Pete Thamel of Yahoo! Sports says John Calipari used UCLA to pad his bank account and ego.
Thamel added, “In a hat tip to his narcissism, Calipari forced Big Blue Nation to bow at his feet – apparently forever – as he again squeezed its bank account.”
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But with UCLA not reaching the Final Four this decade, it marks the first decade without an appearance since the 1950s. With the college basketball world descending on Minneapolis this week, UCLA will still manage to create a buzz like the good old days.