KSR Today: Getting you ready for a busy weekend in UK Athletics

Good morning and happy Friday to you and your family. We are one workday from the weekend, and it will be a wild one in the world of sports. It begins with more Denver-Miami in the Association tonight, Kentucky Baseball in the Supers tomorrow afternoon, and summer roster-building in Lexington for basketball and football.

Let’s get you ready.

Game 4 of the NBA Finals tonight

The weekend will begin with Game 4 of the NBA Finals tonight in Miami, where the Heat’s backs are against the wall in the series. Jamal Murray‘s Nuggets lead 2-1 going into tonight, and the Heat can’t go down another game before leaving South Beach for Game 5 in Colorado. Bam Adebayo and company must tie the series tonight for a realistic shot at the Larry O’Brien.

Tip-off is 8:30 p.m. on ABC. Denver is a 3.5-point favorite. Tyler Herro will not play.

Almost Kentucky-LSU time

One more sleep until Kentucky Baseball begins its Super Regional play against LSU in Baton Rouge. Tomorrow, the ‘Cats play the Tigers at 3 p.m. (ET) in the first of the best-of-three series at the hostile confines of Alex Box Stadium. While you wait, get prepared with a look back at the two teams’ regular season series, Monday night’s win, and how the team was feeling before the team plane left Lexington:

Looking Back at Kentucky Baseball’s Series With LSU Earlier This Season?
Memorable Moments and More Notes From Kentucky Baseball’s NCAA Regional Win
Kentucky “confident” and “hungry” heading into Super Regional vs. LSU

More from the ‘Cats:

If you’re in or around Lexington, join us at KSR’s watch party from KSBar and Grille.

Five Wildcats qualified for NCAA Outdoor Track & Field finals

Last night, the University of Kentucky women debuted at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Texas with participants in six Thursday night events. The Wildcats advanced to the finals in five of those events, including both relays, to compete for a championship tomorrow.

Highlights include tying a school record in the 4×100 meter with a time of 42.30 to win the heat; Masai Russell winning the 100- and 400-meter hurdles heats; Karimah Davis’ 22.62 in the 200-meter, the fifth-fastest time in school history, to advance to Saturday; and the women’s 4×400 team earning an automatic bid.

Here is Saturday’s schedule for the finals:

EVENT	TIME (central)	PARTICIPATING WILDCATS
Women’s 4×100 Meter Relay	8:02 p.m.	Victoria Perrow, Anthaya Charlton, Masai Russell, Karimah Davis, Shadajah Ballard, Tamiia Fuller
Women’s 100H	8:42 p.m.	Masai Russell
Women’s 400H	9:27 p.m.	Masai Russell
Women’s 200m	9:37 p.m.	Karimah Davis
Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay	10:21 p.m.	Karimah Davis, Megan Moss, Tamiia Fuller, Dajour Miles, Masai Russell

Go Cats.

Matt Jones on Kentucky Basketball’s current problems

Yesterday, Matt Jones shared what he believes are the major issues surrounding Kentucky Basketball as John Calipari scrambles to fill his roster with what’s left in the pool of available talent.

“This program in the last few months, has been in complete disarray,” said Jones. “Nobody knows what’s going to happen next, including the coaches. It has been in disarray and anybody that says otherwise, it’s just wrong.”

Jones also named broken relationships with boosters, the current mismanagement of the roster, and how it’s just not fun, as problems around the program.

Hear the uncomfortable truths from yesterday’s show below:

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Joey Hart to visit Kentucky tomorrow

Part of John Calipari’s new plan to fix Kentucky’s issues is to land a commitment from Joey Hart, a three-star talent from across the river in Indiana. The former UCF commit is set to begin his Kentucky visit on Saturday, following a visit to Indiana earlier in the week.

A big weekend for Kentucky Football

Kentucky Football‘s summer camp season has been off to a great start at Kroger Field this week. It gets serious today with the beginning of a busy weekend of official visits on campus. Kentucky expects a long list of special visitors, including current commits Cutter Boley (QB), Aba Selm (IOL), and our pal Hayes Johnson (OT), plus some of the top targets on the board in Jonathan Daniels (OT), Jacob Smith (EDGE), Brian Robinson (EDGE), Cameron Keys (CB), Damarion Witten (TE), Antwan Smith (EDGE), Willie Rodriguez (TE), Cam Dooley (ATH), and Fred Johnson (OT), among others. There could be some surprise guests in town, too.

The hope is to get a commitment or two, maybe three, to join the 2024 recruiting class in Lexington.

KSR is live from KSBar and Grille from 10 a.m. to noon

Coming up on today’s radio program, Matt Jones, Ryan Lemond, and I are live from KSBar and Grille from 10 a.m. to noon.

Here on the website, there will be new stuff all day, too.

Have a nice Friday. Go Cats.