John Calipari added his starting point guard at Kentucky, DJ Wagner, to his roster at Arkansas. It’s likely no surprise he chose the Razorbacks since his family connection to Calipari goes back two generations.
Arkansas head coach John Calipari paid tribute to his friend and basketball legend Bill Walton, after the latter passed at 71 Monday. Walton succumbed to a battle with cancer Monday, putting the entire sports world in mourning.
The Kentucky basketball program is going through a challenging transition ahead of the 2024-25 season. The Wildcats lost longtime head coach John Calipari to fellow SEC basketball foe Arkansas.
Adou Thiero is the seventh commitment to Arkansas men's basketball since coach John Calipari took over. Here's what he brings to the Razorbacks.
FAYETTEVILLE – Razorback head coach John Calipari saw his former players dominate the NBA postseason awards for the 2023-24 season as eight players either earned or were finalists for a combined 15 honors.
Brad Calipari joins Kenny Payne, Chin Coleman and Chuck Martin as announced members of new head coach John Calipari's staff.
FAYETTEVILLE – Brad Calipari has been named assistant coach/director of on-court player development, Razorback head coach John Calipari announced. He comes to Fayetteville after two seasons working in player development at Vanderbilt and Long Island.
Dilly and Reeves are still backing the Cats. There’s a seismic shift coming to college basketball next season. John Calipari leaving The Kentucky Wildcats after 15 seasons for Arkansas, of all teams, could really change the landscape of the sport.
The buzz surrounding the hire of John Calipari has barely begun to quiet down in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It started with his hire in early April, when he saw that virtually all the players had transferred or declared for the NBA draft, he noted, “I met with the team.
Former Pitt basketball player Steve Maslek has died at the age of 58. Maslek, a Freedom, PA native, died unexpectedly in his home in Freedom on Monday.
Towards the end of his fifteen season tenure at Kentucky, many fans had mixed feelings about John Calipari. However, his players never wavered in voicing their appreciation and love for him as their coach, and still do.
The Arkansas Razorbacks men’s basketball program received a huge shot in the arm this season when they hired John Calipari to become their next head coach.
“There’s no reason for my heart not to be full of gratitude to him.” Mark Pope started off his tenure as the Kentucky Wildcats head coach with a classy gesture toward the guy he replaced.
Drew would have been home-run hire for Kentucky, but the match wasn't mutual.
The SEC basketball schedule for the 2024-25 season is a long way from being released, but it appears one interesting detail has already been decided.
It appears John Calipari’s recruiting plan to build next year’s team is coming together just fine. Former Kentucky point guard DJ Wagner will visit Arkansas this weekend, according to Jon Rothstein.
Calipari has always been known as a great recruiter, and in 2024 — the era of the transfer portal and NIL deals — he has tapped into an existing pipeline to help him hit the ground running at Arkansas.
He entered the transfer portal on March 28 and after considering the likes of Indiana and North Carolina, the 6-foot-8, 222-pound soon-to-be junior opted for Arkansas.
While much of the focus has been on landing the eventual replacement for the program’s all-time rebounder in Armando Bacot, UNC basketball has still been involved with and actively pursuing other variations of transfers.
Considering John Calipari only has six players from the zero he inherited taking over the Arkansas Razorbacks' basketball program, it was a little more than surprising to see ESPN's Joe Lunardi come out with his first "bracketology" thing on Friday.
It's becoming crystal clear new Arkansas Razorbacks coach John Calipari isn't just signing players to fill out a roster. He appears to be looking for guys to assemble on a team to compete to meet the high expectations of a fan base suffering after three years of elite runs.
John Calipari has been making an interesting pitch to recruits since he became the head coach at Arkansas.
Less than three weeks after he was officially announced as the new men's basketball coach at the University of Arkansas, John Calipari is busy building his first roster as head hog.
John Calipari has already convinced one of his former Kentucky players to follow him to Arkansas.
The 65-year-old Calipari had some obvious reasons for wanting to leave Kentucky.
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