John Calipari
John Calipari
John Vincent Calipariis an American college basketball coach. Since 2009, he has been the head coach at the University of Kentucky. Calipari was previously the head coach at the University of Memphisand the University of Massachusetts. He was also the head coach of the National Basketball Association's New Jersey Netsand the Dominican Republic national basketball team in 2011 and 2012...
basketball skilled stars
My stars were stars. They are skilled basketball players, and there's a lot of them, which makes it kind of nice.
good stars three
My stars were stars, all three of them. We're pretty good when that happens.
anytime
Anytime we take that many 3s, we're not winning.
balls beat coming hands hustled kept seen
Their pressure. ... They just kept coming after us. They hustled us and beat us to balls. I have not seen us get that many balls jerked out of our hands all season.
austin east last looked schedule state teams tennessee tried wins
I just looked at the schedule and said I want to play teams with 17, 18 wins or more. I tried to do that last year, too. But I thought Austin Peay and East Tennessee State would be 18-win teams, and they didn't come close.
andre balance born games guys minutes nine played star today
I really like the balance we had today. We played nine guys for a lot of minutes and they all performed. There is a star born in every one of these games and today it was Andre Allen.
ended game kept played
I have no idea. We just kept saying, 'Take it hard.' You know, the game ended up being played in a way that we couldn't get it changed, couldn't make the plays.
honest players time
These players all know that I'll be the first one to say, 'Hey, you know what? It's time for you to go. I'll be the first guy. If it's time to stay, I'll be honest with them.
guys helps mean next ready
If you have all seniors, then it probably doesn't mean much because those guys aren't going to be back. But if you have a young team, then yeah, I think it helps get you ready for next year.
bothers enjoy guys success sure
If you're not sure of yourself, someone else's success bothers you. These guys enjoy each other's success.
coaching miss players playing stands three
He stands for three things: his family, his players and winning. I will miss playing him, but he will be coaching again.
hopefully respond sure trying understand whatever
Hopefully he'll respond to this and understand I'm trying to do whatever I can to make sure he understands there are boundaries,
awards happy hard job last players trying win worked year
I did a better job last year than I did this year. Awards are great. Our award we're trying to get here is trying to win this tournament. I'm happy for Rodney, happy for all the players who get these awards because they've worked hard for them.
job last year
I did a better job last year than I did this year.