John Calipari usually releases his new podcasts on Thursdays, but this week, he’s trying something new. This week’s podcast has no guest. Instead, Cal takes fans behind the scenes of Selection Sunday, sharing a taped conversation he had with the team right after they found out their draw. It’s kind of awesome.
“It’s survive and advance,” Cal tells his squad. “One year, we had three buzzer-beaters to get to the final game. They were like, what in the hell. So you don’t know how things are going. Playing faster, let me just — this is the focus you guys should be talking about.