Stacy Huntsman

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@MaggieDavisTV @JackPilgrimKSR You guys did a great job. It was a fun show!

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Such a fun run!

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😂

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@PStevensKSR @Darren_Headrick Only way I keep up with Kentucky Baseball. He does a great job!

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Go Cats!

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VICTORY, KENTUCKY!!!!!!

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BAT SIGNAL!!!!

@Braxton_VC in his Dark Knight arch!!!

A MAMMOTH blast!

UK 4, WVU 0

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BVC! @UKBaseball let's go CATS!

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@KySportsRadio I also tried listening to on Spotify and the same thing happened.

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@KySportsRadio I'm trying to listen to the pre show podcast from yesterday and the first hour of KSR is playing. Is this happening to anyone else or is it just something with me and my phone???

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@StevenPeakeKSR I'm sorry for your loss! I lost my little best friend last September and it is just the hardest thing to deal with. Looks like you have many good memories. 💙

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@Darren_Headrick @SEC @UKBaseball @UKSportsNetwork I hear the whistler made the trip.

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Frustrating!

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F | Florida 7, UK 6

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SERIES VICTORY, KENTUCKY!!!

F | UK 12, No. 24 Tennessee 2 (8 inn)

[Braden Appelhans @AppelhansBraden]

Those of you who follow New Mexico basketball may have noticed I haven’t been playing or anyone who knows me may have noticed I have been so distant from everyone and there is a good reason for that. 

I have struggled with depression off and on since high school. I was diagnosed with ADHD and anxiety in 4th grade. I was put on medication to help with school and only took it during school (summers and weekends off) I was told my medication had a slight antidepressant in it. Since my depression wasn’t constant and would come and go my parents just helped me through it, thinking my medication would help.

Last spring, after taking a medical redshirt, trying to recover from surgery, and learning how to balance school with a tough travel schedule my depression showed up in a big, bad, scary way!  I went home after school got out, got into my doctor, and started on an antidepressant.  

I returned to UNM for summer and fall and killed it in practice.  Was earning playing time and showing signs of having a great season.  However, in late September I started spiraling into a dark place again. My coaches noticed a dramatic change.  I would call me several times a day to my mom in just a complete meltdown. I couldn’t make it through a practice without breaking down in tears.  I couldn’t function, stopped doing homework, lost interest in basketball, and was going down a dark path to the point where I was questioning if I should even be here.  My coaches called my mom and said she needed to come and be with me.  She was on a plane the next day and spent 4 days in Albuquerque.  I went to see the team doctor and learned my ADHD medication and depression medication were canceling each other out.  For about 6 months I wasn’t getting any medication.  I got on a new medication that worked with my ADHD meds and got in with the sports therapist.  Slowly but surely I started to feel like myself again.  Then the start of the semester came and anxiety attacks kicked in. They would hit me out of the blue.  They were almost crippling and exhausting.  So back to the doctor I went and decided it was time to stop the ADHD meds - too much stimulation.  Now I am about 2 months ADHD meds free.  Grades are still good and I feel like myself again. I still take an antidepressant every day but I am in such a better place!

Through all of this, I missed practices and games.  My coaches, teammates and everyone involved in Lobo basketball put me in a protective cocoon and took great care of me and I couldn’t be more thankful for them. My coaches decided to limit me to make sure I was mentally healthy.  I've handled it the best way possible and I understand their decision because I know what a dark scary place I was in.

You change from here.

I am so grateful that I reached out for help. I knew I could call my parents, coaches, and teammates at any time.  Most people (young kids and young adults especially) don’t have that. Most don’t dare to reach out and ask for help. I hope someone reading this will see that it can happen to anyone, even kids who are living out their dreams.  Everyone needs help at some point. 

So there it is. That is the big story and mystery as to why I haven’t been on the floor and why I have been so distant from everyone. I have accepted that I have an invisible injury that I am fixing and is well on the mend!   I will be back in a Lobo jersey next year! 

-BA1

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[Maggie Davis @MaggieDavisTV]

Mitch Barnhart will not serve as "Executive in Residence," after all.

"It has become apparent that now is not the right time and we would never stand in the way of what we deem best"

Statements from AD Barnhart and UK President Capilouto here ⬇️

https://t.co/fxsH4afid0

[Brandon Ramsey @BRamseyKSR]

A few clarifying thoughts on the Donnie Freeman situation that I think many people are missing or looking at the wrong way...

1) This isn't REALLY about Donnie Freeman...it is about a guy that Coach Pope and the staff CLEARLY identified and wanted. At Kentucky you are expected to close on guys you WANT more often than not.

2) This isn't REALLY about the money...nobody is "WORTH" the money they are getting. However, you have to overpay for guys you really want sometimes. You have to be willing to overpay for the guys that you think move the needle. Your evaluation might be wrong, but that is a different issue. SPEND ON STARS. If you think Donnie Freeman can be one of your three best players (I think he can be too) then, at Kentucky, the price should be somewhat irrelevant.

3) If Kentucky misses on Freeman it DOES NOT MEAN they should have taken Rancik. I'll defend that to the grave. Taking the "bird in the hand" is how we got to where we were the last two seasons. I'm ready to swing for the fences and willing to fall flat if they whiff. Again, the evaluation of Freeman can be wrong, but if that is the guy you wanted then I'm ALL FOR letting Rancik walk even if it means risking not getting either.

4) The portal giveth and the portal taketh away. Things can change in an INSTANT due to $$$. We've seen the winds change in this recruitment before...it can happen again. Also, even if Freeman commits elsewhere and it gets RIGHTFULLY critiqued from Kentucky's side, things could end up working out even for the better because that is just how things happen. You can be critical in the short term while still waiting to judge the end result.

5) None of us know what the conversations are like inside of the closing room so it is very hard and even somewhat unfair to sit here and cast stones. However, from the outside looking in, I really think that you have to find a way to get the money and give him what it takes to sign on the dotted line TODAY.

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What is happening at KPP right now?!? We can't get out of the 2nd!

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@Darren_Headrick Great call, Darren!

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A walk-off grand slam! Go Cats! @UKBaseball

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@KySportsRadio He was great!