John Calipari has five more years remaining on his Kentucky contract.

Another shocking NCAA Tournament upset to prolong Kentucky’s postseason drought was met with the expected reaction from a vocal segment of the Wildcats’ fan base Thursday night.

John Calipari has plenty of time left on his UK basketball contract. But patience is wearing thin — and for many, it’s clearly worn out completely — following the Cats’ 80-76 loss to 14-seeded Oakland.

Calipari did not directly address his future as Kentucky’s coach following Thursday’s loss, but he did talk about the future of the program in the context that he would still be in charge of it when the 2024-25 season begins eight months from now. “We’ve gotta figure out who’s coming back and who’s not,” he said.

“We got this transfer stuff going on. We may not need it. We have an unbelievable group coming in that I feel really good about. We add some guys and (some current guys) stay.

I’ll meet with them tonight. I talked to them after (the game). But I’m going to meet with them in my room tonight, and these guys took this really hard. I mean, they took it really hard.” Kentucky’s fans will take it hard, too, something Calipari acknowledged a short time later. And he’s going to get the bulk of the blame for this loss.

He’s also the common denominator in the Wildcats’ skid in March that will drag on for at least another season. Thursday night’s defeat came two years after UK’s first-round loss to 15-seeded Saint Peter’s. Since Calipari signed a 10-year contract extension following the 2018-19 season, Kentucky has won just one NCAA Tournament game, and the Cats have not advanced beyond the second round of March Madness. UK hasn’t been to a Final Four since 2015 — the skid will now reach 10 years, the second-longest in program history — and there hasn’t been a national title since 2012.