TUSCALOOSA,, Ala. — Saturday night in downtown Tuscaloosa, Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats was enjoying dinner at the popular Chuck’s Fish restaurant, accepting congratulations for his team’s 78-52 rout of traditional power Kentucky that afternoon at Coleman Coliseum.
Meanwhile, the losing Wildcats were on their quiet flight back to Lexington, back to a Big Blue Nation asking an uncomfortable question:
Has John Calipari’s time at Kentucky run its course?