Following Kansas State’s 75–69 win over Kentucky in Sunday’s round of 32 game in the men’s NCAA tournament, Kentucky coach John Calipari referred to one of the opposing players as “the little kid.”
That player was Markquis Nowell, who scored 27 points and racked up nine assists, three steals and two rebounds for the victorious Wildcats on Sunday. Nowell stands at just 5’ 7”, so traditionally much shorter than the average men’s college basketball player.
After he made his comment, Calipari received some backlash for the nickname he used in reference to Nowell. Since then, however, the Kentucky coach called Nowell and apologized to him for referring to him as “the little kid.”
