LAWRENCE — Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has coached against John Calipari

a number of times over the years.

There was that national championship game Self won with the Jayhawks back in 2008, when Calipari led the way at Memphis. There have been the many matchups since, when Calipari has been the coach at Kentucky — where Calipari won a national championship in 2012 at the expense of KU. And their latest battle came this past season in Chicago, during the Champions Classic, when Kansas won 89-84 in a thriller.

But if Self and Calipari coach against each other again, the latter won’t be representing the Wildcats. Earlier this month, Calipari elected to leave Kentucky for another Southeastern Conference program — Arkansas. Although it seemed like Calipari’s time with the Wildcats was nearing its end, it’s still a move that’s seismic in the college basketball world.