John Caliparis wife and daughter in tears after Arkansas March Madness 2025 upset over St. Johns
John Calipari’s nearest and dearest breathed a collective sigh of relief Saturday when he coached his Arkansas Razorbacks into the Sweet 16 of this year’s NCAA tournament.As time expired in the Razorbacks’ second-round March Madness victory over No.2 seed St.
John’s, CBS cameras captured the emotional scene between Calipari’s wife, Ellen, and their daughter, Megan, who watched from the stands inside the Amica Mutual Pavillion in Providence, Rhode Island.The mother-daughter duo looked to be in tears as Calipari’s No.10 Razorbacks downed the Red Storm and his longtime rival, Rick Pitino, in a 75-66 upset.Megan — who was feeling all of the emotions Thursday when the Razorbacks opened the tournament with a thrilling 79-72 win over No.
7 Kansas — provided a postgame update on social media.“We are okay now,” she captioned a selfie with her mom inside the venue.Arkansas will next face No.3 seed Texas Tech following their 77-64 win over Drake on Saturday.This is Calipari’s first season as Arkansas’ head coach.Want to tune into as much March Madness as you can? DIRECTV Stream and Hulu + Live TV both have you covered with every channel you’ll need, plus free trials.He stepped down as coach of the Kentucky Wildcats last April after 15 seasons with the team.
The revelation also followed another early NCAA tournament ouster.“The last few weeks we have come to realize that this program probably needs to hear another voice, that the university as a whole has to have another voice giving guidance about this program that they hear, and the fans need to hear another voice,” Calipari said at the time.” … We’ve loved it here, but we think it’s time for us to step away, and step away completely from the program.”Kentucky then turned to BYU’s Mark Pope to guide the program, now a No.
3 seed in this year’s tournament.The Wildcats face No.6 seed Illinois on Sunday.Calipari, making his first trip to the Sweet 16 since 2019, didn’t think thi...