Travis Perry gets brought in. I expect Pope to 185 00:09:08.759 --> 00:09:10.080 tighten the rotation. 186 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:14.200 Has to. And who was that talking to about that 187 00:09:14.799 --> 00:09:19.000 or maybe David Sisk from Cats Illustrated tweeted that at 188 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:25.039 halftime he said he felt like the broader substitution pattern 189 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:29.120 and I hate that word pattern, you know, tendency. He 190 00:09:29.200 --> 00:09:33.000 said he thought it negatively affected the flow for Kentucky. 191 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:35.679 So and it's early. I mean, Pope still trying to 192 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:39.320 figure out who to put in win. But you know, 193 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:41.279 if you put a guy in and you're supposed to 194 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:43.240 get X y Z out of him and you don't 195 00:09:43.279 --> 00:09:47.720 get it, now, what do you do? Right? So it's 196 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:51.480 it's a work in progress, like every team in America. 197 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:55.360 And as you said, Aaron, on their resume, are two 198 00:09:55.399 --> 00:09:56.720 impressive comeback wins. 199 00:09:56.919 --> 00:09:57.200 Yeah. 200 00:09:57.240 --> 00:09:59.840 And it's one thing I said to somebody after the 201 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:03.440 up there in the garden, I said, Mark Pope and 202 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:07.399 his staff will make good use of this video. They 203 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:11.440 will you talk about teaching no question, you know. 204 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:13.320 Yeah, at the end of the day, it's a quad 205 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:15.759 one loss. It's not the end of the world. It's 206 00:10:15.799 --> 00:10:18.200 all about how you respond. And the problem is, you 207 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:20.000 know you're gonna be stewing in it for a while. 208 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:22.360 They don't play again till New Year's Eve, and then 209 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:25.320 they don't play our real team. Againtil Florida for being honest, 210 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:28.519 but this league is unforgiving. The biggest thing I'm concerned 211 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:31.360 about all everything we set aside is these slow starts. 212 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:35.360 And it's not just in losses. It's happened in wins. Obviously, 213 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:37.440 we just talked about how they had to come back 214 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:39.919 from sixteen down to be Gonzaga, came back from nine 215 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:43.039 down to be Duke Colgate. They let they start the 216 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:46.519 game on a seventeen old run and then Colgate two, 217 00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:49.879 and then they trailed early in the second half, Clemson 218 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:51.840 the first. If they don't have that bad first half, 219 00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:54.039 I think they win that game because they started the 220 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:56.960 second half on fire, took the lead, but the you know, 221 00:10:57.080 --> 00:11:00.399 they couldn't get that gap they needed, so that that's 222 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:02.080 something that has to get cleaned up. 223 00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:02.559 They can't. 224 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:06.080 The SEC is I mean, this might be the best 225 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:09.240 single year basketball conference there is. They will lose more 226 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:11.039 games than they win if they start like this in 227 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:11.600 the SEC. 228 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:14.039 But like going five hundred in the SEC is not 229 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:16.960 a bad thing. Like people are for this team, No, no, 230 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:18.799 not for it. I think people are going to freak 231 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:19.919 out when they see how. 232 00:11:19.799 --> 00:11:23.720 Many told me. Hoops Weis told me he thinks the 233 00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:27.879 SEC champion regular season could lose as many a six game. 234 00:11:27.960 --> 00:11:31.559 I agree, no question. Just look at it's it's insane. 235 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:34.600 The worst record in the SEC is nine and three 236 00:11:35.279 --> 00:11:39.360 South Carolina and they just beat the same Clemson team, suspect. 237 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:43.879 Sure, how about protecting home court? I mean, whoever does that? 238 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:45.159 The best may win the conference? 239 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:47.919 Yeah right, yeah, And you know that's one thing Kentucky 240 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:50.240 has done really well so far. But they haven't really. 241 00:11:50.440 --> 00:11:52.039 Louisville is a good team, but not a great team. 242 00:11:52.039 --> 00:11:53.320 They haven't played a Marquiere's. 243 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:55.879 The other thing I keep reminding myself this is a 244 00:11:55.919 --> 00:11:59.919 collection and again people's American excuses. No, this is a 245 00:12:00.159 --> 00:12:03.159 collection of guys, and yeah, they've been together for a while, 246 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:07.080 but they're playing under fire. Now. How many games have 247 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:07.600 they played? 248 00:12:08.080 --> 00:12:09.159 That was game eleven? 249 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:10.240 How many tough games? 250 00:12:10.240 --> 00:12:12.639 Of twelve? That was game twelve? They played four tough games. 251 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:16.879 Yeah, so they're still trying to figure out this Mark 252 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:20.720 Pope way of doing things. They've never played this style 253 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:24.360 with the exception of Jackson Robinson, and Pope has talked 254 00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:27.159 about it. Robin. They turned to him and say, you know, 255 00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:28.960 what are we supposed to be doing here? That kind 256 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:34.360 of thing. They're smart, they're older, they're mature, they can 257 00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:36.159 think on their own. They don't have to watch the 258 00:12:36.200 --> 00:12:39.600 coach like the previous guy in charge here because he 259 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:43.639 has so many true freshmen. But they still have to 260 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:48.320 figure out how to play together within this style of 261 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:53.559 offense and it's different, you know. So I can see 262 00:12:53.919 --> 00:12:56.519 they'll stumble a few more times, yep. But will they 263 00:12:56.559 --> 00:12:57.440 be ready in March? 264 00:12:57.879 --> 00:12:59.639 Well, I think if you look at the non conference 265 00:12:59.639 --> 00:13:02.320 as a whole, I mean, if they you beat Brown, 266 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:03.120 you're eleven and. 267 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:04.799 Two in non conference play. 268 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:06.919 You take that ten times out of ten when Pulp 269 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:10.039 gets hired, right, I mean you've just squabbling a roster together. 270 00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:13.440 So yeah, I think the start to and who you 271 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:16.960 beat raised the expectations. Look, they were ranking number twenty 272 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:18.879 three going to the year, and I would argue they 273 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:21.480 didn't even deserve that just because they hadn't played together. 274 00:13:21.519 --> 00:13:25.200 I think the brand got them in those rankings, and 275 00:13:25.240 --> 00:13:27.000 they went out and proved it, and they moved up 276 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:29.399 into the top five, and they played worthy of it, 277 00:13:29.480 --> 00:13:31.720 And now, you know, I think it's kind of just 278 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:34.720 kind of going back to what the expectations really were, 279 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:36.960 which is this is a team that should be middle 280 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:38.720 of the pack to top half of the SEC and 281 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:41.600 be a seven to six seed in the tournament. 282 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:43.679 And see what happened. I thought over I thought the 283 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:46.440 fourth was over ranked. I really thought they were over. 284 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:50.360 Oh yeah, but there's also just not there aren't because 285 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:52.080 there are a lot of good teams in college basketball 286 00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:53.799 and not a great a lot of great ones this year, 287 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:55.159 you know, a lot of people. 288 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:58.559 Speak up on each other no one, yeah. 289 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:02.720 Right, really losing his mind. And arguably Tennessee's rosters arguably 290 00:14:02.799 --> 00:14:04.399 not as good as last year. And they're number one 291 00:14:04.440 --> 00:14:05.120 and undefeated. 292 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:09.399 Isn't isn't Hawaii where you going to relax? Supposed to be? 293 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:12.080 Not if you're dan early or buying groceries. 294 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:14.480 That's right. We'll take a break, come back and talk 295 00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:17.120 more Kentucky hoops a little bit later on. We're going 296 00:14:17.200 --> 00:14:19.600 to talk about the college football playoffs and the portal 297 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:23.159 as Mark Pope and company had been busy or to 298 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:26.679 come here on the state wide BBI from Pikeville too. 299 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:29.519 Paduka is a state wide big blue in cider. Dick Gabriel, 300 00:14:29.559 --> 00:14:34.480 Billy Rutledge, Aaron Gershan, Bottom of the hour, je Pecorl 301 00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:39.039 joins us. We're talking about Kentucky basketball as we keep 302 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:41.600 an eye on my Packers and the New Orleans Saints. 303 00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:45.360 And by the way, your your giants keep stumbling Number 304 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:46.840 one pick? Are they number one? 305 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:46.960 Right? 306 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:48.360 Now number one all alone. 307 00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:53.000 Just lose two more and it's ours and you're hoping quarterback, right, 308 00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:56.559 I guess who would you like? I have to watch 309 00:14:56.600 --> 00:14:58.240 more of the two. It's going to be their Shadore 310 00:14:58.679 --> 00:15:01.799 Sanders or A or cam Ward. So I honestly I 311 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:03.399 gotta go watch more of them to give you a 312 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:04.200 better opinion. 313 00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:06.759 You're gonna get a little Eli treatment on the Sugar 314 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:11.879 Giants situation here thumbs down to the. 315 00:15:12.159 --> 00:15:13.799 Well, he already said, and he just said in an 316 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:15.639 interview that he's his son's made for New York. 317 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:19.759 Though, well maybe maybe that's true, made. 318 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:22.840 For the Giants or made for It's it's Dean Sanders. 319 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:24.639 He's not gonna tell this kid he can't play in 320 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:28.320 New York. He was also playing. He was playing catch 321 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:31.399 at the Heisman Trophy ceremony with Elik Neighbors in the 322 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:32.240 streets of New York. 323 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:33.240 He sounds old. 324 00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:37.440 I have to watch him more. I have to watch 325 00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:40.120 him more. I just am ready for something to give 326 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:40.799 me any. 327 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:46.240 Hope and your bucks. That was crushing yesterday. 328 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:49.440 Yeah, we stumbled. We controlled our own destiny until we 329 00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:53.679 lost to Jerry Jones's worst Cowboys team in years. Uh nothing, 330 00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:57.200 like there's a weird ending. Yeah, Rashad White just couldn't 331 00:15:57.240 --> 00:15:59.279 hold onto the ball and just kind of taken away 332 00:15:59.279 --> 00:16:00.559 from him like a little child. 333 00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:03.799 Yeah, that's one of the hardest sitting NFL games I've watched. Said, 334 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:04.960 I didn't get to see any of that. 335 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:06.799 Vita Vea had a huge hit. 336 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:10.200 Vita's just a big boy boy. He is a big boy. 337 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:13.159 But bucks, I mean, they went out there in and 338 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:16.759 if the Falcons lose to the Washington Commanders on Sunday 339 00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:18.840 Night football, then that's all they need. 340 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:19.919 So they will. 341 00:16:20.320 --> 00:16:22.960 Let's hope they back into the. 342 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:24.360 Falcon Commanders have their Rookie of year quarterback. 343 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:25.919 That's true. 344 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:29.000 The Falcons have a brand new starter. 345 00:16:29.320 --> 00:16:31.840 I'll tell you what. We just played them. Oh so 346 00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:33.080 that's a free win for Atlanta. 347 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:36.000 How do you pay? How do you get Kirk Cousins 348 00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:38.320 we see on the Hard Knocks or whatever, it was 349 00:16:38.519 --> 00:16:43.559 the quarterback, the nicest guy you'll ever meet, and he 350 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:46.279 just although I heard some experts talking today we'll get 351 00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:49.559 back to basketball about how they you know, there were 352 00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:52.919 people who privately predicted he would fail at Atlanta because 353 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:54.639 this skill set doesn't fit that offense. 354 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:58.559 Well, they do zero play action pass, which was his strongest. 355 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:02.240 You know, he's thirty seven coming off or thirty six 356 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:03.279 coming off in the Chilles. 357 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:06.240 Yeah, so you've got to have play action these a defense. 358 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:08.960 But uh, you know, getting it back to the UK. 359 00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:12.039 That's what the Wildcats had depended on for so long 360 00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:14.559 as play action. Without it, they haven't been able to 361 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:16.799 do much. But as I said, we'll talk football with 362 00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:22.359 Jeffichorp touchdown Packers, getting back to the basketball Cats. This 363 00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:26.079 is exam week. This is back when we used to 364 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:29.599 hear about what was a camp cal You know, there's 365 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:34.079 you might know this, Aaron. There's a certain point once 366 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:37.160 exams are over, they can toss the twenty hour rule 367 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:40.440 out the window. And I wonder if that's going to 368 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:42.240 go out the window when the contracts come in for 369 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:46.079 the players anyhow, you know, I want to see what 370 00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:49.680 kind of advancement this team shows, what kind of improvement 371 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:53.599 coming out of the holidays when they can forget about 372 00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:56.759 those pesky classes and just work on basketball. 373 00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:59.480 Yeah, look, there's a lot to work on. I think 374 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:02.920 there's need some confidence needs to be built back into 375 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:04.920 this group after a game like that, and really just 376 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:08.200 the fact that they're not hitting that thirty three is 377 00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:10.759 a game mark or not even really not coming close. 378 00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:13.839 They just got to get back and hone in on 379 00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:16.440 some certain things. And the biggest thing to me again though, 380 00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:19.119 is they got to figure out what's causing them to 381 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:22.319 start so slowly. I didn't we didn't really get a 382 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:25.839 clear answer. Mark Pope, by the way, for people I know, 383 00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:29.279 he's very positive. He comes off that way. That dude 384 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:32.720 doesn't handle losing well. He was very much deflated, not 385 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:35.279 only after the Clemsing game, but this game very short 386 00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:38.720 with us very much just didn't wanted to get back 387 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:41.880 to work, it felt like so. But he's got to 388 00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:43.640 find a way. He hasn't really had an answer for 389 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:46.759 it yet as to why this team struggles out of 390 00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:48.680 the gates, because it's been outside of the Louisville game, 391 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:51.559 it's been a problem for since really even the Georgia 392 00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:54.400 State game is close, like, it's been a problem for 393 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:56.519 almost a month, and they've got to figure that out 394 00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:59.519 this week. That's to me issue number one, because what 395 00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:00.519 are the chance is. 396 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:04.440 That, to your point, that the slow start can be 397 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:08.680 explained by the fact that they are bent on being 398 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:13.000 and I'm not second guessing a volume team when it 399 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:16.000 comes to three point shooting, when you go out before 400 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:19.400 you've really established a flow, you know, you've not looked 401 00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:21.640