Arkansas men's basketball head coach John Calipari routinely brought in the top freshmen classes in the country during his time at Kentucky (2009-2024), but he admitted that a new "formula" is needed to win today.
"We're not going to take six, seven freshmen now," Calipari said Wednesday at the SEC meetings in Destin, Florida, per ESPN's Pete Thamel. "It'll be three or four. Hopefully retain a few, get a couple transfers, and that is the formula."
Calipari then said with a smirk: "Now that may not work. And then you'll say, 'Well, you said .