Kentucky coach John Calipari hits the road Friday. This time, he’s carrying national championship credentials.
For all his success recruiting players and prepping them for the NBA, the 53-year-old’s system of recruiting the very best players and never making excuses about his methods had never paid off with an NCAA title — until now.
Calipari’s ‘Cats played the brand of basketball he’d preached all season by sharing and creating for each other in a 67-59 victory over Kansas on Monday night for Kentucky’s eighth title in school history.