Rick Pitino returned to Rupp Arena to face UK in 2001. John Calipari will face Kentucky basketball in Lexington next. How will his experience compare?

John Calipari’s return to Rupp Arena as coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks will be the final strange event to complete a trilogy of surreal experiences in the building over the past year.

From Adolph Rupp’s post-retirement gig in basketball to John Calipari’s current job, just about every former Kentucky coach has seen his life after the Wildcats take a weird turn.

Rick Pitino has asked a favor of Big Blue Nation with John Calipari -- the former Kentucky coach now at Arkansas -- returning to Rupp Arena this weekend. His request: don't boo th

One of the biggest questions in college basketball this season has been how Big Blue Nation will respond to John Calipari making his return to Rupp Arena. Some

Arkansas basketball coach John Calipari will return to his former stomping grounds on Saturday when his Razorbacks square up against the Kentucky

As Arkansas basketball's John Calipari comes back to Kentucky, Rick Pitino has a message.

FAYETTEVILLE — St. John's basketball coach Rick Pitino, who led Kentucky to a national championship at Kentucky in 1996, posted a video to social media Thursday morning with a plea to Big Blue Nation. Pitino asked Kentucky fans to give Arkansas coach John Calipari a standing ovation Saturday when he returns to the place he coached for 15 years.

John Calipari faces an uncertain reception from Kentucky fans when he returns as Arkansas basketball coach after a divorce that benefitted both sides.

The Wildcats are beating expectations and playing pretty ball in Year 1, but their new coach's link with the fan base is powering the vibes.

The hype surrounding Calipari’s return, capped by Lexington mayor Linda Gorton naming the days leading to the game ‘Basketball Week’ to highlight Saturday’s contest and other local games, is palpable in Kentucky — “What’s more Lexington than basketball?” Gorton said in a statement.