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JOHN CALIPARI, THE (10) ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS AND THE (12) MCNEESE COWBOYS

John Calipari admitted he missed being an underdog. His team seemed to embrace it, too. (10) Arkansas defeated (7) Kansas, 79-72, behind wonderful performances from bigs Jonas Aidoo (22 points) and Trevon Brazile (11 points, 12 rebounds).

  • This is surely a sweet victory for Calipari, who left Kentucky after a stunning first-round loss last year.
  • It's doubly sweet because it came against another coaching legend, Bill Self. Calipari fittingly passed Self with his 58th tournament win (fifth all-time) and joined Jay Wright as the only coaches to beat Self twice in the tournament.
  • Calipari gets the chance to beat another legend: The Razorbacks play Rick Pitino's (2) St. John's tomorrow.

As for another coach making his own type of "legend," Will Wade all but admitted he'll be taking the NC State job once (11) McNeese's season ends.