Kentucky basketball 2022 Highlights

Kentucky basketball

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Kentucky stunned by No. 15 seed Saint Peter's, a new March Madness low for John Calipari

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John Calipari built perennial contenders at Kentucky with the very best amateur basketball players in America.

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He shunned experience for one-and-dones Americans . He took in high school All-and churned out NBA lottery picks.

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He won championships and hundreds of games along the way.

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In 2021, he changed his approach, but, backed by a $20 million budget and reams of history, he built a new-look Goliath.

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It was brilliant basketball and ugly basketball and dramatic basketball all at once.

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Saint Peter's had no direct rebuttal for the junior transfer from West Virginia.

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