Former Morehead State coach Preston Spradlin considers himself blessed for spending five years on John Calipari’s staff at Kentucky .
“I am a Kentucky fan at heart. They were unbelievably fun to watch this year. It was fun to see Cal with those young guys,” Spradlin, who was named the new coach at James Madison last week, said. “They grew so much and started playing their best basketball at the right time (before losing in the NCAA Tournament).
“I can’t get into the mind of Cal because he is a mastermind. There’s only one John Calipari. He’s had a remarkable career and taught me so many things.”
Spradlin, a Kentucky native, is also a Reed Sheppard fan.
“I love Jeff Sheppard (Reed’s father) and those teams he was on. I was about the same age watching those teams that my son is now watching Reed,” Spradlin said. “I got to know Jeff when I was at UK. I got to see Reed play four years of AAU.
“It did my heart good to watch him play and see Jeff and his wife at the games. Reed is a great player and the sky really is the limit for that kid. It’s rewarding to watch somebody’s son that I grew up watching and I know how special it had to be for them.”
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Mark Few is already doing better than calapari if you look at the last 5 years it gets even worse. Few has been to 2 national championships in the last 5 years And his team always makes at least the sweet 16 (9 years in a row). For a little school like gonzaga that is unbelievable. The west coast conference is terrible and he still does better every year in the tournament then calapari has done. Few hasn’t missed a NCAA tournament in 25 years calapari has missed it twice in 15 years and it would be 3 if 2020 counted. Few also has the highest winning percentage in NCAA division 1 over any coaxh. He’s won 600 games faster than anyone in college basketball history and I think he could do so much more at Kentucky given our resources and the name Kentucky. I know Barnhart is too foolish to take a closer look at Few but I think he is by far the best coach in the country.