The news this morning surrounding John Calipari is that we are still waiting for the official announcement.  Most media outlets are saying that the deal to bring Calipari to Lexington are nearing completion or have been completed.  The University of Kentucky is preparing for an announcement sometime in the near future, but no one is sure if that will be today or later this week.

The Memphis newspaper, The Memphis Commercial Appeal, said that Memphis boosters were going after Calipari very strong last night, and it has been rumored that they offered $5 million a year, with backing from Nike and Fedex.  Those are rumors that were mentioned throughout the day yesterday.

Hopefully we will know more as the day moves along, but for now, we have to be patient.  It does look favorable for UK, but I do not want to jump the gun.  When Calipari is in Lexington and signing that dotted line, we can finally take a deep breath and be happy that we got the man that will bring UK basketball back.

The facebook group “Bring John Calipari to UK” is now over 15,000 strong.  You have to love the support that UK fans are showing UK’s first choice to be the next coach.  Great job Big Blue fans!