The 5 worst March Madness losses for Kentucky under John Calipari

Kentucky has been a college basketball powerhouse under longtime coach John Calipari, but it only has one national championship in 2012 to show for it.

The rest of Calipari’s time as coach of the Wildcats is filled with March Madness disappointments, as the school has endured some heartbreaking losses over the years. It’s also taken some absolutely baffling defeats in March, particularly considering the quality of players that Kentucky typically recruits to play in Lexington.

Plenty of talented Kentucky teams have failed over the years to get as far as expected in March Madness, but these five losses feel like the worst ones taken in Calipari’s time. There are some that may hurt Kentucky fans more (particularly those in the Final Four and Elite Eight), but these five games don’t make a ton of sense for why they registered as Kentucky losses.

They’re bad in the questionable way, and we apologize to Wildcats fans if they bring back some tough memories.