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John Calipari may have made references to Indiana Basketball during a summer media availability in 2019. Covering a number of topics in a press conference that lasted nearly the whole hour, the Kentucky Wildcat lifetime head coach made some interesting comments about arenas and venues that he would no longer play in.
Specifically, those responses came up after a question around alcohol sales at collegiate venues across the country. You can find the full transcript of that segment below.
For a series that dates back to 1924 and a total of 57 games head-to-head, the Indiana-Kentucky rivalry has been a hot topic ever since Indiana’s head coach Tom Crean and John Calipari could not resolve the issue of selecting venues for the match. The annual non-conference match up was officially ended after Indiana’s upset of over #1 Kentucky on December 10, 2011.
Noteworthy in regards to the transcript below, Hoosier fans stormed the court after the infamous “Wat-Shot” made by Indiana forward Christian Watford. The Hoosiers defeated a number one ranked Kentucky Wildcats team.
John Calipari June 4th 2019 Press Conference (Segment Transcribed)
As mentioned, the following transcript is a response from Kentucky head coach John Calipari on the topic of alcohol sales at college venues.
“I am not a big drinker. I don’t drink much, so… I do before the games, I drink…” said John Calipari jokingly.
“It’s the way of the world right now. I don’t know if we have made a decision on campus. I’ll roll with whatever they want to do. Obviously we have students in that building that are under-aged that shouldn’t be drinking. I would just hope that our fans kind of police each other if they go to that route.”
“Cause I have been in arenas that have been obnoxious. There are teams that we will not play because it was so obnoxious… I am not putting my team, or myself, or my staff, or my family through that.”
