“Do you understand if you’re going to lead, you’re going to serve?”When a player feels he is ready to leave John Calipari’s Kentucky program, he is subject to the same series of questions Calipari asks all his student-athletes before releasing them to the professional ranks.”Do you understand how to be a great leader?” Calipari asks.On the court, Calipari’s leadership speaks for itself. The 56-year-old Pennsylvania native has led the Wildcats to the Final Four in four of the past five seasons– a feat matched in college basketball only by the late John Wooden and 2015 Final Four counterpart Mike Krzyzewski, head coach of the Duke Blue Devils.”(When) you talk about Mike Krzyzewski, come on,” Calipari said. “Wooden, Krzyzewski, and that’s about it. My respect for Mike Krzyzewski goes beyond just watching him and what he’s done in thousands of games, all that.”In addition to a potential second national title and the sport’s only subsequent 40-win undefeated season, Calipari’s career achievements have put him in a position for another honor to possibly be bestowed upon him this weekend: induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.”People aren’t up for (the Hall of Fame) unless people believe that he belongs,” said Krzyzewski. “I think whether it happens this year, it will happen.”Calipari and Krzyzewski, who himself was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006, are joined in Indianapolis by two of the Big Ten’s most legendary active coaches, Wisconsin’s Bo Ryan and Michigan State’s Tom Izzo.”When you talk about the coaches here, when you talk about Bo Ryan, you’re talking about one of those guys that walked through the ranks and has done it anywhere he’s been,” Calipari said. “He was a great assistant before he was a great head coach. He’s just a good guy.”Together, Calipari, Krzyzewski and Izzo comprise three of Division I’s top five active coaches in terms of Final Four appearances.”Tommy Izzo and I go so far back,” said Calipari. “We’re in touch throughout this tournament. He knows what I feel about him. You talk about one of the top two or three coaches, he’s it. He’s done it every year with every kind of different team. He’s done it when he’s lost guys, when he’s had great players, when he’s had great teams.”Izzo echoed Calipari’s sentiment, adding a personal endorsement for Calipari’s Hall of Fame bid this weekend.”Well, if you look at it, when you can win at Massachusetts, then go and win at Memphis, then the job he’s done at Kentucky is unbelievable,” Izzo said. “He doesn’t get enough credit for his coaching. Having great players, I mean, there’s days that it’s easier. I think what people don’t realize is there’s days when it’s more difficult juggling egos, juggling the NBA stuff, juggling the expectations at a school like Kentucky. I do think he’s very deserving of being in (the Hall of Fame).”With a combined 27 Final Four appearances between the four head coaches vying for Monday’s coveted national championship trophy, this year’s Final Four may just be a true “Mount Rushmore” of college hoops.”It’s a privilege and an honor to be in the class with the people that are (at the Final Four),” said Izzo. “I think you got a lot of coaches that have worked hard to get there and put in their time, put in their years, been graduate assistants on up… That makes it great because I know I have great respect for the other three coaches that are in here.”No. 7 Michigan State will tip-off against No. 1 Duke on Saturday, April 4 at 6:09 p.m. Following the conclusion of that game approximately two and a half hours later, No. 1 Kentucky will face No. 1 Wisconsin in a rematch of last season’s Final Four.