11.13 - Champions Classic Reaction - Hour 1

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what happened last night? Anything else I need to plug? Oh yeah, this in all seriousness. We are going to talk about a lot of things, including Kentucky getting a huge win last night against Duke. But I didn't mention this yesterday, so I might as well mention it now. And this is something that I need to say. But it also gives me a little bit more time to, you know, avoid the obvious. Kentucky looked good last night. But the company man, mister John Alden, he's still you know,

he's still with us. I learned long ago when people like get a different job, leave the company, get a promotion. When I say no longer with us, I used to just mean like they're no longer on the show. And then I realized that I actually killed somebody once, not really, but they assumed that like when I said he's no longer with us, they just boughdy died. So yeah, I got to be a little more careful with my words.

But the company man, he's still with us, and he's still a part of the show, but he's kind of in like a hybrid role now because we had some shake up here last week that resulted in John being relied on a little bit more than he had been relied on previously. In fact, i'll just say it, he got called up to the big leagues. That's what's happening here.

He's now on the mothership news radio eight forty whash you hear in the mornings with Tony Cruz, and I don't know how long that's going to be his schedule, but even if it is, he'll still mix in and be a part of the show. But we now have Austin Montgomery running the operation there in the control room doing a phenomenal job.

girl and a company baby. That's right, That's right. So congratulations to him. I kind of feel I kind of feel like he's growing up right before my eyes.

you know, here and there. So just wanted to let everybody know, all right, let's let's get to it. I mean, how about how about that performance last night? Yeah, case Dan Musgrave, she was great at the KFC Center.

what really shocked me. In fact, I said many times yesterday, I really felt like they had a good shot at winning because the roles were reversed, meaning usually you'll see an older team be able to at this point early on in the season take advantage of being veterans, being a little bit more ready at that point. Now, it's

still impressive. I mean I'm not acting like, you know, Kentucky won't be a good team this year, but it just kind of felt like, yeah, I could see I can see Kentucky, you know, holding out and being able to win a close game.

Carr was great, for Kentucky. But you know, I thought that if they were going to win that game, it would be a really high scoring game and it would just be Kentucky kind of outlasting them, like a shootout kind of thing, and they just hold on, maybe they make more free throws like that would have been the most likely scenario that I would have envisioned had they you know, if they won. And they did win, but

and it wasn't. It wasn't a low scoring game by any means, but it wasn't a shootout and Kentucky didn't really have that much of a problem defending Duke. So I mean again, like that was that was impressive. And look, they've got a good team. And I know Kentucky like top to bottom, everybody within BB and the Big Blue Bozos, from the players, the fans, the coaches, like, I get why they're being of knock because I'd probably do the

same thing. I don't blame them at all. I mean, not only was that a great sign for this current team for Mark Pope, but you're really winning the breakup right now and it's not close. And as we've discussed, you can act like that doesn't matter, but it does matter. I would believe you if you told me that it wasn't the first, maybe even the second thing that like popped into your mind after you realized, holy crap, in just his third career game as the coach, Mark Pope

beat Duke. I think it's like the fourth time they've beat Duke in like the last sixty years or something like that. That stat blew me away, But I feel like it's true because of where it came from. I heard it on the KSR pregame show yesterday, so you know, I know they say facts are optional. They're not going to get facts wrong but make their team look bad. So Kentucky hasn't beaten Duke a whole lot, and they certainly considered them a rival and they got it done.

So a great sign for Mark Pope. So again, I'm sure there's a lot of things that went into your mind right afterwards, like holy crap, I can't believe he did that. This is great, this feels awesome. But one of the many things that you were probably thinking about at that time when the game ended and you realize

you held on in one. You were thinking about your ex, you were thinking about John Keller Perry, and you know, right now, the early stages of this breakup, you're winning in a major way, monster win for Pope and his team, and Cal, you know, he's he's not only looking exactly the same as he did when he was at Kentucky, which led to that thing kind of falling apart to where you needed to have the breakup that you had.

not out here to make jokes. They're not out here to really you know, entertain They're just they're they're given takes, right they are. They're given analysis, like you know, the field of sixty eight guys, right, those that you know that are the talking heads of the sport, Like they're really calling out how here he is at a new school and he's trying to do the same things that really made it go sour at Kentucky, and it's not. I mean, he doesn't have the same resources at Arkansas

that he would at a place like Kentucky. So again, a big win last night for Kentucky. And you know, I didn't want them to win, but it happened. And I'd be a liar if I said I didn't think that they looked impressive. I mean, they've got they've got a good team. I don't know what their ceiling is. You know, they're certainly going to lose games this year. But you know, I don't even think they played that well. I mean, they played well enough, they made shots when

it mattered. But if you just look at the numbers here, the biggest difference in this game was that Kentucky they made they made more three points shots. I mean they were ten of twenty five for forty percent. If you're shooting forty percent from three, that's a pretty good recipe, especially if you've got a team. I mean, again, they shot forty percent from three. And it wasn't just one or two or even three guys that really did did

the bulk of the work. I mean, they had looks like four different guys made at least two three pointers. So you know, you build your roster to have guys that are, you know, shooters, you're gonna let them shoot. And they made forty percent of them. And that's a pretty good recipe. But everywhere else, I mean, neither team shot the ball great overall, forty percent roughly for both,

thirty nine percent for Duke, forty percent for Kentucky. So Kentucky was ten of twenty five as mentioned forty percent. Duke was four of twenty three for seventeen percent. That's really the difference in the game. Both teams were the same at the free throw line seventy one percent. Kentucky had a few more turnovers. Duke had a four point edge on the backboard. Second chance points were pretty even, and I guess the other big difference here is the

bench points. I mean, Kentucky they got balanced right. They were led by Andrew Carr, who played really well, especially.

But your best player, at least the guy that everybody thought was gonna be your best player. And I heard a lot of people saying this before the season started, and I didn't disagree, but it was incorrect last night. Jackson Robinson, he didn't mean was he there last night? I mean I say that sarcastically. He played twenty seven minutes. He didn't do a thing, and twenty seven minutes he had one point because he made one of three free throws,

had one rebound, didn't have an assist. I mean again, talking about somebody who played twenty seven minutes and essentially just took up one of the five spots on the floor. That's what he did in twenty seven minutes, and it didn't matter. Kentucky still beat Duke. So if they'll be able to win game because Jackson Robinson's the guy that everybody said, look, he's going to have to be the best player.

done last night. So doesn't mean I think Louis's going to have a terrible season and that Kentucky's going to be, you know, a billion times better.

Cooper Flag really talented. Thirty two points at twenty six, sorry thirty two minutes, had twenty six points twelve boards, just so you can tell the guy's got a lot of ability. You know, there's not really anything I saw last night that I would that I would say like is a weakness for him. But it might have been Cel Brown, who was on the show last week or the week before. I remember talking with him about Cooper Flag, you know, asking do you believe the hype? Do you

think this guy is as good as advertised? And he said yes, but he brought up one potential thing that that could that could hurt this Duke team. It probably won't matter long term for a guy like Cooper Flag, who's just that talented, but this Duke team, they're gonna need Cooper Flagg to kind of just take over. And he tried to do it at times last night. He had that late turnover, of course, that was crucial. He also made some tough shots down the stretch. Like I

think he to say like he looked way overrated. I mean, I'm sure you'll hear some people say that.

And it seems like when you when you were looking to find anybody bringing up a potential weakness or a concern about this guy who has more hype entering college than anybody since Zion Williamson, that is what I heard that, you know, maybe he won't really become table embracing the role of like, all right, everybody, get out of my way, let me go to work.

feel like has for the most part underwhelmed. I know, Hubert Davis made the run to the championship game, but outside of that, and you can't.

way to the championship game. But either way, you can throw Kyle Neptune in there with Jay Wright's replacement, a guy that Jay Wright clearly made sure got the job after he walked away, and they're gonna have to go find the new coach now because this guy's I mean, he was potentially on the hot seat last year and then I guess following last year, then he enters this

year with a rough start. But who else was Like, I'm trying to think of other coaches that have stepped in just that we're you know, Greg gard took over for bo Ryan, who again, that's not a that's not an elite job. And I don't think that Bo Ryan is an elite coach, but that's a similar situation to where he had influence and just handing it off to his guy and it hadn't worked.

the doubt that the SEC usually gets in. The SEC's upset about it, and I understand why. I mean, I don't want the SEC to get preferential treatment all the time, but like there's some rank there's some teams in the Big ten that you're just giving them the benefit of doubt that I don't think. I think they're less worthy

of it than the SEC. So we'll get into that. Also, I think the committee, whoever the spokesperson is for the Committee this year, I think it's the Michigan Athletic Director, there's one thing they could just say every week when they give us an update and try to explain it. They wouldn't make everybody happy, and clearly people would still say these aren't in order the way they're supposed to be as far as the rankings, but it would eliminate this endless.

to Tennessee. And I've got a theory in regards to Pat Kelcey and his offense, his style of play. And it's not like it's not a criticism, but as I continue to think back to what happened on Saturday, the way things played out, and Louisville just really had a tough time competing, and there's a lot of factors in that, but one of it was. One of those factors was that they tried to get into their style, what they want to do, who they are, and Tennessee was ready

to stop it and had no trouble stopping it. And the more I think back to that, the more I realize, you know, this is a learning experience for everybody, including Pat Kelsey, and I'm confident that he'll put everything he has into getting it figured out and making sure that things like Saturday don't happen again. They're gonna lose games. They're probably gonna lose games this year, maybe by that same margin at times. I Mean, I hate to say that,

but that's just basketball, it's college hoops. But I think there's a clear difference in where he's been prior to Louisville and what you're gonna see night in and night at at Louisville. And I'm not just talking about well, yeah, better teams a higher step up, So we'll get into that and who else knows what we're gonna get into today, but I hope you guys will join us. You can text in on the show five O two sixty five three zero seven ninety. It's the ln N Federal Credit

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fifteen teams. So the opportunities left are at Stanford, which you're you're favored about twenty points, so you're I think you're you're gonna you should win that one, and even if you win and cover, I'm not sure that that gives you a chance to really, you know, to improve your your resume. And then you play Pitt at home. You know, that one some value, but certainly not now enough to where you're going to really probably jump ahead of teams that that have you know, that are currently

ahead of you unless they lose. And even if you know, a one loss team loses one game and they're now sitting and I don't know, eight and two and you're seven and three at one point. Like again, just because you lose doesn't mean that you automatically jump ahead of people who or you jump behind people who were, you know, on your heels. So I know some people are still thinking like, well, hey, there's a path, there's you know, and I don't. I don't do whatever you want. I'm

not trying to ran on anybody's preade. I just I can't fake it, Like I think there's any scenario that Louisville makes the playoffs despite them now being I guess what, seven spots away. But that's not really how it works, right, It's there's certain spots that are slotted for teams that accomplish this. This means, so you know, I don't think it's possible, but you know, I guess the only time

will tell. But then even saying that makes me think that I'm like under the impression that there's any remote hope that it happens.

It's nice to, you know, for people to call out the fact that, you know, Louisville should be a top fifteen team because.

more often than not. But you know, if you're gonna be a like, for example, Eli Drinkwitz, he said, and this is what coaches say.

so like that's not really the case. So, like you know, anyways, but they're up to nineteen and I'm gonna guess, just a guess here, I think the highest they could possibly get, even with chaos going on, it's probably like maybe fourteen. That No, that's what I said last week, like the the crazier things have happened, or the dumb and dumber

clip that Austin has played. You're telling me there's a chance, Like I don't even like I don't even want to jokingly reference those things we're not entertaining because well because

it's just not possible. Like I don't know, I've yet to see somebody give me a scenario, even if you want to acknowledge that said scenario is like the least likely thing to happen, Like I can't even think of a scenario where endless amounts of chaos take place and Louisville ends up being one of the twelve teams in the playoff. I just I don't really think that it's possible. But you know, maybe somebody can present something that proves

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