John Calipari’s return to Rupp Arena as coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks will be the final strange event to complete a trilogy of surreal experiences in the building over the past year.
From Adolph Rupp’s post-retirement gig in basketball to John Calipari’s current job, just about every former Kentucky coach has seen his life after the Wildcats take a weird turn.
Calipari went for a walk with a priest and decided to move on from Kentucky to Arkansas. Somewhere in that version, Johnny Tyson got involved and made a two-year commitment to part of Calipari’s $7.5 ...