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.

When Tubby Smith brought his alma mater, High Point, into Rupp on New Year’s Eve, 2021, it was part of UK retiring a jersey in his honor and raising it to the Rupp Arena rafters. Even as ...

That day, Smith became the 44th person in Kentucky basketball history to have a commemorative jersey hung in the Rupp Arena rafters. “This is the first time we’ve been back here since we left ...

The boo birds are out in Lexington, Kentucky. John Calipari returned to Kentucky's Rupp Arena on Saturday for the first time since leaving in April to take the head coaching position at Arkansas.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Kentucky and Arkansas will face off at Rupp Arena on Saturday night. Former Kentucky coach John Calipari is returning to Rupp Arena for the first time since leaving to ...

Arkansas men's basketball coach John Calipari received a mixture of cheers and boos from Kentucky fans in his return Saturday at Rupp Arena. This is Calipari's first game back in Lexington to ...

When the game was over, there weren't near as many UK fans at Rupp Arena thanks to the Razorbacks' 89-79 upset of the No. 12 Wildcats. "I looked up a couple times and I thought we were losing ...

On Saturday night, John Calipari will walk into Rupp Arena to coach a basketball game. For 15 years, it was simply a routine, a comfortably familiar stroll inside the building where the longtime ...

Arkansas Razorbacks head men's basketball coach John Calipari made his long-awaited return to Rupp Arena on Saturday night and was met by a chorus of boos from the University of Kentucky faithful.

John Calipari received a mixed reception at Rupp Arena on Saturday night then watched his Arkansas team upset No. 12 Kentucky 89-79. Three former Wildcats -- Adou Thiero (21 points), D.J. Wagner ...

John Calipari left Rupp Arena at some point late on Saturday night in Lexington. Unlike his former team, the Kentucky Wildcats, and their fans, though, he and the Arkansas Razorbacks left the ...

John Calipari's first trip back to Rupp Arena with his new team was a successful one. Calipari's unranked Arkansas upset No. 12 Kentucky 89-79 on Saturday in his first contest against his former team.