Thank you!!!! He doesn't prioritize winning. He needs to leave yesterday

I live in Lexington, KY. Did I just hear Callipari blame his players instead of acknowledging his poor coaching? I mean, we are spoiled with great teams, but this many first round losses to mediocre teams is just bad coaching. I like Callipari, but it might be time to make a decision on if he wants to keep coaching.

They lost to St Peter's with Oscar Tshiebwe and a bunch of experienced grad transfers. It's not the one and done that's the issue. It's inferior coaching and game planning.

Cal spent the year telling BBN in post loss pressers "dont blame the kids" (bbn never blamed the kids) yet here he is blaming his young players for yet another upset loss. There is only one common denominator over the last 10 seasons of under achieving. Kick rocks Cal.

The most frustrating thing about Calipari is, he always blames the kids and not himself. “They are young…” Coach them then. We act like they can’t learn - they are grown men. “They’re not as disciplined” is an absolutely BS excuse. They play well in NBA literally the next year. Fundamentals aren’t hard to teach.

Universities were once the home of student athletes. Not any more. It is painful listening to any of Kentucky's players talk...even about the game. That is what they cater to. That is what they get. No one on that team was willing to do the non-glamous work that it takes to win. Did you see Oakland boxing out? Not one of their players expects to play in the NBA. They played for pride. Best team won. Best coach won.

As a Kentucky Fan, it’s time for Cal & UK to part ways. I’m thankful for what Cal has done here but those days are over. The game has passed him by. It’s understandable. Father Time comes for all of us. But now we’re all waiting to see if Calipari recognizes college basketball has passed him by.

Cal has already leaned heavy on the portal for older guys in recent years and it fared no better. This was his return to freshman year. Neither works.

Kentucky needs to change from the Calipari approach. Or Barnhart can go too.

One & Done era of college basketball is over 💨

Thank you Dan!!! Been saying this for several years now!!!

1 tourney win in 5 years with a Top 5 recruiting class every year is crazy

Kentucky needs to change from the "John Calipari as Head Coach" approach.

UK has been very successful this year with “1 ‘n Done”. In the SEC tournament they were one and done. In the NCAA tournament they were one and done

Calipari needs to be fired...that's what needs to be done....this was a shocker for sure...Kentucky had a very good team this year and was battle tested as Calipari pointed out....this is an absolute embarrassement for Kentucky.

Dan is 100% correct looking at it from a fan's perspective. UK is going at it from a business perspective. 75% of these players get a pro contract and of these players, who get a contract, 74% get a second contract. Then after leaving KY, these players give back to the university in the form of donations to the tune of tens of millions of $$$ maybe more. The administration is totally happy with the way Calipari is running the basketball program. It's about the players, not the wins or championships.

I'm a UK fan and it's more so his coaching than the one and done model. Cal would do way worse with less talented but older players.

2006 alum here, Go Grizzlies!!!! 🐻🐻🏀🏀🏀🔥🔥

As a Virginia fan, I’m not sure how to take this. Cal recruits one and dones, Bennett recruits to stay old and the state of college basketball empowers the players that would’ve been old by now to transfer. Is there a real approach? Virginia before one and dones/nil/portal was able to get old and stay that way. Cal always had the luxury of great freshman classes to get good players. I think there’s a dichotomy here of who can keep players and make their “system” work.

The issue is the coach... this coach has NOT prepared his team for the game well at all! Seriously.... this was not the fault of the players. He and the other coaches get paid VERY WELL. Done with Calipari!!!!

Excellent commentaries! I hope Calipari was in your audience!

Spot on Dan! Life long UK fan and I could barely sleep last night. Calipari needs to pull his ego out of the clouds and live in the present to prepare these young men to hang banners!

Espn had UCONN as the most picked winner and i think Houston second. I didnt see ky's because they weren't near the top.

When is the last time youve heard Cal own the play of his team and not blame freshman? Ill wait...

Playing "Stat of the Day" after Dan says, "..and he had zero assists and I love that too" was perfect!! That kinda timing is why this shows been awesome for almost 2 decades

Time for Cal to go. Simple as that. We’ve ran coaches off for a whole lot less. Hire a coach that wants to win at UK not on draft day

Is Calipari to UK basketball what Ryan Day is to OSU football?

When is the last time 1 and dones have won it all? UK with AD? Look at UNC who never went all in on 1 and dones and been in the final 4 2 years ago and constantly a top team every year

You can't use a betting site as your source. Because people are betting based on odds. If UConn, UH and Kentucky all had the same odds, the only ones betting on Kentucky would be Kentucky fans. On the NCAA's official bracket contest, UConn had over 25% with UH second and North Carolina third. I saw similar numbers on ESPN's bracket challenge. I don't know what's sillier, thinking Kentucky was the most picked or the tweet by an Alabama fan worrying that Nate Oates, who has never been to an Elite Eight in his career, was Kentucky's target to replace Calipari.

I wish Chong would join Cheech on the stat of the day song that plays in this segment.😎

D.P my favorite mann💯👍

Kentucky's bests teams ever 1996 , 1997 , 1998 !

I remember 2008 and Steph Curry. I would say I probably watched more college games that season than anyone. I don’t usually do brackets but told my brother to put Davidson in his Final Four. People thought his bracket was crazy. Davidson came so close to upsetting future champ Kansas and making it.

Teaching defense can't be an afterthought. A simple thing like being in a defensive stance instead of standing straight up and getting beat by a slower player is inexcusable. NIL has made buying championships a lot harder. Just might have to start coaching fundamentals again.

Why does Dan say POL tential instead of potential? Or am I hearing things?

-The 1 and done system should have never been implemented -as a uk fan I hated calipari's style when he first arrived because his entire coaching strategy was 100% based off recruiting as many nba-bound high schoolers as possible, taking advantage of the 1 and done rule. the implication being: the skills were there the only developmental coaching he would need to do is fine tune them and focus on cohesiveness and maybe we could get a tournament caliber team within 1 season) -in reality college ball doesn't work like that and most high schoolers need more than a year to be nba quality. This style has never been kentucky's style and think this ideology is over

Too many excuses for Calipari. This team was insanely talented and Cal blew it!! Still Go Big Blue!!

It’s the same excuse from Cal every year lol

Could you imagine tho in a crazy world how god tier Kentucky and duke would of been if the players stayed 2,3 years maybe 4, its insane lol a marvin bagley, zion williamson front court.

Theyve already pivoted from one and done. The last three seasons their best player was an upperclassman. Now it sign as many good HS studs as possible and retain few rturnees with NIL, and bring in one or two from the portal to fill out any roster gaps. Works great on paper till you run into a 32 yr old longshoreman/YMCA legend banking in 35 footers

He blames youth but in reality, it’s more of a defensive scheme issue. I don’t think Cal has it.

Ky needs to give Jay Wright 10 years 100million

YES

Notice how Calipari refers to the team as “they” and not “us”?

Yes they needvto change because players today aren't taught fundamentals of the game. They're playing Rec ball. Players were taught better back then from high school, elementary.

I didn't trust Kentucky to play 3 consecutive games above their B- game. I didn't have them out of the 2nd round, but Oakland had great metrics so maybe I should've seen it coming.

Yes

Kentucky needs to change from the One and Done coach. Cal must go. Bring back Pitino.

There is NO pressure like NCAA tourney pressure. The Kentucky Scaredy Cats just can't handle the do or die pressure.

It’s not the coach ..it’s the players and social media. Social media has overly-hyped an entire generation, and we will NEVER see talent like in the past. These kids want fame and attention and as soon as they get via social media basketball platforms run by randoms…they believe the hype. They stop developing, truth be told, because they think they made it. There will be be very VERY few true one and dones, just a bunch of unfortunate kids ruining their potential careers by believing the hype and leaving college too early for the league.

a group of all stars may beat a team once in a while. a team of players who know and played with each for years will win in a high pressure must win game 9 times out of ten.

🔥Cal

One title with all those NBA players. He’s a great recruiter but give Kentucky credit also as a program. Go UConn!!!

One-and-dones like Carmelo and AD that can win you a championship all by themselves are once in a decade at most. Even KD couldn't get out of the second round. Zion couldn't do it. SGA couldn't do it. Jamal Murray couldn't do it. You need the type of guys who stay 3-4 years and still end up in the pros, like Jalen Bruson and Cam Johnson.

Also Reed shepherd is going to be a bust in the NBA. I can't justify this dude as a top 5-10 pick like he is on most boards as being a good lottery value. It's like the Jets taking Zach Wilson if you draft him in the lottery

Cal is in a good place. He can recruit the best talent, they play 1 year and off to the NBA, promise kept. Cal has a 33 million dollar buy out, so he has a secure job. So taking a bunch of grief from the fans to him is worth it, I guess. His system worked for years, but that system is over for winning, but does it really bother Cal? He promises the kids a 1 and done, and if that is what is important to him, I guess he is happy. Now, try to explain that to the fans and make them happy....not going to happen. Fans are in a bad place.

Go watch that game again very closely. I'm not saying there was point shaving going on, but...

I’d want a real team if I was a Kentucky alum….

At times I think Cal is working for the NBA as opposed to winning for NCAA championships and the fans/school. You are correct the fans don't care about the NBA. Cal must be held accountable.

No one has done less with more than John Calipari. The one and dones were bad for college basketball and Kentucky is paying its dues (hopefully forever).

Yes they do. Or a single team that recruits high and has one and domes, ever wins. Experience wins. You need talent, but you need experience with that talent.

Cal gotta go bring back Pitino!!

And if the players leave before the 4 years to go pro they should have to pay back the scholarship money especially if they are being paid NIL. Even better if they are paid NIL their scholarship should go to other players or academic scholars. We need more academic scholars than athletic scholars.

It's past time for a coaching change.

Jay Wright had Mikel Bridges, Jalen Brunson and Divenchenzo though, lot of NBA talent

NOTE to DAN PATRICK. The Story is SEC and BIG 10 are WEAK and ACC is the Best Basketball Conference. Same story each year, but the FAKE MEDIA ignores this fact. Selection is Fixed. ACC should have had 7 teams. PITT and WAKE FOREST should have been selected

In the age of NIL and immediate eligibility in transfers, there is no other way but one and done. The roster churn is the njust don’t have nba talent.

It’s time

Cal is just a smooth talker,that helps with recruiting but you can't talk your way out of a loss...X's & O's matter. He seems like he's not a GREAT in-game coach.

Sorry UK fans coach Cal is a pretty good coach who’s time has come to move on. Things change. These things happen

That phrase "It's a young team" is so worn out. It is beyond description of how infuriating it is to keep hearing it every single year as a Kentucky fan. There's a solution to the young team dilemma: recruit beyond one and dones.

He said he won't change the way he coaches

They could get a couple of one and done.But don't over recruiting.Balance it out.He had three one done point guard and two centers.It got to the point where all them could not show there full games.That hurt there draft process.They would have been better some where else.And kentucky would been better.With veteran.

Never been a coach who has achieved less with more!

I’m calling it: he won’t be the coach of the Cats next season. Book it 🎯.

Cal is the prime example when you don't prioritize discipline & rely on pure talent. What a joke.

Can we finally all agree that John Calipari isn't a good coach? He's a great recruiter. He's a great talent evaluator. But he's not a good coach at all. He's had an endless stream of NBA caliber players, and he's only won one national title. Thanks for hitting the nail on the head, Dan.

I am disappointed, but I still want Cal as the coach.

Cal’s coaching is the problem. A better coach would have had them playing loose, like they had all year. Cal can’t handle the pressure any more

As a Kentucky Fan I don’t like One and done

I’d love to have Jay Wright replace Cal!!

U had it one year in 2012 and a good roster...cal has to go UK was the top school..its been 7 years u all since we been to the final 8

What Kentucky should do is change their philosophy of being a freshman daycare center for future star players. NCAA tournament teams of today tend to be made up of older players who have played together for 2-3 years. Talent sometimes can be trumped by age and experience. Kentucky has found this to be the case these past 4-5 years in the NCAA tournament. Facts are facts.

Kentucky losing in the first round doesn't bother me at all... Go Big Orange

Bill Self. KANSAS 2 CHIPS 😊😊

Hey Kentucky, Juwan Howard is available.

Plus so many busts in the last 10 drafts out of top 10 picks. More and more either busts or below expectations

Cal has Kentucky held hostage 😂😂 fans are sick and tired of him and I think the school executives are too but can’t do anything to him right now because of money

Calipari flaunted the one-and-done for years without hesitation. Now he's complaining that the other teams are older and more experienced ?

Calipari is a used car salesman not a coach.

I can see why Calipari is such a great recruiter. Hes the perfect salesman ie he's full of crap.

Baffles me how he continues to get 5* players when they can see they don't actually do shit in March! Jay Wright and Roy Williams did more in the One-in-done era than anyone...imagine had they gotten a Zion, AD, Tatum, or other elite 5* prospects that have come in throughout the years during that span? Hell sice Roy Williams joined UNC he did better from that day forth than Coach K! The media and parents of these student athletes get brainwashed into thinking that only those two programs produce pros... I hope they keep it up though, so we can keep watching them fail.

Critical mistake….at a critical time. Yeah, that’s the worst time

Calipari blames the freshman, but that’s what’s he’s be doing at Kentucky for 14 years. His excuses are always “WE ARE A YOUNG TEAM”… No really?

Really young team lol . if you recall back when caliperi said quote: we need to start a new NCAA division and leave the NCAA. But it failed just like he's doing coaching, he's a failure completely

Amazing recruiter below average coach..

That stat of the day song needs to go

The one and done is the problem with this not John Calipari? You cannot force people to stay and grow to their potential because the NBA allows them one and done. Everybody is quick to blame Cal… And it probably makes him not even want to try because of the bullshit. He has to hear when he loses and then you expect to have a good attitude, which is bullshit.

Bill Self won a couple Titles.😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

Don’t hire Bruce Pearl he chocked today too