Mark your calendars for Aug. 18 as UK men’s basketball head coach John Calipari will make an appearance on ESPNU in a roundtable discussion.

ESPN.com senior college basketball writer Andy Katz recently sat down with 31 NCAA head basketball coaches, including Kentucky’s Calipari, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando to discuss the biggest topics in the game today. ESPNU will air the intimate roundtable discussions in five 30-minute specials beginning Monday. The five-part series will be televised daily at 5 p.m. through Friday, Aug. 19.

Calipari is scheduled to appear on Aug. 18 at 5 p.m. with Notre Dame’s Mike Brey, Saint Joseph’s Phil Martelli, Rhode Islands’s, Jim Baron, Old Dominion’s Blaine Taylor and Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton.

A number of topics are discussed in the series, including pay-for-play, the NBA Draft, recruiting and the trend of mid-majors competing for the national title. The Southeastern Conference, Big Ten, Atlantic Coast Conference and Big East are all touched upon as leading conferences.

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