Is Calipari's time at Kentucky winding down? DanWolken offers a look.
Kentucky, meanwhile, has shown signs of life in the last two weeks after a brutal stretch of losses, winning four in a row. But where the Wildcats stand in the bigger picture — squarely on the NCAA tournament bubble and desperately needing a marquee win — underscores how profoundly disappointing this team has been after starting the year ranked No. 4.
The next several weeks, and games like this one against Kansas, will determine whether Calipari is right. But the plain reality is that if Calipari’s tenure effectively disintegrates this spring, it will not be because this team didn’t live up to expectations. It will be because he does not have what Self earned last year.
But something changed for Calipari in 2015. For years, even going back to his time at Memphis, he had talked publicly about his goal of coaching a 40-0 team. Ever since that group came up heartbreakingly short, losing to Wisconsin in the semifinals while Duke went on to win the title that year, Kentucky hasn’t been the same program.
Few people understand this more than Self. Even before the national title game they won against North Carolina last April, Self was remarkably open about how much it gnawed at him that Kansas had come up empty for 14 years since he beat Calipari's Memphis team in 2008. The loss to Wisconsin in 2015 is largely remembered for Calipari burying Devin Booker on the bench in the final minutes as Kentucky’s offense floundered.
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