Though many offseason adjustments had been made within the faculty basketball panorama, two packages stood out greater than the remainder.
After a disappointing finish to John Calipari’s tenure as Kentucky head coach, former Wildcat and captain of the 1995-96 championship group Mark Pope took over whereas Calipari moved south to Fayetteville to educate Arkansas.
With the beginning of the faculty basketball season on Nov. 4 only a few weeks away, the SEC held its annual Media Day, throughout which coaches mentioned the upcoming season.
Calipari stated the Wildcats made the “good” selection when it employed Pope and, according to ESPN’s Myron Medcalf, “he’ll be supportive of his alternative.”
“I feel they employed an ideal man for that job,” Calipari said. “And a part of it’s as a result of he performed there, graduated from there. He has a coronary heart for the place, and he has an concept of what that’s. …It is a totally different place in case you’re simply strolling in. He is been there and understands it.”
Whereas questions had been requested about Calipari’s exit from Kentucky, he declined to remark additional than his preliminary feedback when he took the Arkansas job in April. As a substitute, Calipari centered on discussing the depth of the SEC and constructing one thing particular together with his present group.
