Did people really think John Calipari would instantly fix Arkansas? The Razorbacks don't look like a team that will be playing meaningful March hoops.

On Saturday night, he’ll be introduced as head coach of the visiting team, the Arkansas Razorbacks. UK fans have not had to cope with anything similar since Rick Pitino — himself a UK national champion — brought archrival Louisville into Rupp in 2001.

FAYETTEVILLE — St. John's basketball coach Rick Pitino, who led Kentucky to a national championship at Kentucky in 1996, posted a video to social media Thursday morning with a plea to Big Blue Nation. Pitino asked Kentucky fans to give Arkansas coach John Calipari a standing ovation Saturday when he returns to the place he coached for 15 years.

The Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team will be in Lexington, Ky. for a matchup against the Kentucky Wildcats this weekend, marking the first time John Calipari will return to his former stomping grounds at the Rupp Arena since leaving the university this summer.

Former Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari didn't do himself any favors with a recent comment about his return to Lexington.

In wake of John Calipari's return to Lexington fans were triggered the matchup didn't get picked up for College Gameday. ESPN analyst gave the harsh truth as to why it wasn't picked up.