After covering a few games at the “Tad Pad,” Ole Miss’ old basketball arena, I was blown away by their new arena, The Pavilion. By now, you’ve hopefully already heard the story of how the Ole Miss athletics crew gave Calipari a stuffed squirrel in honor of how he complained about the live squirrel in the locker room at the Tad Pad a few years back, which they said raised awareness as to how horrible the facility was and eventually lead to the $96.5 million Pavilion. When asked about it afterwards, Calipari said he wants to take the stuffed squirrel home with him to mount in his office.
What’s the one thing Calipari covets most in Ole Miss’ new arena?
