John Calipari successful in attempt to identify man from viral photo

Calipari expressed admiration of a man seen at the team's Oct. 22 scrimmage who reminded Calipari of his family's rags-to-riches story. "My family's American dream started in a Clarksburg, [West Virginia] coal mine, so this picture hits home," he said. He wanted to give the man the VIP treatment at a home game this season but needed help from social media to find him.

Not much longer later, Twitter users directed Calipari to the man and his family.

Calipari tweeted that the Wildcats "are looking forward to hosting" the man and his family at an upcoming game.

As often as social media can accentuate some of humanity's worst qualities, this exchange showed the amount of good that comes from it, too.

Calipari has reason to be in a positive mood with the season's tip-off fast approaching. Just last week, SEC men's college basketball media members predicted Kentucky to finish first in the SEC and win the conference tournament.

As promising as the 2022-23 season appears for Kentucky, Calipari may have already secured his best win of the season.