Towards the end of his fifteen season tenure at Kentucky, many fans had mixed feelings about John Calipari. However, his players never wavered in voicing their appreciation and love for him as their coach, and still do.
The Arkansas Razorbacks men’s basketball program received a huge shot in the arm this season when they hired John Calipari to become their next head coach.
“There’s no reason for my heart not to be full of gratitude to him.” Mark Pope started off his tenure as the Kentucky Wildcats head coach with a classy gesture toward the guy he replaced.
Class of 2025 5-star prospect Will Riley recently narrowed his options to five and included new Arkansas men’s basketball coach John Calipari and the Razorback program.
Arkansas hired John Calipari to lead the program to its first national title since 1994, the year Nolan Richardson's team won the crown. Richardson said Thursday that Calipari has the "support" and capabilities to end the 30-year drought.
Mark your calendars. Two powerhouses in college basketball will meet up once again but this time in Seattle at the Climate Pledge Arena on December 7th (falls on a Saturday).
Drew would have been home-run hire for Kentucky, but the match wasn't mutual.
The SEC schedule is starting to come into focus. The SEC has announced the 2024-25 opponents for all 16 teams next season, including the Kentucky Wildcats’ 18-game slate.
The SEC basketball schedule for the 2024-25 season is a long way from being released, but it appears one interesting detail has already been decided.
The Kentucky boys are thrilled to be teaming up at the college level. The Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball program has undergone significant change over the last few months.
Maybe it’s time to rethink? Basketball staffs and fans are investing a lot of energy, attention, and money on the transfer portal right now. And for the Wolfpack fanbase in particular, we’re talking a lot about scholarship #13.
As he prepares for his first season at Arkansas, John Calipari said he won't stack his rosters with an abundance of talent, which was his tactic during his lengthy tenure at Kentucky.
It appears John Calipari’s recruiting plan to build next year’s team is coming together just fine. Former Kentucky point guard DJ Wagner will visit Arkansas this weekend, according to Jon Rothstein.
Calipari has always been known as a great recruiter, and in 2024 — the era of the transfer portal and NIL deals — he has tapped into an existing pipeline to help him hit the ground running at Arkansas.
Kentucky basketball doesn’t seem to be lagging any money since the departure of John Calipari. The Wildcats have close to $700,000 in new recurring NIL contributions from fans since Mark Pope took over the program, per The Athletic.
He entered the transfer portal on March 28 and after considering the likes of Indiana and North Carolina, the 6-foot-8, 222-pound soon-to-be junior opted for Arkansas.
While much of the focus has been on landing the eventual replacement for the program’s all-time rebounder in Armando Bacot, UNC basketball has still been involved with and actively pursuing other variations of transfers.
Forward Adou Thiero will be the second former Kentucky player to follow coach John Calipari to Arkansas through the transfer portal, after he confirmed the move with multiple media outlets Monday.
For the second time in his college recruitment, former Quaker Valley standout Adou Thiero has passed on an opportunity to stay home and play for Pitt. This afternoon, Joe Tipton from On3 Sports was first to announce that Thiero has made the decision to join John Calipari at Arkansas.
Considering John Calipari only has six players from the zero he inherited taking over the Arkansas Razorbacks' basketball program, it was a little more than surprising to see ESPN's Joe Lunardi come out with his first "bracketology" thing on Friday.
It's becoming crystal clear new Arkansas Razorbacks coach John Calipari isn't just signing players to fill out a roster. He appears to be looking for guys to assemble on a team to compete to meet the high expectations of a fan base suffering after three years of elite runs.
John Calipari has been making an interesting pitch to recruits since he became the head coach at Arkansas.
Less than three weeks after he was officially announced as the new men's basketball coach at the University of Arkansas, John Calipari is busy building his first roster as head hog.
Arkansas coach John Calipari only needed one pitch to deliver another strike for Razorback fans Saturday afternoon. The new basketball coach was at Baum-Walker Stadium for the second game of a doubleheader with Florida and delivered the first pitch ...
Five-star recruit Billy Richmond is following coach John Calipari to Arkansas, The Athletic reported Friday. The 6-foot-6 small forward from Camden, N.J., initially committed to Calipari and Kentucky in December.
Arkansas Razorbacks news is among the most rabidly consumed online content due to John Calipari’s first year with the program. The long-time Kentucky head coach has plenty of work ahead of him as the entire roster decided to move on from the program after his appointment.
John Calipari is the new head coach of the Arkansas men’s basketball team. Calipari’s net worth in 2024 is about $45 million, which makes him one of the richest college basketball coaches ever.
Kentucky center Zvonimir Ivisic announced Monday that he will join coach John Calipari at Arkansas. The 7-foot-2 Croatian freshman entered the transfer portal over the weekend and is now the first player to join Calipari's roster at Arkansas.
John Calipari has already convinced one of his former Kentucky players to follow him to Arkansas.
The 65-year-old Calipari had some obvious reasons for wanting to leave Kentucky.
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