And we think he’s lying.
According to our extensive database here at KSR, the first instance of the “Swaggy Cal” nickname on this here website was all the way back in Oct. 2013. Eight years ago! And yet, during Wednesday’s Kentucky Men’s Basketball 2021 Media Day, head coach John Calipari claimed he hadn’t heard of it.
Friend of the program, John Huang from JustTheCats, posed this question to Calipari during the head coach’s 45-minute interview with the media: I had a colleague from out of state ask me, what is a Swaggy Cal?