John Calipari after his No. 2 Kentucky Wildcats fell victim to Tennessee:

It’s funny. Everybody will have ‘This is how you play them.’ You hold your nose, close your eyes and hope we can’t make any shots. Yeah, that’s a good way to play. But if we make shots, if we go 5-for-22, which stinks, you win going away.

Yeah, apparently it is a good way to play. Bruce Pearl has met you on six occasions. Each time, you had a clear advantage in the talent department. A few times (including both meetings this year and the first meeting in Memphis), you had a significant advantage in the talent department. Yet, you’re only .500 against him. Why not just admit that you lost and move on? It’s what a coach with class would do.

Based on your job performance to date when Pearl is in the same arena as your team, and the fact that the NBA is going to come calling for a couple of your players this year and Tennessee appears on the verge of the No. 2 recruiting class this year, you might be calling Bruce Pearl “Daddy” before too long.

Not bad for a coach who tells his team to hold their nose and close their eyes and hope you don’t make shots.