KU vs. UK

HE, Calipari has coached 11 games against KU. 7 wins 4 losses (for Kansas). Or 4-7 for Calipari.

UMass 2 games, both losses to UMass (wins for KU) in 1994 and 1995 seasons. Both neutral sites (Madison Square Garden and The Pond in Anaheim.

Memphis - 1 game I think we all know about that game.

Kentucky - 8 games. 4 wins 4 losses. 7 in regular season and 1 in the NCAA (2012). We obviously lost in the NCAA and we all remember that game. KU is 1-1 in games in Lexington against Cal, 1-0 in Lawrence and 2-2 in neutral sites (regular season games) all Champions Classic games.

Self lost to Kentucky as coach at Tulsa in December 1997 74-53.

HE, last year I decided to buy game data back to 1949. But it did not include coaches. So I spent a pretty significant amount of time researching all coaches back to 1895. Some of that was easy and straightforward but some took some real sleuthing. So I think I have the coaches for every team back to 1895. I had to mine a number of sites to get that data. So I am glad I actually get to put it to use.

When I was mining all that data I had the idea of doing a list of greatest coaching names. As you can imagine there have been some pretty colorful names over the years. I thought it would be fun to do a list of some of the most interesting names. I just haven’t ever got around to doing that. I mean Digger Phelps and Phog Allen are mild in comparison to some of the interesting names. Maybe when I get a chance I will do that.