John Calipari Makes True Feelings Clear on Rick Pitino Before Arkansas-St. John's Game

"So, I respect him," Calipari told reporters on Friday. "Again, understand, I don't know how long he was at Louisville when I was at Kentucky, but you're not gonna be friends when you got those two jobs.

"You're not gonna be enemies, but if he's real good, you're like, oh jeez," Calipari added. "And if we were real good, he was probably saying, jeez. I respect coaches that can really do this well."

Pitino was also candid while admitting that the two coaches are "not really close."

"You know, I certainly have great respect for him, but we're not really close," Pitino noted on Friday. "Everybody tried to talk that way. 

"It was just a Kentucky, Louisville, Louisville, Memphis thing. You know, John [and I], we don't know each other's wives, we don't know each other's children, you know, so we're not really close friends."