{"id":106442,"date":"2024-04-08T18:02:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T18:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/08\/report-john-calipari-had-significant-serious-interest-in-joining-big-ten-program\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T18:02:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T18:02:55","slug":"report-john-calipari-had-significant-serious-interest-in-joining-big-ten-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/08\/report-john-calipari-had-significant-serious-interest-in-joining-big-ten-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: John Calipari had &#8216;significant, serious&#8217; interest in joining Big Ten program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"ac_84575327\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p> It was reported Sunday night that longtime Kentucky men&#8217;s basketball coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/college_basketball\/players\/john_calipari\/127076\" class=\"yard_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Calipari<\/a> was finalizing a five-year deal to join the University of Arkansas. <\/p>\n<p>This comes less than one week after Eric Musselman left the Razorbacks to join USC.<\/p>\n<p>Additional details surrounding Calipari&#8217;s decision show that the 2015 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee had &#8220;significant\/serious&#8221; interest in the previously vacant job at Ohio State.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_84575329\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>Former Buckeyes leader Chris Holtmann <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/college_basketball\/articles\/report_former_big_ten_coach_of_the_year_blindsided_by_firing\/s1_13132_39966082\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was fired<\/a> from his gig in mid-February after the team lost its 16th straight road game, which tied the longest streak in team history at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The team was 14-11 under Holtmann in 2023-24 before finishing 8-3 with interim head coach Jake Diebler.<\/p>\n<p>One of Ohio State&#8217;s biggest wins of the season came in Diebler&#8217;s first game at the helm when the team upset Purdue, 73-69, on Feb. 18.<\/p>\n<p>After one more road defeat on Feb. 22, the Buckeyes snapped their lengthy streak of losses away from home by knocking off Michigan State on Feb. 25.<\/p>\n<p>Ohio State finished the regular season on a four-game winning streak and won one game in the Big Ten Tournament. Diebler was named the full-time head coach before the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), where the Buckeyes advanced to the quarterfinals before falling to Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Calipari has been with the Wildcats since 2009 and his resume includes 12 NCAA Tournament appearances, six trips to the<br \/>\nElite Eight, three Final Fours and a national title in 2012. The 65-year-old was also named\u00a0the 2014-15 AP Coach of the Year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n\t{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n\tif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n\tn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n\t'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\tfbq('init', '1324276914788316');\n\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n\t<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/college_basketball\/articles\/report_john_calipari_had_significant_serious_interest_in_joining_big_ten_program\/s1_13132_40210232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was reported Sunday night that longtime Kentucky men&#8217;s basketball coach John Calipari was finalizing a five-year deal to join the University of Arkansas. 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