Here is what I notice. Every time UK wins Calipari refers to the team as we. Every time UK loses he refers to the players as them or they. He disassociates himself from the loses but is willing to be apart of everything when the team is playing well.
Bottom line is Cal believes he gets paid to put players in the NBA. UK fans believe he gets paid to win games. Until the fanbase and Cal mend the fence there will be games like this.
What you don't understand is that Nike is in bed with the NCAA. Why would the NCAA accept Dukes version of we self-investigated and we are good. Anyone else that is not a Nike school gets hit with violations like Kansas. Wake up and smell the coffee because NIL is going to even the playing field.
The ONLY solution to this conundrum is for KU to re-hire Ted Owens who could not beat UK to save his life. Otherwise, UK has poked the bear and Larry Brown, Roy Williams, and Bill Self have reestablished the correct pecking order for college hoops!!
Maybe the administration is tired of Cal using the university as a basketball factory. Even Z stated the reason to go to UK is to get a shot at the NBA. It wasn't to better himself nor was it to pursue a degree. It could be the academicians are fighting back.
The ONLY way this tournament makes it big is if the participants get to keep all the proceeds and those proceeds exceed what the NCAA pays teams in the NCAA tournament. Greed has a way of being a game changer.
What is needed is a Larry Brown type of coach who gives you instant credibility. When Brown was hired at Kansas 3 years later a final four 5 years later a national championship.