Calipari will represent the Southeastern Conference on the committee that includes head coaches representing all levels of Division I, NCAA and NABC staff. NABC Executive Director Jim Haney and former SEC Commissioner Mike Slive are co-chairs.
"I appreciate this opportunity to be on the ad hoc committee, whose mission is to give suggestions to the selection committee," Calipari said. "We all understand it's an inexact science and our suggestions won't make it perfect, we just want it to be better and more transparent for the players so that they know what they're playing for. I look forward to working with all the other coaches and administrators."
The ad hoc committee is slated to meet several times and resulting feedback will be presented to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee prior to its summer meeting.
This is the third ad hoc committee established by the NABC. The first worked with the NCAA and NBA to adjust rules for student-athletes declaring for the draft and lengthening the time to return to school after the NBA Combine. The second committee analyzed the time demands on men's basketball and presented recommendations to the NCAA.
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AD Hoc Committee Head Coaches:
John
Calipari, University of Kentucky (Southeastern Conference)
Bill
Coen, Northeastern University (Colonial Athletic Association)
Mark
Few, Gonzaga University (West Coast Conference)
Steve Fisher, San
Diego State University (Mountain West Conference)
Mark Gottfried,
North Carolina State University (Atlantic Coast Conference)
Bob
Huggins, West Virginia University (Big 12 Conference)
Ron Hunter,
Georgia State University (Sun Belt Conference)
James Jones, Yale
University (Ivy League)
Jeff Jones, Old Dominion University
(Conference USA)
Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph's University
(Atlantic 10 Confernece)
John Thompson III, Georgetown University
(Big East Conference)
Mark Turgeon, University of Maryland (Big
Ten Conference)
Gary Waters, Cleveland State University (Horizon
League)
Administrators:
Doug Elgin,
Commissioner (Missouri Valley Conference)
Dan Guerrero, Director
of Athletics-UCLA (PAC-12)
Consultants:
Dan Gavitt, Vice
President for Men's Basketball (NCAA)
Reggie Minton, Deputy
Executive Director (NABC)