Ever since Mark Pope stepped in after John Calipari, people haven’t stopped comparing the two. It’s natural, Calipari ran the program for so long that anyone who followed him was bound to be measured against that legacy. And when someone like Bruce Pearl, who spent years coaching against Calipari, shares his thoughts, people pay attention.

“Interesting perspective! Cal’s teams always played hard and usually great on D. Mark runs great stuff, they just can’t shoot, are soft inside, and banged up. In coaching, when you winning, they afraid you going to leave, and when you losing, they packin your bags,” said Bruce Pearl, giving his honest opinion on the whole scenario.

Pearl is not the first to approach the comparison, though.

Darius Miller, too, a national champ and a Kentucky native him

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