John Calipari met with the local media this afternoon and explained why he pulled the “Where is Trey” prank on the Big Blue Nation.
“The only reason I did it—I was on a plane, and I’m thinking our fans are going nutty and they have to loosen up a little bit. This isn’t life or death. It’s not March. I tweeted or texted Dewayne Peevy the tweet that you saw. He got up and started looking around the plane and I said, ‘It’s a tweet, you idiot. He’s right here in front of us.’ When he did that, I knew, ‘Uh oh, this is going to be absolutely outrageous.’ We had people camp out at the hotel and people camped out as we got off the bus – scouts with the hat. ‘What do you do?’ ‘Oh, I’m a retired dentist.’ ‘Really? Why is one sock blue and one sock gray?’ It was just stupid. It was also for the team. I wanted them to understand. I keep telling them, ‘What’s the worst (thing that could happen)? I’ll say it this time, if we lose this game, then we’re 22-1, 23 or whatever it is. What’s it matter? Just go play and try to get better.’ ”
