PROVIDENCE -- Arkansas coach John Calipari says he called his shot. The Naismith Hall of Fame coach says he “predicted” that Arkansas would land in the same bracket as Kansas and St. John’s -- which feature fellow Hall of Fame coaches Bill Self and Rick Pitino, respectively.

John Calipari was not surprised by his team's March Madness bracket, but he did expect Arkansas to be playing elsewhere.

"I'm kind of back to my roots of being the underdog," Calipari said Wednesday at the Amica Mutual Pavilion, per ESPN's Mike Reiss. "This was one of those years that was so rewardi