The Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team will be in Lexington, Ky. for a matchup against the Kentucky Wildcats this weekend, marking the first time John Calipari will return to his former stomping grounds at the Rupp Arena since leaving the university this summer.

The joy and jubilation from the Kentucky victory over No. 8 Tennessee in Knoxville will not linger around Lexington for long. That’s because a date that has been circled on calendars across Big Blue Nation for months is almost here.

Arkansas coach John Calipari isn't expecting a hero's welcome Saturday at Rupp Arena when he takes the Razorbacks to play at No. 12 Kentucky in his first game back at UK since his 15-year run leading the program ended.

While the Kentucky Wildcats are getting ready to take on Tennessee, their next opponent, the Arkansas Razorbacks, don't have a midweek game. This means on John

John Calipari expects boos from the Kentucky faithful when Arkansas visits the Wildcats at Rupp Arena Saturday night. It’ll be the first time the head coach visits the arena as an opposing man on the sidelines since he left Kentucky.

Ignore the hype. Ignore the noise. Ignore the circus that is sure to surround the return of John Vincent Calipari, who in a 15-year run as the UK coach took the Wildcats to four Final Fours and a national championship before his Big Blue express ran out of steam.

John Calipari knows all too well how passionate the Kentucky fan base is, and so he's not naive about what Saturday night could be like.

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