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

Early information on Immanuel Quickley following the end of the season indicated he was leaning more toward returning to Kentucky for his junior season. That seems to have changed. Johnny Juzang has entered the transfer portal and appears unlikely to change his mind on leaving UK, despite John Calipari leaving the door open for Juzang to remain. We discuss what Kentucky could look like next season based on likely departures and the incoming class. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!  Theragun Try Theragun risk-free for 30 days or your money back by going to Theragun.com/lockedon For a limited time, listeners get a FREE charging stand with purchase – a seventy-nine dollar value. 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. Echelon Visit echelonfit.com/lonfl or echelonfit.com/lonba to learn about their limited time, free Apple iPad, and complete details of this exclusive offer. 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. Withings Go to Withings.com/mlb to get 25% off Body+ Body Composition Scale.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the second part of our conversation with Kentucky native, UK alum and ESPN Sportscenter anchor Michael Eaves, we get into his time as a student at UK in the early 1990's and what he experienced as Rick Pitino led the program out of probation. Michael has some great stories, including his friendship with Jamal Mashburn and other former Wildcats. We also discuss with Michael his time after graduating from UK covering the Cats through that run to three straight national championship game appearances from 1996-98. Michael also has plenty to say about that 2015 Final Four loss to Wisconsin, which he covered for Turner Sports as the sideline reporter for that game. And Michael takes us behind the scenes at ESPN on the day Kobe Bryant died. He anchored ESPN's coverage of that tragedy from the moments after word of the icon's death had spread on social media through the following five-and-a-half hours. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!  Theragun Try Theragun risk-free for 30 days or your money back by going to Theragun.com/lockedon For a limited time, listeners get a FREE charging stand with purchase – a seventy-nine dollar value. Postmates Download the Postmates app and use code LOCKEDONNBA. For a limited time, Postmates is giving our listeners ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS of free restaurant delivery credit for your first SEVEN days. 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. Withings Go to Withings.com/mlb to get 25% off Body+ Body Composition Scale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ESPN's Michael Eaves is our guest as we discuss his path from a kid growing up in Western Kentucky to attending the University of Kentucky to becoming a Sportscenter anchor. And what's it like now at ESPN in this current world without sports? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!  Theragun Try Theragun risk-free for 30 days or your money back by going to Theragun.com/lockedon For a limited time, listeners get a FREE charging stand with purchase – a seventy-nine dollar value. Postmates Download the Postmates app and use code LOCKEDONNBA. For a limited time, Postmates is giving our listeners ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS of free restaurant delivery credit for your first SEVEN days. 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. Withings Go to Withings.com/mlb to get 25% off Body+ Body Composition Scale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We begin by discussing the horrible news former Wildcat Karl-Anthony Towns shared with the world Wednesday. John Calipari discusses the potential for Immanuel Quickley to either turn pro or return to Kentucky for his junior season - and if being his point guard next season is an option. Coach Cal also talks about what he saw from Dontaie Allen toward the end of the season. Also, the NCAA looks likely to allow players a one-time transfer to his/her school of choice without the penalty of sitting out a year. Calipari voices his concerns and explains why he opposes it. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!  Theragun Try Theragun risk-free for 30 days or your money back by going to Theragun.com/lockedon For a limited time, listeners get a FREE charging stand with purchase – a seventy-nine dollar value. Postmates Download the Postmates app and use code LOCKEDONNBA. For a limited time, Postmates is giving our listeners ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS of free restaurant delivery credit for your first SEVEN days. 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. Withings Go to Withings.com/mlb to get 25% off Body+ Body Composition Scale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Calipari held a 50-minute video conference with the media Tuesday and spoke on a variety of topics, including whether or not UK's game against Michigan in London could be affected by the coronavirus situation. Also, Calipari addressed how the pandemic is impacting the NBA pre-draft process. And Coach Cal was asked about where he left things with Ashton Hagans at season's end. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!  Theragun Try Theragun risk-free for 30 days or your money back by going to Theragun.com/lockedon For a limited time, listeners get a FREE charging stand with purchase – a seventy-nine dollar value. Postmates Download the Postmates app and use code LOCKEDONNBA. For a limited time, Postmates is giving our listeners ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS of free restaurant delivery credit for your first SEVEN days. 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. Withings Go to Withings.com/mlb to get 25% off Body+ Body Composition Scale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We revisit Kentucky's second-round NCAA Tournament matchup with an unbeaten Wichita State squad in 2014. And an unfiltered Joe B. Hall on how his feelings for Bobby Knight changed following UK's blowout loss in Bloomington in 1974, which Hall's Wildcats avenged by ending the Hoosiers' undefeated season in the 1975 Elite Eight. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!  Theragun Try Theragun risk-free for 30 days or your money back by going to Theragun.com/lockedon For a limited time, listeners get a FREE charging stand with purchase – a seventy-nine dollar value. Postmates Download the Postmates app and use code LOCKEDONNBA. For a limited time, Postmates is giving our listeners ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS of free restaurant delivery credit for your first SEVEN days. 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. Withings Go to Withings.com/mlb to get 25% off Body+ Body Composition Scale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kyle spoke with Kentucky AD and vice-chair of the NCAA selection committee, Mitch Barnhart, about what those discussions were like prior to the cancellation of the NCAA tournament. What does he think about players receiving another year of eligibility? Is college football season in jeopardy? Also, AP All-America teams have been announced. We discuss a grad transfer UK has contacted and why his situation is more interesting to UK than most. John Calipari sends congrats to a friend who's returning to college basketball coaching. And UK's Rhyne Howard among elite company, again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We spend some time discussing how long we might without sports. Also, Kyle spoke with Immanuel Quickley's mother about the decision he'll have to make about returning to UK for his junior season or entering the NBA Draft. The feeling is that Quickley will be back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Churchill Downs has announced the Kentucky Derby will be pushed to Sept. 5, the same day UK football kicks off its season. Why moving that game seems unlikely. John Calipari on his final radio show of the season brings up the possibility of Immanuel Quickley and EJ Montgomery returning for their junior seasons. Calipari also responded to Rick Pitino's comment of wanting to get a game against UK on the schedule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In an extra-lengthy episode of Locked On Kentucky, we discuss a wide-ranging variety of topics, beginning with what we're watching now that sports are on a break. Maybe you'll find a new show to watch from our recommendations. Rick Pitino is back in college basketball as the new head coach at Iona, and just a few days into the job he's already campaigning to play Kentucky on a national sports talk show. Who would've won the NCAA Tournament had hit been played? Evan Daniels of 24/7 Sports polled 115 college coaches for the answer to that question. How many votes did UK get? Who are the favorites to win it next year? What Vegas is offering on Kentucky's chances. And Kyle spoke with Joe B. Hall Monday. He has a tease for you that you must hear during the last few minutes of this podcast episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There will be no NCAA basketball tournament. The 2019-20 Kentucky Wildcats team has played its final game. John Calipari said he had the team to win it all. Kyle spoke to several folks close to the program to find out which Wildcats will likely be back for next season and which are likely gone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the flurry of developments in sports and at sporting events due to the coronavirus, will Kentucky even play another game this season? As of midnight Wednesday into Thursday, the SEC is set to play its tournament without fans, as well as the NCAA Tournament. But then the NBA suspended its season after a player tested positive for the coronavirus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kentucky's Immanuel Quickley was named SEC Player of the Year. John Calipari was named SEC Coach of the Year. Nick Richards, Ashton Hagans and Tyrese Maxey also received honors. We compare UK's resume for a No. 2 of 3 NCAA Tournament seed to the group of 10 teams in the mix for those seed lines. And the tidal wave of alterations to sporting events due to the coronavirus continues, including the SEC banning media from the locker room for post-game interviews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vanderbilt has announced it's cancelling classes for the rest of the week. The SEC tournament begins on Wednesday at Bridgestone Arena, just a few miles from the Vandy campus. As of now, fans are being permitted to attend games. Could that change? Also, John Calipari says Immanuel Quickley is a little banged up and may take a couple days off. And Calipari has a bit more to say on Ashton Hagans. We have a football note on UK QB Terry Wilson that we discuss at the end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kentucky was cooked in Gainesville. It was over. After blowing a 17-point lead to Tennessee at home on Tuesday, now UK was down 18 with 12 minutes to go at Florida. No Ashton Hagans. Immanuel Quickley fouled out with nine minutes to play. Instead, UK mounted a remarkable comeback led by Nick Richards but also Keion Brooks and Johnny Juzang and Nate Sestina. We also discuss the situation with Hagans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices