More from John Calipari’s Tuesday afternoon conversation with Paul Finebaum from the Destin shoreline.
Calipari admitted he is still gutted by his team’s surprise first-round exit from last season’s NCAA Tournament. “We were the fifth-seeded team in that tournament and lost,” he told Finebaum. “I’m still sick over it.”
Calipari proceeded to list all of Kentucky’s returning players from last year’s fifth-seeded team and the four incoming additions. He also confirmed a new assistant coaching hire to replace Jai Lucas, but can’t name KT Turner publicly until the hire is finalized with the university.