John Calipari Responds To Mark Stoops Response To His 'Basketball School' Comment

by Larry Leo

August 13, 202211 Comments

Kentucky's head basketball coach John Calipari recently downplayed the success of the Wildcats football program calling the university a "basketball school." This upset Kentucky's head football coach Mark Stoops, who responded shortly after. Coach Cal heard his retort and had this response...

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TigerDean•20 months

Calipari sure sounds like he was coaching at another School then at UK ... I don't blame Stoops for defending his Program

TerryDawg03•20 months

This whole thing has been blown way out of proportion.

ForeverGator•20 months

Calipari is an idiot. All Power 5 schools are football schools. Football brings in the big bucks, mens basketball brings in some bucks, and all other sports lose bucks. He needs to know his place or GTFO.

RandySavage•20 months

Calipari is an idiot but so are you if you think this.

LSU_Legz•20 months

Idiot. Gator. Synonymous.

atltiger6487•20 months

uh, Kentucky is NOT a football school. Had some moderate success recently, but UK is a basketball school. Cal didn't say anything wrong or disrespectful. Every in the world need to toughen up and stop looking to be offended.

EvrybodysAllAmerican•20 months

After Stoops leaves, he will admit that he left because UK was a basketball school.

ALA2262•20 months

Just like Coach Bryant did. In 1950 they gave Rupp a Cadillac after his umpteenth SEC Basketball Championship while giving Bryant a watch for the only outright SEC Football Championship in the history of the school. Goodbye UK, hello a$m.

KCSunshine•20 months

It is a basketball ball school

p&g•20 months

Uk is a basketball school mark
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AtlantaLSUfan•20 months

Are these real quotes? This makes Jimbo’s remarks seem well thought-out.

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