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The John Calipari era is apparently over, and Kentucky will be looking for a new men’s basketball coach. Who will be in charge of the Wildcats when the 2024-25 season tips off in November? UK athletics director Mitch Barnhart will be under immense pressure to make a home-run hire. That’s always the case when it comes to Kentucky basketball, but it’s especially true following what appears to be the unceremonious end to the Calipari era, which included just one NCAA Tournament victory over the past four years. Calipari was expected to finalize a deal to become the head coach at Arkansas as soon as Monday. Before Barnhart — and other UK decision-makers — hired Calipari in 2009, the longtime athletics director’s only other men’s basketball head coaching hire was Billy Gillispie two years previously. Gillispie, viewed as an up-and-coming coach but one who was largely unproven nationally, flamed out after just two seasons at Kentucky, winning zero NCAA Tournament games and ending his short stint as coach of the Wildcats with a loss in the NIT. Calipari came in and took UK to four Final Fours in his first six seasons, with the 2012 national championship included in that run. Kentucky has not advanced to the Final Four since 2015 — now the second-longest drought in program history — and the next coach of the Wildcats will be tasked with ending that skid in short order. It won’t be easy, but Barnhart has some quality candidates — from realistic to unlikely — that could pull it off. Here’s a look at several potential replacements for Calipari.Why it makes sense: The talk around UK for the past couple of years has centered on Drew as Mitch Barnhart’s preferred choice in the event of Calipari’s departure. Obviously, that moment has arrived, and the Baylor head coach is still expected to be the name at the top of Barnhart’s list. The reasons are obvious. Drew would be a high-floor, high-ceiling head coach of the Wildcats after doing an unbelievable job in Waco over the past two decades. He took over a program reeling from a horrendous off-the-court scandal and one that hadn’t won an NCAA Tournament game in more than 50 years. Now, Baylor is a perennial national contender, and Drew has also shown an ability to successfully compete for five-star recruits. He and