Calipari was right--KY shouldn't have been a 4 seed.

[intelligence]

So Michigan State should have been a 16 seed?

ha, you feasted all season long on the despair of the Razorbacks, now suck on this you lilly wildcat fan.

[joeyself]

So Michigan State should have been a 16 seed?

Good point!

JcS

[Inhogswetrust]

Normally I would root for any SEC team playing any other conference or in a tournament with one exception. I cannot do that for Kentucky men's basketball.

[TomBigBeeHog]

Wonder how many players he threw under the bus after they lost? 

[lefty08]

Wonder how many players he threw under the bus after they lost? 

The same number he will force to leave even if they aren't ready, gotta make room for the next 7 studs

[RacinRazorback]

SWEET watching the slimy's get beat. Cal will only win with superior talent, not a good coach, but a good recruiter!$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!

[jkstock04]

It's all about perspective, last year MA finished 2nd in the SEC and 2nd in the SEC tournament and won 1 game in the NCAAT and many on here call it a great season and he had rebuilt the program.  Cal finishes tied for 1st in the SEC and won the SEC tournament and loses the 1st game in the NCAAT and it's a massive failure.

Isn't it funny how that works. The bias, head in the sand opinions on here can be glaring.

[lefty08]

It's a perspective when looking at where both programs are. It's a valid opinion

[Jackrabbit Hog]

It's a perspective when looking at where both programs are. It's a valid opinion

True, and Cal sets himself and his teams up for that type of sentiment.  He consistently talks about how the conference and conference tournament aren't really that important because at Kentucky all that matters is what you do nationally. 

[BadHog]

Wasn't a selling point to Monk that he would be competing for a national championship?

The selling point is that he could play for a year and it is a given that KY will be competing for a NC every year (how close they get is questionable but it's closer than you would be at UA), get primed for the NBA and would not have to attend class.

[Jackrabbit Hog]

The selling point is that he could play for a year and it is a given that KY will be competing for a NC every year (how close they get is questionable but it's closer than you would be at UA), get primed for the NBA and would not have to attend class.

Riiiiiiiiiiight..... Like that one year that Archie Goodwin competed for a national championship.  Good times..

[Karma]

Riiiiiiiiiiight..... Like that one year that Archie Goodwin competed for a national championship.  Good times..

4 final fours in 6 years.  Who else has as many?

[PonderinHog]

4 final fours in 6 years.  Who else has as many?

UCLA had a nice run once upon a time.

[Karma]

UCLA had a nice run once upon a time.

I didn't mean who else has ever done better. I mean who else in the last 6 years.  But to your point, would you have criticized someone in the late 60s/early 70s who went to UCLA?

For the record, I do not believe that Calipari is in the same class as Wooden. Maybe only 2 or 3 coaches are.

[Jackrabbit Hog]

We'll never know exactly what role Sam Gilbert played in that, but he sure wasn't clean.

I've read stories about how John Wooden wanted to be kept in the dark on such things, a/k/a plausible deniability.  I think it was probably very close to the "relationship" between John Calipari and World Wide Wes.  Had Wooden coached in the 24 hour news cycle age, he may not have been looked upon with such reverence as he still is today.  But the man could coach and he was very strict with his players.  I know that both Alcindor and Walton considered him as much a father figure as a coach.