Kentucky Set To Fire John Calipari After Oakland Loss

Kentucky will fire head coach John Calipari after the Wildcats’ 80-76 loss at the hands of Oakland.

Over the course of the program’s last five NCAA Tournament games under Calipari, Kentucky is now 1-4. He hasn’t made a Sweet 16 since 2019.

This most recent loss was handed to them by a No. 14 seed that nobody thought had much of a chance to even keep the Game close coming in.

John Calipari and the Cats walk out after historic loss to Oakland. #BBN #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/wgK3vIDwS4

— WAVE Sports (@WAVENewsSports) March 22, 2024

In the aftermath, the calls for Calipari’s job began:

Calipari gets upset AGAIN, by 14 seed Oakland. Just don’t know how he keeps his job now, off that long-ago national championship featuring Anthony Davis. I like John, can no longer defend this.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) March 22, 2024

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— Game 7 (@Game7__) March 19, 2024

Calipari needs to go!!! pic.twitter.com/pOU6SxeRya

— cris miller (@crismiller12) March 22, 2024

Is this the end of the road for Coach Calipari? pic.twitter.com/I7GF7fsrYZ

— Barstool Gambling (@stoolgambling) March 22, 2024

Kentucky had 3 of the top 10 recruits in the 2023 hs class and lost to a 14 seed lmao calipari most overrated coach when he doesn’t have 10 nba players on a team pic.twitter.com/D9m9DpoT9P

— John (@iam_johnw) March 22, 2024

John Calipari: *exists*

Schools no one has heard of: pic.twitter.com/YkadF2Wbli

— Nick Perkins (@NickyPerkss) March 22, 2024

John Calipari if Anthony Davis never had that growth spurt: pic.twitter.com/YJSF75KnZS

— Hub (@KenHeLive) March 22, 2024

John Calipari when he’s asked to do anything other than sit front row at AAU tournaments pic.twitter.com/O5HDWCekBe

— Nico (@elitetakes_) March 22, 2024

Kentucky’s track record with Calipari has been less than stellar.

Despite that, if the Wildcats had put together an even half-decent performance in this year’s NCAA Tournament, his job might have been safe.

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— Game 7 (@game7__) March 21, 2024

What happened on Thursday was a full-on disaster, though.

Kentucky will fire Calipari before the start of this coming season. It is all but a lock at this point.

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