RALEIGH, N.C. — If you talk to enough people who were close enough to the truth, which isn’t easy when it comes to John Calipari and all the myths that surround his every move, they’ll tell you there was a moment last April when he was on the verge of going to Arkansas and thought deeply about whether it was something he’d regret.
You’re talking about a man who had spent his entire adult life trying to get a coaching job like Kentucky and 15 years as the biggest show in college basketball for better or worse.