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John Calipari addresses the crowd at Big Blue Madness 2021

After a year with no crowds, it was easy to sense the excitement plastered all over John Calipari’s face. The 2020 version of Big Blue Madness was held virtually inside of Memorial Coliseum, and it was just one of the endless adjustments that had to be made because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Kentucky admittedly lost some juice over the last 12 months.

But when Calipari walked into Rupp Arena on Friday night to a vivacious crowd of Kentucky Basketball fans, so did the swagger that he didn’t get to showcase a season ago. Swaggy Cal was in full effect during this year’s Big Blue Madness, rattling off name after name of former Wildcats playing in the NBA, the number of wins that Kentucky has in its history, the number of All-Americans, Final Fours, National Championships, and whatever else he could pull from the program’s resume.