John Calipari didn’t last long in Columbia on Saturday. With No. 22 Kentucky taking on South Carolina in a big road test, the Wildcats’ Hall of Fame coach was ejected less than three minutes into the game.
John Calipari loses his mind, ejected 3 minutes into game as Kentucky players hold him back
It didn’t take long for the Kentucky coach to get the boot against South Carolina.
Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.
Has to be the earliest ejection of Cal's career, right? pic.twitter.com/fhM1O30x2c
— Mike Rutherford (@CardChronicle) February 13, 2016
Calipari was upset with South Carolina’s physical offensive rebounding. Here’s how South Carolina got its first bucket of the game, when forward Michael Carrera soared over the back of several Kentucky players to grab the ball:
South Carolina got another offensive rebound that Calipari didn’t like a couple possessions later. The Gamecocks were actually called for an offensive foul on the play, but it still set off Calipari:
Calipari exploded on the sidelines for a technical foul. He kept going, received *another* technical and then made sure he got his money’s worth before making his way to the locker room.
Kentucky caught a bit of a break because Carrera missed three of his four free throw attempts. Assistant Kenny Payne will finish out the game as Kentucky’s head coach.
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