17 hours ago, Breds82 said:

Devils advocate here: Why hire a 64 year old coach that hasn’t been to the final four in 7 basketball seasons? 

You hire him for being a HOF coach, a coach that has taken 3 different schools to final fours, won a National title and been to two others. A coach that is a big name, that is definitely going to sell the program. 
 

Not to mention as someone said many of the other guys they could possibly get haven’t been to a final four in 7 years either and possibly never been to one at all. 
 

I think the only downside for them that you mentioned would be his age, and truly how much longer they they he will want to coach. 

1 hour ago, Voice of Reason said:

Better question. Why would Calipari leave UK now with the class he has coming in?

Plus, doesn't he need one more year there to then be considered an Ambassador or whatever? Which comes with an annual stipend. I don't know exact details but isn't there something like that in place in his contract?

Estimated payouts to each league from NCAA for tournament games played.

It just means more...

Texas is hiring their interim head coach. So Calipari won’t be going to Texas. 

44 minutes ago, futurecoach said:

Texas is hiring their interim head coach. So Calipari won’t be going to Texas. 

Interesting.  I wonder why they waited until now?

Not 2023 but a great night 45 years ago tonight. 

23 minutes ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

Not 2023 but a great night 45 years ago tonight. 

Seems like only yesterday, and Kentucky kids leading the way.

1 hour ago, Randy Parker said:

Interesting.  I wonder why they waited until now?

Could it have been him waiting? An Elite Eight increases the asking price.

1 hour ago, Randy Parker said:

Interesting.  I wonder why they waited until now?

Their AD said during the tourney that they don't publicly discuss contracts during the season.  My guess is this was already done behind the scenes and they were just waiting until after their season to make the announcement.  It took less than 24 hours to make the announcement.

1 hour ago, bugatti said:

Could it have been him waiting? An Elite Eight increases the asking price.

Could be.

13 hours ago, 4 Quarters said:

Seems like only yesterday, and Kentucky kids leading the way.

2 Kentucky kids.  But Robey was from New Orleans, Phillips and Claytor from Ohio, Shidler from IL and Macy from Indiana.  

58 minutes ago, Hatz said:

2 Kentucky kids.  But Robey was from New Orleans, Phillips and Claytor from Ohio, Shidler from IL and Macy from Indiana.  

I'm aware of that, but who led the team that night with 41 points.

Final Four Refs.

On 3/26/2023 at 3:22 PM, DragonFire said:

What’s funny to me is that I see WKU’s 1971 banner hanging all the time. No one seems to care. 

 

On 3/26/2023 at 3:29 PM, Jumper_Dad said:

I'm not familiar, what is their banner for?

Trust me, Louisville fans asked about that exact thing. Apparently, the NCAA made up another stupid rule basically saying that anything that happened before 1990 (I think that is the year, but don’t quote me) didn’t have to be removed. So that’s why WKU’s banners are “allowed.”

On 3/26/2023 at 8:05 PM, DragonFire said:

My preferred teams to win (in order):

1. FAU

2. SD St

3 Miami (God help me)

4. UConn

My expectation is the exact reverse. 

I want to hate Miami so bad but I just really like Coach Larranaga.  He seems like a genuine guy and someone that I'd want my kid to play for.  I know they are the best team money can buy, but he's just the guy coaching them up.