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UK Basketball | Why John Calipari says he has respect for LaVar Ball

Courier Journal's Jeff Greer and Fletcher Page take a look at the past week in Louisville and Kentucky basketball, Lamar Jackson's NFL draft status, what's next in hoops -- and give out their "gifts" and lumps of coal to UofL and UK. Video by Jeff Faughender

LEXINGTON, Ky. — John Calipari and the Kentucky basketball team will not encounter LaVar Ball on Saturday in New Orleans against UCLA.

The notorious helicopter parent pulled his son LiAngelo Ball, who was serving an indefinite suspension over theft allegations in China, out of UCLA earlier this season.