KSR host Matt Jones did his postgame monologue following Kentucky’s huge upset over the Auburn Tigers.
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I I tend to be very optimistic even during difficult times that Kentucky can win because it’s more fun that way but like a lot of fans I’ve probably thought a handful of times in the last four years going in a true Row game was going to be very tough if not
Impossible for them to win and what’s been amazing during this four-year period where we’ve talked about our various criticisms and frustrations in those situations Kentucky has won and in all four Tennessee in the co year Tennessee and Arkansas last year and then Auburn this year not only has Kentucky won in all those
Situations they’ve won kind of going away all four times going on the road and just kind of stomping teams and tonight was the latest and I think as important as any of them because with this win I think absent just a complete and total coll laps they’re going to I think
The tournament is now assured they’re uh 18 and seven this is going to be along with the win against Carolina a really big resume victory for Kentucky uh probably takes him up a seed line from maybe 6 to 5th you are in a good position now to potentially avoid
Playing on Thursday in the SEC tournament depending on what you do next week so just a lot of real uh positive things and as far as the game I I I I thought it was an awesome performance and there were basically for me four things that sort
Of stand out I’ll start with the fact that Kentucky got off to a great start that was that was exactly what the cats need to do more often but definitely on the road because it just took the crowd out of the game you that’s a crowd that been camping out
Since their game what Wednesday night they were in there they were la they had game day people who were at the game were tweeting about what an amazing atmosphere it was before the game and then Kentucky comes out scores I think on the first possession and the crowd never really
Got a chance to get into the game I mean they had moments where they kind of lit up but in general what you’re worried about which is if you fall down 10 two and the crowd’s electric the entire time just didn’t happen the crowd just didn’t have a chance to get excited which
Allowed Kentucky to basically control the game from from start to finish and I thought that was it was impressive in how thorough the victory was and not having that crowd which can be the best crowd in the SEC when it’s rolling uh was awesome to keep them out
Of it second thing is I was really really impressed with the play of Ugo and AD do Ugo played 36 minutes tonight 36 minutes he playing 36 out of 40 minutes if you had told me that kid would ever play 36 minutes in a game in his time at Kentucky I wouldn’t have
Believed it and to play 36 minutes not getting foul trouble be able to control the rim as he did 11 boards two blocks seven points that’s awesome and the thing that I think a lot of us were worried about sort of getting out muscled at The Rim
It just didn’t happen and Ugo was a huge part of that not only did he have the blocks but he altered a lot of shots that I thought really really helped and maybe more than anything made Auburn shoot from outside to where they weren’t getting you know clean looks they were
Four for 22 from three in part because they weren’t getting shots at the rim and theier was awesome again he’s becoming a really good Defender he’s probably the only guy on the team that I think is he’s not locked down but getting close on guarding on the on the
Perimeter and and he he really is playing good defense and then you throw in the fact that he scores 14 points and is able to play 32 minutes when you don’t have Trey Mitchell is really huge so that’s the second thing third thing Antonio Reeves I mean if you’ve
Been listening to this show over the last two years but especially this year he’s my favorite player he’s been my favorite player I think he was probably my favorite player on the team last year to be honest I just there something about him I just love I don’t know what
It is I mean obviously I love that he can shoot he’s an historically good shooter but then to watch this year him make his game so much better to where he can take it to the rim he’s always had a good floater but he uses it a lot more
And he’s been a pretty good Defender and tonight had five rebounds he he had 22 points but I actually think his impact was even more than that in terms of when he scored them I counted four times during the game when Auburn was about to make a run
Or was making a run cut it to four cut it to five maybe cut it to seven but the crowd was on their feet and every single time he scored three times with a basket and once getting fouled and completely change the momentum back that’s clutch
And you know we give Bob in Jamestown a hard time for when he called that one postgame show after loss I think it was was one of the non-conference losses I can’t even remember which one it was but but one of the losses and he said something like you know Antonio Reeves
Doesn’t show up in big games and and that was I thought nonsense then it’s everybody brings that up because of the Kansas State game but what I am Mo most impressed with him about is what he is able to do on the road I I looked it up
We’ve played Seven true Road games this year here are the points that he’s had in True Road games 15 19 21 22 22 24 and 30 think about that Billy in seven true Road games the fewest amount of points he’s had is 15 the most is 30 now it was
Against Louisville that was barely a road game but still that’s amazing Corey price put up the stat that in two seasons he’s gone over 20 in a true Road game nine times and no cow player’s ever done that so I actually went further back to look
Because you know a lot of guys don’t stay two years under cow since the year since 2000 Billy how many guys have scored 20 plus points a game on the road over the course of two seasons nine times one maybe two Jody Meeks and Keith bogans and that’s it taan Prince did it
Eight times it’s just like that just doesn’t happen and he does it time and time again in the worst environments that kid goes and the fewest points he’s gotten was 15 he was great tonight and I I mean he’s an all American he should be an
All-American to play the way he does and on a team where On Any Given night Shephard can go off Dillingham can go off Wagner can go off he is the cons I mean his points per game this year here I think he only has one game where he’s
Not in double Figures it’s unbelievable he’s been awesome he deserves to be an allamerican and then the last thing and this is I do think you got to give John caliper a lot of credit for this tonight tonight was an old school caliper win we’ve talked a lot about him needing to
Change his style and he has changed his style somewhat they take a lot more threes all the things we’ve talked about all year but but this was a win the way calip Perry used to win and like to win when he had it like consistently rolling
Here this was a cal a vintage Cal win they only made four threes you tell me before the game they make four threes I say they cannot win they only made four threes but they won because of Defense effort rebounding controlling the pace and making the plays when they need to
They ran that stuff that you’ve heard a lot about floppy action they did that they got to the rim they drew fouls like Cal if you were to draw up a this is how Cal would like to win he’d put this game on right here this is how he likes to
Win and I honestly didn’t think this team could win like this I thought this team could play a lot better than they’ve played most of the year I thought this team still had a ton of OB potential but I really didn’t know if they could win a game like this where
They played like C’s teams of the past did I just didn’t think they were built like that but they did and they did it in the hardest environment that they will play in all season you know Tournament final four included that’s really impressive and you know if they’ won this game by
Hitting 11 threes Dillingham going for 25 I still would have been thrilled and I still think it would have been impressive but in some ways I think it’s more impressive that they want it this way because I really didn’t think they were capable of winning a game like this
And they did so when you look at March and you say all you know we’ve talked about I think they can beat anybody I also think they can lose to anybody but I didn’t think they could win a game like this I thought to beat Auburn it would have to be 8580
But now you can if you can beat Auburn 7059 well now that’s a whole another realm of possibilities so I think this a big victory now you got to back it up you got LSU Wednesday on the road you got Alabama at home win those two and now
All of a sudden you can get one of those top four seeds in a in a in a region and you might not have to play a really good team like a really good team in the second round you win these next two games some of the disappointment of the
Loss at home to Florida or to Gonzaga some of that will go away because you can sit there right now you’re what 18 and seven when two more gets 20 and seven well with VY and Arkansas at home still to come you can have a really good
Record and a record that can get you a seed where maybe a March run is even more probably
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BBN! #LetsGettheBusiness🏀🏀🏀
Stay on this road UK!
Same toxic Matt Jones crap. Matt you’re a toxic UK fan. You don’t speak for the UK fanbase
Most impressive!!! Didn't know we had that kind of strength 💪.
Adou is a better fit for the team than Mitchell. Mitchell just doesn't guard the ball very well. I hope we can spring board on into March with this win. But im still worried. Auburn has no real players at the guard spot 😢
Matt putting comments behind a pay wall is the most communist thing ever.. Hope your site fails finally it’s garbage anyway.
SEC tournament is going to be interesting. If Kentucky brings this version they can win it.
If this uk team gets a 5/6 seed than the gators also need a 5/6 seed as their overall record is the same 18-7 and same in conference record 9-4
Who do you think will be returning next year? Up to this point? I understand that everything changes week to week… GO CATS!!! 👋🏼🏀
Very pleased that we played strong (physically) and showed quite a bit improvement on the defensive end and rebounding was also better. This shows we are more than capable of doing all these things that are keys to winning tough games. Hope we continue to grow and build off of this.
Slept well after watching my Cats go into Auburn and get the huge win! My only concern is Rob's ability to play defense with out allowing line drives to the hoop or giving up silly fouls on both ends of the court. We can score with or without Dilly, that's been proven. And not to be a hater but can Rob just give a solid two handed chest pass to his teammates. He's a firecracker on offense but his fellow cats aren't ready to handle wild passes at their knees. Dude makes me nervous with his careless passing.
Auburn played flat but I’m looking forward to the rematch with Kentucky I think my Vols are going to sweep this series GBO🍊
Matt has gone national media and the program has limited his access. It will change once he passes the torch to Drew completely. No rush in my opinion, Drew is not ready just yet but he's close. Then Matt will be a big UK cheerleader on the national stage and Drew can go back to giving us the true homer vibe that we came to love from KSR. Keep grinding KSR guys we are rooting for you.
Got to have shepherd on the floor have to.and Ugo has definitely earned his minutes so proud of him.
Playing much harder great defensive effort an physical that the way we have to play the rest of the season
That photo of Cal @ 7:38 😂❤ He needs to get back on his meds and quit acting like a mental patient. Calm down Cal, your team feeds off your negative energy.
I loved it!! Cats looked great, i liked the rotation. Thank god they didnt put anybody goofy in there to mess up the momentum. Theres a couple cats on the team that we just dont need. Facts.
Credit to the team and the coaches i know that was a tuff win, and a quad1, hell yeah thats what were after. Had we lost that game i wouldn't have complained because i liked our game, i wouldnt have hung my head. After all i just wanna see my team playing well and not doing silly stuff to give the game away.
#GoCats
#KentuckyLuv
Where are all the previous UK d'bags who were all "LIEK OMG WE ARE DA SUCK! We won't make the NIT!". A'holes. Have no right to celebrate when we make the FF and more. FOURTH game in a row where the defense improved. ANYONE who paid attention and didn't act like an emotional loser would have seen where we were weakest on defense was the straight line drive and inbounds plays. We have shored those up TREMENDOUSLY. After getting out physicalled by Gonzaga, we came in and did the same to a thug Auburn team. We won on the road by double digits despite only hitting four threes and the refs spotting Auburn at least 15 points.
I give them credit but don't get natty crazy yet
Great Job Matt!!!! Willie Nels: These #ThunderCats are Ready to Explode Now, They Can Win the Rest of their Regular Season Games, They Will Make the Other Teams Eat Plenty of Crow, #kyjoe is Preparing in March to Write a Championship Song Again, Go Cats to Win #9!!! #KSR #BBN #kyjoe
Hope this version is what we get from here on out.
Matt tries to stay positive? lol what the fuck are you talking about? You try to take the fucking program down
4:20 John Calipari looking like a Batman villain out here
Why does everyone talk about the freshman? Why does nobody talk about the quiet, stealth Tonio that can hit from anywhere on the floor?? There's more to this team than freshmen!! Lets go, Antonio!!!! You are my guy!!! Also, Tre, Onyenso, Adou, etc. Love you upperfreshmen!! Love you, Antonio!!!💙💙💙💙
Ain’t no upset imo
matt jones thinks he is a basketball guru. He is nothing more than another opinionated “fan” who acts as if he is more intelligent than the rest of us.
Real fans have enough intelligence to no longer participate in lining that moron’s pockets!