Coach Cal spoke to Andy Katz of ESPN.com and he told him what he did every day since the Cats won the NCAA Championship.
There are a couple of interesting things he did, which included visiting with Alex Oriakhi and Shabazz Muhammad, and also met with Eloy Vargas and Darius Miller yesterday.
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=verdana][I]Tuesday: “The highlight was driving on the highway from the airport to Rupp Arena and seeing the emotion of the people [who] were lined up in the streets. It’s the first time that I got emotional during this run. I was seeing regular people, elderly, people from nursing homes, jumping up and down with unbelievable joy.”[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
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Wednesday: “I went to Boston to see my daughter Megan, who wasn’t able to come to the Final Four since she was sick. It was so good to see her.”[/I][/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
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Thursday: “I stayed in Boston and did a home visit.”[/I][/I][/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=verdana][I][I][I](Calipari couldn’t confirm the identity of the player he visited — per NCAA rules — but it was expected to be Connecticut junior [URL=”http://sports.espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/45946/alex-oriakhi”]Alex Oriakhi[/URL]. He is transferring and is considering Kentucky, among other schools.)[/I][/I][/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
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Friday: “I flew to Los Angeles for the Wooden Award and ran into [former Wildcat and current Sacramento King] DeMarcus Cousins. I then caught the last quarter of the Houston Rockets-Lakers game and saw [former UK forward] Patrick Patterson and [former UMass center] Marcus Camby. That evening I had dinner with [former UK guard] Eric Bledsoe. Oh, and we also went to the Wooden Award [for Anthony Davis].”[/I][/I][/I][/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
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Saturday: “We did a home visit out West, and I headed home for Easter.”[/I][/I][/I][/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=verdana][I][I][I]Calipari couldn’t comment on this visit, either, but it was likely with Las Vegas wing [URL=”http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/72514/shabazz-muhammad”]Shabazz Muhammad[/URL].[/I][/I][/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
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Sunday: “I was at home with my wife [Ellen] and my son [Bradley] enjoying Easter.”[/I][/I][/I][/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
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Monday: “I was running around the office, met with [senior] [URL=”http://sports.espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/41327/eloy-vargas”]Eloy Vargas[/URL], met with Darius [Miller] and was dealing with mail that was stacked up to the ceiling.”[/I][/I][/I][/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
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Calipari’s plan is to finish recruiting in the next few weeks and then take off for a secluded vacation with his wife.[/I][/I][/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
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“My plan is to throw my phones in the river and just be gone for a few weeks,” Calipari said. “But we’ve got to get through recruiting first and these decisions that have to be made.”
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I was told that Cal met with Eloy and Darius about attending the Portsmouth Invitational in Virginia which starts tomorrow.
