John Calipari has brought plenty of new words and phrases into Kentuckians’ vocabulary over the past decade. From “tweak” to “everyone’s Super Bowl” and from “brother’s keeper” to “you people are crazy,” the Wildcats’ head coach has given fans plenty of Calipari Catchphrases over the years.
But it wasn’t until last season Calipari honed in on a new phrase. This one doesn’t rhyme and it’s not even necessarily very “catchy,” but it has been used quite a bit in the last year and a half: one-handed rebounds.
It started with Nick Richards last season, and although he’s obviously not the first basketball player to struggle with pulling in boards, the 2017-18 season marked the first time Calipari spent a significant amount of time harping on it.