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What John Calipari did for Kentucky will eventually be appreciated ... just not now

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The debate in Kentucky this week is how Wildcat basketball fans should greet their former coach, John Calipari, when he returns to Rupp Arena on Saturday as the leader of the Arkansas Razorbacks.

Cheer? Boo? Just do nothing?

The answer is whatever the heck they want, of course. It’s a basketball game. Part of the fun of being a fan is reacting (or overreacting) in every imaginable way, good or bad. Calipari is 65 years old and long ago proved he gives as good as he takes. He’ll survive.

“My guess is I’m going to get booed,” Calipari said this week.