The heart of the feud between John Calipari and Mark Stoops was over upgrades to the Wildcats’ basketball practice facility. Coach Cal’s pleas are falling on deaf ears.
“Where we are right now, it’s not a project that we’ve put on our strategic plan,” was the short summary of a long answer from Mitch Barnhart.
While Calipari insists the need must be fulfilled, Kentucky’s athletic director believes the Craft Center is still a state of the art facility.
“The Craft Center is 15 years old. We’ve continued to make enhancements during that time.