It could be worse; at least we're not Kentucky

[LawVHawk]

Kentucky Basketball: Does John Calipari Want His Freshmen to Go? | Bleacher Report

Poor John Calipari; life in the world of NCAA Div 1 basketball is so hard:

"The stuff I had to accept this year, the program almost got hijacked," Calipari said, according to The Courier-Journal. "Never in my career have I surrendered in any way to any team, and I did at times this year—to try to save guys, to try to help guys—and it never works...

"This was humbling. You think you're supposed to win 30 every year … go to the Final Four, go to the Elite Eight, win the league, win the tournament. All the sudden this hits you. It's a humbling experience—but also a learning experience."

 

[tweeterhawk]

 

[ssckelley]

Yeah it must suck to be a Kentucky fan where the expectation is to win every year.

 

[Seth53]

Or Purdue...vanquished to a really "who cares" tourney

 

[LG210]

Who recruited those players?

 

[okeefe4prez]

Who recruited those players?

It ain't his fault there were no dominant freshman to recruit or that someone blew the lid on the alleged $250k to Davis.

 

[LG210]

It ain't his fault there were no dominant freshman to recruit or that someone blew the lid on the alleged $250k to Davis.

Fair point, fair point.

 

[kicker22]

Hate to sound cliche, but I think I'd give up a trip to the NCAA tournament this year, to have won an NCAA championship last year with a completely different starting 5. I get the point about how spoiled Kentucky is (as a program and fanbase) but I'd honestly be willing to lose every game the next year if it meant winning a national championship the previous year. I just want to that split second of knowing what it feels like to watch your favorite team win a national championship. Don't need to spoil me with multiple ones, but I'd give anything to experience it once.