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Courtside Connect

Courtside Connect - Kentucky Basketball's quickest game review podcast. We cover game summaries, player analysis, recruiting, big news and updates, and more. Your hosts, Matt Sak and Scott Clarke, will be joined regularly with many different guests to help connect their own Kentucky basketball experiences with the rest of the Big Blue Nation.
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Episodes

Episode 39: Kentucky's Season Comes To An End

Matt Sak and Scott Clarke are joined by Tres Terrell to join Kentucky's early tournament exit by an upset loss to St Peter's, how and why we lost that game, and what does Kentucky need to do so this doesn't happen next season.

Mar 21, 202237 min

Episode 38: Selection Sunday Special

Matt Sak and Scott Clarke break down Kentucky's region and seeding, every potential matchup, biggest snubs, potential upsets, and our final four and championship picks.

Mar 14, 202248 min

Episode 34: Kentucky Drops Ole Miss On Senior Night

Matt Sak and Scott Clarke break down Kentucky's 83-72 win over Ole Miss on Senior Night, including Oscar's NPOY clinching performance, TyTy Washington and Sahvir Wheeler back to full strength, and a surprise absence from Bryce Hopkins.

Mar 02, 202229 min

Episode 32: The Bryce Hopkins Game, Kentucky Beats LSU

Hosts Matt Sak and Scott Clarke breakdown Kentucky's shorthanded victory over LSU, including the breakout performance from Bryce Hopkins, Oscar Tshiebwe's paint dominance, and a preview of our tough road contest against Arkansas on Saturday.

Feb 24, 202225 min

Episode 31: Oscar Tshiebwe Is NIL Eligible

Host Matt Sak talks about Oscar Tshiebwe's recent announcement stating that he is now open for business, as well as how this can impact Kentucky's roster for next season.

Feb 21, 202220 min

Episode 29: Tennessee Gets Payback Over Kentucky

Matt Sak and Scott Clarke breakdown Kentucky's loss to Tennessee, including areas we need to improve in, positives we can take away, and the motivation to be gained from this loss.

Feb 16, 202232 min

Episode 28: Florida Sucks, Oscar Is NPOY

Matt Sak and Scott Clarke break down Kentucky's blowout win over Florida, including Oscar's dominance, Grady and Mintz's key shooting, and Sahvir's bounce back performance. We also address the impact of TyTy Washington's injury and our upcoming matchup against Tennessee.

Feb 13, 202230 min

Episode 27: Team Win Over South Carolina On Road

Hosts Matt Sak and Scott Clarke answer questions and address comments made by the Courtside Connect's fans, including the performances of TyTy Washington and Sahvir Wheeler, minutes for Daimion Collins and Bryce Hopkins moving forward, and the team effort contributing to another road win.

Feb 09, 202248 min

Episode 26: Kentucky Beats Bama In Another Gritty Road Game

Matt Sak and Scott Clarke discuss Kentucky's low scoring and gritty road win over Alabama, including performances from Daimion Collins, TyTy Washington, and Kellan Grady, as well as how we were able to limit Alabama's shooters. We also take a dive into updated bracketology and how we can come away with a 1 seed.

Feb 06, 202254 min

Episode 25: Winning Ugly, Mintz Ties Career High

Hosts Matt Sak and Scott Clarke breakdown Kentucky's 77-70 win over Vanderbilt, including Davion Mintz and Keion Brooks leading the way in scoring, the latest with Shaedon Sharpe, and a preview into our matchup on Saturday at Alabama.

Feb 03, 202234 min

Episode 24: Walk In Your Phog, Take Over Your Phog

Hosts Matt Sak and Scott Clarke break down Kentucky's top 5 road win over Kansas, including a dominant scoring performance from Keion Brooks, great role playing from Lance Ware and Jacob Toppin, and TyTy Washington's contributions to this team when he doesn't score.

Jan 30, 202241 min

Episode 23: Kellan Grady Clutches Up Over Mississippi State

Host Matt Sak is joined by Jordan Mathus of CatsCoverage.com to talk about Kentucky’s overtime win over Mississippi State, including Kellan Grady’s clutch shot making, Oscar’s continued dominance, and some other key role players stepping up. We also look ahead to our game against Kansas and Matt closes by giving a short rant about Shaedon Sharpe.

Jan 26, 202231 min

Episode 22: TyTy Goes Down, Kentucky Loses Battle To Auburn

Host Matt Sak is joined by Tres Terrell of CatsCoverage.com to talk about the significance of TyTy Washington to this team, how we were actually pleased with how the team fought despite coming up short, and who needs to step up during this next stretch of games.

Jan 22, 202236 min

Episode 21: Updates On CJ, Shaedon

Host Matt Sak provides a quick update on the recent breaking news of both CJ Fredrick and Shaedon Shaedon, including why we shouldn't be worried about today's Shaedon "news", when/if they will each play this year, and what the final product of this year's team will look like.

Jan 20, 202222 min

Episode 20: The Good, The Bad, and The Jacob Toppin

Host Matt Sak is joined by Braden Nevius of Catscoverage.com to discuss our ugly and gritty win over Texas A&M on the road, what it means for our team, and Jacob Toppin's inspiring performance. We also look at who should be our closer, will Shaedon Sharpe play, and our matchup vs #2 Auburn.

Jan 20, 202235 min

Episode 18: Oscar, TyTy Lead UK Over Vandy

Host Matt Sak is joined by Tres Terrell of Cats Coverage to discuss once again another dominant performance by Oscar Tshiebwe, TyTy Washington taking over at point guard, and the struggles of our bench. We also take a look into the draft stock of some of our top players and what our expectations should be for the tough upcoming schedule.

Jan 12, 202238 min

Episode 17: Point Guard TyTy Lights Up Georgia

Host Matt Sak is joined by Bradley Smith of Bradley's Basketball Banter to discuss TyTy, Oscar, and Davion's elite performances against Georgia, whether TyTy should be the point guard moving forward, and the latest scoop on Shaedon Sharpe.

Jan 09, 202233 min

Episode 16: The Most Annoying Basketball Game Ever + Citrus Bowl

Host Matt Sak is joined by fellow CatsCoverage.com writer to talk Davion Mintz and Jacob Toppin's performances in our loss to Notre Dame, as well as football news such as The Citrus Bowl, 2022 predictions, who returns to Kentucky and who leaves, and who we think will have a breakout year.

Jan 05, 202255 min

Episode 15: Opening SEC Play With Blowout Win

Host Matt Sak is joined by Tres Terrell of Cats Coverage to discuss Kentucky opening conference play with a blowout win, the expectations for Shaedon Sharpe, and the Reed Sheppard show at North Laurel.

Dec 30, 20211 hr 3 min

Episode 14: VEGAS BABY + Battle Of The Bluegrass

Host Matt Sak is joined by Akshay Bhavsar and Arizona Terry to talk about our back to back blowout wins in Vegas and Rupp, behind the scenes of rescheduling Louisville, and where Oscar Tshiebwe ranks amongst the best bigs in college hoops.

Dec 23, 20211 hr 4 min

Episode 13: Kentucky Loses On Road, Scheduling Concerns

Host Matt Sak is joined by Braden Nevius of Cats Coverage to discuss the Cats' loss to Notre Dame, the concerns over our three point shooting, and whether our weak out of conference schedule needs to change.

Dec 12, 202147 min

Episode 12: Win Over Southern, Updated Bracketology

Host Matt Sak is joined by Michael Beard to go over Kentucky's win over Southern, give up an update on where Kentucky stands in bracketology, as well as buy or sell the stocks of the current top teams in the country.

Dec 08, 20211 hr

Episode 11: L'S DOWN + Central Michigan Game Breakdown

Host Matt Sak is joined by Tres Terrell of Cats Coverage to take a victory lap for our win over Louisville, as well as discuss individual player breakdowns we have seen over the past several games, including wins over Albany, North Florida, and Central Michigan. We breakdown player and team stats, gameplay, improvements we have seen, and discuss one key thing we need to fix moving forward.

Nov 30, 20211 hr 2 min

Episode 10: Kentucky Beats Ohio & Mount St Mary's

Host Matt Sak is joined by Tres Terrell of Cats Coverage to discuss the past two wins over Ohio and Mount St Mary's, specifically noting some individual performances across our entire team. We take a look both into the box score to break down some statistics, as well as go over our own analysis from watching the games.

Nov 20, 202147 min
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