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per the Courier Journal:
As if determined to call attention to a bad breakup, a pending lawsuit, an ongoing investigation and an embittered coach unable to find work in his own country, the NCAA Tournament’s Selection Committee has paired the University of Louisville and Richard Pitino’s Minnesota Gophers in the first round of its men’s basketball tournament Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa.
Subtext abounds. Pitino’s father, Rick, is the Hall of Fame coach who led Louisville to the 2013 NCAA Tournament championship, only to see that title vacated as part of the NCAA’s penalties for sex parties in U of L’s basketball dormitory.
This is the same Rick Pitino who was later fired in the fallout from the FBI’s investigation of an alleged recruiting bribery scheme; the same Rick Pitino who is suing Louisville for breach of contract, who vows to “kill them at trial” and claims “they are killing me from getting hired with their inferences.”
This is not your typical first-round game between No. 7 and No. 10 seed. It is so atypical, in fact, that you can only conclude the Selection Committee has developed a wicked sense of humor.
"The NCAA showed a lack of class matching Louisville vs Minnesota in the first round of the NCAA tournament," former U of L star Jerry Eaves Tweeted Sunday night. "I believe it’s unfair to Coach Pitino and Coach (Chris) Mack!"
https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...minnesota-ncaa-tournament-subtext/3198372002/
Go Gophers!!
As if determined to call attention to a bad breakup, a pending lawsuit, an ongoing investigation and an embittered coach unable to find work in his own country, the NCAA Tournament’s Selection Committee has paired the University of Louisville and Richard Pitino’s Minnesota Gophers in the first round of its men’s basketball tournament Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa.
Subtext abounds. Pitino’s father, Rick, is the Hall of Fame coach who led Louisville to the 2013 NCAA Tournament championship, only to see that title vacated as part of the NCAA’s penalties for sex parties in U of L’s basketball dormitory.
This is the same Rick Pitino who was later fired in the fallout from the FBI’s investigation of an alleged recruiting bribery scheme; the same Rick Pitino who is suing Louisville for breach of contract, who vows to “kill them at trial” and claims “they are killing me from getting hired with their inferences.”
This is not your typical first-round game between No. 7 and No. 10 seed. It is so atypical, in fact, that you can only conclude the Selection Committee has developed a wicked sense of humor.
"The NCAA showed a lack of class matching Louisville vs Minnesota in the first round of the NCAA tournament," former U of L star Jerry Eaves Tweeted Sunday night. "I believe it’s unfair to Coach Pitino and Coach (Chris) Mack!"
https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...minnesota-ncaa-tournament-subtext/3198372002/
Go Gophers!!