11.13 - Champions Classic Reaction - Hour 2

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that Kentucky, you know, had a chants to win. And I mentioned it many times yesterday that I kind of just had a feeling that they would they'd be able to win because in these games in the Champions Classic, the teams that are more so built on veterans that are back that have played a lot of college basketball, they oftentimes end up getting the edge over teams that are really talented, but it's built with the core being young guys, and Duke has a pretty good balance, to

be honest with you. The guys they went out on the portal are role guys. And I thought last night Billis made a good point to say that, and I guess he brought up a good point that I thought was, you know, made a lot of sense. I just hadn't really considered it. But John Shire, I guess has maybe he told Billis this directly, or it was just something

he said in a press conference. But when they went out and really filled out their roster in the portal, it wasn't really based off of talent level production at the previous school. It was assessing who can fit a specific role that we need, And you know, last night. They didn't win, but like you could tell, there's guys out there that are probably not probably surprised themselves to be at Duke at this point in their career, but they're not asked to go out there and you know,

lead in scoring and take ten shots. I mean, that's gonna be the freshman. That's going to be Canipple and obviously Cooper Flagg who is sensational and look the best three players on the floor last night. And I don't even think Kentucky fans would disagree with this. This is not taking anything away from their win. This is just I think what was pretty evident, and Kentucky fans should know this. The most talented guys, guys who have the best chance of getting to the NBA and being taken

really early in the draft. That doesn't always get you victories. Who has learned that more than Kentucky fans in recent years? Right, So last night role reversal. The three best players in my opinion, for you know, for for in last night's game was clearly Flag and then Canipple and then malc or Malloch. I think it's Maloch. I mean those two guys, you could tell are game changers and they're gonna play

in the NBA, but they couldn't get it done. Now again, I know, anything I say, as far as you know, questioning how good Duke is or criticizing Duke, I'm sure there's some Kentucky fans that little hear it as if I'm trying to take away you know, take away their their you know, their their win. Like it didn't mean what it did. It's just the truth. Though, Like they had Moloch who only played twenty three minutes because he was cramping up and they kept having to take him

out of the game. And then I don't remember the name of the yeah, the guard. I think it was a James who transferred in from from Tulane. The point guard who he went out and didn't come back and didn't return. So like that he was he's clearly the defensive guy for this Duke backcourt. So you know, those are things that just happened. It's not you know, it's not luck. It's not the Kentucky you know, maybe they

benefited from it, but those things happen in basketball. So, you know, impressive performance from Kentucky and what's got to make it even sweeter for Kentucky fans is knowing that they didn't even really play that well. I mean, they didn't play bad. I'd say, if you're saying did they play good or bad, you're clearly going to say they played good. But I feel like you're not going to have many nights where you get nothing from Jackson Robinson.

You know, I think they played a B plus game, but maybe I'm not giving them enough credit because I'm looking at the numbers here and I'm not really sure what you know, what they did where I would say that, you know, there wasn't any at the only aspect of the game that you look at and from a numbers standpoint and say, okay, they need to be better. Here would be points in the paint. I mean two K

forty six. Kentucky had twenty six. But I don't think Mark Pope is looking at that and thinking that's an issue because he wants three pointers, layups or free throws. Now, they did have some guys that you know late just went and got a bucket, which it's nice to be able to do that when when when it's needed. I mean Andrew Carr, I mean, he was pretty good last night. Seventeen points, there was another guy I can't think of who else got a late bucket that just kind of

seemed like, you know, all right, it's close game. These last few possessions are going to be really valuable. Can you go get a bucket? And I know car did, but yeah, Kentucky, they're probably feeling better than they have felt in a long time when it comes to their basketball program because they're winning the breakup and it's not close at this point.

than them. In fact, they play a lot of these teams in the next few weeks, which unfortunately kind of scares me a little bit. I'm hopeful that they can win a couple of them, maybe win you know, some games that really improve their resume, but also so maybe they you know, if they don't win, that they compete and it's close, because that could lead to you having a record that is, you know, not good for the

Louisville standard when you get to early January. But if you've been competitive in those games against really good teams that are ranked really really high, that could make it to where maybe you end up being that team when you get the first look at the net rankings that come out what in early January whenever that is like, maybe you'll be the team that everybody points to and says, geez, how the hell can Louisville be you know, three games

above five hundred and have a top twenty ranking. And I'm not saying that they will be, but that's how these formulas have proven to play out. Now, do I think it's the right way to do it? Probably not, but hey, it doesn't matter. That's the way it is. And if it favors Louisville because they've played really good teams close but they end up losing and yet they're still ranked pretty high, I'll take it. I'll take it. But what stood out to me last night when watching

Kentucky is that they play. They want to play a very sill like. This is pretty noticeable as soon as you realized who was going to be coaching both of these programs. Pat Kelsey and Mark Pope are alike in how they want to play. It's not the exact same way, but they both sort of are very much relying on the new analytical world, right, a lot of possessions, a lot of threes that are open. Take some risks defensively because it can potentially lead to you getting some high

percentage looks on offense rather that be transition buckets. Maybe that's just a three in transition. You know, that's the way these guys want to play. And last night, I feel like the game was pretty free flowing. I mean, there was a stretch where it felt like neither team could really buy a bucket. But you know, late they were able to rely on Andrew Carr's ability to go to work in the post. He's a really skilled big and Jackson Robinson. He didn't have to do anything last

night for them to win. But I would imagine that in others, you know, when Kentucky starts playing other really good teams on their schedule this year. Maybe it's not Andrew Carr, but maybe Jackson Robinson is the guy that they kind of run some things through and it's not like, hey, everybody get out of the way, let this guy just

go one on one. But utilizing the tools that the players you have can I mean, let me rephrase that, taking some individual strengths that a lot of your guys have and figuring out a way to make the most out of that. Right, maximize what you can get out of that. Because with Pat Kelcey at Winthrop and at Charleston, he's been more of a system guy and he's been super successful. I'm not I mean, look, that's why he's at Louisville because what he was doing there was working here.

And I think the majority of you know, the teams that Louisville's going to play, they can get into what they want to do, and they can dictate pace a little bit, and they can get into what they want to be and there's a good chance that it works out more often than not. But there's also going to be times when you played Tennessee or maybe teams that aren't as good at Tennessee, but teams that have the ability to take you away from what you want to do.

And that's what I'm so anxious to see when you get to Indiana or get to whoever you play next that really is not wanted, that knows, Hey, we're going to take Louisville away from what they want to do like Tennessee did, and then we should be good because when we dare Louisville's guys to just break us down and beat us one on one and score on us,

they aren't very good at that. It's like, I can't wait to see when they play those teams whoever that ends up being, and I want to see what the recipe is because you clearly can't just rely on it the way you did against Tennessee and expect it to work out. So when you look at the level that is Winthrop in Charleston, the vast majority of players at the mid major level are relatively similar when it comes

to talent level. And what I mean by that is the majority of the teams in those mid major conferences they're working with, you know, a similar ceiling when it comes to talent. Majority of players at the mid major level that aren't transfers are probably guys that were two star or maybe low three star recruits, and there's way more of those guys than there are four and five star players, and that's why those guys typically go to

the better schools. So what I'm saying is Pat Kelsey's you know, approach And maybe this wasn't like the mindset, but here's how it played out. He's at two different stops, been successful based off of a system and a style more so than individual guys that just simply can do things that other guys can't. Now, maybe at the mid major level, you'll have some guys that like, hey, they

got the best guy in the league. There's nobody that can stop him in the in the you know, in the MAC or in the Sun Belt or something like that. But nowadays those guys are probably gonna not stay at that level because they can utilize the portal and jump up to a higher level. But what I'm saying is when it comes down to this jump from that level to this level, you're going to have to rely on not just a system, but guys utilizing what they have

in their bag. If you know what I'm saying, like what their strengths are offensively and how you can put something together to where you can consistently get high percentage shots. So, like I think Louisville has some guys that may be able to take advantage of an opponent, even a good opponent, right, Like Karin Johnson's a good scorer, Chucky Hepburn can can

run the show for you. Case in Pryor, I think is a matchup problem for other for the majority of guys that are playing his position because of his versatility. So you know, get some sets in, run some motion that can really put those guys in position to where you're scoring. And it's because hey, we've got to match up advantage here, right, We've got something here that we

can really utilize and have success. And I hope I'm not nerding out too much on basketball, but what it comes down to is Pat kelsey success at deplete that the previous two places that he's been at makes sense for it to be based off of style, all Right, I can plug him play not just anybody off the street, but there's a lot of guys that can be the three man in this offense in what we want to do.

They got to play defense and they've you know, so now you know, I still think he's going to continue to recruit guys that fit what he wants to do. But if he's getting Louisville caliber players and not necessarily just transfers who came from a mid major level, these these are guys that can do more than just fit a specific role. They can potentially break guys down off the dribble because you know what, they're talented players. And

I think this team, maybe I'm wrong here. I think you have some pieces to where you can't cook something up to where you know you're not relying so much on your on your overall style and philosophy, you're able to get into some action in the half court where maybe it's a two men game with Case and Pryor and and Korin Johnson, or maybe it's okay, Terrence Edwards, let's go look at what he was really able to

do at James Madison. And I know James Madison's not the same level as Louisville, but you know what, at James Madison, Terrenceiverts Junior had a what twenty five points against Michigan State at their place, And like, you know, I think he's talented. And what I saw is guys out there when the system wasn't working on Saturday against Tennessee.

They didn't really know what to revert to, and I don't know either, But that's Pat Kelsey's job, and I'm sure he's figuring out what he can do offensively to to, you know, to not find yourself in a position where you only score what fifty five points? So everybody involved, top to bottom, this is going to be a learning experience in Pat Kelsey. I think he knew deep down that there's gonna be teams that are able to take

away what they want to do. But he hadn't had anybody even come close to challenging Louisville until Tennessee came to town Saturday, and they didn't just challenge you, they they dominated you. So now they get to work they have They're gonna have ten days between those games to figure it out, and unforse fortunately Bellerman and Winthrop aren't going to give you the same look that a Tennessee is.

But that doesn't mean they're not working on some things to have in place when they do find themselves in the same situation they were in against really good teams like Tennessee. Album making sense because again Pat built this team with guys that fit what he wants to do, which is understandable, which is what I think most would have expected him to do. But these are also guys that if they were playing for Pat Kelsey at Charleston or Winthrop, they would be really on the high end

as far as talent. Maybe not all of them, but certain guys. So figure out what you can, you know, what you can really put together offensively with the talent and the skills that you have there, and you know, next time you're in that spot, see if it works, and we may learn the hard way that man. You know, these guys, they were all pretty good players for successful mid major type programs, but man, they weren't the best

players on those min major programs. And maybe that just results in Louisville being underwhelming when it comes to talent. I don't think. I don't think it's going to play out that way, but we'll certainly find out, because again, they're going to be in, hopefully not situations like they were in on Saturday, where they're down twenty they lose by twenty two points, and at times you feel like

it's going to be even uglier than that. What I mean, though, is they're going to be in situations where they can't do what they did against Morehead State, they can't do what they did against the exhibition opponents. So from there it just comes down to, you know, figuring out what you know. I'm not asking or expecting him to reinvent who they are and change, you know, their identity. That would be foolish, and he's not going to do that.

But you've got to be able to cook something up in the half court when you find yourself in the situation you found yourself in Saturday, and he knows that, and now he's got to try to fix it. All right, quick break, We'll come back here on the other side and keep this thing rolling along. Don't go anywhere, keep it locked right here where I mean, where would you go? Why would you leave? We're having fun, aren't We don't

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goal for them. I think they needed twenty in order to come out to us that day, so they were very excited, and our Blood Bank for Pets got quite a bit of interest and we were able to get some new donors and we're still in talks with some that were interested and still trying to get them in for their screening process. So all in all, it was a great day and we're looking forward to making this an annual event.

is detrimental to their care. So we wanted to have a little bit of control over the blood that we collected here, have a hand in our donors and keeping them healthy, knowing where our blood came from, and making sure that we're collecting our blood in an ethical and safe way. And then as our program grew over the years, we were able to extend that service to hospitals not only locally but throughout the country.

their eligibility and then full blood typing, an infectious disease panel, and a general health profile for those that qualify. And then once they're in the program, we continue to give them benefits still in the interest of keeping them healthy. So we offer their annual wellness exam, their rabis, the temper vaccines, feqal exam, and all of that lab work that we did in the beginning. We continue to do

that annually. So that's all things that we do to help the pets stay healthy, and it kind of gives back to them because wellness care can be pricey and so we cover all those costs.

what needs to be done. I would imagine that's a really beneficial process for you guys when you do have events like you had recently here where you can demonstrate the exact process to put to put pet owners at ease.

done so that they're more comfortable with the process. But we always allow owners to be present if they want to, so that way their pet is more comfortable with them there, and then they kind of also get to see how things are done, but where it's kind of an open book. So yeah, and they want to be present, I'm happy to make that happen.

So sure it makes it makes total sense. Now when it comes to the overall benefit here, obviously it can it can help save lives, but what are some other benefits here that would really hopefully incentivize people to say, Okay, I want to give Jeffersonail Hospital a call and see if maybe my pet can qualify because of this and that, Again, just being able to help save pets lives, that should be enough for people. But I know there's other benefits as well that comes with the overall process here.

to give back. Aside from the wellness benefits, we do offer free blood products equal to the mount donated, so if the donor is ever in need or they have a housemate in need, then they are welcome to utilize that pool of product if they ever need it. In past ten years, knock on wood, I've only ever had to use that once, but it would there for that family when they needed it the most, and we were happy to provide that. So that's always a nice thing

that they have something to fall back on. And we do offer discounted exam fees for the donor if they're ever in need of like a sick visit or anything like that.

do happen. So I know you guys are there for folks that have pets, But how often do you guys end up having pet owners come in with their dog, their cat, or whatever animal it may be, and they just haven't thought of getting them looked at or checked out in a long time, and maybe there's something that is pretty serious that they never knew that that's got to be addressed. I just, you know, pets can't communicate with us the same. I guess they communicate differently obviously

than humans. They can communicate with us, but it's just different. I just I would imagine there's a lot of people who, you know, they just just just assume that everything's a okay with their dog or their cat or whatever pet it may be. And you know, it's probably something that they realize too late that they should get those checkups. They should come and see you guys, just to make sure everything's okay.

get super scary. And we're a full service that so we do wellness and emergency as well, so you know we're here for whatever anybody needs.

I'm just saying they're family. And as I've said many times when discussed the value that Jefferson Animal Hospital gives to the community here, I don't want to act like your pet can't communicate with you, because they do. It's just they don't do it the way you know humans do.

But you should always get them checked out. And I know there are people listening right now that are thinking, yeah, you know, maybe maybe they've lost a pet due to some type of health issue that could have been prevented had they had a wellness check as as she mentioned there, So don't put it off, don't procrastinate. You know you can. You can reach out to them. Bibo two nine hundred

Pets is the phone number. Jefferson Vets dot com is the website to get more information making appointment, stop in and see them. And you know, if you haven't had a check up in a long time for your pet, then you know you need to. It's time you're due for a check up, and you can get more information about all of the the pet blood donation stuff that they've got going on. Pet bloodbank dot Com is the website and I'm looking at it right now. They've got

a lot of great information. They certainly make it very convenient for those that, you know, if you're somebody that's like, yeah, I don't really understand how that works. I don't know a whole lot about it, and like, well, if you go to pet bloodbank dot com, you're gonna get all the information you need. And as you heard her mention there, they'll they understand that you're gonna probably have some questions

about the process. You're going to want to probably be around your pet whenever they first have there there when they when they give blood for the first time. So again, pet bloodbank dot Com, Jefferson Betts dot Com both websites. BABO two nine hundred pets is the number, and tell them we sent you all right, quick break will come back on the other side, wrap up the four o'clock hour, get back into these college football playoff rankings. Yes, I

know it's all gonna work itself out. Because you know, there's still a few weeks left, and some of these teams that are fighting for the same spot, they're going to play each other. But the committee each week they tell us sort of you know where everybody is on a week by week basis, and I think there's one thing they're leaving out. They could just say this each

week when they're asked to justify these rankings. That wouldn't make everybody agree, wouldn't make everybody happy, but it would at least stop people from just endlessly trying to figure out what led to certain teams being ranked where they are. So we'll get to that on the other side right here on Sports Talk seven.

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far as just you know, you take the top. I don't know, eight teams seven eight teams from both those two leagues, you're gonna likely have a big advantage over the other two Power Force and really anybody else. But that doesn't just mean that you can lose, and it doesn't count like it doesn't. It's not held against you at the same way. And I think the SEC, you're seeing the Big ten get benefit of the doubt over the SEC, and they don't know how to feel about it.

They don't know how to feel about it now. I don't know if I believe that a one loss Penn State team is better than a two loss or even a three loss SEC team. I mean, i'd probably lean towards taking the SEC team with more losses. But does that mean that, you know, if you believe that, should you rank it that way or should you base it

off of just results? I mean, I guess you should base it off just results, But you know, I I think yesterday the update that we got from the college football playoff rankings was really a reminder that there's no perfect way to do it. No matter what you do, there's gonna be gonna be people upset. But I think

the SEC. I felt like it could be wrong, But I feel like the SEC overall as a league from top to bottom, and I guess more so just Sanky, because there certain teams that are feeling prett good about where they are. But I would imagine Sank might be more displeased with the committee last night, maybe than he ever has been when it comes to the playoff rankings.

But we'll get into that in the five o'clock or let's go to the text on Pabo two six, five, three zero seven to ninety is the numbers is Nick? When it comes to talent, the youngest guy on this team, the only freshman, probably has more talent than anybody, which is why he was a top forty player. Overall, there's no reason he shouldn't be getting more minutes than what he got, or you're talking about Khanni Russ and I think it's a really good point that it's a good example.

And look, he's only played one game and he came in and you know he didn't do a whole lot because he didn't play a lot of minutes, but he had a step back three And even in the exhibition games or the morehead game, when you see Kahani in limited action, it's probably not as noticeable to a casual observer, but if you're paying close enough attention, you've probably seen at least something throughout any of the exhibitions, rather it be Bahamas or the ones they played a couple the

last couple of months, whatever, maybe where you can see okay, yeah, that guy he's a freshman, but man, you can see that he was a top forty talent. You can see why he had options to go to a lot of big time schools. So he's you know, he's the exact opposite of the rest of this roster. But at times, you know you need talent. It's not just based off of experience, like Ahni Ruths is not going to be as consistent as some of these guys, isn't as physically mature,

isn't clearly as you know, there's gonna be. It's gonna be a balancing act for Pat Kelsey because do you just throw him out there and let him cut his teeth now and give him more minutes than maybe you planned on it because you know that you're gonna need to rely on his god given ability that a lot of these guys don't have. I mean, that's a decision he's gonna have to make because Ruths is a guy that, again you can just tell that he has some ability

that the other guys don't have. But then again, there's gonna be games where he makes freshman mistakes. He's having some growing pains, whereas if maybe those minutes that he got were given to somebody like a case in prior or a trail ray, that maybe they w and't have

had those youthful mistakes. Now you only have one young guy, so the majority of this team is going to be And that's why I actually think Russ getting thrown in there is something I'd be cool with because I think he's going to be playing around nothing but veterans really throughout the I mean that's all you have is veterans and then one freshman. So you know, one guy in

the pack with a bunch of old dudes. I think the benefit is worth it to let him make the mental mistake or the freshman mistake here and there have those growing pains, because he'll only get better from it. He'll grow to where maybe in February you're saying, this guy's not a freshman anymore. So it's all about balancing.

And I don't mean just Louisville. It's college basketball, right, Like clearly Duke is a team that is really reliant upon freshmen to produce, and those guys last night again the best players on the floor were the three freshmen of Duke, and the guys that John shi are put in place next to them aren't anywhere close to his talented as those three that trio, but you know they

have value too. You got to balance it, right, there's no I mean, you can find some teams that have won championships over the years that was, you know, led by star freshmen, but nearly all of them had really important guys that weren't freshmen. They were veterans. They weren't NBA prospects, but they were important and without those guys,

you probably don't win a title. So you don't really have the ability to balance it in a major way because again, your roster is built with mostly veterans, and that's okay too, like you can win that way as well. But Tennessee they had a mixture, right, They don't play that many young guys, but you know, they had some veterans, some dudes that maybe didn't put up the numbers that

Terrence Edwards did at James Madison. Maybe they didn't put up the numbers the case in Prior put up at South Florida or even you know what Trey ore did stuff in the statu sheet at Long Beach State. But they've been sitting kind of waiting for their opportunity at a place like Tennessee. And their stats weren't impressive, their role wasn't great, but they're at Tennessee because they were likely at minimum of four star recruit and that stuff matters.

There's no perfect way to do it. It's just how

you can balance it. And you know, unfortunately, there's not a whole lot of balancing that Pat can do because you know his roster is mostly veterans, and the ceiling for these like put it this way, I think the majority of the guys that you're watching this year for Louisville, they're probably pretty close to their ceiling, right, Like, they can shoot better, they can have, you know, better nights than what we saw against Tennessee, but like, how much

better are they gonna get? And that sounds like an insult, and I don't mean it that way. It's just I mean that you bought these guys as is right, it's kind of it's kind of how it worked out. So throwing a freshman out there knowing that he is going to get better. Now, again, you can't put yourself in a position to where the freshman's making so many young mistakes that like you got to take him out of

the game or he'll blow it for you. But I don't really think you have to worry about that because even if Bruce was playing twenty five minutes a game, he's not running the team. And he's not and again, it's more of a system thing for Pat than it is, Hey, we're going to play like and that's where you know, he's got to figure that out and hopefully he will. And what I mean by that is Pat Kelsey's got to figure out, Okay, these guys fit what I want

to do. But whenever that's not working, which pieces can I put together? What five man rotation can I put out there? Or what kind of what lineup can I put out there? They can do some things that isn't necessarily based off of a system. Who can who can

isolate somebody, who can take advantage of potential mismatches? Who can we run sets for to get him an open look that aren't you know that isn't just an open looking transition because we're playing fast and spacing the floor and I'm sure they're working on things like that, and we'll see when they get to the Bahamas if they've

made some big improvements in that regard. Now back to your original point, Yeah, I mean, I'm not saying Ruth should be stars and playing thirty minutes a game, but I think the risk is worth the reward if you get a guy that by later in the year you're not really thinking about him as a freshman and you're seeing the real reason why he was a borderline McDonald's all American and one of the ten highest rated recruits to

ever come to Louisville. Like then, that's worth it, all right, quick break, We got the five o'clock hour coming up next. A lot to get through before we run out of time, so stick with us. We'll try to finish strong here. On a Wednesday, It's Coffee and Company Phil Beth Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety.

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