Most impressive single game coaching performance in UK modern history

[FurdTerguson]

What game would you choose?

Hall beating Indiana in 74-75
Hall beating Michigan State in 77-78
Sutton beating Louisville by 34 in 86-87
Pitino beating LSU in 89-90
Pitino losing to Duke in 91-92
Pitino beating Tennessee in 92-93
Pitino beating LSU in 93-94
Pitino beating Arkansas in 94-95
Pitino beating LSU in 95-96
Smith beating Duke in 97-98
Smith beating Utah in 97-98
Smith beating Vandy in 02-03
Calipari beating Ohio St in 10-11
Calipari beating Louisville in 11-12
Calipari beating Wich St in 13-14
Calipari beating Wisconsin in 13-14
Calipari beating UCLA in 14-15
Calipari beating W. VA in 14-15
Other

 

[yoshukai]

I believe Tubbys game against Utah for the championship should be in there.

 

[Myth Buster51]

Reasonable minds can differ, but anyone who suggests Calipari for inclusion on this list needs to put the bong down. Calipari couldn’t spell X or O during his time in Lexington.

 

[FurdTerguson]

Reasonable minds can differ, but anyone who suggests Calipari for inclusion on this list needs to put the bong down. Calipari couldn’t spell X or O during his time in Lexington.

As a whole, yes. But he had some games where you have to give him props (see above). This is about best coached GAMES.

 

[bluefaithful]

My favorite is Tubby in 98 vs Duke. Rat face out of Time Outs. We steam rolled back. Classic.

 

[Cleatortoises]

My favorite is Tubby in 98 vs Duke. Rat face out of Time Outs. We steam rolled back. Classic.

This.
Suck it rat face.

 

[clevenger32]

Pitino vs Wake Forest and Tim Duncan

 

[catfan220]

As a whole, yes. But he had some games where you have to give him props (see above). This is about best coached GAMES.

I have a hard time remembering games where Cal made critical in-game moves to get us back in it. Maybe WVU in 2017-18, or did Knox just catch fire? But I think where Cal really was a great coach, at least for the first 10 seasons here, was pulling the right strings to get his team playing to their potential as the season went on. One extreme example being “the tweak” in 2014.