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John Calipari on Southern: "They played harder than us"

When John Calipari saw that Texas Southern upset No. 20 Florida last night, he got a sinking feeling in his stomach about tonight’s game vs. fellow SWAC member Southern at Rupp Arena.

“I called [Texas Southern coach] Johnny Jones this morning and said, ‘Why did you do that? Now, you just gave Southern — they’re going to think they’re beating us now. Now we’ve got a tiger on our hands.'”

Calipari also reached out to his own players, putting them on upset alert vs. the Jaguars, a veteran group led by feisty former Cat Sean Woods.