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Calipari bought the lottery tickets to teach his players a lesson

Earlier, I told you how John Calipari bought a lottery ticket at a Lexington gas station over the weekend, and now, ESPN is on the case. Shannon Spake reports that Calipari had his players over for dinner last night, showed them a Powerball ticket and told them that they all have a lottery ticket in their pocket already — it’s called their potential.

“At one point he pulled out a Powerball ticket and held it up and said to his guys, ‘You know how many people are going out right now to buy one of these hoping to win $1.