After Kentucky beat Florida last weekend, John Calipari received encouragement from an old adversary turned friend. John Chaney, who as Temple coach was caught on camera threatening to end Calipari’s life, called to say he liked how UK played in the second half.
To Chaney’s trained eye, the Cats displayed the qualities on offense that make for success in the NCAA Tournament: share the ball, attack the basket, get to the free throw line and rebound.
In essence, Chaney liked seeing Kentucky play with purpose.
“What gets my ire is when I look at games and after a while I will turn games off because I can’t see what the coach is planning to do,” Chaney said when contacted this week.