Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 4:23 pm
The Kentucky men’s basketball team is officially in Jacksonville, Florida to prepare for their opening-round matchup with No. 15 seed Abilene Christian, but the focus right now isn’t necessarily on the Xs and Os of the game itself.
We started out with endless rumors yesterday surrounding PJ Washington’s foot injury, with Kentucky head coach John Calipari saying today that the sophomore forward sprained his foot against Tennessee this past weekend. He’s expected to play this weekend, but he’s seeing a second specialist just to be certain.
Now, there’s a rumor out involving Calipari’s future at Kentucky.
According to Tracy Pierson of 247 Sports, there is significant mutual interest between John Calipari and the UCLA basketball program for the team’s head coaching vacancy.
“According to various sources, the Hall of Fame coach is showing what some have described as “serious interest” in coming to Westwood,” the report claims. “It’s known that Calipari has always liked the UCLA job, loving Los Angeles and the lifestyle.”
In fact, Pierson claims that Calipari was one of the main candidates who “seriously reciprocated” interest when the school reached out.
“It’s known that Calipari UCLA, in doing its due diligence since firing Steve Alford on New Year’s Eve in December, has had time to kick the tires on all the big-named coaches in the game to gauge interest. Calipari was one who seriously reciprocated,” said Pierson.
On The Herd today, college basketball analyst Doug Gottlieb said that he has heard UCLA is preparing to offer a deal worth over $10 million a year for the Kentucky head coach.
247 Sports’ Evan Daniels, one of the most connected insiders in the game right now, confirmed the rumor, at least on UCLA’s end of things.
“Yes (I heard about it),” he said. “I actually had an industry source tell me earlier today that they are waiting to make a big play for him.”
We started out with endless rumors yesterday surrounding PJ Washington’s foot injury, with Kentucky head coach John Calipari saying today that the sophomore forward sprained his foot against Tennessee this past weekend. He’s expected to play this weekend, but he’s seeing a second specialist just to be certain.
Now, there’s a rumor out involving Calipari’s future at Kentucky.
According to Tracy Pierson of 247 Sports, there is significant mutual interest between John Calipari and the UCLA basketball program for the team’s head coaching vacancy.
“According to various sources, the Hall of Fame coach is showing what some have described as “serious interest” in coming to Westwood,” the report claims. “It’s known that Calipari has always liked the UCLA job, loving Los Angeles and the lifestyle.”
In fact, Pierson claims that Calipari was one of the main candidates who “seriously reciprocated” interest when the school reached out.
“It’s known that Calipari UCLA, in doing its due diligence since firing Steve Alford on New Year’s Eve in December, has had time to kick the tires on all the big-named coaches in the game to gauge interest. Calipari was one who seriously reciprocated,” said Pierson.
On The Herd today, college basketball analyst Doug Gottlieb said that he has heard UCLA is preparing to offer a deal worth over $10 million a year for the Kentucky head coach.
247 Sports’ Evan Daniels, one of the most connected insiders in the game right now, confirmed the rumor, at least on UCLA’s end of things.
“Yes (I heard about it),” he said. “I actually had an industry source tell me earlier today that they are waiting to make a big play for him.”