On Saturday, John Calipari will return to Lexington for the first time since he left Kentucky for Arkansas in April.
His homecoming is one of the biggest events of the 2024-25 men's college basketball calendar. Calipari is, after all, responsible for taking Kentucky to seven Elite Eights, four Final Fours and one national championship title, as well as for finding and signing elite young talent who went on to be NBA stars.
"Walking in that arena, storied arena, and walking in the wrong door, the other door," Calipari said during his weekly radio show ahead of Saturday's showdown (9 p.