Why did John Calipari leave Kentucky? Explaining the Big Blue debacle
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USA TODAY · 19dKentucky 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.
Second Calipari Kentucky-era Transfer Leaves Razorbacks
He leaves the program after spending one year at Arkansas, following Calipari from Kentucky. The Pittsburgh ... declared for the NBA Draft. He did not specify whether or not he's maintaining ...
Athlon Sports on MSN.com · 11dJohn 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.
Kentucky Basketball Gets a Bailout as Hogs Call John Calipari
John Calipari ... leaving for Arkansas with his tail between his legs. The cockiest man in college basketball tacitly admitted he can’t fix what he built up and then broke at Kentucky.
"I should've called the timeout": When John Calipari admitted his mistake after Kentucky crashed out of Sweet 16 in March Madness
John Calipari coached the Kentucky Wildcats for 15 seasons from ... "They played a kind of physical game and did what they had to do. Shot 35% and won a basketball game, so my hat's off to them.
Stay, Go, Hello: Roster outlook for Kentucky in 2024-25
The 2023-24 season ended in yet another early exit for John Calipari and Kentucky. What's the Wildcats ... He needs a lot more strength, but did show some mobility and touch.
John Calipari getting Arkansas to Sweet 16 is a middle finger to all who questioned him
That reality is why Calipari had to leave Kentucky in the first place. After 15 years, a few blown opportunities to advance deeper in the postseason and being on the wrong side of two humiliating ...
Kentucky basketball roster 2025-26: Tracking who's in, who's out heading into Year 2 of the Mark Pope era
Quaintance was previously committed to Kentucky, but he backed off that pledge shortly after Calipari's exit. Quaintance played last season at Arizona State and is a projected top-five pick in ...
Does Calipari Consider the Nuggets His Next Coaching Job?
Question is, would John Calipari ever leave Arkansas for another ... end of the NBA season. Calipari did coach Nuggets star guard Jamal Murray when he was Kentucky's coach. He coached lots of ...
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 ...
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 ...
Arkansas Razorbacks announce historic John Calipari news
When John Calipari chose to leave his comfortable position as head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats to become ... it into the NCAA Tournament. Not only did they make it into the tournament, they ...
John Calipari’s Message to Arkansas Turns Heads After NCAA Tournament Loss
Last offseason, the Arkansas Razorbacks saw Eric Musselman leave for the USC Trojans job. Then, John Calipari left the Kentucky Wildats ... to go deeper than they did in March Madness.
Jayden Quaintance to transfer to Kentucky basketball after leaving Arizona State
He requested a release from his letter of intent at Kentucky after John Calipari took the Arkansas coaching job last season. Quaintance later committed to Arizona State. Former BYU coach Mark Pope ...
Kentucky basketball's Mark Pope embraces transfer portal in move away from John Calipari era
He could sign them, and so he did. Calipari’s Kentucky rosters were the envy of college basketball, until roster construction shifted amid this transfer era. Now, it’s transfers like Florida ...
Second Calipari Kentucky-era Transfer Leaves Razorbacks
He leaves the program after spending one year at Arkansas, following Calipari from Kentucky. The Pittsburgh native spent his first two seasons with the Wildcats, Thiero led the team in points (15. ...
Kentucky basketball's Mark Pope embraces transfer portal in move away from John Calipari era
He could sign them, and so he did. Calipari’s Kentucky rosters were the envy ... Trent Alexander-Arnold announces he's leaving Liverpool in emotional video: 'The hardest decision I’ve ever ...
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 ...
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. In Fayetteville, Calipari enters ...