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John Calipari offers reward for valuable item lost amid Kentucky WBB celebration
By Keith Farner
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John Calipari was on hand for the celebration of Kentucky’s women’s basketball SEC Tournament Championship win over South Carolina.
The only trouble is Calipari lost his white gold Rolex, and he tweeted, “If you find it, I have a reward! It’s my lucky watch!”
The women’s team, meanwhile, secured itself in the NCAA Tournament and is squarely off the bubble thanks to 4 wins in as many days, their berth is secure as SEC tournament champs.
Congratulations to @UKCoachLZ and the entire @KentuckyWBB team! Absolutely amazing accomplishment and so much fun watching them today FIGHT and play as one!
Also, I threw my arms in the air celebrating and my white gold Rolex popped off my wrist. If you find it, I have a reward!
— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) March 6, 2022
It’s my lucky watch!
— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) March 6, 2022
John Calipari was loving it. The final moments on Cal Cam: pic.twitter.com/XJzHZmTIXq
— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_ATH) March 6, 2022
Dre’una Edwards hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 4.2 seconds left, and the Wildcats rallied from 15 points down to upset top-ranked South Carolina 64-62 on Sunday to win their first SEC tournament championship since 1982.
Kentucky hadn’t even reached this game since 2014. These seventh-seeded Wildcats (19-11) won their 10th straight game with this the biggest yet after knocking off sixth-ranked LSU and No. 18 Tennessee to get to this championship, the Associated Press reported.
It marks a dramatic turnaround for a program that started SEC play 2-8 with Elzy suspending Edwards for four games only to become the first to knock off this tournament’s top three seeds to win the title. Kentucky is the first No. 7 seed to win with ninth-seeded Auburn in 1997 the only lower seed to ever win this event.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
