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Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Feb 1, 2025

Why did John Calipari leave Kentucky? Explaining the Big Blue debacle

This article was originally published on fansided.com as Why did John Calipari leave Kentucky? Explaining the Big Blue debacle.
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 25, 2025

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

The winner will advance to the Elite Eight. The post John Calipari ‘at peace’ with decision to leave Kentucky for Arkansas, reflects on journey to Sweet 16 appeared first on On3.
The Courier Journal on MSN.com · 6h

Can Kentucky basketball keep its streak of first-round NBA draft picks alive? What to know

Kentucky basketball has had a first-round pick in every NBA draft since 2009. As the 2025 NBA Draft approaches, that 15-year streak could be in danger
USA TODAY · 20d

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.yardbarker.comYardbarker · 28d

Second Calipari Kentucky-era Transfer Leaves Razorbacks

Arkansas coach John Calipari will have ... he announced via Instagram Tuesday. He leaves the program after spending one year at Arkansas, following Calipari from Kentucky. The Pittsburgh native ...
Icon for 247sports.com247Sports.com · Apr 10, 2024

John Calipari's wife posts emotional goodbye to Kentucky fans after Arkansas announcement

Ellen Calipari, the wife of new Arkansas basketball coach John Calipari ... That all depends, of course, on who Kentucky hires if and when Calipari does leave." The Razorbacks pivoted quickly ...
Icon for athlonsports.comAthlon Sports · Apr 8, 2024

Kentucky Basketball Gets a Bailout as Hogs Call John Calipari

He’s leaving a golden job for a golden ... he was — he’d probably entertain a conversation with Kentucky. Ultimately, the John Calipari Era at Kentucky will be remembered as both glorious ...
Icon for awfulannouncing.comAwful Announcing · Feb 4, 2025

Exclusive: John Calipari docuseries shows his locker room speeches in homecoming win at Kentucky

On Saturday, former Kentucky Wildcats’ men’s basketball coach John Calipari returned to Rupp ... They score one at the rim, do not leave your feet. The longer this game goes, the longer ...
Icon for 247sports.com247Sports.com · Mar 25, 2025

John Calipari calls 2024-25 season at Arkansas 'most rewarding' of career, 'not worried' about Kentucky

John Calipari fell short of a Sweet 16 berth each of his final five seasons at Kentucky but is back in ... have to know who's coming back and who's leaving? I don't know of anybody in the Sweet ...
Icon for sports.yahoo.comYahoo! Sports · 12d

John Calipari Linked to Former Four-Star Transferring From Kentucky

Calipari, who led the Wildcats for 14 seasons and won the 2012 national title at Kentucky before leaving for Arkansas, is among the coaches now courting Perry. Arkansas Razorbacks head coach John ...
Icon for www.si.comSports Illustrated · 26d

Does Calipari Consider the Nuggets His Next Coaching Job?

Question is, would John Calipari ever leave Arkansas for another job ... Calipari did coach Nuggets star guard Jamal Murray when he was Kentucky's coach. He coached lots of future NBA guys ...
Icon for www.yardbarker.comYardbarker · Apr 5, 2025

Arkansas Center Leaves John Calipari After NCAA Tournament Loss

When making the move from Kentucky to Arkansas, Calipari brought some talent to the Razorbacks. The Arkansas Razorbacks recently concluded their first season under head coach John Calipari.
Icon for www.sportskeeda.comSportskeeda · 22d

Kentucky basketball transfer portal tracker: Full list of players set to leave and joining Mark Pope's squad

A five-star recruit last year, Quaintance had originally committed to Kentucky and then-coach John Calipari. When Calipari left, he reopened his recruitment and eventually chose Arizona State.
Icon for www.sportskeeda.comSportskeeda · Mar 25, 2025

When $110 million worth John Wall spoke about wanting to transfer from Kentucky due to John Calipari's intense practice sessions

John Wall was picked No. 1 by the Washington Wizards, adding to Calipari's host of first-rounders that he developed at Kentucky before leaving for Arkansas.
CBS Sports · 17d

Kentucky basketball roster 2025-26: Tracking who's in, who's out heading into Year 2 of the Mark Pope era

When Mark Pope accepted the job at Kentucky last offseason, he entered a situation where the Wildcats had zero returning scholarship players on their roster for the 2024-25 season after John Calipari took the vacant job at Arkansas.
USA TODAY · Mar 31, 2025

Arkansas basketball transfer portal tracker 2025: Who is joining, leaving the Razorbacks

The Arkansas basketball season is over and the transfer portal is open. Bookmark this page to keep tabs on who is coming and going on the Hogs' roster.
Icon for sports.yahoo.comYahoo! Sports · 20d

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

Florida has now won two more national championships the past 20 years than Kentucky, the SEC's former ... blue bloods to play transfer roulette? John Calipari, Pope's predecessor, made his living ...
FanSided on MSN.com · 3d

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

Mark Pope made his mark in his first year at Kentucky and will have another big chance to separate himself from John Calipari at the CBS Sports Classic.
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.aol.comAOL · Mar 27, 2025

John Calipari getting Arkansas to Sweet 16 is a middle finger to all who questioned him

If you talk to enough people who were close enough to the truth, which isn’t easy when it comes to John Calipari ... That reality is why Calipari had to leave Kentucky in the first place.