This morning, Rick Pitino told Dan Patrick that John Calipari called him yesterday to congratulate him on the Iona job. On his radio show, Calipari confirmed that he spoke with Pitino and wished him well, but denied that the two talked about scheduling a game between Kentucky and Iona.
“I did reach out to him. You know, of all the stuff — Tom, you probably know me fairly well. You look at people in different situations and you have a heart to say, ‘Wow.’ And you try to put yourself in those shoes and say, ‘What if it were me and I was going through that?