Four head coaches hired last offseason reached the Sweet 16 this year, but Arkansas' John Calipari finds himself at a much different point in his career than the rest. Michigan's Dusty May is in his first season coaching a high-major program,

Arkansas was up 16 points midway through the second half of its Sweet 16 game vs. Texas Tech on Thursday and appeared to be on its way to the Elite Eight. Making it to the West Regional Final would have been anther step in one of the best coaching jobs of John Calipari's career and made the Razorbacks' slow start in Calipari's first season in Fayetteville a distant memory.

Arkansas head coach John Calipari took the dais Wednesday to talk about facing Texas Tech basketball in the Sweet 16. Here's what he said.