John Calipari does not want Kentucky fans to take advantage of the Louisville Basketball scandal tomorrow in Rupp Arena by making posters and making fun.
Here is what he said in the pre-Louisville press conference on Wednesday.
“I would tell our fans enjoy the game. Don’t be bringing in banners. Don’t be bringing in posters. Don’t. You don’t need to do it. Let’s just enjoy the basketball game. Let’s be classy. We have the classiest fans, and I would expect that’s how they would be during this game.”
Cal continued as he answered the question why he tells fans not to “give them the business.”
“Because I have never done that. When I was at UMass, I can remember a school had an issue with a gambling thing and I can remember saying, ‘If I see one thing, I will walk off and won’t coach the game. Let’s just play basketball. We don’t need to relish in anyone’s struggles.’ I’ve always been that way. The stuff we do is very hard. Not everybody handles it that way. Some of them encourage that stuff. I’m not one of those guys. Let’s just have some class. Let me just tell you, we need to worry about how good their team is and how well they’re being coached; not anything that happened five years ago. Let’s just play ball.”
Well Kentucky fans, I know it will be hard, but there is a lot more on the line than a game with Louisville.
This game can set the momentum going into conference play and will hopefully help give this team an identity.
