“Got a lot of good news on a lot of fronts,” Calipari said. “Learned a lot about my team in a crazy environment with a lot of clutter around us. That was good, and a couple kids decide they want to come to make it nicer.”
Calipari talked for about 18 minutes. To whittle down the Cal-speak, here’s what you need to know…
What did Calipari learn in Chicago?
“Guard play is good,” Cal said, stating the obvious. “We’ve just go to learn to fight. We didn’t crack down on some of the rebounding.”
Cal said the team focused on rebounding the past three weeks because he knew it would be an issue against Duke, but the breakdown early on was “what young kids do.