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...
march strive strong
We have strong legs. That's what we strive to have in March and that's what we have.
basketball couple exactly executing hat inside needed played tennessee
That was a high-level basketball game. My hat is off to Tennessee . They played exactly like they needed to play. They are executing how they want to play. They got it inside when they needed to get a couple of baskets.
basketball hat
That was a high-level basketball game. My hat is off to Tennessee.
heck hope last playing
That was a heck of a game. I told their coach, 'Let's hope we are playing in April. Let's hope we are the last two standing.
choose high meet people program top
Why would I leave? We have a Top 10 program. Why would I choose to leave? I know how high the expectations are (at Memphis), and if I didn't think this program could meet those expectations, then I wouldn't stay. But I think we can meet the high expectations people have.
breakdown good happy mark second stopped
I was happy with some of the spurts we had. I thought we did some good things defensively in the second half. There was just that breakdown around the 6- or 7-minute mark where we let them make some plays, and we stopped playing.
larry learned
I think I learned it from Larry Brown.
caused defense free hook kick
We just couldn't make a basket. Please, make a basket. A free throw. Anything. Hook it in, kick one in. But their defense caused us to do what we did.
active ball drive respond zone
We were up 10 and they went to the zone and we didn't respond well. They are very active but you've got to drive the ball in there and we didn't do that.
create games
We were able to create turnovers and do that to create a gap. There will be other games that we won't be able to do that.
guys opinions radio tv
Those guys on TV and radio have to come up with some opinions and some upsets.
hard humble
I thought Kareem was terrific. He's been working out at 6:30 in the morning. He's been working hard at practice. He has been humble about this whole situation.
perform room
We had to perform for two months. We had no room for error.
again chance entire excited five madness midnight opportunity players ready schools stage start tip
We have that same opportunity again in a little over two weeks. We are the first of five schools being televised, so we have the chance to set the stage for the entire night. I'm excited, my staff's excited and the players are excited. We're ready to start the season, and there's no better way to tip it off than with Midnight Madness on ESPNU.