John Calipari will make his first visit to Rupp Arena on Saturday since leaving Kentucky for Arkansas. His longtime coaching ...

Rick Pitino returned to Rupp Arena to face UK in 2001. John Calipari will face Kentucky basketball in Lexington next. How will his experience compare?

LEXINGTON — More than two decades ago, Rick Pitino returned to ... mentally preparing for it. "Walking in that arena, storied arena and walking in the wrong door — the other door?" ...

I tried not to show it. But when I went home, the reception, it tore me apart, because I love that place so much," Pitino ... "Walking in that arena, storied arena and walking in the wrong door ...

Rick Pitino knows how John Calipari ... return could come with different emotions. "Walking in that arena, storied arena, and walking in the wrong door, the other door," Calipari said during ...