During interviews today with Kentucky players and coaches CBS writer Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs on twitter) asked Calipari " what does it feel like to coach in your first Final Four?". Now yes it's true that Cal has two vacated Final Four appearances, but is this really the time to ask this kind of question?
This seems to be a story that will keep coming up throughout Final Four weekend, but it's amazing to me how everyone has forgotten what Jim Calhoun has done at UCONN. The NCAA cited Jim Calhoun for "failure to monitor and promote an atmosphere for compliance" earlier this season. On top of that the infractions committee also had this to say "Calhoun in "his zeal" to get the recruit (Miles) enrolled at UConn and eligible to play that he permitted a booster (Nochimson), who also was a certified NBA agent, to take part in the process and that Calhoun "overlooked indications that the booster might be breaking NCAA rules." For all of this, what kind of punishment did the NCAA hand down? Basically a slap on the wrist in the form of a 3 game suspension NEXT YEAR! This is the kind of thing that the media always overlooks with other schools, but when it comes to Calipari and Kentucky it's front page news.
Now like I said, yes Cal does have the vacated Final Four appearances, but whats not being mentioned is the fact that Calipari was not named in the NCAA infractions report unlike Jim Calhoun.
Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs on twitter) being a reporter should tell both sides of the story, but you can bet you won't hear one word of the NCAA troubles that Calhoun or UCONN have seen this year.
Now I have listed Dodds twitter account its up to you what to do with it!
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