Matt Barnes, DeMarcus Cousins reveal politics played into John Calipari's Kentucky basketball exit

It was a big surprise to see John Calipari leave the Kentucky basketball program earlier this month. Calipari had been the head coach of the Wildcats for 15 years, and after losing to 14 seed Oakland in the NCAA Tournament, he decided to leave to be the new head coach at Arkansas. Not many people expected Calipari to leave on his own, and former Kentucky star DeMarcus Cousins and former NBA player Matt Barnes think that politics played a role into his departure. There are obviously a lot of politics that go into college basketball, but DeMarcus Cousins and Matt Barnes are suggesting that real, American politics played into John Calipari's Kentucky basketball departure.