History shows it doesn’t take much to fuel a Calipari-Pitino fire

It was February 2005 and Memphis was 13-10 and coming off a double-digit loss to Houston. The team’s most talented player (Sean Banks) had flunked out of school mid-semester. Another starter (Jeremy Hunt) had recently been arrested on a domestic violence charge. But John Calipari didn’t use his weekly spot on the C-USA teleconference to discuss either of those things. He instead indirectly lobbied the officials for an upcoming game at Louisville.

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