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EssentiallySports on MSN.com · Mar 14, 2025

Mark Stoops’ Role in John Calipari’s Kentucky Exit Exposed After HC’s Difficult NIL Admission

In Lexington, the power struggle between Kentucky’s two most high-profile programs have been brewing for years. It’s no secret that Mark Stoops and John Calipari ... fury to fire back at ...
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Why did Calipari leave Kentucky? Pitino scandal at Louisville? St. John's-Arkansas ties to Ky.

a sum Kentucky did not have to pay given the circumstances of his departure. When was the last time Rick Pitino-John Calipari met in a March Madness NCAA Tournament basketball game? The most ...
Athlon Sports on MSN.com · 1d

Former John Calipari Commit Makes Transfer Portal Decision on Sunday

On Sunday, Travis Perry, a former blue-chip recruit who committed to Kentucky while John Calipari was the head coach, announced his decision to transfer to Ole Miss , per Joe Tipton .
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Mar 22, 2025

Kentucky win proves Mark Pope isn't John Calipari in the only way that matters

Considering the state of the program when John Calipari ... Kentucky, after all, and at Kentucky, you're judged by what you do over three weeks in late March and early April. No matter what Pope ...
FanSided on MSN.com · Mar 8, 2025

It took Mark Pope one season to achieve something John Calipari never did at Kentucky

Things should only improve from here. This article was originally published on fansided.com as It took Mark Pope one season to achieve something John Calipari never did at Kentucky.
FanSided on MSN.com · 3d

Mark Pope just got another golden chance to separate himself from John Calipari

Mark Pope got Kentucky back to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament in his first year as the Wildcats' head coach and has another big chance to separate himself from John Calipari in December.
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Mar 21, 2025

John Calipari did everything Kentucky thought he couldn't to get Arkansas past Kansas

This article was originally published on fansided.com as John Calipari did everything Kentucky thought he couldn't to get Arkansas past Kansas.
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Mar 25, 2025

John Calipari ‘at peace’ with decision to leave Kentucky for Arkansas, reflects on journey to Sweet 16

There was frustration when John ... they did this. None of that. I’m about these kids, and my job right now is to stay locked in.” Calipari spent 15 seasons at the helm of Kentucky.
Icon for www.msn.comUSA TODAY Sports on MSN.com · 19d

Kentucky basketball's Mark Pope embraces transfer portal in move away from John Calipari era

The age of the diaper dandy is over. The time of the transfer has come, and Kentucky coach Mark Pope is willing to play the game John Calipari wasn't.
Icon for www.sportskeeda.comSportskeeda · 7d

John Calipari's son, Brad Calipari, hyped as former Kentucky star Karl-Anthony Towns sinks game-winner vs Detroit

Last year in April, the enigmatic John Calipari shockingly left the Kentucky Wildcats after a 15-year tenure to take the Arkansas Razorbacks job. During a segment of "The Dan Patrick Show," he ...
Icon for www.courier-journal.comThe Courier-Journal · 28d

Jayden Quaintance commits to Kentucky basketball: What to know about transfer portal addition

LEXINGTON — Jayden Quaintance will suit up for Kentucky basketball after all. A former UK signee who received a release following John Calipari's ... consequences What did Kentucky basketball ...
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Mar 21, 2025

Rick Pitino vs. John Calipari record: Inside the head-to-head matchups, Kentucky connection and more to know

When John Calipari rose to prominence at UMass during the same era as Rick Pitino was (re)building a powerhouse program at Kentucky ... end-to-end, fire-from-deep style. They squeezed turnovers ...
Icon for www.sportskeeda.comSportskeeda · 3d

John] Calipari guards”: College hoops fans reminisce about Jamal Murray’s talent as ex-Kentucky star’s highlights resurface

Denver Nuggets star Jamal Murray is among the many NBA talents who have honed their craft under Arkansas Razorbacks coach John Calipari. Murray played under Calipari for one season at Kentucky ...
Icon for athlonsports.comAthlon Sports · 25d

John Calipari’s Message to Arkansas Turns Heads After NCAA Tournament Loss

Then, John Calipari left the Kentucky Wildats and took the job at ... although he admitted they wanted to go deeper than they did in March Madness. Arkansas began SEC play with an 0-5 record ...
Icon for www.si.comSports Illustrated · 28d

Calipari, Razorbacks Have Interesting History with UNC Transfer

Arkansas Razorbacks coach John Calipari can get a second chance ... Bob Donnan-Imagn Images While at Kentucky, Calipari was one of many blue bloods to offer Jackson. The Wildcats were the first ...
Icon for sports.yahoo.comYahoo! Sports · 14d

John Calipari Gets Major Roster News on Former Five-Star Recruit

In his freshman season at Kentucky, Wagner recorded 9.9 points, 1.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game. Arkansas Razorbacks head coach John Calipari.Kyle Terada-Imagn Images Wagner originally ...
Icon for fansided.comFanSided · 27d

John Calipari made some Arkansas history in first year, but the next step is the hardest

John Calipari accomplished everything he needed to and more in his first year as the coach at Arkansas. Against odds, he catapulted the Razorbacks into the NCAA Tournament after losing the first ...
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · 19d

Kentucky basketball's Mark Pope embraces transfer portal in move away from John Calipari era

John Calipari ... assembly. Calipari felt shackled to his approach of allocating roster spots to the nation’s finest freshmen. He could sign them, and so he did. Calipari’s Kentucky rosters ...
Icon for www.azcentral.comAZ Central · 20d

Kentucky basketball's Mark Pope embraces transfer portal in move away from John Calipari era

The time of the transfer has come, and Mark Pope is willing to play the game John Calipari wasn't ... He could sign them, and so he did. Calipari’s Kentucky rosters were the envy of college ...
Athlon Sports on MSN.com · 11d

John Calipari Linked to Former Four-Star Transferring From Kentucky

Coming off a landmark high school career, guard Travis Perry joined the Kentucky Wildcats in 2024 as a four-star recruit, per 247Sports . Turning down offers from Cincinnati, Missouri, Ole Miss and Michigan, Perry ultimately decided to stay home, growing up in Eddyville, Ky., just a short drive from Lexington.
Icon for fansided.comFanSided · 23d

Mark Pope has put Kentucky's biggest post-John Calipari concern to bed this offseason

Kentucky fans were more than happy to let John Calipari walk out the door to Arkansas at the end of last season. The Wildcats had just suffered yet another NCAA Tournament exit, and with Calipari ...
Icon for www.si.comSports Illustrated · 28d

Second Calipari Kentucky-era Transfer Leaves Razorbacks

Arkansas coach John Calipari will have to fill the shoes ... He leaves the program after spending one year at Arkansas, following Calipari from Kentucky. The Pittsburgh native spent his first ...
Icon for www.yardbarker.comYardbarker · 11d

John Calipari Linked to Former Four-Star Transferring From Kentucky

His agent, Nate Conley, listed 12 suitors reportedly interested in the 6-foot-1 guard, one of which just so happens to be former Kentucky coach John Calipari and the Arkansas Razorbacks ...