UK head coach John Calipari was part of a coaches’ roundtable with ESPN writer Andy Katz recently.
Footage of those conversations will air soon on ESPNU.
Here is more information from ESPN:
ESPN.com senior college basketball writer Andy Katz recently sat down with 31 NCAA head basketball coaches at the ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando to discuss the biggest topics in the game today. ESPNU will air the intimate roundtable discussions in five 30-minute specials beginning Monday, Aug. 15. The five-part series will be televised daily at 5 p.m. through Friday, Aug. 19.
A number of topics are discussed in the series, including: pay-for-play, the NBA Draft, recruiting and the trend of mid-majors competing for the national title. The SEC, Big Ten, ACC and BIG EAST are all touched upon as leading conferences, and the lighter side of the sport comes through as coaches weighed-in on Blaine Taylor shaving off his famed mustache.
[I]Date Time (ET) Head Coach/School Featured [/I]
[B]Mon, Aug 15 5 p.m. [/B]
Tom Izzo , Michigan State
Matt Painter, Purdue
Bill Carmody, Northwestern
Mick Cronin, Cincinnati
Ed Cooley, Providence
Tom Herrion, Marshall
[B]Tue, Aug 16 5 p.m.[/B]
Kevin Stallings, Vanderbilt
Andy Kennedy, Ole Miss
John Beilein, Michigan
Jamie Dixon, Pittsburgh
Jim Larranaga, Miami
Mitch Henderson, Princeton
[B]Wed, Aug 17 5 p.m. [/B]
Brian Gregory, Georgia Tech
Mark Gottfried, NC State
Seth Greenberg, Virginia Tech
John Thompson III, Georgetown
Sydney Johnson, Fairfield
Fran Dunphy, Temple
[B]Thu, Aug 18 5 p.m. [/B]
John Calipari, Kentucky
Mike Brey, Notre Dame
Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph’s
Jim Baron, Rhode Island
Blaine Taylor, Old Dominion
Leonard Hamilton, Florida State
[B]Fri, Aug 19 5 p.m. [/B]
Jim Calhoun, UConn
Rick Pitino, Louisville
Brad Stevens, Butler
Roy Williams, North Carolina
Josh Pastner, Memphis
Mike Anderson, Arkansas
Gregg Marshall, Wichita State
