Kentucky head coach John Calipari turned 53 years old Friday.

“Well, two years got vacated,” Calipari said to start the day’s press conference, “so I’m 51.”

Calipari had been asked about how undergoing the rigors of running the UK program had aged him. He got around to that after his opening quip.

“There’s bumps in the road, and this thing’s all over you, you need to step away from it,” Calipari said. “I haven’t had a whole lot of time to do that.”

Calipari said he’s enjoying himself at the program and mentioned the lengths UK goes to connect with the fans.

“We’ve been as transparent as we can for everybody, because everybody wants to be a part of it,” Calipari said. “This is one of those programs, you can’t go in that office and hide. Just not something you can do here.”