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Calipari says he’s staying put and we should believe him
This shocks me more than it probably shocks you. I am not basing this belief on anything that John Calipari has said in the past. I believe that in the long run, he is full of lies and deceit. I believe that his eyes would be brown even if he wore blue contacts. However, when he says that he is staying put at Kentucky, I actually believe him 100%.
You just knew that as soon as Coach...
National title puts Calipari over the top
NEW ORLEANS The show keeps getting bigger, and we have to justify it.
If there is so much more hype than ever before, then what we're seeing now must be better than anything we've seen before too, right?
Well, when Kentucky beat Kansas 67-59 Monday night to win the national championship, what did we just see? One excellent team and one very good one that fights hard....
Worth the Wait for John Calipari
Worth the Wait for John CalipariFor decades, one of the best college coaches in the game has been John Calipari. Everywhere he’s gone he has brought programs to both prominence and destruction.
In the past, he led UMass and Memphis to appearances in the Final Four, but he has never been able to capture that elusive championship. He came the closest in 2008 when coincidently...
Will John Calipari Go to the NBA?
Everyone knows about the decisions the players on the Kentucky roster have to make about their basketball futures in the next couple of weeks, but could their head coach John Calipari follow them out of Lexington to coach in the NBA? Although rumors of Calipari to the pros have emerged every year since Calipari has...Read the Rest...
Kentucky, Calipari claim national title
John Calipari finally has his NCAA championship.
His Kentucky Wildcats captured the program's eighth national title with an 67-59 victory over the Kansas Jayhawks on Monday night in New Orleans. The eight NCAA basketball championships only rank second to UCLA (11).
Doron Lamb led the Kentucky scoring attack with a game-high 22 points, including 3 of 6 from 3-point range, while...
Let the record show that John Calipari has stated that he is not interested in a NBA coaching job
Why coaches paint themselves in these types of corners we will never know. Granted, it may be true that John Calipara isn’t interested in coaching in the NBA at the moment. But as we all know, moments change very quickly.Calipari doesn’t need the money. He doesn’t need to prove he’s a great coach. But he still has that NBA stain on his career that you have to believe he wants...
Kentucky Gives John Calipari His First Title With Wild Win Over Kansas
NEW ORLEANS -- No matter where Anthony Davis and his buddies go to make their millions, their ol' Kentucky home will long remember this championship season. The Wildcats hit the jackpot with their lottery picks Monday night, ignoring Davis's bad shooting night and parlaying a roster full of NBA talent into a 67-59 victory over Kansas for the team's eighth national title...
Why the Indiana Hoosiers Will Be No.1 Next Season
Why the Indiana Hoosiers Will Be No.1 Next SeasonWith all do respect to John Calipari and the 2012 National Champion Kentucky Wildcats, they’ll be looking up in the rankings when the 2012-2013 season kicks off next year. The team they’ll be chasing is the Indiana Hoosiers. Dont’ act surprised.
Tom Crean’s rebuilding phase is over and it showed this year. Indiana will...
Is John Calipari the "One and Done" Devil?
Listen, I have as much disdain for John Calipari as the next person. Do I agree with the “One and Done rule?” Nope. But, is John Calipari really the NCAA’s version of the devil just because he recruits a ton of “One and Dones?”
Allow me to rewind for a moment back to the year 2000. The University of Memphis was coming off a three year run of its worst basketball in the...
Terrifying Sight for College Hoops Recruiting: John Calipari with a Ring
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Kentucky coach John Calipari finally won his first national title Monday night with a 67-59 victory over Kansas, and this could be bad news for Syracuse and the rest of the country. Coach Cal’s reputation precedes him. He has built title contenders and some of the most talented teams in the country with one-and-done high school stars. Holding to tradition, this Wildcats...
Victorious Kentucky returns home to adoring fans
Another championship banner has been unfurled at Rupp Arena.
Kentucky's basketball team returned home to its adoring fans Tuesday, after defeating Kansas 67-59 Monday night to win the school's eighth NCAA championship.
Blue-clad fans erupted into deafening cheers as the team pulled into the packed arena aboard a sleek blue bus emblazoned with ''national champions...
National champs give curtain call to UK fans
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Another championship banner has been unfurled at Rupp Arena.
Kentucky's basketball team returned home to its adoring fans Tuesday, after defeating Kansas 67-59 Monday night to win the school's eighth NCAA championship.
Blue-clad fans erupted into deafening cheers as the team pulled into the packed arena aboard a sleek blue bus emblazoned with "...
The Kentucky Wildcats: 2012 NCAA Tournament Champions
Won and Done, indeed. Maybe even Over and Out. All that really matters is that Kentucky parlayed a roster full of NBA talent into a 67-59 victory Monday night over Kansas for the team’s eighth national NCAA basketball title – its first since 1998. Kentucky’s top freshman, Anthony Davis, had a rough shooting night, but John Calipari coached this team to a wire-to...
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