Don’t expect Jim Calhoun and John Calipari to go out for drinks at Nick and Stef’s Steakhouse adjacent to Madison Square Garden after their teams meet Wednesday night in the SEC/Big East Invitational.The two men have a history that dates back to the late ’80s and early ’90s, when Calipari was a brash young coach at UMass trying to wrest supremacy of New England from the older, more established Calhoun at UConn.
“John came in from Moon Township in Pennsylvania and he said that UMass was the King of New England, that their program was King of New England,” said Calhoun, whose No. 14 Huskies (6-1) face No. 4 Kentucky (8-0) in the second game of a doubleheader that also features St. John’s and Georgia.
JessieWildcat / December 9, 2009
AZ,
What’s the news on Harkless??
Isn’t it fitting to have the announcement when UConn and UK play today.
Both schools are believed to be the top 2 schools for Harkless.
How many recruiting battles can the Calicats suffer.
Imagine if he goes to UConn….and ALL the national discussions which will transpire during the game. (avoiding the embarrassemnt- well, one school will.)
How many ‘ 11 have they lost?
All the smart ’11 players are NO longer waiting to commit.
It will soon be Angel’s call.
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pastaboy / December 10, 2009
Is Uconn in CUSA ? ( snickers)
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RockChalkWoody / December 10, 2009
Jessie, how about focusing on the actual games for once? Oh, by the way, the big story was not Harkless–it was UK getting the “W.”
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