Going into this weekend, John Calipari needed four more victories to replace Joe B. Hall as the second-winningest Kentucky basketball coach. Hall couldn’t be happier.
“I think it’s great,” Hall said on Wednesday. “I want him to win every game he coaches.”
Calipari went into Saturday’s game at Mississippi State with 294 victories as UK coach. Hall, whose 13-season run as UK coach ended after the 1984-85 season, won 297 games.
Hall saw confirmation in Calipari’s number of victories as Kentucky coach.
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“It just proves what I said when we hired him,” Hall said.