Coach John Calipari 'Loses' Player Trey Lyles; Uses Twitter To Find Him [PHOTOS]
By: Evan Jankens
@kingofthekc
Being a college basketball coach has to be a tough job, especially when you are the head coach for Kentucky.
John Calipari has a lot of responsibilities. He has to answer to the media, make sure his student athletes are doing well in school and -- most importantly, perhaps -- keep track of the kids so there are actually players on the court at the appointed time.
Calipari, for the most part, does well with the first two, but apparently No. 3 is a bit of an issue.
The Wildcats flew to Baton Rouge for their match-up with the LSU Tigers and that's when Calipari noticed his 6 foot 10 inch tall power forward Trey Lyles wasn't on the plane.
Calipari went to Twitter to try and find him. (How do you lose someone who's almost 7 feet tall?)
I thought Trey got on plane but we can't find him.
— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) February 10, 2015
Has anyone in Lexington seen Trey? If anyone sees him, please let us know. #WhereIsTrey
— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) February 10, 2015
Of course when you ask Twitter for help you will get some great responses.
Update from Brian Williams on #WhereIsTrey RT @ukfan2410: @UKCoachCalipari @KySportsRadio pic.twitter.com/WMqcmMHDBP
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) February 10, 2015
The latest on the search for Trey Lyles: http://t.co/3zEGomsbmD #WhereIsTrey pic.twitter.com/G1cCEPqBVq
— Tyler Thompson (@MrsTylerKSR) February 10, 2015
Calipari followed all that up by making sure Trey showed up for the shoot around.
Message to Trey: Wherever you are, if you don't make shoot around today, you won't play in the game tonight. #WhereIsTrey
— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) February 10, 2015
It does look like he made the trip.
Lyles made trip. We will see if he plays
— Jerry Tipton (@JerryTipton) February 10, 2015
This is a pretty good story. Where do you think Trey was?