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09-30-2011, 05:30 PM
http://www.zagsblog.com/2011/09/30/calip...been-ucla/
PISCATAWAY, N.J. â UCLA has won 11 NCAA basketball championships, the most all time.
Kentucky is second with seven.
Yet Kentucky coach John Calipari says the Wildcats could have approached UCLAâs total if the one-and-done rule were not in effect.
âItâs not the â70s,â he said Friday at Rutgers at the first annual clinic to benefit âIn Braydenâs Eyes, The Brayden Carr Foundation.â âCould you imagine if I had these guys three and four years? It would be UCLA.â
Under legendary Hall of Fame coach John Wooden, UCLA won 10 NCAA titles between 1964-75, including seven in a row.
Yet while Woodenâs players â including Lew Alcindor and Bill Walton â stayed through their senior years before going pro, Calipari, at both Memphis and Kentucky, has become famous for coaching a slew of one-and-dones like Derrick Rose, Tyreke Evans, John Wall and Brandon Knight.
Of course, if there were no one-and-done rule, Kentucky probably wouldnât get some of the players they have gotten because there would be no opportunity for them to play if the older players remained.
âPeople that say, âWell, he likes one-and-done,ââ said Calipari, who has taken three schools to the Final Four but has yet to win a championship. âI hate one-and-done. Why would I want one-and-done?
âIâm getting guys, Iâd like to have them four years. Weâd win a whole lot of games. But thatâs not the rule so now we end up losing three and four and five and maybe six this year to the NBA.â
âIf youâre happy for the kids, you just try to figure it out later.â
Knight went No. 8 to the Detroit Pistons in this yearâs NBA Draft, and DraftExpress.com has four current Kentucky players going in the top 18 of the 2012 NBA Draft.
Freshman power forward Anthony Davis is projected as the No. 1 pick, freshman power forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist of St. Patrick is No. 8, sophomore wing Terrence Jones is No. 12 and freshman point guard Marquis Teague is No. 18. Sophomore shooting guard Doron Lamb of Queens is projected to go in the second round.
Already looking ahead to 2012, Calipari has landed a verbal pledge from Top 10 shooting guard Archie Goodwin, and Kentucky is in the mix with a number of elite players, including Shabazz Muhammad, Alex Poythress, Mitch McGary, DaJuan Coleman and Devonta Pollard.
Kentucky will end up being No. 2 in the nation in many preseason polls behind North Carolina, and Calipari seems to think thatâs about right.
âCarolinaâs really good and they got everybody back,â he said. âWe played them. They beat us once, we beat them once. Obviously, we lost most of our guys and they got everybody back.
âOhio Stateâs gonna be really good,â he added. âConnecticutâs gonna be really good. Kansas is gonna be really good.â
PISCATAWAY, N.J. â UCLA has won 11 NCAA basketball championships, the most all time.
Kentucky is second with seven.
Yet Kentucky coach John Calipari says the Wildcats could have approached UCLAâs total if the one-and-done rule were not in effect.
âItâs not the â70s,â he said Friday at Rutgers at the first annual clinic to benefit âIn Braydenâs Eyes, The Brayden Carr Foundation.â âCould you imagine if I had these guys three and four years? It would be UCLA.â
Under legendary Hall of Fame coach John Wooden, UCLA won 10 NCAA titles between 1964-75, including seven in a row.
Yet while Woodenâs players â including Lew Alcindor and Bill Walton â stayed through their senior years before going pro, Calipari, at both Memphis and Kentucky, has become famous for coaching a slew of one-and-dones like Derrick Rose, Tyreke Evans, John Wall and Brandon Knight.
Of course, if there were no one-and-done rule, Kentucky probably wouldnât get some of the players they have gotten because there would be no opportunity for them to play if the older players remained.
âPeople that say, âWell, he likes one-and-done,ââ said Calipari, who has taken three schools to the Final Four but has yet to win a championship. âI hate one-and-done. Why would I want one-and-done?
âIâm getting guys, Iâd like to have them four years. Weâd win a whole lot of games. But thatâs not the rule so now we end up losing three and four and five and maybe six this year to the NBA.â
âIf youâre happy for the kids, you just try to figure it out later.â
Knight went No. 8 to the Detroit Pistons in this yearâs NBA Draft, and DraftExpress.com has four current Kentucky players going in the top 18 of the 2012 NBA Draft.
Freshman power forward Anthony Davis is projected as the No. 1 pick, freshman power forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist of St. Patrick is No. 8, sophomore wing Terrence Jones is No. 12 and freshman point guard Marquis Teague is No. 18. Sophomore shooting guard Doron Lamb of Queens is projected to go in the second round.
Already looking ahead to 2012, Calipari has landed a verbal pledge from Top 10 shooting guard Archie Goodwin, and Kentucky is in the mix with a number of elite players, including Shabazz Muhammad, Alex Poythress, Mitch McGary, DaJuan Coleman and Devonta Pollard.
Kentucky will end up being No. 2 in the nation in many preseason polls behind North Carolina, and Calipari seems to think thatâs about right.
âCarolinaâs really good and they got everybody back,â he said. âWe played them. They beat us once, we beat them once. Obviously, we lost most of our guys and they got everybody back.
âOhio Stateâs gonna be really good,â he added. âConnecticutâs gonna be really good. Kansas is gonna be really good.â
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10-01-2011, 08:54 AM
John Calipari should remember that HE is the one collecting one & done's. The teams who win national championships are obviously not the teams collecting band-aids for their lack of coaching ability! If Calipari wants to win championships, then choose players for his program that will help BUILD a program not just a one year team! Calipari blows out both sides of his mouth - it's why he is the teflon don!
10-10-2011, 08:17 PM
^ Must be Holloween - here's my main man popping in to scare everyone 
You need to be more active!
You need to be more active!
10-10-2011, 09:34 PM
Stardust Wrote:John Calipari should remember that HE is the one collecting one & done's. The teams who win national championships are obviously not the teams collecting band-aids for their lack of coaching ability! If Calipari wants to win championships, then choose players for his program that will help BUILD a program not just a one year team! Calipari blows out both sides of his mouth - it's why he is the teflon don!
Dusty, you keep going on saying Cal can't coach. You know how stupid that makes you look?
lol...after last year, even UK and Cal haters are being forced to acknowledge his great coaching. I'm sure you have an excuse for it. What is it? I haven't seen it yet.
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10-10-2011, 11:06 PM
Stardust Wrote:John Calipari should remember that HE is the one collecting one & done's. The teams who win national championships are obviously not the teams collecting band-aids for their lack of coaching ability! If Calipari wants to win championships, then choose players for his program that will help BUILD a program not just a one year team! Calipari blows out both sides of his mouth - it's why he is the teflon don!
He is not called "PayPal Cal" for nothing.
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