Last week, John Calipari and the Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball team traveled the state, meeting and interacting with thousands of fans that make up part of the Big Blue Nation.
While Calipari collected thousands of fan signatures for his Joe B. Hall tribute program that he’ll carry on the sidelines this upcoming season, the more significant reason for the tour was to allow him to reconnect to the fanbase.
Following the COVID-19 pandemic and two straight seasons of disappointment — one season finishing with the worst record in program history (9-16), and the other having the worst postseason loss in program history — this was much needed.