Kentucky will fire head coach John Calipari after the Wildcats’ 80-76 loss at the hands of Oakland.
Over the course of the program’s last five NCAA Tournament games under Calipari, Kentucky is now 1-4. He hasn’t made a Sweet 16 since 2019.
This most recent loss was handed to them by a No. 14 seed that nobody thought had much of a chance to even keep the game close coming in.
John Calipari and the Cats walk out after historic loss to Oakland. #BBN #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/wgK3vIDwS4
— WAVE Sports (@WAVENewsSports) March 22, 2024
In the aftermath, the calls for Calipari’s job began:
Calipari gets upset AGAIN, by 14 seed Oakland. Just don’t know how he keeps his job now, off that long-ago national championship featuring Anthony Davis. I like John, can no longer defend this.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) March 22, 2024
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— Game 7 (@game7__) March 19, 2024
Calipari needs to go!!! pic.twitter.com/pOU6SxeRya
— cris miller (@crismiller12) March 22, 2024
Is this the end of the road for Coach Calipari? pic.twitter.com/I7GF7fsrYZ
— Barstool Gambling (@stoolgambling) March 22, 2024
Kentucky had 3 of the top 10 recruits in the 2023 hs class and lost to a 14 seed lmao calipari most overrated coach when he doesn’t have 10 nba players on a team pic.twitter.com/D9m9DpoT9P
— John (@iam_johnw) March 22, 2024
John Calipari: *exists*
Schools no one has heard of: pic.twitter.com/YkadF2Wbli
— Nick Perkins (@NickyPerkss) March 22, 2024
John Calipari if Anthony Davis never had that growth spurt: pic.twitter.com/YJSF75KnZS
— Hub (@KenHeLive) March 22, 2024
John Calipari when he’s asked to do anything other than sit front row at AAU tournaments pic.twitter.com/O5HDWCekBe
— Nico (@elitetakes_) March 22, 2024
Kentucky’s track record with Calipari has been less than stellar.
Despite that, if the Wildcats had put together an even half-decent performance in this year’s NCAA Tournament, his job might have been safe.
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— Game 7 (@game7__) March 21, 2024
What happened on Thursday was a full-on disaster, though.
Kentucky will fire Calipari before the start of this coming season. It is all but a lock at this point.
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A graduate from the University of Texas, Anthony Amador has been credentialed to cover the Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys, San Antonio Spurs, Dallas Mavericks and high school games all over the Lone Star State. Currently, his primary beats are the NBA, MLB, NFL and UFC.
