Ole Miss is barely more than an hour from Memphis. Given that proximity, Kentucky Coach John Calipari was asked on the SEC teleconference Monday if some of his friends from Memphis would be attending UK’s game at Ole Miss on Tuesday.
“I’m not going to indict anyone by (saying) who’s coming to the game,” Calipari joked.
Yes, he added, some friends from his days as Memphis coach will be attending the game.
“This is a business trip for me,” Calipari said.
Calipari noted that UK’s travel plans do not call for a stop in Memphis. For some games at Ole Miss in the past, Kentucky would fly to Memphis and bus from there to Oxford.
Since coming to UK in 2009, Calipari said he has made a few trips to Memphis, so he’s visited his favorite doughnut shop and gone to Mass.
“I’ve done all that,” the UK coach said. “This (trip) is strictly business.”
Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald- Leader has covered Kentucky basketball since the 1981-82 season. That time includes five coaches, five Final Fours, four athletic directors, two interim athletic directors and many memories. Before coming to Lexington, Tipton worked eight years for the Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch. He covered Marshall’s basketball team for two seasons before coming to the Herald-Leader.
