Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari speaks to the media after a 77-71 overtime loss to the Auburn Tigers on Sunday, March 31, 2019, in the Elite Eight of the 2019 NCAA Tournament. By
In the case of John Calipari’s new “lifetime” contract with the University of Kentucky, two opposite statements can still be true.
It is true that the Kentucky basketball program has slipped slightly from the ridiculously high bar Calipari set the first six years of his tenure in Lexington.
As ESPN Stats & Info pointed out Monday, from the 2009-2010 season through the 2014-15 season, Kentucky posted a winning percentage of .