Players First Podcast with Riley Welch: Keion Brooks
UK freshman Keion Brooks Jr. joins teammate Riley Welch to discuss his first season as a Wildcat.
Feb 28, 2020•42 min
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Players First with Riley Welch: Talking with Johnny Juzang
Freshman Johnny Juzang has started to emerge for the Kentucky basketball team he sat down with Riley Welch to talk about his first year at Kentucky and the path that brought him to Lexington.
Feb 14, 2020•45 min
Talking basketball, family and Kobe Bryant with Nate Sestina
UK forward Nate Sestina stops by to talk with TJ Beisner about his first season with the Wildcats, as well as the impact Kobe Bryant had on his love for basketball.
Jan 27, 2020•56 min
Players First with Riley Welch: Joel Justus
Riley welcomes assistant coach Joel Justus on to the podcast, to discuss the team's growth to this point this season and the lessons he's learned throughout his career.
Jan 20, 2020•43 min
Players First Podcast with Riley Welch: Immanuel Quickley talks basketball, family and faith
In the latest edition of the "Players First" podcast, Riley Welch talks with teammate Immanuel Quickley about his breakout sophomore season and how family and faith have been at the core of his journey.
Dec 12, 2019•42 min
Looking at a tough upcoming schedule and a Camp Cal update
Joel and TJ discuss a challenging couple weeks of practice and look ahead to an upcoming stretch of games that includes Georgia Tech, Utah, Ohio State and Louisville.
Dec 11, 2019•28 min
Bouncing back, getting healthy and eating Turkey
Bouncing back, getting healthy and eating Turkey by UK Sports Network
Nov 26, 2019•23 min
Players First Podcast with Riley Welch: Nick Richards stops by
Players First Podcast with Riley Welch: Nick Richards stops by by UK Sports Network
Nov 22, 2019•37 min
Recapping Mich. St. and previewing EKU
Joel Justus and TJ Beisner look back at Kentucky's win over Michigan State and look ahead to UK's home game with EKU.
Nov 08, 2019•25 min
Players First Podcast with Riley Welch: Ben Jordan talks about joining the basketball team
In the latest edition of "Players First with Riley Welch", Riley talks with Ben Jordan, who recently joined the basketball team from the UK baseball team.
Oct 31, 2019•33 min
Previewing KSU and Mich. St.
With the first exhibition in the books, UK assistant Joel Justus and TJ Beisner talk about what the coaches learned from watching the Cats play Georgetown College, plus look ahead to an exhibition with Kentucky State and the season-opener with Michigan State.
Oct 30, 2019•26 min
The Riley Welch Podcast: Nate Sestina stops by
The first episode of the unnamed Riley Welch podcast is here! In this first episode, he sits down with Nate Sestina.
Oct 18, 2019•42 min
Rex Chapman sits down with Cal and Joel discusses practice
Rex Chapman sits down with John Calipari to talk about starting another 10 years at Kentucky, plus assistant coach Joel Justus discusses the start of practice.
Oct 17, 2019•28 min
Coach Cal's Big Blue Madness Speech
Coach Cal's Big Blue Madness Speech by UK Sports Network
Oct 12, 2019•12 min
Bonus: Tent City Live 2019
John Calipari and the 2019-20 Kentucky Wildcats joined Dave Baker and Rex Chapman for another edition of "Tent City Live" at the Big Blue Madness campout.
Sep 27, 2019•54 min
Keep the faith and dream big: Coach Cal speaks at UNCW
In 1979, John Calipari arrived on the campus at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington as a skinny freshman point guard. Thursday night, he returned as a Hall of Fame basketball coach to speak at the program's tip-off banquet. This was Coach Cal's speech to the Seahawks.
Sep 20, 2019•24 min
Meet the Wildcats: Riley Welch
The Papa John's "Meet the Wildcats" series continues with the newest Kentucky Wildcats, transfer Riley Welch.
Sep 10, 2019•13 min
A conversation with Michael Stone
Joel Justus returns to the Behind Kentucky Basketball and is joined by Michael Stone, UK basketball's Director of Academic Services, who discusses the academic expectations for the team.
Aug 28, 2019•26 min
Meet the Wildcats: Keion Brooks
The Papa John's "Meet the Wildcats" series continues as TJ Beisner sits down with five-star freshman Keion Brooks.
Aug 20, 2019•13 min
Meet the Wildcats: Dontaie Allen
The Papa John's "Meet the Wildcats" series continues as TJ Beisner catches up with Kentucky freshman Dontaie Allen.
Aug 13, 2019•11 min
Meet the Wildcats: Nate Sestina
The Papa John's "Meet the Wildcats" series continues as TJ Beisner talks with graduate transfer Nate Sestina.
Aug 06, 2019•23 min
Meet the Wildcats: Brennan Canada
UK freshman walk-on Brennan Canada sits down with TJ Beisner to talk about his chance to live out a childhood dream and become a Wildcat.
Jul 30, 2019•8 min
Meet the Wildcats: Johnny Juzang
In the latest edition of the Papa John's "Meet the Wildcats" series, freshman guard Johnny Juzang discusses his decision to reclassify and join the Wildcats and how the adjustment from the west coast has gone so far.
Jul 23, 2019•18 min
Meet the Wildcats: Kahlil Whitney
The Papa John's "Meet the Wildcats" series continues as TJ Beisner talks with UK freshman Kahlil Whitney.
Jul 16, 2019•20 min
Meet the Wildcats: Tyrese Maxey
The Papa John's "Meet the Wildcats" series gets underway in a conversation with freshman guard Tyrese Maxey.
Jul 09, 2019•15 min
Father's Day podcast with Joel and Deacon Justus
The "Behind Kentucky Basketball" podcast checks in from Father/Son Camp with assistant coach Joel Justus and his son Deacon.
Jun 15, 2019•15 min
Summer Update: The new team is on their way
UK assistant coach Joel Justus and CoachCal.com's TJ Beisner discuss the first month of the offseason and talk about the new players headed to Lexington in a month.
May 21, 2019•25 min
Kentucky is headed to the Elite Eight!
Following Kentucky's win over Houston, TJ Beisner and Joel Justus take a look at the Elite Eight matchup with Auburn and look back at PJ Washington's big return.
Mar 30, 2019•14 min
Kentucky is headed to the Sweet 16!
The Kentucky Wildcats are headed to the Sweet 16 and Joel Justus and TJ Beisner take a look back at the win over Wofford and ahead to Kansas City. Plus all the secrets about PJ Washington that no one wants you to know about.
Mar 25, 2019•18 min
NCAA Tournament Preview from Jacksonville
With Abilene Christian up first in the NCAA Tournament, TJ Beisner and Joel Justus discuss the matchup, UK's region and the injury to PJ Washington.
Mar 20, 2019•14 min
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