Kentucky men's basketball assistant Joel Justus joins Shawn Smith (Go Big Blue Country) and Derek Terry (The Cats' Pause) to discuss the 2020-21 Kentucky men's basketball team, recruiting during COVID-19, the defensive potential with this roster, Keion Brooks' sophomore potential, the impact of a year on campus for Jacob Toppin, and more. 

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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.

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Joel Justus has risen from the ranks of player to high school coach to assistant at Kentucky all before the age of 40. It has been a rapid rise, but one that was very well justified with his resume and accomplishments. 

In this episode we talk a walk through Justus' journey. We talk about his lineage of coaches and then we take a macro look into the recruiting and the program at Kentucky talking about everything from how the program is run, how they recruit, what the program looks like next season and more.

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Corey is joined by UK assistant coach Joel Justus, talking about his journey with analytics (1:40), how the Wildcats handled the tournament cancellation news (8:00), dealing with the NBA draft process (15:45), how to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak as a recruit (22:45) and much more!

Kentucky Basketball assistant coach Joel Justus and TJ Beisner of Coach Cal dot com join Curtis Burch and Kyle Tucker. We discuss new players Nate Sestina, Keion Brooks and Dontaie Allen. Also Justus shares what it is like recruiting an instate player. Plus what are the difficulties of coaching at Kentucky. 

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Kentucky Basketball assistant coach Joel Justus and TJ Beisner of Coach Cal dot com join Curtis Burch and Kyle Tucker. We talk about guys getting used to being around Kentucky fans, starting with the camps they put on. TJ Beisner shares how Ashton Hagans has grown over the summer. Joel Justus discusses the difference between North Carolina fans (he’s from North Carolina) and Kentucky fans. Plus breaking down new guys; Tyrese Maxey, Kahlil Whitney and Johnny Juzang. Be sure to check out Joel and TJ’s podcast Behind Kentucky Basketball. 

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