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Calipari Wins 500th Game as Kentucky Beats No. 13 Florida

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Darius Miller scored a career-high 24 points and Brandon Knight added 16 points and six assists as No. 22 Kentucky surged past No. 13 Florida 76-68 on Saturday. The Wildcats (20-8, 8-6 Southeastern Conference) won their 33rd straight home game and gave coach John Calipari his 500th career victory...

John Calipari Wants Kentucky to Get Angry

It has become a disturbing trend for John Calipari. Almost every time his Wildcats play an SEC game away from home, they lose. Now, he's getting angry, and he wants his team to follow suit. "If you're not angry by this, like angry that this is happening, and (thinking) we're going to stop this from happening, it won't...

Darius Miller, Kentucky Upperclassmen Need to Lead on Road

Kentucky coach John Calipari believes that junior forward Darius Miller could be the best player in the SEC. Freshman point guard Brandon Knight has said that Miller is the most athletic player on the team. The problem, however, is Darius Miller. He doesn't seem to believe either of those things. With its three leading...

Kentucky's Road Slump Continues at Vanderbilt

Would you believe me if I told you that Kentucky lost a tight game on the road? For the fifth time in six road games in the SEC, No. 18 Kentucky (17-7, 5-5) lost a close game away from home. This time, John Jenkins and No. 23 Vanderbilt (18-6, 6-4) dropped UK, 81-77. Jenkins, the SEC's leading scorer, scored a...

Don't Curse John Calipari for What Many Coaches Do

The timing was $%#@&^ awful. If you're a coach with a potty mouth, you don't want your tongue flapping during a game when large portions of the universe are watching courtesy of an ESPN camera in your face. Oh, and the Bible doesn't exactly condone the use of words not found between Genesis and Revelation. Other than...

john calipari News From the Web

06/01/12 USA Today: Kentucky coach John Calipari basking in... Source: The Mid-Majority The cell phone in John Calipari 's bag makes a noise and he says with a sly grin that it's his Twitter account going off and he needs to answer it.
06/01/12 Louisville Not Participating In Big East/SEC Challenge Source: Card Chronicle Joining Pittsburgh and Connecticut, Louisville will be one of three Big East schools not participating in this year's Big East/SEC Challenge.
06/01/12 Calipari discusses IU series, Rupp Arena future Source: CatsPause.com - Kentucky Athletics and Recruiting Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari sat down with Cats Illustrated for an extended interview this week at the Southeastern Conference meetings.
05/31/12 CBS Sports: Video: Calipari on his 'non-traditional'... Source: The Mid-Majority You're clearly seeing some branding at work here.
05/31/12 Calipari talks Davis' Olympic chances, Ryan Harrow Source: CatsPause.com - Kentucky Athletics and Recruiting Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari sat down with Cats Illustrated for an extended interview this week at the Southeastern Conference meetings.

Background on john calipari

John Calipari (born February 10, 1959) is an American basketball coach. Since April 2009, he has been the men's head coach at the University of Kentucky.

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