Chapter 1: What major updates are there in UK basketball recruiting?
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Chapter 2: Who are the top recruits visiting Kentucky today?
Patterson ended up postponing it. Lucas went early. Lucas went that day. And he would pick Florida. But that day, the site crashed 600 times on KSR. Okay? So that's day one for me. Yeah, that was so early in the internet world. We all was new. And our server couldn't host it. Like, we couldn't host it. We had started in 05, and in 07, we didn't have the technological capability.
But everybody was going to it. Then... I think the day, the door day with Cal. Yeah. As we watched the door to see if he was going to leave from Memphis. I think that may be the most legendary day in UK internet history, don't you think? Where everyone watched a random door in Memphis to see if Cal would walk out of it.
Just hearing you talk about it now makes me kind of embarrassed how we were acting at that time. Because, yeah, local TV crew, and by the way, Shannon, nice to have you back. Yeah, good to be back. Shannon, do you remember that? A local TV crew just set a camera outside of a door. And we all were like, what? And then he flew here and there were cameras at the airport. And so that's the wild day.
Also before that, the Billy Clyde getting fired day. No doubt. Alan Cutler chasing him around. So that's actually day two. Day three would be... Then I think day four is a few days after the Cal day when it started to become, okay, will Wall come? Will Cousins come? Will Xavier Henry come?
Oh, what a name from the past.
A name from the past, right? So then I would think the next one... Was probably New Orleans Noel and Shabazz Muhammad decided on the same day. Yep, they sure did. On the set of SportsCenter or something. Number one and two both decided on the same day. Kentucky was a finalist for both. Right. And New Orleans shaved the UK logo in the back of his head.
Spun around so you can see the UK logo in the back of his hair. So then I think the next one is the day whether the twins decided to come back. No doubt. That's pretty high. I think that one might be second to Cal. Uh-huh. As the day all, will the twins come back? Because they waited until the last day. Yep.
And remember, we got the guy Shannon at iHeart to make his, with the national voice guy to make the reads. That's right. What was it? First they split a zygote. Now they're splitting defenders. The twins are back.
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Chapter 3: What is the significance of Tyron Stokes' visit?
You and Turkey Hunter had a fun Monday. Turkey Hunter and I spent the afternoon writing them, and then this guy just read whatever we wrote. Whatever you sent him, he voiced it. That was a great one. But then I was trying to think about after that. Hamadou Diallo deciding whether to return went into the night, and it didn't come out until like 1230 at night.
Because he really did it after the midnight deadline, right? He did. You didn't find out about it until after the deadline. Uh-huh. But I don't know if there's been one since then like that. That was like a six or seven year period where just because of the way the internet was, it just was like it overwhelmed in a positive manner.
But I don't think since COVID, I guess the closest thing we've had was the day Calipari was walking around with a dog in a stroller. It is. Since COVID, it's probably the biggest internet moment. Is that the biggest UK fan internet day since COVID? Is Cal walking around with a dog in a stroller, Shannon? I think it is, isn't it? Yeah. Is he going to leave? Is he going to leave? Is he not?
And then Mitch Barnhart and Mark Hill or whatever, they like... take the SUVs into his house, and then he comes out in a stroller and waves at the camera. What a bizarre moment. What a bizarre moment. I still remember getting the text while I was eating at Skyline that basically said he'd like to come back, but it's not happening. And I think that's the only one post-COVID, right?
I don't know what I can think of right now where we were so tight-glued to the internet and refresh, refresh, refresh. Well, I think today is one of those days. I mean, from what I understand, Stokes arrived late last night. Rob Wright arrived this morning. And now Wright and Stokes are on campus.
And for people who weren't on the internet this weekend, Tyron Stokes, number one player in America, announces he's visiting. I think that happened Saturday morning. And that feels like a long time ago. It does. That was Saturday morning? Yes, I think it was Saturday morning. So the number one player in America is going to be on campus today.
Then we find out that Rob Wright, who's a top five portal guy, probably the number two point guard in the portal, he's coming today as well. So I think it's fair to say that of the people we know Kentucky is associated with that are available to play college basketball next year, these are the two best players Kentucky is talking to. It's amazing.
You get these top two guys, two eligible players, and they're on campus at the same time. At the same time. On the same visit. So both guys here at the same time. I mean, that sends a clear signal that Kentucky's ā Could be a power player. So it is. I mean, this is the day. Yep. You know, this is the day that the Lord hath made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. Take him to Keeneland.
Keeneland's closed on Monday, right? We stopped taking him to Keeneland.
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Chapter 4: How do fans react to the latest recruiting news?
No offense to Keeneland. Maybe that's why they brought him in. I don't know what it is. I think that had been pretty successful, but in the Pope era, maybe they made the horses look at him the wrong way. The Keeneland thing hasn't seemed to work. So these guys are here. And, I mean, for people who don't follow me, this is the number one high school player in America.
This is the best high school player that would have come to this school since Carl Towns. Yeah. Yeah. It's no doubt. I think this is the best high school player that would have come to Kentucky. I mean, Fox and Monk were very highly rated, but not as highly rated as this kid. And Scal was rated high, but not as good.
Scal was rated high, but even then, people didn't think he was as good as they think this kid is. Right. This would be the best high school player to come here since Carl Towns. And if you go through the Cal era, the only players that were probably consensus considered to be best pros... would have been Wall, Cousins, Nerlandz, Carl. Yeah, I'm sorry, Anthony Davis.
Wall, Cousins, Anthony Davis, Nerlandz, Carl. And Stokes would probably be somewhere around Carl in what people think of him as a high school player. So just think about what I just said. That's a pretty big guy to get here. Then in terms of college transfer portal guys... I think it's safe to say this is the top player out of the portal that has ever been recruited to Kentucky.
Oscar Shibuye was highly recruited, but I don't think he was ranked as high as this kid is. And Pope hasn't gotten a guy ranked as high. Jackson Robinson is probably his best commitment out of the portal, but he wouldn't be ranked as high as Rob Wright. So this is the biggest day of the Pope recruiting era, and you could make an argument, Ryan. It's the biggest day of the Pope era going forward.
I think it is. The fact that you can get Tyron Stokes to come to an on-campus visit this late in his recruitment, after people were kind of saying he's leaning back towards Kansas again, to get him to come on campus and make a visit, and to get Rob Wright to make his first visit is to Kentucky. I think both of those are huge opportunities. as far as what Pope's trying to do now.
Now, we saw the best Shannon of Kentucky fandom yesterday. Oh, yeah. Because the news starts to spread. Rob Wright's coming. Stokes is coming. And our fan base goes. They lose their mind in the best way. Yes. Right. This is why I'm not listening to you haters on the internet, including some in our own fan base who seem to get off on just telling us that our fans stink. This is why you stink.
Because days like yesterday are why Kentucky fans are great. Yeah, I know other people make banners, but how many people make banners within minutes of the kids announcing they're coming? Right? Yeah. And put it on their house and add them as the day goes along. That's what was funny. Add them as the day goes along.
And then coaches drive by and FaceTime players and say, come visit and we'll add you to the house. Yeah. Right. That house now is going to be the billboard for visits. I believe it's a frat house. I don't know if it's Sigma. I don't know.
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Chapter 5: What historical context is provided about UK basketball recruiting?
We're going to have that kid on in a little while. Banner Boys. But they're calling themselves. I think I gave them the name Banner Boys. Whoever gave it to them, they're going with it. I don't feel like we've had this much excitement about a recruit in a long time. I agree, which this fan base needed that. They needed this. This fan base needed that excitement, and now these kids are here.
People are putting it on their random houses.
Did you see that guy's house at the Arboretum? At the Arboretum.
He put a banner up there, too. So it's catching.
It's catching on.
I saw the Walmart in Nicholasville now has the banner. You going to hang one outside your new house? I don't know how to make them. But if I did, if I did, I would. I like the idea of other baiters. People say we should do it at KS Bar. We're closed today or we would.
Yeah. We can do it maybe this week.
Yes. I'll make Mario stand on the street with a sign. Right. But it is exciting. And now. Like you said, our fan base needed this.
They did.
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Chapter 6: What are the implications of the recruiting strategies discussed?
If you deliver, you have been washed in the blood of the BB and Lamb. Like no one's going to worry about it. But if you don't, then there's going to be people very frustrated. But I'm going to be positive and assume there's a lot of good signs. Stokes is coming here. Exactly. Stokes is coming here. He paid his own way to come from Portland, Oregon. This late in the process.
This late in the process because he had already taken an official visit so we couldn't give him another one so he had to come. Rob Wright is coming. We flew to see him Saturday and he agreed to come Monday morning. I think this is his first visit anywhere. So this is, you know... Huge, huge day. So this is a refresh day.
If we had not, if we would pay for the text alerts, you know, that costs money now to do. Remember we used to send text alerts and now all of a sudden it costs a bajillion dollars. I almost wish I could put them into effect for one day. Imagine if you got a text message that said, because you remember the old text messages, they had Ryan yelling and it would scare people.
It was a bam, bam, firepower. Bam, bam, firepower. What were we thinking? I don't know. I'd love to do it again. I just don't know how to do it for an economically responsible amount of money. But it's a big day, and it'll be exciting. I don't think anything will happen. I don't know that they'll commit tonight. But here's what I know. UK wants to, when they leave,
UK wants to know in their mind whether or not they think they're getting them. Yeah. Because the rest of their class depends on what these two guys do. They have a budget. These guys are going to get a lot of the budget. So if they don't get them, they have a lot more money to get other people. But if they do, they have less.
They have a whole set of visits potentially scheduled for the rest of the week, but it's all contingent on these guys. So I don't know if we'll get a commitment tonight from either one of them. But I think UK doesn't want them leaving without UK feeling like they're going to know what these kids are doing. Right. It's like a car salesman. You get the person on the lot.
You don't want them to leave the lot without buying a car. I don't know if they'll buy the car. But they need to know, I think in UK's mind, are you buying this car even if we wait and let you do it on your own time? So we'll see. Do you like the fact that they got both on the campus at the same time? They must think that's a good idea, and they know the kids better than I do, so I can't say.
On the one hand, you would go, well, these kids don't even know each other. But you know what? Mark Pope and they're not stupid. They know how big a deal this is. They know what they clearly wanted to do it on purpose. Yeah. So I'm going to assume they know what they're doing. So 859-280-2287. We're going to take a break. We'll take your calls.
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Chapter 7: How does the transfer portal influence UK basketball's recruiting?
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Chapter 8: What future expectations do the hosts have for the team?
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If you've got a sighting, send us a picture. I agree with you. Pictures would help. Yeah. And I need them to be blurry because recruiting pictures are always blurry. Right. The cleaner the picture, the more I think now it's AI. Right. But a good fuzzy picture at Carson's, I believe, though. Like a picture of Bigfoot. Yes, that's exactly right. Every recruiting picture needs to be fuzzy. Uh-huh.
One person writes, Matt, I think you might be wrong about Stokes having flown last night. My parents say they were on a flight with him this morning and he was very nice. Very nice. Good to hear. But that doesn't mean that that's true. Yeah. Could have been anybody. Okay. Yeah. I mean, it was actually Eli Capilouto. Somehow they confused the two of them.
Well, I mean, do you know what he looks like? Stokes? Yeah. Not a hundred. Like, I've seen him. Would I recognize him on a plane? I think I would know it wasn't Eli Capilouto. Right. But if he walked in right now. There was a guy on a plane to Lexington this morning, and me knowing Stokes was coming, I think I would know it's him.
Yes, but if I saw him at that Zach Bryan concert, would I know it's him? No. I mean, the Louisville recruits that committed yesterday, Badunga and whatever the other guy's name, they were at a bar that Max and Miles and I went to Saturday. Oh, they were. And I didn't know what they looked like, but I was like, that dude's 6'10", Shannon. He's got to be somebody. Yeah, exactly.
There's not a whole lot of 6'10 guys walking around. I mean, you don't see a lot of them on Barnstown Road, so I assume that's probably who they are. It would be nice if Kentucky can get these two guys in one day because Louisville just got their two guys in one day. Yes, that's true. All right, so let's talk about the U.K. roster made decisions. Okay.
So since the last time we were on the air, Yellovich announced he was transferring. Right. And also committed to Ohio State. So that all happened since we were on the air. Yes. Thoughts? I kind of felt like he underachieved last year. I kind of had the door open. Don't let the door hit you where the good Lord splits you. That's a little harsh, isn't it? Wow. Yeah, I mean, it was good here.
Plus, he wrote a really nice note. He did write a really nice note. Why is he being mean, Shannon? I don't know. You don't mean that. Take that back. I definitely take it back. I've tried to be funny. You don't. What is the lesson we have learned from this show?
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