HOUSTON (AP) – John Calipari doesn’t expect it to take 13 years to get Kentucky back to the Final Four.
The coach would prefer next spring, though it’s unclear who will be along for the ride. The program’s first trip to the national semifinals in more than a decade might have been too good for its own good.
Center Josh Harrellson is graduating. Freshman Brandon Knight’s breakout performance in the NCAA tournament has him pondering the NBA, and classmates Terrence Jones and Doron Lamb could join him in the draft. Ditto defensive stopper DeAndre Liggins.
Though another wave of McDonald’s All-Americans stand at the ready, they’ll have to work to match the achievements of this surprising group that wasn’t supposed to return the Wildcats to college basketball’s biggest stage.
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