John Calipari has always been known as a great recruiter and it has overshadowed how great a basketball coach he is.
Sally Jenkins of The Washington Post has written how people need to see the brilliance of Calipari bringing together a new team every year and how he adapts to his team and not have them adapt to him.
Still, five-star recruits don’t completely explain this team, and they especially don’t explain how it survived in the tournament with Washington first sidelined and then limited with a sprained foot. Or how four freshmen iced a veteran Houston team in the clutch in the region semifinals Friday despite trailing by three with less than a minute to go.
This particular Kentucky squad, more than most, has shown the interior struts and building blocks of a Calipari construction project, and it is worth studying closely for that. Just consider the distance the Wildcats traveled, improvement-wise, from that 118-84 whipping they took from Duke in November.
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Kentucky fans have really been spoiled since John Calipari has been the head coach and need to realize what he does every single season.
Seven Elite Eights in 10 seasons is pretty incredible and he does it with a new roster every season.
