Arkansas hired John Calipari from Kentucky just last offseason with much fanfare. Kentucky fans were glad Calipari was gone, even if he did run right to an SEC

Ignore the hype. Ignore the noise. Ignore the circus that is sure to surround the return of John Vincent Calipari, who in a 15-year run as the UK coach took the Wildcats to four Final Fours and a national championship before his Big Blue express ran out of steam.

In a year full of adversity and setbacks, the Arkansas Razorbacks just needed to win a game by any means necessary.

On Monday, Field of 68's Jeff Goodman reported that an anonymous SEC head coach said that no one fears Calipari anymore. “There’s just no fear now when I see him on the other sideline," the coach said. "The game has changed, and he is becoming archaic.”

There was once a time where John Calipari's return to Rupp Arena on Feb. 1 was thought of as a game that would rival college basketball's greatest regular-season games ever. With a few days remaining until tipoff,

What will the fan reaction be when former Kentucky coach John Calipari returns Saturday night to Rupp Arena as Arkansas head man?

Arkansas coach John Calipari has started 4-0 in SEC play four seperate time, with the entire league looking at him as the frontrunner, the

FAYETTEVILLE — John Calipari was apologetic following his first SEC win as Arkansas’ basketball coach Wednesday. The Razorbacks’ 68-65 victory over Georgia at Bud Walton Arena snapped a five-game losing streak that began Jan. 4 at Tennessee. The 0-5 start to conference play was Arkansas’ worst since joining the SEC in 1991-92.

The top three SEC teams that Arkansas has faced so far all have three players who have played at least 95 games and started at least 50 before the start of the season. Tennessee has Zakai Ziegler, Chaz Lanier and Jamai Mashack. Ole Miss has Sean Pedulla, Matt Murrell and Dre Davis. Florida has Will Richard, Walter Clayton Jr. and Alijah Martin.

Adou Thiero, who followed Calipari from Kentucky to Arkansas, had five points in the final minute to end the team's five-game losing skid.

Arkansas basketball wants and needs more trips to the free-throw line, ranking 14th in the league in attempts per game.