Following Kentucky's 84-67 loss to UConn in the championship of the Maui Invitational, John Calipari admitted he made a mistake on his recruitment of Kemba Walker.

Walker was named tournament MVP, scoring 90 points in three games.

"I made a mistake," Calipari said. "Normally I can see something and I say, yes, let's go with it. I missed it with him. I told him last year in warmups [before the Wildcats played the Huskies at Madison Square Garden], 'I missed on you. No question I missed on you.'"

Calipari recruited Tyreke Evans to join Memphis at the time instead.

"It wasn't like Kemba said he would come to [Memphis]. We were recruiting a bunch of guys. We got Tyreke, who was pretty good, too [NBA Rookie of the Year last season]. But I went to look at Kemba because I like his high school coach, think he's a great guy. ... Like I said, I made a mistake. No question, he's terrific."