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John Calipari: “I think we could have won the national title”

John Calipari joined SportsCenter Thursday evening to discuss the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA Tournament.

The UK coach talked about what he said to his team and that he believes his team had a great shot at winning a national championship.

“Hard for the players having it yanked from them like this, but it wasn’t anyone’s fault,” said Calipari. “It had to be done… Had a chance to be one of my favorite teams I’ve coached here, but they didn’t get that opportunity. Hard thing to swallow.”

 

Calipari says they will have 4-5 guys enter the NBA Draft, but with the current situation around the sports world no one knows when all of that will take place.

“I’m really gonna miss this team,” Calipari said. “I think we could have won the national title. They deserved to keep playing, but you know what, stuff happens.”

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