Basketball Buzz

It has been forever—life got busy, kids, jobs, selling a firm, company buyouts, and all kinds of stuff happened. But we are back on the attack and ready to discuss the Cats and the NCAA Tournament.

We will be covering:

NCAA Tournament Top Seeds

The South Region

The other Regions and thoughts on who your picks are

Who is hot and who is not

Upset Alerts

As always, we appreciate your support, and until the next episode, “Keep sippin’ bourbon and GO CATS!”

Welcome to Basketball Buzz! This is one big episode! We cover:

-Big Z is Free, odds NCAA clears him

-Bradshaw/Ugo Injury

-How to improve BBM

-Blue/White game: what would we like to see

-UK ranked #16, too high, too low

-Recruiting, Boogie Fland, JQ, Karter Knox, Jasper Johnson, Darryn Peterson, Boozer twins, Koa Peat, Somto Cyril

The rest of CBB, underrated teams, overrated teams

As always, we appreciate your support, and until the next episode, “Keep sippin’ bourbon and GO CATS!”

This is Part 2 of a podcast episode, where we get caught up with the following:

--The Roster

--Canada (Global Jam)

--5 Out Offense

--The newest addition to the roster

--And our famous Bourbon reviews

As always, we appreciate your support, and until the next episode, "Keep sippin' bourbon and GO CATS!"

We cover the UK Basketball roster:

-Antonio Reeves returns

-We add Jordan Burks + Joey Hart

-Tre Mitchell come on down

-The Aaron Bradshaw injury, is it real? Klutch influence? Will he play?

-Somto Cyril a CAT but staying in the 2024 class; what does this mean for potential additions?

Other Transfers?

-Was the off-season panic warranted?

Thanks for listening!

Keep sippin' bourbon and Go Cats!

This show is all about Kentucky's roster for next season. We give opinions on players, who will be back, and who will start.

Thanks for listening--keep sippin' bourbon, and Go Cats!

Basketball Buzz discusses:

The Cats' NCAA Tournament win and loss

What we think the roster will look like next season

Cal's seat is hot, and who should get the gig next

Final Four: who will cut down the nets in Houston

Bourbon reviews:

Elijah Craig

Good old Maker's & Coke

Rowan's Creek

As always, we appreciate your support, and until the next episode, "Keep sippin' bourbon and GO CATS!"

On this episode, we chat about the huge recent wins:

How Kentucky is getting it done

The emergence of Chris Livingston

Why we can enjoy the NCAA Tournament

Bourbon reviews from Knob Creek, Daviess County, and Smoke Wagon.

As always, we appreciate your support, and until the next episode, "Keep sippin' bourbon and GO CATS!"

We do a lot of venting on this episode. Kentucky is on the bubble and that bubble is about to burst. Listen and get our takes.

On this episode we covered:

Kentucky's winning streak 

Why the Cats are doing well

Subtle tweaks

Looking ahead to KU

Thanks for listening! Keep sippin' bourbon and Go Cats!

Welcome to Basketball Buzz, the show that combines three great things: Kentucky Basketball, College Basketball & Bourbon. 

In this episode, we covered the following:

Kentucky's historic win Knoxville

Struggles against BAMA and USCjr

The lineup vs the VOLS

Recruiting: Ian Jackson chooses UNC

Texas and Cal?

Thanks for listening!

Tonight, we are joined by John Perrine, from the great state of Texas, to get his thoughts on this year's UK team. 

We covered:

Kentucky's win vs. Michigan in London

We Look ahead to Yale & UCLA games

Bourbon reviews! Woodford Reserve,  Russell's Reserve 10yr Bourbon and Eagle Rare 10 yr Bourbon

Thanks for listening! Keep sippin' bourbon, and Go Cats!

The Basketball Buzz crew discusses:

The Gonzaga loss

The North Florida win

Upcoming games vs. Bellarmine and Michigan

The current landscape of college basketball

We share three seasonal bourbon cocktails!

Thanks for listening! Keep sippin' bourbon, and Go Cats!

We bring on special guest Michael Beard to discuss:

The Cat's loss at Michigan State

Rebound victory over South Carolina State

Gonzaga 

DJ Wagner commitment

Isacc Humphries's awesome announcement

And...bourbon reviews!

Thanks for listening! Go Cats!

Tonight the Basketball Buzz crew welcomes Matt Sak on the show. We chat about:

Kentucky Exhibition Basketball

College Basketball Preseason discussion

And our bourbon reviews! Thanks for listening! Go Cats!

The Basketball Buzz crew covers a lot in this episode:

Big Blue Madness

Recruiting Updates

Blue-White Game

KenPom: What is it, and what does it mean?

And our famous bourbon reviews! 

Thanks for listening! Keep sippin' bourbon, and Go Cats!

Tonight, we have a special guest on the show. Logan Greenwell of LGHoops Podcast joins us on this episode. He is one of the up-and-coming names in Indiana Grassroots basketball and a huge Kentucky Fan. We talk about a lot of national recruiting and Kentucky Basketball recruiting. Then we dabble in Kentucky Football and, as always, review some fine bourbon!

Thanks for listening! Keep sippin' bourbon, and GO CATS!

We welcome back bourbon steward Jacob Kiper to the show. Jacob shares information on:

What are some of the top bourbons of 2022? And who really decides the Bourbon of the year?

What are some of Jacob's favorite bottles currently?

Current bourbon trends going on within the industry.

And we talk...Kentucky Football!

And some additional Kentucky Basketball recruiting as well!

Thanks for listening! Keep sippin' bourbon, and Go Cats!

We bring on John Perrine to talk about:

Texas College Basketball recruiting: the key AAU programs and coaches

Prospects that Kentucky is going after

Why losing Jai Lucas does not hurt Kentucky

Kentucky Basketball and why the Cats are a title favorite next season

Other top programs in college basketball this year

And our bourbon reviews of Maker's 46, Calumet Farms 16, and Willett Pot Still Reserve

Thanks for listening! Keep sippin' bourbon and Go Cats!

Basketball Buzz discusses the Big Blue Bahamas tour and gives our feedback on the games, players, and what we need to get excited about for the upcoming season. We also cover:

The Calipari/Stoops/Mitch saga

Recruiting

Bourbon reviews of Costco Kirkland Bourbon, Old Forester 1897 Bottled in Bond, and Chicken Cock (HAHA)

Thanks for listening! Keep sippin' bourbon, and GO CATS!

The Basketball Buzz Crew cranks out a great episode covering:

Shay is a Dad!

The Smoke Wagon Bourbon review: we sample all three offerings and share our thoughts

NBA Legend Bill Russell

UK Basketball practice in Rupp Arena as a fundraiser for EKY flooding

Kentucky Basketball recruiting update

Reed Sheppard vs. Dillingham (At the Las Vegas Big Time Finale)

In honor of baby Aria being born, we each share our favorite UK babies (aka Freshmen of the Cal era)

Thanks for listening! Go Cats! 

This is a great episode covering a lot of Kentucky recruiting and other topics:

Kentucky NBA draft 

Robert Dillingham picks KENTUCKY 

2023 & 2024 recruiting 

Rumors from UK Basketball practice

Bourbon--we always talk bourbon

Tonight we have a special show:

--We bring back Jacob Kiper to talk about bourbon: terminology, history, and bourbon 101. 

--Kentucky Basketball: roster development

--College basketball: the Top 5 in college basketball next year

Thanks for listening, and hopefully, you enjoyed the bourbon discussion and it was helpful to expand your bourbon knowledge!

Go Cats! Go bourbon! 

We discuss:

The Kentucky Basketball roster

The Assistant Coach search

Recruiting

Kentucky Bahames!

And other stuff!!!

We discuss the roster:

--Shaedon Sharpe

--The transfer portal

--Do we need another dude?

--New strength coach

--The assistant coach search

--NBA Cats

This episode we are going to cover:

--Jai Lucas headed to Duke

--Talk about the roster

--Oscar the NPOY is back for year 2

--Transfer portal discussion (Baylor & Reeves and also #TimmeTime)

--Other stuff

Thanks for listening! #GoCats #Kentucky #Bourbon

On this episode we recap the Final Four, look at the UK roster and potential changes coming up, discuss the Transfer Portal and a whole lot more!

Thanks for listening!

This episode has a special guest. We bring on Jacob Kiper to talk about bourbon and discuss how to get into bourbon as a newbie. He takes the mystery out of bourbon, shares his background as a bourbon steward, educates us on good options out there, and removes the intimidating side of Kentucky's greatest export. We then dive into college basketball, Kentucky's roster next season, and potential additions via the transfer portal. So sit back, pour a glass and let us entertain you! 

Listen to our podcast and drown your sorrows with us. We discuss the awfulness of the UK loss:

--We discuss WTF happened

--What can be done to avoid this from ever happening again

--Where do we go from here

--Tennessee and Auburn tears

--NCAA Tournament picks going forward

Thanks for listening to the show!

The BasketballBuzz crew talks brackets with Roger Harden and gets his take on the current Kentucky squad, the NCAA Tournament, and which teams have a legit shot to win a title. And Roger shares some good stories about his time in Lexington. Sip some bourbon and enjoy! 

We have a great show planned:

--SEC Tournament

--SEC Awards

--College Basketball POY

--The Top Players in each conference

--College Basketball overall as of today 3.10.22

Thanks for your support!

#BasketballBuzz 

We interview UK Basketball Manager Michael Messer, recap the Florida vs Kentucky game, discuss Duke's loss to UNC, the Kentucky LadyCats' amazing run to an SEC Tournament title, and much more! Disclaimer: we had some audio issues with a mic, but give it a listen. There's a lot of great content! 

This is a big episode. Lots of Kentucky Basketball talk and seeding discussion. We make fun of certain teams and discuss March Madness! Also, we talk bourbon! Download and subscribe! 

Welcome to Basketball Buzz! We'll be recapping Kentucky-LSU, Oscar NPOY, NCAA seeding, KenPom, recruiting, bourbon, and more!