PROVIDENCE, R.I. — At times, John Calipari and Rick Pitino play nice enough.
It’s certainly been that way in the days leading up to Arkansas vs St. John’s, just as it had been eight years ago when Pitino showed up on John Calipari’s podcast. Both men, head coaches in the state of Kentucky, had a grand old time, swapping stories about the Five-Star Basketball Camp and approximately 8,000 folks in the sports world they both know.
Decades ago, Calipari was a counselor at that camp who eagerly soaked up everything the older coaches – including Pitino – had to teach him.