March Madness scores: Should Kentucky fire John Calipari after Oakland upsets him in the NCAA Tournament’s first round?
9 months ago

March Madness scores: Should Kentucky fire John Calipari after Oakland upsets him in the NCAA Tournament’s first round?

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Kentucky basketball’s latest NCAA Tournament humiliation is enormous, but it’s not the worst the program has endured in the past three seasons. It includes a national championship in 2012, when Calipari didn’t just assemble one of the best rosters in the country but got it to play well at the right time. Kentucky is the bluest of bluebloods, and three of Calipari’s five most recent predecessors after the legendary Adolph Rupp managed to win one national title apiece. Given that recruiting and the objective fact that most Kentucky coaches get a national title, Calipari sitting on one in 15 years is not particularly impressive on its own. On the other, even without him, there’s no way Kentucky would ever stop signing top-10 or probably even top-five recruiting classes, and it’s not as if all of the No.

History of this topic

Kentucky hires BYU’s Mark Pope as men’s basketball coach to replace John Calipari
8 months, 1 week ago
Arkansas hires John Calipari to coach the Razorbacks, a day after stepping down from Kentucky
8 months, 1 week ago
Arkansas hires John Calipari to coach the Razorbacks, a day after stepping down from Kentucky
8 months, 1 week ago
Kentucky AD: Calipari will return as coach, despite calls for his firing after early NCAA exit
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Another early exit for Kentucky, Calipari shows his program is far removed from its heyday
9 months ago
March Madness: Back home during the NCAAs, Calipari hoping Kentucky can mirror his blue-collar roots
9 months ago
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10 months ago
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1 year, 1 month ago
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1 year, 5 months ago
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1 year, 6 months ago
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1 year, 6 months ago
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1 year, 11 months ago
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1 year, 11 months ago
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1 year, 11 months ago
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2 years, 1 month ago
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2 years, 4 months ago
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2 years, 4 months ago
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2 years, 10 months ago
Nine thoughts on Kentucky’s 9 scholarship players as John Calipari waits on TyTy Washington’s decision
3 years, 7 months ago
Dontaie Allen goes off, Kentucky wins and John Calipari is proven wrong
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