John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) is now officially a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. #HoopHOF2015
— Basketball HOF (@Hoophall) September 12, 2015
Coach Cal’s Hall of Fame speech just ended and I’m not sure where to start. He touched on all of the expected notes- thanking family, former coaches, staff and players. He managed to get in all his standard buzz words and then did the unexpected. Cal invited all of his former players in attendance to join him on the stage.
I think I just heard Pat Forde’s head explode.
Calipari has every former player here come up on stage with him. pic.twitter.com/LNhmSMfj7h
— Lee K. Howard (@HowardWKYT) September 12, 2015
Some of my favorite quotes:
Boogie is too funny!
https://t.co/2jOSZMmI2c
— Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) September 12, 2015
Cal: UMass showed "you can have a champagne program on a beer budget. Don't you listen to that at Kentucky, Mitch. We ain't doing that."
— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_CJ) September 12, 2015
Calipari: "I never scored a point, never had a rebound & never had an assist. Some say I had an assist in some losses though." #HoopHOF2015
— Basketball HOF (@Hoophall) September 12, 2015
Calipari: "Larry Brown told me that if you care about the kids and always put them first, you will always have a job." #HoopHOF2015
— Basketball HOF (@Hoophall) September 12, 2015
Calipari: "It's what you give, not what you take. And NO ONE will steal our joy."
— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_CJ) September 12, 2015
What was your favorite part of the night? Leave a comment below!
One more pic.:
Who's excited for this season? These guys are! #BBN @Dhawk_25 @OneBigHaitian @MychalMulder @BeMore27 @derek_willis33 pic.twitter.com/ScDKkpMDzE
— Jennifer Palumbo (@JenNimePalumbo) September 12, 2015
