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NCAA says Calipari doesn’t have 500 Wins Yet

The NCAA doesn’t think Kentucky should have honored John Calipari with his 500th win yet.

They have sent a letter to the University saying as much.
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[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]The University of Kentucky, Calipari’s employer, says Calipari earned his 500th victory when the Wildcats beat Florida at Rupp Arena on Feb. 26. After the game, the school presented the coach with a game ball to commenorate the milestone.

John Calipari has had wins vacated at two schools.

But the NCAA takes issue with UK’s math, according Lexington Herald-Leader, and wants the school to publicly acknowledge it was wrong.

The issue revolves around Calipari’s tenures at UMass and Memphis. The NCAA vacated UMass’ 4-1 record in the 1996 NCAA Tournament after Marcus Camby was ruled ineligible due to contact with a sports agent. And Memphis’ entire 2007-2008 season (including 38 wins) was wiped off the record books due to an academic fraud issue.

The Herald-Leader says the chairman of the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions sent UK President Lee T. Todd Jr. a five-page letter that called the Feb. 26 commemoration “troubling,” “extremely troubling” and “very troubling.” The committee wants the school to publicly acknowledge it was wrong in wording that “must be approved by the office of the Committee on Infractions prior to its release.”
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You know what is really bad?

The NCAA sends a 5 page letter about this, but they only send an 8 page letter to Ohio State.

Just doesn’t make sense.

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