Looking for a way to talk down to your audience? Just tell them a U.S. military strike on foreign soil is not, in fact, like Kentucky basketball.

For those wondering, the strike on Syria is not like Kentucky basketball pic.twitter.com/T7dz7wSlKg — The Spun (@TheSpun) April 7, 2017

That’s what happened on CNN Thursday night following President Donald Trump’s surprise missile attack on a Syrian air base. Speaking to Anderson Cooper, retired Army Maj. Gen. James “Spider” Marks, a military analyst for the network, contrasted the strike in Syria with ― of all things ― Kentucky’s college basketball program.

“This is not like Kentucky basketball, one and done,” Marks said, referring to the Kentucky Wildcats’ program that tends to focus on players who play a single season before heading to the NBA. “This is the start of a series of operations.”

Even the Wildcats themselves took note of the peculiar analysis.

Kentucky Basketball is in the minds of everyone. Apparently, that includes CNN anchors as well. — Wildcat Blue Nation (@WildcatBlueNatn) April 7, 2017

You know what else the Syria strike isn’t like? Any basketball situation ever.

CNN did not immediately respond to The Huffington Post’s email.