Monday, March 30, 2009

Calipari to UK?

Andy Katz is reporting John Calipari met with UK officials yesterday to discuss the open head coaching position. He notes Calipari is meeting with Memphis officials today....but for what? If this goes down, two of our biggest rivals will absolutely hate our new coach, Loserville and Tennessee. And that would make me smile.

***UPDATE***
Andy Katz says he would be surprised if Cal didn't come to UK.
One thing is for sure, if this doesn't work out, Mitch Barnhart is going down in a blaze of glory.
Jody Demling (Courier-Journal) is giddy about the recruiting possibilities if Cal made the trek to Lexington.
*** 11:25am UPDATE***
The Memphis Commercial Appeal is reporting John Calipari has met with his team concerning the opening at UK.
While Calipari did not say explicitly what he planned to do, players left the meeting convinced that Calipari would take the job. According to the source, Calipari told the team that Kentucky was the Notre Dame of basketball.

We went through this the other day with Donovan, so temper your excitement.
More as we know it.

In other news, Billy Gillispie won an award for being the biggest whiner of the week. (NBC Sports)

1 comment:

  1. I am quickly moving to the Calipari-or-bust bandwagon. For me, he is the only one that can get me truly excited. I might get excited about someone else, but I'd have to be talked into it. Plus, with the potential of bringing his recruits with him, UK has the best potential for being good quicker with Cal.

    I am completely shocked that UK has even entertained a meeting with Cal due to his past. As strict as Todd seems to be, I can't understand why he would even consider Cal. Maybe we double the compliance department's budget to keep things clean.

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