Josh Pastner knows John Calipari. The Georgia Tech coach worked with Cal at Memphis and was poised to follow him to Kentucky in 2009 before being offered the Tigers’ head coaching job himself and accepting. After the Wildcats’ 67-53 win over the Yellow Jackets tonight, Pastner said he believes his old boss will eventually leave the coaching world for the political one.
“Mark my words,” Pastner told reporters. “He can get up here and deny it, but he will run for [political office] one day.”
With Kelly Craft, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, bringing the UN Security Council to tonight’s game, Calipari didn’t miss his chance to shoot his shot to meet the Queen when Kentucky travels to London next year to play Michigan.