BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- While John Calipari has watched some of his peers -- such as Jay Wright, Tony Bennett and more recently Bruce Pearl -- surprisingly exit the men's college basketball game amid major changes to the sport, the 66-year-old coach said he's not considering a similar early departure.

But the Arkansas coach also said he would leave when he can no longer do the job the way he wants.

"I want to help 25 to 30 more families," Calipari said during SEC media day Tuesday. "The only way you do that is to be transformational as a coach. If you're not, you're transactional. If I become transactional -- 'I'm going to pay you this to do this and that' -- then I won't do this anymore. I don't need to."

Although Arkansas added key players -- such as five-star recruit Darius Acuff --

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