JOHN CALIPARI RUMORS

Second half comeback fuels Cats to 73-64 win

When his team was down 13 points at halftime, Kentucky coach John Calipari knew his team was not that bad off.
Via kentucky.scout.com  |  12 hours ago

We've seen this show before

John Calipari's cartoonish sideline antics during the first half Tuesday night were telling. He screamed, put his hands on his head and slapped the floor in frustration, but for all his gyrations, his top-ranked Kentucky team never led and trailed reeling Mississippi State by 13 at halftime. And while the youthful Wildcats rallied in the second half behind sophomore forward...
Via Fox Sports  |  19 hours ago

Wildcats could go undefeated in SEC

With 12 down and four games to go, talk has turned to Kentucky's chances of running the table in the SEC. The Wildcats remained undefeated in conference play with their dominating 77-62 victory over Ole Miss, improving their overall record to 26-1 in the process. Naturally, coach John Calipari downplayed the possibility of his club becoming the first SEC team to finish 16-0...
Via Fox Sports South  |  2 days ago

ESPN to air Kentucky basketball practice today

ESPN will apparently be airing a simulcast of Kentucky's basketball practice on ESPNU today. Lexington TV station WKYT agreed to air the practice after Kentucky's victory over Vanderbilt on Saturday, when coach John Calipari said he wanted to do something to break up the week, as the Wildcats don't have a game. ESPN quickly jumped on the offer to simulcast the program...
Via Awful Announcing  |  7 days ago

Wildcats close in on 45th conference title

It's time to let the engraver know he can etch in Kentucky's name on the SEC's regular-season championship trophy. The Wildcats gave themselves a nice cushion in their quest for a 45th league title by moving to 11-0 in the conference standings with their 69-63 victory over Vanderbilt. Including the Commodores, the four teams closest to the Wildcats when the day began...
Via Fox Sports South  |  9 days ago

Calipari on birthday: 2 years were vacated, I'm 51

Kentucky coach John Calipari says Friday he's a couple of years younger than he feels on his 53rd birthday. ''Two years got vacated, so I'm 51,'' he deadpanned. Calipari, along with former Kentucky and current Louisville coach Rick Pitino, are the only two men to lead three different programs to the Final Four. The NCAA later vacated the Final Four runs...
Via AP on Fox  |  12 days ago

UK on the road to redemption

Getting to an NCAA tournament championship game is hard. Getting to two in a row is a feat very few basketball teams have ever accomplished, especially in the one-and-done era where star freshmen take their leave for the NBA draft as soon as possible. But its not impossible, and John Calipari knows it. At the beginning of the year, Coach Cal said of this Kentucky team, Top to bottom...
Via Fox Sports South  |  16 days ago

Calipari gets fan mail from dog

Kentucky coach John Calipari thought he had seen it all, then he received fan mail from a dog. Calipari said Friday the letter arrived complete with a paw print ''signature.'' The coach of the top-ranked Wildcats says the canine correspondence ranks among the most unique things he's ever received. But it was somewhat fitting as Kentucky's defense has been...
Via AP on Fox  |  26 days ago

No. 1 Kentucky, Calipari receives letter from dog

Kentucky coach John Calipari thought he had seen it all, then he received fan mail from a dog. Calipari said Friday the letter arrived complete with a paw print ''signature.'' The coach of the top-ranked Wildcats says the canine correspondence ranks among the most unique things he's ever received. But it was somewhat fitting as Kentucky's defense has been...
Via Fox Sports  |  26 days ago

There is no need to exchange John Calipari’s recruiting presents

As we all know, John Calipari is well on his way to delivering his fourth consecutive top rated recruiting class for the Kentucky Wildcats.  And as we know, that does not always equate into wins on the court.  You have to be able to coach them and get them to perform once they land on campus.  It does no good to land top five recruiting classes and not be able to get them to...
Via Wildcat Blue Nation  |  December 26, 2011
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