By ADAM ZAGORIA
During an interview with The Athletic back in August, John Calipari proclaimed that Alabama was a football school — and Kentucky was a basketball school.
“This is a basketball school,” Calipari told The Athletic. “Alabama is a football school. So is Georgia. No disrespect to our football team. I hope they win 10 games and go to bowls. But this is a basketball school.”
Well, on Saturday the football school ranked No. 7 in basketball hammered the basketball school, 78-52, dropping the Wildcats to 10-5 on the season.
“That’s one that I don’t know if I wanna watch the tape,” Calipari told reporters.
Calipari, who was already taking heat for his “archaic” offense and pedestrian non-conference record, proceeded to get heavily trolled on Twitter as things look dark in Lexington.
As Gary Parrish points out, Kentucky still lacks a Q-1 win as we stand here in early January.
FINAL: Alabama 78, Kentucky 52.
UK is in a really bad place in Year 14 under John Calipari. The Wildcats are now 0-4 in Q1 opportunities with those four losses coming by an average of 16.5 points.
Exactly 77 different schools already have at least one Q1 win. UK still has zero.
— Gary Parrish (@GaryParrishCBS) January 7, 2023
Alabama football coach Nick Saban was at the game and said hello to Calipari, prompting Twitter to joke that Calipari was the third-best coach at the game.
John Calipari was the third best coach in Coleman Coliseum today https://t.co/nsYhYFTqYX
— Adam Weil (@AdamWeil22) January 7, 2023
Social media has also linked Calipari to the now-open Texas job, although that seems like a stretch for the moment.
After firing Chris Beard, Texas will have plenty of options, and could also opt to make interim coach Rodney Terry the full-time coach.
As for Kentucky, the host South Carolina Tuesday before another tough road game at No. 8 Tennessee (No. 2 in the NET rankings) next Saturday.
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