Former Kentucky Wildcats coach John Calipari is preparing to return to Rupp Arena with Arkansas on Saturday for the first time since leaving in the offseason.

The Arkansas Razorbacks were without star Jonas Aidoo for their second-half effort against the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday. Following the game, head coach John Calipari shared why he wasn’t in the game.

Contrast that success with Calipari’s first Arkansas team, which needed six tries to notch its first SEC win of the year, and Kentucky fans figure to have plenty of ammunition Saturday. The Razorbacks are just 12-8 overall, and their 1-6 start to SEC play has them looking like a long shot for an NCAA Tournament berth.

The coaching change that sent shockwaves across the college basketball world was when John Calipari took the job as the head basketball coach of the Arkansas Ra

The Razorbacks (12-7, 1-5 SEC) were one of two winless teams in league play before they upset Georgia on Wednesday. The slow start came after Arkansas finished the non-conference portion of their schedule 11-2, losing only to Baylor and Illinois.

Arkansas basketball's next opponent is Kentucky and a reunion for John Calipari. The Hogs' head coach anticipates an emotional return to Rupp Arena.

Here's a scouting report and prediction for Arkansas basketball's road game against Kentucky, marking John Calipari's return to Rupp Arena.

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.

Fayetteville, AR (KNWA/KFTA) – Coach Calipari and Zvonimir Ivisic met with the media following Arkansas’ 65-62 loss to Oklahoma. The Hogs trailed by as many as 13 in the first half but came back to take a 50-44 lead midway through the second half.

John Calipari is less than 1 week away from making his first trip back to Lexington since leaving Kentucky's head coaching job.

Two hours of anxious energy await Arkansas basketball coach John Calipari on Saturday ... Speaking to the media after Saturday's loss to Oklahoma, Calipari admitted there will be plenty of emotion inside Rupp Arena. On his weekly radio show Monday night ...

The stage was set against the visiting Oklahoma Sooners for John Calipari's Arkansas Razorbacks to reinforce their new-found identity as scrappy find-a-way-to-w