Jack Gohlke on not trash talking John Calipari: 'He just had this already-defeated look on his face'
Jack Golkhe is the latest bane of Kentucky’s existence after he led Oakland to their 80-76 victory over the Wildcats in the NCAA Tournament. While it has only gotten worse for them as he has become a more well-known commodity over the past week, Gohlke has now taken it to another level with his recollection of one aspect of the game.
Gohlke spoke about the experience of knocking off Kentucky during the ‘Mostly Sports Show’ at Barstool. In the interview, he said that he is often a player that trash talks, including to the opposing head coach. However, he refrained from doing so amidst his career game because, to him, John Calipari and his team looked “already-defeated”.
“I usually talk a little s*** to the opposing coach. I was about to say something to Cal. But he just had this, like, already-defeated look on his face,” Gohlke said. “I was just, like, I can’t even say anything to him. Like, we’re 10 minutes into the game and they’re already, like, scrambling. So I was just, like, ‘Alright, we got ’em.'”
This will not please those back in the bluegrass to hear considering many of their takes on the four-point loss – the program’s latest in a skid of poor postseason play. Words like ‘tense’, ‘unprepared’, and ‘tight’ have described Kentucky in their tournament appearances over the past four years. That should only make Gohlke’s words twist even more like a knife after he ended their season with them, in his own words, looking to be in similar fashion.
Had he talked smack to Calipari, Gohlke’s taunts could have actually been sound advice for the Wildcat defense. He was going to suggest that they send a double-team at him. Or, at the very least, he recommended that they switch the defender that was guarding him.
“I don’t, like, say anything crazy. But I’d just be, like, ‘You’ve got to send another guy’ or, like, switch who’s guarding me, basically,” Gohlke said. “Something like that.”
Gohlke finished the Golden Grizzlies’ win with 32 points after going 10-20 (50%) from three on the night. Most of that damage came in a blistering and stunning first half where he went 7-13 (53.8%) from three. That set the record for most threes ever against Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament with it only being halftime.
After switching Antonio Reeves onto him, Golhke had a slightly less-explosive second half at 3-7 (42.9%). Still, the damage was already done as he downed the Wildcats and became the face of their latest disappointment.
Gohlke will be able to tell stories about that night from Pittsburgh for years to come with his collegiate career ending like this. They’re not tales that those in Lexington want to hear, though, as they hope to forget what happened, what he did, and how beaten he made their team look as soon as they can.