class 12 of the last 13 seasons. Here are the 247Sports recruiting rankings by year:

2011: No. 1
(four 5-stars)
Notable players: Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

2012: No. 1
(three 5-stars, one 4-star)
Notable players: Willie Cauley-Stein, Nerlens Noel

2013: No. 1
(six 5-stars, one 4-star, one 3-star)
Notable players: Julius Randle, [Harrison twins]

2014: No. 2
(four 5-stars)
Notable players: Karl-Anthony Towns, Devin Booker

2015: No. 1
(three 5-stars, three 4-stars, one 3-star)
Notable players: Jamal Murray

2016: No. 2
(five 5-stars)
Notable players: De'Aaron Fox, Malik Monk, Bam Adebayo

2017: No. 2
(six 5-stars, two 4-stars)
Notable players: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

2018: No. 2
(four 5-stars, one 4-star)
Notable players: Tyler Herro

2019: No. 2
(three 5-stars, two 4-stars)
Notable players: Tyrese Maxey

2020: No. 1
(two 5-stars, four 4-stars)

2021: No. 2
(three 5-stars, one 4-star)
Notable players: Shaedon Sharpe

2022: No. 5
(two 5-stars, two 4-stars, one 3-star)

2023: No. 1
(four 5-stars, one 4-star, two 3-stars)
Notable players: Rob Dillingham

He brought in a mind-boggling 49 5-star players since 2011. Yet even with these elite players, Calipari’s winning percentage the last four seasons is only .635, which is well below any UK coach in the last 70 years, except probably Billy Clyde Gillispie. BCG was a literal alcoholic and only lasted two seasons at UK.

https://twitter.com/coreyp08/status/1771016896243986850

Despite bringing in dozens and dozens of NBA-ready players since arriving at UK, Calipari only managed to win one national championship, 12 year ago. Calipari has not coached in a final four in almost a decade (2015). He often justifies his teams’ early season struggles by claiming they are “built for March” but his teams have not won the league tournament since 2018 and have a .200 win rate in its last 10 postseason games despite being favored in every one of those games (2-8).

Calipari’s last several years have been historically bad:

• 2021: Calipari coached his team to the worst finish in school history, and, I believe, the only losing record in UK basketball history (9-16).

• 2022: Calipari coached the team to the worst tournament loss in school history losing to 15-seed St. Peters in the first round (UK was a 2-seed).

• 2023: Calipari’s team exited the tournament in the second round.

• 2024: Calipari coached his team to three straight losses in Rupp Arena for the first time in school history (The arena opened in 1976). The postseason was a disappointment again, losing in the first round to 14-seed Oakland (UK was a 3-seed). This is the second worst tournament loss in school history.

I do not think Kentucky fans have been impatient with Calipari. He did less with more than almost anyone imaginable over the last nine years. I think Pope won a lot of good will with the fans today and they will give him a chance. I don’t think it will take him more than two years to win some NCAA tournament games but even if he doesn't, I don’t think Kentucky moves on from him that quickly unless other factors come into play.