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7 months ago

Will Mark Pope or John Calipari have a better 2024-25 season? Kentucky mailbag

We put out a call for national college basketball mailbag questions a couple of weeks back, and so many of you wanted to know about Kentucky, Mark Pope and John Calipari, we figured it made sense to just pull out those questions and answers separately. He secured the top two in-state recruits, both of them four-star prospects — reaffirming Travis …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Kentucky hires BYU’s Mark Pope as men’s basketball coach to replace John Calipari

Associated Press

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Initially off the radar among Kentucky’s coaching targets, Mark Pope is now entrusted with maintaining the program’s gold standard. Kentucky hired the BYU coach to guide its men’s basketball program, bringing home a captain of the Wildcats’ 1996 national championship team to succeed John Calipari. Saint John’s coach Rick Pitino, a Hall of Famer who led Kentucky …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Arkansas hires John Calipari to coach the Razorbacks, a day after stepping down from Kentucky

Associated Press

— Fireworks went off as new Arkansas men’s basketball coach John Calipari was introduced to fans at Bud Walton Arena. Calipari’s Kentucky teams won six conference tournament championships and six regular season titles, though the Wildcats haven’t won the tournament title since 2017. Calipari announced that he was stepping down as Kentucky coach on Tuesday, saying in a video that …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

John Calipari departs Kentucky after 15 years, saying the program ‘needs to hear another voice’

Associated Press

LEXINGTON, Ky. — There were too many people for John Calipari to thank by name, and too many moments to single out from one of the most fulfilling chapters of his career. Calipari stepped down as Kentucky’s men’s basketball coach after 15 years on Tuesday, saying that the “program probably needs to hear another voice” amid reports that he’s closing …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Kentucky and John Calipari were stuck. Arkansas saved them from themselves.

New York Times

So was John Calipari. We’ve had some highs and lows and we’ve had some things that haven’t gone exactly the way we wanted to, but by and large, I’m sitting next to a guy that I brought here 15 years ago and we’ve been together just fine.” Just fine is an apt description of the Kentucky program since 2020, and …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Kentucky AD: Calipari will return as coach, despite calls for his firing after early NCAA exit

Associated Press

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart confirmed on social media that John Calipari will return as men’s basketball coach despite calls for his firing following the Wildcats’ third consecutive early exit from the NCAA Tournament. Barnhart posted Tuesday night on X, formerly known as Twitter, that he and the Hall of Fame coach have talked about the direction …

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9 months ago

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

Slate

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 …

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9 months ago

Another early exit for Kentucky, Calipari shows his program is far removed from its heyday

Associated Press

PITTSBURGH — John Calipari finished the postgame handshake line and made a beeline toward the locker room. Unable to slow Oakland’s graduate guard Jack Gohlke, who made 10 3- pointers, second-seeded Kentucky fell 80-76 on Thursday night in the first round of the Midwest Region. When you have a really young team and you look at where did the mistakes …

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9 months ago

Jack Gohlke makes 10 3s as Oakland delivers first true shock of March Madness, beating Kentucky

Associated Press

PITTSBURGH — Jack Gohlke has no illusions of going to the NBA. Confident at the start and cool at the finish, Gohlke made 10 3-pointers and scored a career-high 32 points as the 14th-seeded Golden Grizzlies delivered the first true shock of this year’s March Madness, beating the third-seeded Wildcats 80-76. “We’ve been a solid team all year,” said Gohlke, …

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9 months ago

March Madness: Back home during the NCAAs, Calipari hoping Kentucky can mirror his blue-collar roots

Associated Press

PITTSBURGH — John Calipari’s blue-collar roots still run deep. “For a couple years, if one or two players played poorly, I didn’t have subs, you left them in and you end up losing,” Calipari said. “My job right now is to just, one: every year, make sure they’re playing their best basketball in March,” Calipari said. “If we play well …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Aggies turn in 2nd upset of SEC quarterfinals, downing No. 9 Kentucky 97-87

Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Texas A&M Aggies improved their candidacy for the NCAA Tournament at Kentucky’s expense, and coach John Calipari got another reminder that his Wildcats must defend better to finish this season in a winning fashion. Wade Taylor IV scored 32 points as Texas A&M upset ninth-ranked Kentucky 97-87 Friday night for the second biggest upset of the …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Freshman Justin Edwards scores 28, leading No. 17 Kentucky past No. 13 Alabama 117-95

Associated Press

LEXINGTON, Ky — Kentucky coach John Calipari kept telling Justin Edwards he believed in him, even as the freshman struggled through an inconsistent season. “He said ‘Coach, I believe in you.’ And I said, you just got to stay the course.” Against Alabama, Edwards was 10 for 10 from the field and 4 for 4 from 3-point distance. Rylan Griffen …

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10 months ago

Kentucky basketball shows its offensive ceiling in blowout win over Alabama

New York Times

LEXINGTON, Ky. — There are only four regular-season games left, and it’s still impossible to know for sure what Kentucky is now or will be in a month. “Young kids, they lose focus.” That’s how a team face-plants at home against UNC Wilmington, then outduels top-10 North Carolina on a neutral court two weeks later. Kentucky led by as many …

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10 months ago

Tyrell Ward’s last-second shot lifts LSU over No. 17 Kentucky 75-74

Associated Press

— While LSU’s Tyrell Ward was mobbed on the court by jubilant fans, including women’s basketball star Angel Reese, Kentucky coach John Calipari and the Wildcats could only watch the celebration while awaiting a brief video review of the frantic, last-second sequence that did them in. “I would definitely say we’re finding more ways to win.” The Wildcats nearly sealed …

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10 months ago

Reeves, No. 22 Kentucky end 13th-ranked Auburn’s home winning streak, 70-59

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 22 Kentucky led throughout to beat cold-shooting Auburn 70-59 on Saturday night, ending the 13th-ranked Tigers’ 16-game home winning streak that had included two straight routes of ranked teams. “Coming into the game, nobody believed we were going to win the game,” said Kentucky center …

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10 months ago

John Calipari and Kentucky flex with big win at Auburn

New York Times

AUBURN, Ala. — John Calipari practically danced into the postgame news conference at Neville Arena, where a capacity crowd of assembled media members waited to ask what got into his Kentucky team in a wire-to-wire win over 13th-ranked Auburn on Saturday night. pic.twitter.com/bKk1wZ04Vt — Kentucky Men’s Basketball February 18, 2024 After losing at home to Gonzaga a week ago — …

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1 year ago

Reed Sheppard, No. 12 Kentucky overwhelm No. 8 Miami 95-73 in ACC/SEC Challenge

Associated Press

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Reed Sheppard scored 21 points, including 13 during a second half in which Kentucky shot 67%, and Antonio Reeves added 18 to propel 12th-ranked Wildcats to a 95-73 blowout of No. Norchad Omier scored 20 points and Wooga Poplar had 19 for the Hurricanes, who shot 44.1% from the field but were no match for Kentucky’s nearly …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Reed Sheppard scores 25 to lead No. 17 Kentucky in 101-67 rout of Stonehill

Associated Press

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Freshman Reed Sheppard scored 25 points to lead No. “We’ve got guys here that got a green light because they’re really skilled,” said Kentucky coach John Calipari. “So was Rob.” Sheppard took advantage of open situations against Stonehill’s zone defense and credited his teammates for their hand in his career-best outing. “That game in Chicago, the enormity …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Kentucky lost to No. 1 Kansas but gave plenty of reasons for optimism

New York Times

CHICAGO — Kentucky played with house money Tuesday night at the Champions Classic. “We’ve got to get better at finishing, but a young team learns that,” said Calipari, who watched a six-point lead evaporate over the final three-and-a-half minutes. Then all of a sudden, we’re up.” Kansas scored the first nine points of the game and led 11-3 after five …

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1 year, 1 month ago

John Calipari lost his way. Can he and Kentucky find it again?

New York Times

LEXINGTON, Ky. — On April 4, 2015, John Calipari was the king of college basketball. He was one of those guys Cal leaned on in a lot of ways, for a lot of things, that I think maybe after 30 years together, you just kind of take for granted – and when they’re gone, there’s a massive void there.” The …

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1 year, 1 month ago

With its big men sidelined, No. 16 Kentucky will need to get the job done with a smaller lineup

Associated Press

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky will need big things from a smaller lineup until further notice. Kentucky also added former West Virginia forward Tre Mitchell, who averaged 11.7 points and 5.5 rebounds and grabbed a team-high 142 defensive boards for the Mountaineers. Wagner has already shown his ability to shoot and run the floor, while Rob Dillingham’s 40-point eruption during last …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Kentucky basketball is talented, but health of big men remains major question

New York Times

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — John Calipari has been unambiguous on two points for a long time: “If you don’t have a post presence, your team is a fraud,” he loves to say, and if given the choice between talent and experience Kentucky’s coach is always taking talent. Calipari tried to spin the positives — that they’ve both added “20, 25 pounds …

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1 year, 4 months ago

What is Kentucky getting in 7-foot-2 Croatian center Zvonimir Ivisic?

New York Times

Kentucky coach John Calipari, hurtling toward a pivotal season with far too few players just two months ago, has since assembled not only a full roster but a wildly intriguing one. With Vecenie’s help, let’s go in-depth on what Kentucky fans can expect from Ivisic next season — strengths and weaknesses, plus style and eligibility questions that we can’t answer …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Kentucky’s John Calipari recruiting more freshmen for his youth-dominant roster

New York Times

Kentucky’s first offseason additions are finally imminent — with a snag, of course, as former Ole Miss commit and Overtime Elite leading scorer Jordan Burks pushed back his announcement from Wednesday to Monday — even if they do nothing to solve the experience problem in Lexington. “It’s going to be so interesting to watch Kentucky with all this talent but …

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Will Mark Pope or John Calipari have a better 2024-25 season? Kentucky mailbag

Kentucky hires BYU’s Mark Pope as men’s basketball coach to replace John Calipari

Arkansas hires John Calipari to coach the Razorbacks, a day after stepping down from Kentucky

John Calipari departs Kentucky after 15 years, saying the program ‘needs to hear another voice’

Kentucky and John Calipari were stuck. Arkansas saved them from themselves.

Kentucky AD: Calipari will return as coach, despite calls for his firing after early NCAA exit

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

Another early exit for Kentucky, Calipari shows his program is far removed from its heyday

Jack Gohlke makes 10 3s as Oakland delivers first true shock of March Madness, beating Kentucky

March Madness: Back home during the NCAAs, Calipari hoping Kentucky can mirror his blue-collar roots

Aggies turn in 2nd upset of SEC quarterfinals, downing No. 9 Kentucky 97-87

Freshman Justin Edwards scores 28, leading No. 17 Kentucky past No. 13 Alabama 117-95

Kentucky basketball shows its offensive ceiling in blowout win over Alabama

Tyrell Ward’s last-second shot lifts LSU over No. 17 Kentucky 75-74

Reeves, No. 22 Kentucky end 13th-ranked Auburn’s home winning streak, 70-59

John Calipari and Kentucky flex with big win at Auburn

Reed Sheppard, No. 12 Kentucky overwhelm No. 8 Miami 95-73 in ACC/SEC Challenge

Reed Sheppard scores 25 to lead No. 17 Kentucky in 101-67 rout of Stonehill

Kentucky lost to No. 1 Kansas but gave plenty of reasons for optimism

John Calipari lost his way. Can he and Kentucky find it again?

With its big men sidelined, No. 16 Kentucky will need to get the job done with a smaller lineup

Kentucky basketball is talented, but health of big men remains major question

What is Kentucky getting in 7-foot-2 Croatian center Zvonimir Ivisic?

Kentucky’s John Calipari recruiting more freshmen for his youth-dominant roster