John Calipari's messy Kentucky divorce will be revisited if Arkansas makes tourney run, but it was the right move
We’ll never know how it might have played out if Calipari had stayed at Kentucky, but what we can say with certainty is that it was going the wrong direction.
Matt Jones, whose Kentucky Sports Radio show is often a temperature check for the mood of Big Blue Nation, opened his Monday program with a bit of a pep talk for a fan base that has once again trudged through a season of angst and unmet expectations. “Come on, this is Kentucky! ” Jones said.
“And if we lose, I’ll be the first to say that it’s terrible. But come on. It’s Santa (pause) Clara … on some level, you cannot be scared of Santa Clara.
” A mere four years ago, Kentucky swaggered into the NCAA tournament as a No. 2 seed and one of the betting favorites to win the national championship . Then the St.
Peter’s game happened, sparking a crisis of confidence that spiraled into another shocking tournament loss against Oakland two years later. It would turn out to be the last game John Calipari coached at Kentucky. Yahoo Fantasy Bracket Mayhem: Make your picks for $50K in total prizes Chasing Calipari out the door and into the arms of SEC rival Arkansas has not solved Kentucky’s problems.
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