“We were going to win the national title.”
John Calipari could barely get through his final call-in show of the season without getting choked up. He lifted his head from his hands and guaranteed Kentucky would’ve won six straight games to claim a ninth national championship for the program, had the entire tournament not been called off due to the coronavirus.
“It was our time, Tom, our time,” he said to Tom Leach, the show’s host. “Our guys were so focused. I told them when we got home, ‘I’m so proud of you,’ because they were ready to go.