Locked On Kentucky - Daily Podcast On Kentucky Wildcats Football & Basketball

The second half of my discussion with former Kentucky Wildcat David Jones about racism includes how small towns in eastern Kentucky have joined in the rallies supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, the minority coaches association Jones has organized and his advice to white people on how to support fighting injustice against the black community. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!  Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Blinkist Right now, for a limited time Blinkist has a special offer just for our audience: Go to Blinkist.com/NBA try it FREE for 7 days AND save 25% off your new subscription. Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former Kentucky football player David Jones discusses his experiences with racism and the Black Lives Matter movement. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!  Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Blinkist Right now, for a limited time Blinkist has a special offer just for our audience: Go to Blinkist.com/NBA try it FREE for 7 days AND save 25% off your new subscription. Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We discuss Kyle's annual state of the Kentucky football program feature in The Athletic, including a position-by-position breakdown. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!  Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Blinkist Right now, for a limited time Blinkist has a special offer just for our audience: Go to Blinkist.com/NBA try it FREE for 7 days AND save 25% off your new subscription. Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kyle spoke with Keion Brooks' dad about the plan John Calipari discussed with the players and their families about bringing the team back to campus. John Calipari and Mark Stoops send messages of support in the fight against racial inequality. We also discuss the passing of Wes Unseld, DeMarcus Cousins' interaction with Sacramento Kings announcer and the possibility Zion Williamson may be forced to answer questions about receiving alleged improper benefits to attend Duke. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!  Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Blinkist Right now, for a limited time Blinkist has a special offer just for our audience: Go to Blinkist.com/NBA try it FREE for 7 days AND save 25% off your new subscription. Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We discuss the situation in Minneapolis. We also talk about the Power 5 conferences' letter to Congress asking for federal legislation regarding name, image and likeness rights for student-athletes. And our take on Athlon's prediction that UK will finish fourth in the SEC East. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!  Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Blinkist Right now, for a limited time Blinkist has a special offer just for our audience: Go to Blinkist.com/NBA try it FREE for 7 days AND save 25% off your new subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are sad that Gary Moyers, who has been covering Kentucky for the Cats' Pause the several years, has died. We discuss the kind of man he was. Kentucky has agreed to a three-year series with Notre Dame. Johnny Juzang gets cleared for immediate eligibility at UCLA. Prospect Moussa Cisse reclassifies to 2020 and lists Kentucky among his finalists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tracy McGrady was a guest on another podcast during which he mentioned he was going to be a Kentucky Wildcat had he not skipped college to go straight to the NBA out of high school. McGrady said one of the selling points was that some of the UK players were driving Eddie Bauer edition Ford SUV's at the time. Former Kentucky coach Eddie Sutton died over the weekend. We discuss Sutton's Hall of Fame career. We also discuss UK linebacker Chris Oats, who has been hospitalized for an undisclosed medical issue. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!  Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Blinkist Right now, for a limited time Blinkist has a special offer just for our audience: Go to Blinkist.com/NBA try it FREE for 7 days AND save 25% off your new subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The SEC votes to allow student-athletes to begin returning to campus on June 8 for voluntary activities. And the NCAA DI Football Oversight Committee is working on a proposal to facilitate football season beginning as scheduled Labor Day weekend. UK makes the cut for top 2021 prospect Jonathan Kuminga's final five. Kentucky occupies four spots among the top 15 on The Athletic's list of college basketball's most dominant teams. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!  Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Blinkist Right now, for a limited time Blinkist has a special offer just for our audience: Go to Blinkist.com/NBA try it FREE for 7 days AND save 25% off your new subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The NCAA approves allowing football and basketball players to return to campus for voluntary workouts beginning June 1. We discuss what that might look like. Kyle spoke with former UCLA All-American and ten-year NBA veteran Darren Collison, who is running the workouts and training for UK signees Devin Askew, BJ Boston and Terrence Clarke. We also talk about UK football's latest commitment and a preseason top-20 ranking for the Wildcats by one outlet. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!  Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Blinkist Right now, for a limited time Blinkist has a special offer just for our audience: Go to Blinkist.com/NBA try it FREE for 7 days AND save 25% off your new subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After an internal, three-month investigation into allegations of inappropriate behavior, UK fired the entire coaching staff of the school's cheerleader program. We discuss the investigation's findings and reaction. Keion Brooks' dad details how his son is preparing to take on a much bigger role for John Calipari's Cats next season. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!  Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Blinkist Right now, for a limited time Blinkist has a special offer just for our audience: Go to Blinkist.com/NBA try it FREE for 7 days AND save 25% off your new subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A report Friday claims 13 of 14 SEC athletic directors are ready to approve allowing football players to return to campus June 1 with Tennessee AD Phil Fulmer as the lone dissenting opinion. The Lexington Herald-Leader's Mark Story reports that Mark Stoops is three wins away from bringing UK football's all-time record above .500 and is four wins away from moving into second place for all-time wins at Kentucky. Evansville transfer DeAndre Williams seems unlikely to land at UK. Makur Maker says UCLA is his favorite should he decide to play college basketball rather than opt for the NBA Draft. And Filipino basketball star Kai Sotto, who visited UK last year, is headed to the G League. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!  Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Blinkist Right now, for a limited time Blinkist has a special offer just for our audience: Go to Blinkist.com/NBA try it FREE for 7 days AND save 25% off your new subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NCAA president Mark Emmert said he won't oversee a universal return to college football. We discuss some of the other comments made by schools, commissioners and governments applicable to the start of college football season and what it could mean. The NCAA announced it has altered its NET rankings system that will be used for the 2020-21 college basketball season. We detail those changes. And UK basketball assistant Joel Justus lands at No. 25 on ESPN's list of top 40 college basketball coaches under 40. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!  Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Blinkist Right now, for a limited time Blinkist has a special offer just for our audience: Go to Blinkist.com/NBA try it FREE for 7 days AND save 25% off your new subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The pros and cons if Kentucky were to add Evansville transfer DeAndre Williams. The bevy of benefits for UK football by landing local, 4-star receiver Dekel Crowdus. And a former UK football commitment who flipped to Louisville fired a shot at Kentucky on Twitter that sparked retaliatory tweets from several Wildcats. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!  Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Blinkist Right now, for a limited time Blinkist has a special offer just for our audience: Go to Blinkist.com/NBA try it FREE for 7 days AND save 25% off your new subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kentucky has added Wake Forest transfer Olivier Sarr to its roster, but the seven-footer still needs the NCAA to grant a waiver for immediate eligibility next season. We discuss what Sarr brings to UK, the case Sarr has to receive that waiver, and the details that could help or hurt his case. Also, 247 Sports has released its final rankings for the 2020 class, and we look at where UK's six incoming freshmen ended up in those rankings. UK football has a fifth player enter the transfer portal, quarterback Amani Gilmore. And UK has announced its 2020 Hall of Fame Class. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!  Postmates Download the Postmates app and use code LOCKEDON. For a limited time, Postmates is giving our listeners ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS of free restaurant delivery credit for your first SEVEN days. Bombas Go to Bombas.com/locked and get twenty percent off your first purchase.  Blinkist The Blinkist app gives you the key ideas from more than 3,000 bestselling nonfiction books in just 15 minutes. Go to Blinkist.com/nba try it FREE for 7 days AND save 25% off your new subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The NCAA sent Louisville a notice of allegations. Kentucky is in the mix for an Evansville transfer. UK announces three new additions to its 2020-21 schedule, including Detroit, meaning Brad Calipari will return to Rupp Arena. Kentucky football has two players enter the transfer portal but picks up two commitments over the weekend. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!  Postmates Download the Postmates app and use code LOCKEDON. For a limited time, Postmates is giving our listeners ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS of free restaurant delivery credit for your first SEVEN days. Bombas Go to Bombas.com/locked and get twenty percent off your first purchase.  Blinkist The Blinkist app gives you the key ideas from more than 3,000 bestselling nonfiction books in just 15 minutes. Go to Blinkist.com/nba try it FREE for 7 days AND save 25% off your new subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices