If there was a Mount Rushmore of important college basketball coaches, John Calipari would be right up there.  Born in Pennsylvania, Calipari's accomplishments

In his first year as Arkansas’ head coach, John Calipari has the Razorbacks in the Sweet 16. This is the fourth program he’s led to NCAA Tournament prominence. Calipari Is Doing Just Fine Perhaps rumors of Calipari’s coaching demise were just that.

Arkansas was up 16 points midway through the second half of its Sweet 16 game vs. Texas Tech on Thursday and appeared to be on its way to the Elite Eight. For the Razorbacks, making it to the West Regional Final would have been one of the best coaching jobs of John Calipari's career and would have made the slow start in Calipari's first season in Fayetteville a distant memory.