John Calipari now has the most NCAA Tournament coaching wins at the University of Kentucky.
Last night’s win was No. 31 for Calipari, which passes Adolph Rupp on the all-time list.
With a win tonight, John Calipari will pass Adolph Rupp for the most NCAA Tournament wins by a Kentucky head coach (31).
— TheCatsPause247 (@TheCatsPause247) March 29, 2019
John Calipari is now the winningest NCAA Tournament coach in Kentucky basketball history, passing the legendary Adolph Rupp.
— TheCatsPause247 (@TheCatsPause247) March 30, 2019
Last night’s win was also Coach Cal’s 750th on-court win.
Here are some more Calipari numbers and notes following last night’s win:
Calipari in the NCAA Tournament
· Calipari has a 56-18 record in the NCAA Tournament.
· He is now 12-3 in Sweet 16 games in his career.
· This will mark his 12th Elite 8 appearance in the last 20 seasons.
· Per STATS, Calipari-coached teams have won 37 straight NCAA Tournament games when leading at halftime, tying John Wooden for the longest streak by an NCAA head coach.
· Calipari has made 10 Elite 8 appearances in his last 14 seasons as a head coach dating back to his time at Memphis.
Calipari
· Calipari is now 305-70 at UK.
· Calipari has a 750-210 all-time on-court record.
· He is now 59-30 vs. vs. AP Top 25 competition at UK.
· UK is 31-7 in the NCAA Tournament under Calipari.
· Calipari is now 82-53 in his career when both teams are ranked in the AP Top 25, including 51-26 at Kentucky.
· Calipari clinched his fifth 30-win season at Kentucky and 11th overall. He has the third-most 30-win seasons among active coaches behind only Mike Krzyzewski (15) and Roy Williams (12).
