He was welcomed by Boos when he left the tunnel to Rupp Arena. John Calipari, who led Kentucky to the unforgettable basketball era with the national championships in 2012 and four final trips, returned to his former home after 15 years on Saturday evening.
The evening, which began with Hall of Famer, which was stunned by the same people who once supported him, ended with Calipari walks at Rupp Arena in a familiar role: as a winner. In the end, he has the most victories of each coach in the building, and its 235. It comes on Saturday in the period changing the season 89-79 victory over the 12th rank Kentucky.
For Calipari, it was a night so that the 65-year-old would laugh the last one from the bazorbacks setting on the networks, shooting 55.2% from the floor and 13 out of 25 of the 3-point range in relation to the very sensitive defense of Kentucky, which was missing Lamont Butler.
For Arkansas, it was a saved season, because Razorbacks got stuck earlier at 1-7 in Quad 1 matches and had a net for about 60. Defeating Kentucky on the road through double numbers regain Hogs in an interview with the NCAA tournament. Adou Thiero He reached 21 points and eight rebounds, but the difference for the Razorback band, which improved to only 2-6 in the SEC, there was a transfer that considered himself a jewel, but was disappointed: there was Fau Star Johnnell Daviswho had 18 points.
For Kentucky, who entered Saturday with the ranking of the top 10, it is a lost quad 2 and one that can now see cats, earlier for 3-line in Mike Decourcy‘S Navigation forecastDrop to 4-nasion.
But the story is Calipari, who is the Kentucky legend, but he fell into bad favors when he went to Arkansas in April last year. On Saturday, he said a statement that he could pronounce his total death, it was premature, and he managed that in the Big Blue Nation who returned him so much.
Well in a moment for one of all times in the history of university basketball.
John Fanta is a national broadcaster and writer of basketball and writer Fox Sports. It covers this sport on various abilities, from naming games on FS1, through acting as the main host at Big East Digital Network, to comments about 68 Media Network. Follow him @John_fanta.
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