It’s that time of year where the SEC football and basketball seasons overlap. On Thursday night, Kentucky hosted a Pro Day event which was televised on the SEC Network. During the showcase, Wildcats head coach John Calipari could not resist the opportunity to get in some playful ribbing at a conference rival’s expense.

“My good friend (South Carolina head coach) Frank Martin says to me, ‘This Zoom stuff is great. We got 2 guys off of Zoom.’ You know what I told him? I said, ‘Frank, that’s because they haven’t met you,'” Coach Cal quipped during the Pro Day broadcast.

Hopefully, Martin responds with a zinger of his own to add to the good-natured back-and-forth between SEC basketball coaches. Kentucky opens conference play against South Carolina on Dec. 29 in Rupp Arena.

With the way the NCAA is handling COVID matters on the recruiting front, Calipari and Martin might be doing Zoom recruiting for the foreseeable future.