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John Calipari called Kentucky a 'basketball school.' Mark Stoops fired back on Twitter

In his push for an extravagant new practice facility, John Calipari called the University of Kentucky a "basketball school."

Mark Stoops isn't having it.

The Wildcats' 10th-year head football coach took to Twitter on Thursday to fire back at comments Calipari made to Kyle Tucker of The Athletic during the basketball team's exhibition tour of the Bahamas. In the report, Calipari told Tucker he thinks UK is a "basketball school" while advocating for a multi-use practice facility in the middle of campus.

"This is a basketball school. It’s always been that," Calipari told Tucker.