John Calipari threatens to make use of previous Bob Knight tactic with Arkansas

[ad_1] John Calipari has seen sufficient good and unhealthy basketball over his legendary profession to know when a crew has to return to the fundamentals and reteach the basics.

He additionally is aware of what a crew that is not targeted appears like, and also you get the sense that he is aware of precisely what was mistaken together with his Arkansas Razorbacks on Tuesday towards Winthrop.

Any good SEC crew ought to by no means have hassle with a Huge South convention crew, and that is meant with no offense to Winthrop. Nonetheless, the Eagles gave the Razorbacks all the pieces they may deal with, and extra, in what ended up being an 84-83 win by Arkansas.

After the sport, Calipari was clearly upset. Sure, he gave Winthrop credit score for popping out and never taking part in afraid of the Razorbacks, however he additionally derided his crew for enjoying a model of offense that merely would not result in wins. Actually, Calipari was so upset that he stated he is considering going old fashioned with the Razorbacks.

“How about, we'd return to the way you guys grew up, if any of you ever performed basketball. The place you needed to move it 5 instances earlier than you shoot it. Did you all do this? I feel we’re gonna do this. Eighth grade s---. We’re gonna go eighth grade," Calipari stated within the postgame (h/t On3). "You’ve bought to move it 5 or 6 instances.”

John Calipari threatens to go old fashioned on Arkansas Calipari did not like his crew's effort, however he additionally did not like the way in which they have been taking part in on the offensive finish, and particularly within the halfcourt.

The Razorbacks did not transfer the ball nicely, which is why Calipari began going off on the previous Bob Knight technique of requiring a sure variety of passes within the halfcourt earlier than a participant might take a shot.

“Coach Knight had plenty of enjoyable doing that. That’s how they performed. That ball’s shifting and also you’re screening, and till we get to this, you’re not capturing the ball," Calipari defined.

Arkansas had solely 13 assists in comparison with 18 by Winthrop.

Winthrop was additionally glorious from the three-point line, making 15-of-31 from behind the road, which was good for a blazing 48%. In the meantime, Arkansas went 6-of-17 from deep (35%).

In the end, Arkansas escaped with a win and improved to 4-1 on the season, however efforts like this may not result in wins sooner or later, particularly with No. 5 Duke and No. 6 Louisville arising on the schedule within the subsequent few weeks.