The way John Calipari sees it, he doesn’t need to brace himself for the boos that are destined to rain down on him this Saturday night.
He knows that no love will be lost from the Kentucky basketball faithful when his Razorbacks walk onto the court at Rupp Arena looking to knock off a No. 12 Wildcats team who had recently suffered a three-game losing streak entering Tuesday’s tussle with No. 8 Tennessee.
The biggest reason Calipari means so much to Big Blue Nation is that he stuck around in Lexington for 15 years, and the only reason he lasted that long was because he won there like few others: four Final Fours, seven Elite Eights, eight Sweet 16s and 58 Wildcats chosen in the NBA Draft.