WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:02.200 Welcome to the Big Blue on Saturday Gabriel with you 2 00:00:02.279 --> 00:00:05.000 Thursday edition of our program, and we are one day 3 00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:09.880 closer to game night both football and basketball. Of course, 4 00:00:09.919 --> 00:00:14.080 the football Cats played Tennessee Saturday night down at Nylan, 5 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:16.600 and we'll have it for you right here at five 6 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:20.519 point thirty pre game with Christy Thomas, Logan Stenberg, Jeremy Jarman, 7 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:22.960 and Tom Lee. Jeff mccorl and I will take over 8 00:00:23.359 --> 00:00:25.440 as the Cats try to pull the upset against the 9 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:29.039 seventh ranked volunteers in Kentucky. As of right now, is 10 00:00:29.079 --> 00:00:33.079 going to be down several starters when it heads down 11 00:00:33.119 --> 00:00:37.079 to Rocky Top. Maxwell Harriston once again on the availability 12 00:00:37.079 --> 00:00:41.079 list as out zero percent chance he'll play. Jansen Dunn 13 00:00:41.159 --> 00:00:46.159 a cornerback, Gerald Mincy again offensive tackle out, Josiah Hayes 14 00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:49.600 defensive lineman, ship train him the running back out again, 15 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:56.240 JJ Weaver, the Eric Jackson two important linebackers out. Steven Soles, 16 00:00:56.320 --> 00:01:00.439 junior young outside linebacker will not play and Jordan Dingle, 17 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:04.280 a tight end, will not play as well. DJ Waller, 18 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:10.239 another cornerback, is listed as questionable probable Demi Sumo, carnbay 19 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:14.760 Is and Dion Walker. So we likely will see them. 20 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:18.040 Tennessee is going to be missing three players listed as out. 21 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:21.480 But right now the Wildcats are really really banged up 22 00:01:21.799 --> 00:01:23.400 and it's gonna be a tough one down there. But 23 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:25.840 we'll have it for you on Saturday night. Then on 24 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:30.000 Monday night, women's basketball at five o'clock as Kenny Brooks 25 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:32.519 team opens up, and then of course the men open 26 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:35.480 up for real on Monday night as well at seven o'clock. 27 00:01:35.599 --> 00:01:38.120 So you'll hear the women's game on ninety eight point 28 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:41.879 five FM. You'll hear the men's game as usual on 29 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:47.239 ninety eight point one and on six thirty WLAP. So well, 30 00:01:47.280 --> 00:01:49.280 here a little bit later on from Mark Pope and 31 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:52.200 Kenny Brooks. They talked to the media earlier today. We 32 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:57.879 will tell you that Jackson Robinson is on a couple 33 00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:02.519 of watch lists for awards, not unusual at this time 34 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:05.480 of the year, especially for Kentucky players to be on 35 00:02:05.519 --> 00:02:09.120 these lists. He is listed on the Jersey Mike's Naysmith 36 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:13.080 Trophy Men's College Basketball Player of the Year watch list. 37 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:17.319 That's a that's a handful. That's not new as far 38 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:19.919 as it is as far as Jersey Mike's is concerned. 39 00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:22.879 But the Naismith Award is in its fifty seventh year. 40 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:26.319 Two Kentucky players have won this through the years. The 41 00:02:26.360 --> 00:02:29.000 first to win it, believe it or not, was Anthony 42 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:31.680 Davis twelve years ago. Back in twenty twelve. Now he 43 00:02:31.759 --> 00:02:34.199 was the first UK player ever to win the n 44 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:38.360 Men's College Player of the Year Award. Oscar Sheeway jumped 45 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:41.879 up and won it in twenty twenty two fifty players 46 00:02:42.039 --> 00:02:47.439 from around the country. Robinson is one of ten SEC candidates. 47 00:02:47.479 --> 00:02:50.400 Now he is also up for the Julius Irving Award, 48 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:54.240 and that is named, of course after doctor j It's 49 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:58.000 in its eleventh year and it recognizes the top small 50 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:03.360 forwards in Division one men's college basketball. And you're asking yourself, 51 00:03:03.439 --> 00:03:05.879 is this kid a forward or a guard? Well, he's 52 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:10.919 whatever the watch list or the nomination form says he is. 53 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:14.960 Because schools nominate players for these awards. It's not a 54 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:16.840 bunch of people sitting around and say, well, let's let's 55 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:17.479 take this guy. 56 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:17.840 Now. 57 00:03:17.879 --> 00:03:22.319 The schools nominate. And I didn't know that until cali 58 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:26.000 Peri first got here, because if you recall, John Wall 59 00:03:26.199 --> 00:03:28.800 was the player of the Year in the SEC. DeMarcus 60 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:31.919 Cousins was the Freshman of the Year in the SEC 61 00:03:32.120 --> 00:03:34.080 and you're scratching your head. How does that work? Well, 62 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:40.719 the team or the school wisely nominated them for different awards, 63 00:03:41.719 --> 00:03:45.199 and that ensured that there would be no vote splitting. 64 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:48.800 Plus how do you pick between Cousins and wall So, 65 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:53.080 as I said, I didn't really understand this until that happened. 66 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:56.240 But Jackson Robinson and these won't be the first list 67 00:03:56.560 --> 00:03:59.240 that he's on. And I guarantee you, well, whatever kind 68 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:02.879 of defensively there are, Lamont Butler will be on them. 69 00:04:03.719 --> 00:04:09.560 Speaking up basketball, Kentucky pulls Mark Pope away from Brigham Young. Right, 70 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:12.800 So who did Brigham Young turn to? A guy? And 71 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:15.479 you may have seen his name, but a guy named 72 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:18.959 Kevin Young, who most recently had been the associate head 73 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:23.879 coach for the Phoenix Suns. But way back, like fourteen 74 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:26.920 years ago, he was well, no, not that long back 75 00:04:26.959 --> 00:04:29.680 at whole five six, he was an assistant at Utah 76 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:33.040 Valley under Mark Pope. But after that he spent most 77 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:36.759 of his time in the G League, and then he 78 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:40.079 moved up to the NBA with the seventy six ers 79 00:04:40.079 --> 00:04:43.279 as an assistant coach, and then a couple of different 80 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:46.160 jobs with the Phoenix Suns before BYU hired him. And 81 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:49.519 the reason I bring this up is because Brigham Young 82 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:55.240 played its first exhibition game last night and drew more 83 00:04:55.240 --> 00:05:01.879 than sixteen thousand, So fans were excited about basketball. They 84 00:05:01.920 --> 00:05:05.959 became more excited when Mark Pope got there, and they 85 00:05:06.040 --> 00:05:10.279 remain excited despite the fact that Kentucky poached its coach. 86 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:13.759 But they played Colorado Christian which is D two, beat 87 00:05:13.839 --> 00:05:18.000 him ninety three forty nine. And see tell me if 88 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:22.639 this sounds familiar. Twenty four assists on thirty one made baskets. 89 00:05:22.879 --> 00:05:25.480 I don't know what system they're running, but those are 90 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:27.759 numbers similar to what we've seen with the Wildcats and 91 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:36.040 two exhibitions. But evidently Mark Pope had them loving basketball 92 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:39.319 out at Brigham Young. So the team he left behind 93 00:05:39.399 --> 00:05:42.079 is doing a pretty good job right now as well. 94 00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:44.720 One more basketball note before we get on to the 95 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:47.519 World Series is we've got to talk about that Kentucky connection. 96 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:50.160 But there's a UK connection, and there usually is to 97 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:53.639 an NBA game last night more than one. But last 98 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:57.079 night there were two Wildcats in one game who had 99 00:05:57.240 --> 00:06:01.560 huge efforts as the Heat lost to the New York Knicks. 100 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:06.839 Tyler Hero thirty four points, five rebounds, seven assists, hit 101 00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:11.199 sixty percent eight of thirteen from three point land, but 102 00:06:11.959 --> 00:06:15.040 his team lost to the Knicks, won sixteen to one 103 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:19.279 oh seven. Why well, the Knicks got an even bigger 104 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:22.959 game from Karl Anthony Towns, the guy for whom the 105 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:28.120 Knicks traded. They traded Julius Randall, another former Wildcat, to Minnesota. 106 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:30.839 And this is the kind of game. Maybe not every night, 107 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:34.279 but this is the kind of game the Knicks fans 108 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:38.800 have been hoping for. Forty four points and then went 109 00:06:38.879 --> 00:06:41.439 over the heat. All right, we got to talk about 110 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:45.360 the World Series because Lexingon's Walker Bueller closed it out 111 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:49.480 for the Dodgers. Let me tell you first about how 112 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:53.399 this happened, because he was not supposed to pitch last night. 113 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:56.160 He was not even in the plans for Dave Roberts. 114 00:06:56.199 --> 00:06:58.680 And we know this because that's what he said, the 115 00:06:58.759 --> 00:07:03.040 manager appearing on Fox Sports right after the game, talking 116 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:05.560 about a conversation he had with Walker. 117 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:08.800 You know, Walker Buehller sent me a text earlier today saying, Hey, 118 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:11.839 I'll be available. He sent us in the GM a 119 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:13.680 text and I just kind of patted him on the head, 120 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:16.199 said no, thanks. But then in the seventh inning he's 121 00:07:16.199 --> 00:07:18.439 on his jack, gets to jacket and says, hey, I'll 122 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:19.959 be there if you need me, And sure enough we 123 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:21.000 needed him. 124 00:07:21.439 --> 00:07:24.079 So Buehller comes on in relieve. It's the first time 125 00:07:24.120 --> 00:07:28.199 he pitched in relief since June twenty eighth of twenty eighteen, 126 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:31.360 and back then he gave up five earned runs took 127 00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:35.000 the loss against the Chicago Cubs. Man was he sharp 128 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:37.759 last night? Of course the Yankees or anything butt sharp. 129 00:07:37.800 --> 00:07:40.399 We'll get to that in a minute. But Buehller talked 130 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:42.959 to Fox Sports right after they were still celebrating down 131 00:07:42.959 --> 00:07:43.879 on the field. 132 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:46.240 Walker, when you woke up this morning, did you have 133 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:49.240 any inkling you'd be closing out the clinching game of this? 134 00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:50.519 Said, I didn't. 135 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:56.399 Throw balls on one out there, so oh no, after all, 136 00:07:56.439 --> 00:07:59.199 you went through this almost two years and helping down 137 00:07:59.199 --> 00:07:59.560 the season. 138 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:01.959 Wasn't mean to you to do what you did tonight. 139 00:08:02.680 --> 00:08:06.639 Obviously for me personally huge two two years off to surgeries. 140 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:13.240 It's a lot for our organization. We deserve this. We've 141 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:16.120 been playing really good baseball for a lot of years 142 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:19.680 and twenty twenty and whatever. But they can't say a 143 00:08:19.720 --> 00:08:20.360 whole lot about it. 144 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:22.040 Now, How did you feel out there? 145 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:26.000 I don't know, It's hard to explain. You know, I 146 00:08:26.040 --> 00:08:27.360 felt like I weighed about. 147 00:08:27.079 --> 00:08:27.959 Five pounds and. 148 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:31.079 I wish I was in a little. 149 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:32.759 Better shape so my heart could have handled it better. 150 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:36.480 But it worked out Land the team guys were down. 151 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:38.759 To one in the division series up to the Padres. 152 00:08:38.919 --> 00:08:40.480 You were down five to nothing tonight. 153 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:43.600 What is it about this group that makes it so resilient? 154 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:45.639 You know, there's just a lot of ways we can 155 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:50.440 win baseball games. Obviously the superstars we have on our team, 156 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:53.879 and then the discipline. This kind of all adds up 157 00:08:53.919 --> 00:09:00.559 and it's a big inning, you know, it's just wild Welkacongdas. 158 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:04.080 Thank you for Walker Buller talking to Fox Sports. And 159 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:06.759 of course Walker went to Vandy to not go to 160 00:09:06.799 --> 00:09:10.039 the UK, but is a product of Henry Clay High School, 161 00:09:10.600 --> 00:09:12.720 just like his wife Mackenzie. And as you made o 162 00:09:12.840 --> 00:09:15.759 by now, that battery, the Pitcher Catcher combo was all 163 00:09:15.799 --> 00:09:19.320 Kentucky will Smith behind the plate, a U OFL product. 164 00:09:19.919 --> 00:09:22.200 So as they celebrated the World Series, it was a 165 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:25.159 cardinal and a wildcat coming together in great joy. There 166 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:27.639 is no joy in New York, of course, because the 167 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:31.440 Yankees have struck out metaphorically. Of course, what a terrible 168 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:34.480 game they play. That was the worst performance in one 169 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:36.679 inning in the fifth inning, as they blew a five 170 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:39.039 nothing lead that I've ever seen. I haven't seen every 171 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:41.679 inning of every World Series game, but I've read a 172 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:45.080 lot about all of them, and I can't imagine in 173 00:09:45.159 --> 00:09:47.279 a situation like that, where you've got a big lead 174 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:50.039 in a game you must have to stay alive. How 175 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:56.399 poorly the Yankees played an error, a flub on a 176 00:09:56.440 --> 00:09:59.679 force play, a mental error as a pitcher fails to 177 00:09:59.720 --> 00:10:03.120 cover first and even if the first baseman should have 178 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:04.919 been there, the pitcher should have been there as well 179 00:10:04.960 --> 00:10:08.480 instead of just pointing to the bag. You know, they 180 00:10:08.519 --> 00:10:12.919 work on this every day, starting in spring training, and 181 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:15.759 that just opened the floodgates. It was terrible. It was 182 00:10:15.799 --> 00:10:19.679 a comedy of errors. Literally, Aaron Judge drops a fly 183 00:10:19.799 --> 00:10:22.159 ball in center field, had a home run in the 184 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:24.960 first inning, but otherwise didn't do a whole lot for 185 00:10:25.080 --> 00:10:28.360 his ball club. And now what's going to be his legacy? 186 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:30.879 Well in New York unless they turn around and win 187 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:34.480 a World Series and win one soon, he is not 188 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:39.600 going to be remembered fondly by Yankees fans four for 189 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:43.320 eighteen and five games against the Dodgers. And look, we 190 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:47.840 all know how pitching handles good hitting, but man, that 191 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:51.360 error really opened the gates. That was one of the 192 00:10:51.399 --> 00:10:56.279 things that opened the gates. And now a lineup that 193 00:10:56.720 --> 00:11:02.240 included Wan Soto, Gian Carlo Stanton just didn't get it done. 194 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:06.480 Soto and Stanton did, okay, but Aaron Judge. I mean, 195 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:10.320 people were in the middle of debating who's better him 196 00:11:10.480 --> 00:11:14.120 or Otani, And ironically enough, a lot of people, and 197 00:11:14.200 --> 00:11:16.960 myself included, I'd give a slight edge to Judge because 198 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:20.000 he plays defense. We didn't play it very well last night. 199 00:11:21.039 --> 00:11:24.159 And fans all over New York are just sick to 200 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:26.639 their stomach right now, including my New York City Bureau 201 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:32.279 chief Mike Saffo. Oh Man, his tweets the worst. And 202 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:34.399 by the way, the Jets, if you think there's going 203 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:38.159 to be some respite tonight, they played the Texans on 204 00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:44.360 Thursday Night football. Somehow the Jets are favored. Amazing, They're 205 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:47.240 favored by a point and a half. Maybe because they 206 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:51.960 beat the Texans last year thirty to six at Medlife Stadium, 207 00:11:52.039 --> 00:11:55.159 But that was last year. Now they got a new 208 00:11:55.240 --> 00:11:59.360 interim head coach and they're circling the dream. Tough time 209 00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:02.320 to be a fan in New York unless you've already 210 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:05.480 shifted your attention to the New York Knicks and Karl 211 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:08.639 Anthony Towns. When we come back, we'll hear from Mark 212 00:12:08.679 --> 00:12:11.519 Pope a little bit later on Kenny Brooks as they 213 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:14.519 prepare their teams. At the bottom of the hour. David 214 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:17.639 Sisk from Cats Illustrated part of the Rivals Network. He 215 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:20.840 has been already breaking down UK basketball video that's gonna 216 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:22.519 be fun. It's coming up here on the Big Blue 217 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:26.320 Siders six thirty WLAP. Welcome back to the Big bluon Sider. 218 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:28.840 Coming up in just a few minutes. David Sisk of 219 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:33.639 Cats Illustrated covers Kentucky and North Carolina for the Rivals Network. 220 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:37.279 He's been breaking down UK video from both the Kentucky 221 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:41.200 Wesleyan and Minnesota State and and Cato games. So we'll 222 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:44.159 learn more of what the coach thinks of the Wildcats, 223 00:12:44.159 --> 00:12:48.159 who open their season for keeps for real under Mark 224 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:51.320 Pope Monday night against Wright State seven o'clock start. We'll 225 00:12:51.320 --> 00:12:54.639 have pregame for you at five thirty. Now, the women 226 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:58.559 play at five o'clock, so that means our pregame begins 227 00:12:58.960 --> 00:13:03.559 at fourty with Darren Hedrick, so we'll have that on 228 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:06.279 our FM station ninety eight point five, and then of 229 00:13:06.279 --> 00:13:08.600 course the men's games, we'll be right here on six 230 00:13:08.600 --> 00:13:13.159 point thirty WLAP. Mark Pope and Kenny Brooks both spoke 231 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:17.200 to the media earlier today, and we'll start with Mark 232 00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:22.000 Pope because he told us a little bit about the 233 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:24.360 fact that and he followed up it was actually a 234 00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:27.120 question I asked him about the fact that they got 235 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:31.200 off to that cold start, and he told fans don't 236 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:34.440 worry about it. I ran a little bit of that 237 00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:37.120 on the show last night from the postgame show, but 238 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:42.360 I followed up with some of his comments about it's 239 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:44.919 going to be okay. If shots aren't falling, things are 240 00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:48.799 going to be okay, and everybody needs to just basically 241 00:13:49.360 --> 00:13:52.720 get used to this. Don't worry. Shots are going to fall, 242 00:13:53.559 --> 00:13:56.159 and when they do, you will see a streak the 243 00:13:56.240 --> 00:13:59.000 likes of which you saw against Minnesota State when the 244 00:13:59.039 --> 00:14:00.600 Cats turned the game into blowout. 245 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:02.840 We hope that's a defining feature of our team. And 246 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:05.879 it's two things about it. One is the first part 247 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:08.559 of that is that our guys are super resilient, and 248 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:12.080 we have a team that can go fix things, like 249 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:14.519 we're a veteran team. We see the game, we understand 250 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:17.600 the game, we can go fix things. And then and 251 00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:20.200 then the second part is we know it's always common man. 252 00:14:20.679 --> 00:14:23.320 As aggressive as we are offensively and as solid as 253 00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:26.159 we can be defensively, we always know that it could 254 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:28.000 be in the first five minutes of the game, it 255 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:30.279 could be in the last seven minutes of the game. 256 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:32.600 There's gonna be a two or three minute run that's 257 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:37.360 kind of a death knell where our guys where we 258 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:40.120 get it done. And so I like those two features 259 00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:43.000 of this team, that this group is really really resilient, 260 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:45.960 like we're good at fixing things. And then and then 261 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:48.600 we know something, something really fun is just around the 262 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:52.600 corner for BBN and and for our team the way 263 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:52.960 we play. 264 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:56.480 I asked Pope how long did it take him to 265 00:14:56.600 --> 00:15:00.360 get used to that notion as a coach who embraces offense, 266 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:03.080 and he took us back to his NBA days. He said, 267 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:06.559 the guy that he likes to emulate in this situation 268 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:10.360 the most is George carl who he said, could be 269 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:12.039 in the middle of a huddle when you're down twenty 270 00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:14.639 six to eleven, but he would say, don't worry, guys. 271 00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:17.600 The energy is good. We're doing good things. We just 272 00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:21.039 haven't a shots yet, but everything's going well. Conversely, they 273 00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:23.039 could be up big, but he'll say, you know, I 274 00:15:23.080 --> 00:15:25.960 don't really like the way things are going. So he 275 00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:31.080 tries to embrace that element of Carl's coaching, which is 276 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:33.759 why when the shots unfalling, he's got to know the 277 00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:34.919 streak is on the way. 278 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:37.600 I actually think the game asks us for that. The 279 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:42.240 game is asking us to don't be distracted by the 280 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:45.200 It's kind of like the stock market. Right if you're 281 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:48.320 if you're an incredibly wise investor, as I am, which 282 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:52.039 is not true, you know, then you know that your 283 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:53.919 you know, long term, you're ready to roll with some 284 00:15:53.960 --> 00:15:55.720 of the blips that happened in the stock market, but 285 00:15:55.799 --> 00:15:57.480 over the over the ten year, you're kind of watching 286 00:15:57.519 --> 00:15:59.639 trends and and that's how we try and act with 287 00:15:59.639 --> 00:16:03.879 our team. It's really hard to do because because it's emotional, 288 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:10.799 and it's intense, and you know, and and BBN is 289 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:14.159 is you know, we're all gonna fret together. But but 290 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:17.679 it works and our guys feel it. And that's this 291 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:20.559 idea of like knowing, hey, the energy's right in this building. 292 00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:23.080 We're going to fix some things and then this this 293 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:25.240 is gonna be a big time run coming and let's go. 294 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:26.679 Let's go be prepared to enjoy it. 295 00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:29.159 And again the men open up, as you know, with 296 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:32.120 Wright State on Monday Night. Now the women who take 297 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:34.840 on USC Upstate, you'll hear it here. You'll see that 298 00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:37.240 one on SEC Plus. The men, by the way, are 299 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:39.840 on ESPN you if you want to watch and listen 300 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:42.399 at the same time. The women are on ESPN Plus 301 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:46.240 with Jeff Picorrel and Christy Thomas. We talked to Kenny 302 00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:50.000 Brooks about this brand new team and somebody asked him, 303 00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:52.480 just how good can this team be? And he said, yeah, 304 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:53.639 the potential is there. 305 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:55.759 A couple of weeks ago, you know, we were still 306 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:58.200 a little raw and where we were trying to go 307 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:01.440 a little bit more clarity and what we're trying to 308 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:04.680 do now the way that they're able to work well 309 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:08.119 together in those positions. You know, we I've put some 310 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:12.160 very uncon conventional lineups out there where we're huge and 311 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:15.240 they've handled it extremely well. And so you'll probably see 312 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:18.960 that line up quite a bit during during the early stretches, 313 00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:22.400 you know, as we head into SEC play. But you know, 314 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:24.359 I think we have the potential to be a very 315 00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:27.079 good basketball team. What we do, we have the pieces, 316 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:29.000 you know, in some areas where we needed to be. 317 00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:32.400 We're very experienced, we're older, you know, I've joked about it. 318 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:35.640 We may have the oldest backcourt in the country. And 319 00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:38.119 I have to treat them that way because, you know, 320 00:17:39.359 --> 00:17:42.599 Dejah Lawrence and Georgia Amore, They've blogged a lot of minutes, 321 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:45.359 played a lot of great basketball. So we have to 322 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:47.400 make sure it's kind of like the vintage car. You 323 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:49.160 don't want to take it out every day, you know, 324 00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:51.759 but you want to make sure you take care of it. 325 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:54.920 And then we have young post players who who are 326 00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:58.160 just thriving and getting better each and every day. So 327 00:17:58.519 --> 00:17:59.759 I think that's a good recipe. 328 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:03.279 Clara Strack, a young post player, was there, and I 329 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:05.839 asked her about the fact that teams often good teams 330 00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:09.240 reflect the personality of their coach. So I said, what's 331 00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:12.200 the personality we are going to see from this team 332 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:14.559 reflective of Kenny Brooks. 333 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:21.640 I would say our attention to detail. We very methodical 334 00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:24.079 in the way we run, like our offenses and this stuff, 335 00:18:24.119 --> 00:18:25.880 and I think that's how he coaches us to be. 336 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:28.319 So I think that would be a good reflection of him. 337 00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:31.079 That's a pretty good sign if he asked me, because 338 00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:33.839 it's the little things that will carry you to victory, 339 00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:37.039 and it's ignoring the little things or not paying enough 340 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:39.319 attention that will get your beats. So we'll find out 341 00:18:39.359 --> 00:18:42.160 just how well if that works on Monday when the 342 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:45.200 UK women take on usc Upstate. You will hear it 343 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:48.480 here and see it on SEC Plus. David Sisk of 344 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:51.119 The Rivals Network is back on six point thirty. Welcome 345 00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:53.039 back to the Big Blue and Sider joining us now 346 00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:55.920 to talk basketball as a guy we love talking basketball with. 347 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:59.279 He is David Sisk of the Rivals Network. You see 348 00:18:59.279 --> 00:19:01.359 his work at Cat's Illustrated Coach. 349 00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:06.559 How you been I've been good, been good. Getting ready 350 00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:09.559 to get into that crazy time of the year, and 351 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:14.799 not just people think crazy time to get into basketball, 352 00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:18.119 and that's the case, but as you know, there's not 353 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:21.559 a whole lot of downtime once I know you do 354 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:24.160 all kinds of different sports, but we get into the 355 00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:25.880 winner for what I do. There's just not a whole 356 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:28.880 lot of downtime, So just gearing up for a time, 357 00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:30.359 get your winks in when you can. 358 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:33.039 Well you keep an eye on the recruits as well 359 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:35.200 as the teams that are actually playing. So I know, 360 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:37.480 like you said, there's not a whole lot of downtime. 361 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:40.240 But you've had a chance to peak at Kentucky. David 362 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:45.319 of course covers Kentucky and North Carolina for the Rivals Network, 363 00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:47.200 and you've had a chance to take a peek at 364 00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:50.640 the Wildcats under Mark Pope of late. From your tweets, 365 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:53.839 it seems like you're pretty impressed. Am I right about that? 366 00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:58.240 Well, I like to watch the action and that they do, 367 00:19:58.559 --> 00:20:02.000 so when I'm looking at it, I'm looking at it 368 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:05.880 from a strategic point and x's and those point of view, 369 00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:09.079 and then just try to see with you know, the 370 00:20:09.119 --> 00:20:13.319 talent that they have, you know, how it fits what 371 00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:16.559 they do into that and uh, you know, this is 372 00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:21.519 kind of basketball really Dick, that we've been uh really 373 00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:23.880 after for the last couple of years and kind kind 374 00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:26.640 of banging for. And I said, it was just it 375 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:30.960 was released to me just the last night. To watch 376 00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:33.279 a team when you go down the floor and you 377 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:38.720 don't get what you want, let's say, and transition, it's seamlessly. 378 00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:41.480 You you you just do into a flow and reverse 379 00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:44.519 the ball instead of screen and keep it moving, instead 380 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:47.319 of having a coach jumping up and down and screaming 381 00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:49.559 all over the gym that you could hear pointing around 382 00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:52.480 trying to get everybody in position, and then when you 383 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:56.000 finally run your players, eight seconds left on the shot clock. 384 00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:59.799 And I think that's kind of that's not a knock 385 00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:03.960 on coach cal as a coach, but that was his 386 00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:07.440 style and just to set it up and get these 387 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:11.319 half court sets and it just you know, last year 388 00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:14.519 was more free for Roland obviously, but you know we've 389 00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:17.720 seen a lot we've been waiting for this what we're 390 00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:21.880 seeing from Hope, you know, coming in and uh just 391 00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:24.720 enjoy watching her actions. And like I said, I think 392 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:28.640 they got some shooters. It's hard to tell from who 393 00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:33.440 they've played, really playing two Division two teams that were 394 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:36.680 overmatched physically, but quite a bit of just how good 395 00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:38.880 it's going to be. You know, it's not going to 396 00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:44.039 work as easily its do obviously, but so we really 397 00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:46.839 don't know. But like I said, I like to watch 398 00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:50.039 what they do, and we do know they're gonna push it. 399 00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:51.759 They're going to shoot a lot of threes. And I 400 00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:54.000 think they can make threes and they can shoot them. 401 00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:56.279