And we are back three two one What's up JCCC
welcome back to the JCCC sports podcast, I'm
Joseph I'm Prince and we're gonna go ahead and
get started for you. So first things first We
never really like introduced ourselves. Did we
no never? It's just kind of interesting how we're
now with how many episodes it's like four or
yeah, we never introduced ourselves. Yeah, so
You want to go first to me? Um, I mean you can
go first you haven't they probably missed you
because you know You weren't here last week.
So you guys actually like me. Yes That's a shocker.
Anyways, yeah, my name is Joseph. I usually go
by Jay I've been at JCC for a couple years now
and this is This is kind of where I want to be.
I want to be in the sports field talking about
different things. I've been kind of working for
this for a while and this is kind of a good culmination
of where I've gotten to so far. I work at Nike
and I also intern at 810. So the whole goal is
to be on ESPN and just talking sports for a living.
That's that's it. Oh great stuff. Well you guys
know I'm Prince Born in India actually so a lot
of people think I'm born from here because I
don't have an accent or anything I mainly did
this for like the curiosity reason to be honest
cuz I've always like looked at a lot of podcasts
like I always watch them and I'm always like
I wish I could talk about sports like this I
just went to and I saw this was a thing so I
was just very interested in it. I actually played
basketball in my high school Didn't get anywhere
though because we lost in the playoffs by two
of us off a buzzer beater not fun But um yeah,
it's been interesting to do this so far great
Porter you are so far Yeah, we're just gonna.
I'm trying to go into journalism by the way But
if one day I can do this more professionally
than I would love to so yeah, yeah, well, that's
great I'm really happy that you got it And I
guess since we're talking the sports that we
did, um, nah, so I did, I was kind of a mix all
trades. I did football for a year. I tried basketball
out. Um, and then I really got into swimming
when I was, um, in middle school, high school,
and I did it for about 12 or so years. And I
am actually the last person from my school to
go to state for swimming, Washington high. Love
you guys. Love all of. All right, well time to
get to maybe a little sad part You want to kick
it off for us? Men's team why you got to do this
to me, man? I've been rooting for you all year.
I just wanted one I wanted one more win at least
we could have gone to the championship, man Yeah,
I'm sorry guys. We lost the Fort Scott Really
really big heartbreaker. Yeah, I don't love it
But um you can't I mean you can still look at
the positives of the side, but it does hurt it
does hurt I guess they just didn't have their
shot today or that day We can pull up some facts
or some stats out here But this is it this isn't
anything against the players or anything. They've
had a great what 29 and oh yeah I mean they went
crazy this yeah Yeah, um you know if we want
to take out some stats They just struggled really
crucially from the three -point line only one
for 21 That's probably the biggest factor of
why they lost the game to be honest. Yeah, and
a couple key things I mean Ford Scott was playing
really good defense regardless. I mean they were
locked down from the perimeter off obviously
But it was also just the second half second half.
They just went crazy 40 41 to 27 Then the second
half is always gonna win you it's not always
gonna win you a game if you ain't got no points
But maybe got him this one Yeah, um now I might
definitely will mispronounce the name here before
Scott Macon Hastings scored 26 points and hit
five threes which in a college game that's that's
big especially in the what semi -final that's
very big and they had uh Jayden Hollis with another
14 and Noah Porter with 13 um so yeah just an
all -around great game by them but let's go to
the women's side for some positivity now um They
jumped out to a 26 -11 start in the first quarter
which after that point they can a game never
a the game never got close ever Or Fort Scott
they were or not before Scott It was kind of
just a chase For the for the win, which they
never really got to the women were just scoring
left right and center They had four players in
double digits And this one secured I'm pretty
sure the region six title region six. I'm pretty
sure so and they're continuing that undefeated
season Let's keep it going. I mean, I'm all here
for I'm all here for this Shout out the ladycats
for oh, yeah I mean it would have been a real
big heartbreaker if both of the teams lost but
I think they've realized that they can't let
Johnson County down like that and they didn't
so Good luck to them. And yeah, we're just gonna
keep this going. Let's get it back to back indeed
in Now, another big part that we always talk
about is KU. Big win to close out the season
against K -State. I was looking forward to the
game the whole time. I was able to watch it.
It was a big win. They scored 104 points, which
I think is the most or almost the most they've
scored all season. And that was a big, big game
for the guy. DP. DP. I've been asking for a good
game from him. We've always questioned him. But
I think in 29 minutes he scored 27 points on
efficient 10 for 15 shooting. Gotta love it.
I mean, we've been critical of him all year.
And I have to say that it is probably one of
the hardest things to do. I mean, to be as consistent
as he can be. But it's also that think a lot
of KU fans are tired of hearing that he is going
to the bench that he's not playing full games
and as much as that's a Nuisance, it's kind of
proving to work and especially with them getting
closer to March Madness That tournament is gonna
be huge. So we're gonna be in a good spot. Yeah,
we'll figure out soon who we're playing there
But again, I think they were leading as much
as 30 points at one point. So yeah K -State,
yeah. Big W's for us. We also had four people
in double figures. Trey White had 23. This was
also a big senior day win for the seniors out
there. So, of course, Darren Peterson didn't
start. It was the seniors who started. Melvin
Council had a near enough triple double. He was
playing great. I think he had 17 points, eight
rebounds, 10 assists. He was doing a little bit
of everything on there and then uh that whole
game flory badunga Shout out to you because uh,
I know you didn't watch the game, but me watching
the game He was six of six from the field and
also had four blocks by the way And I'm pretty
sure you had like four alley oops nasty throwdowns
a lot of alley oops. It was it was crazy It was
a great game Okay, you was dominating on all
levels Rebound difference 45 to 28. That's a
big difference of rebounds a lot of second -chance
points And now we're just heading into that tournament
Figuring out what's about to happen. I think
the only thing I got to say is flurry stop dunking
on your own teammates man Like oh, yeah, you
almost killed a guy. Yeah, that was kind of disrespectful
What do we think though as in this tournament
coming up now are we confident now that DP's
got his groove now? He's always had the groove,
but 75 % I mean Look confident now consistent
minutes is gonna get my is gonna get my vote
and If he's getting those minutes, then yeah,
I'm cool. I'm cool to say I think they're definitely
at least a sweet 16 But if they can't get those
minutes, then I don't think they're gonna get
too far I'd say maybe second third round. Yeah,
cuz after that Arizona State loss, which still
hurts This was another big bounce back win in
Arizona looks crazy. Yeah, they do They definitely
are but I feel like this is a good closing win
because now you have a lot of momentum heading
into the Heading into it here. I think we can
go four. I think we can go very far. We've been
to Arizona before. So it's not like we can't
do it again. We'll see where we match up. That's
all to figure out in the next few weeks. See
what all happens. So be prepared for that. Go
Lugs A -Hawks. Indeed. Now moving on again. This
is what I can do when I'm gone for what? A week
or whatever. This is all him. We were looking
at Kansas City at the Kansas City Chiefs. We're
looking at how free agency has been going and
So biggest signing that I think every Chiefs
fan can agree on Kenneth Walker is now a Kansas
City Chief ladies and gentlemen We have an actual
running back 25 years old 48 million dollars
27. I think was 27 mil is guaranteed and Honestly,
just a premium back. Now he was splitting. Now
he was splitting carries with Zach Charbonneau
out in Seattle. But I do think that he has the
chance to be a bell cow. He does. He is a bit
injury prone, but with how the system is going
to work and it being run through my homes, I
think he has a really good shot to get, you know,
another thousand yards a good amount of time
in this receiving game as well. Yeah. Now, the
other big thing is that with a great game. you
had to have a great loss. And that came with
the Trent McDuffie trade. I'm pretty sure a lot
of us were hurting off of it, but the picks that
we got, that definitely made up for it. Not to
mention it freed up 13 million cap space. Yeah,
it freed up 13 million cap space and that alone
made it so that we can sign him because I think
he is making about 14 million a year that puts
him at about fifth out of all of the top five
running backs who are getting paid So that gives
us a lot of it may not give us a bunch of flexibility,
but it does give us something that we need Yeah,
I mean the thing is is that You have the Trent
McDuffie all that salary cap for us you have
the homes putting down his Contract for more
salary. So you're heading into free agency with
just a lot of money to work with Of course now
the talks are like how is his offense about a
look now with all these weapons that my homes
has You got a running back you got receivers
that are developing to I'm very excited for this
season now You know my homes is training very
well. It's projected that he might be back week
one which I don't want him to be I mean I want
him to but don't want him to I'm excited to see
him play But I don't want him to you know risk
it all already, and I can definitely understand
that I think it's just that with the Mahomes
injury. It is really hard on the body I mean
he already runs a lot to begin with and Losing
out on your knee in a big sport like football
is it can be bad But we've also seen those types
of tears come in I mean a lot more recent a lot
more frequently in the NFL in general and Players
are coming back a lot faster anyway. I mean sports
tech is crazy is crazy now I know I use that
term a lot, but I mean it really is I mean player
like before when I was a kid and watching football
players who got their ACL torn it was done They
were their whole career finished. I mean now
they're coming back from it like it's nothing.
Yeah But also we have our tight end coming back.
Yep Kelsey, um, I think they i'm pretty sure
they signed him on a one -year deal Um, so this
most likely is his last season I was thinking
he probably will come back because I don't think
you'd want to end your career a very amazing
career Like the way they did with the whole gardener
minjoo coming in interception. It was that was
like the worst way to go out Um, so now he's
coming back. I think this will be like his last
ride basically um, so T -Swift is about to come
to many teams games so expect a lot of camera
angles on T -Swift and expect a lot of camera
angles on that corner group because now you've
got because I mean without Trent you're looking
at I mean Noel's gonna be your number one you've
got I think it's Christian Fulton at the number
two and then you've got CRW who's I mean he's
not proven I mean you got to give him a chance,
but We'll see they're heading into the draft
with a lot of a lot of potential because we're
looking at defense is what we need Really offense
looks sorted out now Now it's the defense to
see what they really are looking for and they
did address it in free agency They went out and
got another safety, and I think that really helps
out. We got safety Alohi Gilman, sorry He was
previously with the Chargers at one point He
did play his rookie year there, and then he went
over to Baltimore played over there for a little
bit He's not the greatest in the run game from
what I'm hearing but at the end of the day I
mean I'll take a safety anyways because what
it does is it opened up the truck it opened up
that number nine pick for a lot more opportunity
yeah and we have a huge a huge chance of getting
caleb downs now i mean he's already losing a
lot of draft stock due to that and due to that
injury he kind of suffered um he's had a degenerative
injury in his knee from what i've heard oh and
that is gonna that's gonna tank his draft stock
a little bit but the talent is there and i really
hope we can get like another very no more jeremiah
i love yeah on the on the books here Because
another running back for the Chiefs departed
Isaiah Pacheco. I didn't want to talk about that,
man. I didn't, but they got to know. Yeah, I'm
sure they probably all know, but I'm sorry to
probably break your heart once again. Angry runs,
man. Yeah, yeah. He's added to the Lions. I think
the Lions wanted that for a replacement for David
Montgomery. So excited to see what they do, too,
but. Overall, I'm excited. I think we can make
a lot of people mad again because I saw a lot
of Instagram posts when we saw a sign Kenneth
Walker. Like how do they have this much? Salary
count this and this so the hate is already starting
to adapt and come away and speaking on that salary
cap Beach is a monster with it I mean he has
he turned us from a negative 11 million dollar
team to what potentially could have been about
a 50 million dollar under the cap So I mean that's
he has been incredible with that cap space But
anyways, I mean there's still some things to
fix up. I mean Outside of just cap space you're
looking at the draft again and David Bailey is
a big number a big name he's gone up the boards
like crazy and I mean he went from like number
ten from what I heard all the way up to like
number three I mean up there with our Ville Reese
and That's already gonna be a struggle for the
Chiefs if they can't get another edge I mean
Ruben Bain is gum has come down as well the edge
out of Miami and he as much as people talk about
his arm length He's still gonna be a really good
pass wrestler in the NFL. He's 275 6 3 or 4 so
he'll absolutely kill it Outside of that big
piece that a lot of people are talking about
as well is the receiver group Which kind of gets
talked at which kind of gets us talking about
carnell tate and also about Makai lemon me personally
I'd rather see carnell tate if we were to go
receiver at that point just because after the
combine with Makai lemon I thought that that
was a bit more unprofessional. He seemed really,
really out of sorts when he was in his interviews.
And I just think with how many issues they've
already had with their players, they kind of
need a guy who's going to seem a lot more professional.
Yeah. I mean, college football, draft combine,
it's all this guy. Uh, basketball is me. Um,
so I'm trusting everything he's saying. And like
I said, if in Well, when does the season start?
Season is gonna start in around September. It's
gonna start in September. Okay, so looking back
at this in like seven, eight months from now,
we'll see if he's right and if he's wrong, go
to the comments and absolutely try him. I give
you permission to flame me. Yeah. Just don't
be too hard, please. Yeah, I'm gonna predict
he's gonna be. This is not my cup of tea all
the time. Yeah, but the way he talks about it,
it looks like he should be an ESPN reporter.
But maybe you will be in five, ten years. We'll
see. Hopefully, we'll see. All right. Well, that
does it for us today. I really hope to see you
guys next week. I'm excited to be back in the
building. Hopefully, I don't get pulled by the
family to go in dog sit again, but we'll see.
A lot more short of an episode, but that's also
because we had a flag warrior from the Chiefs
last week. I did see that. Yeah, a lot of...
Cool things if you guys haven't checked that
episode out you go and do so as a lot of Exclusive
not exclusive, but you know a lot of experiences
that we wouldn't hear from just a random person
So if you guys want to check that out go do so
Other than that and nothing more to say for me
anything from you. All I gotta say is I love
you guys I love JCC and we'll see you guys next
time. All right. Have a good one