Rick Pitino previews Florida State

Video: TheCrunchZone.com Opening statement PITINO: Well, I’ll tell you basically what I tell the team is basically buckle your seat belts because it’s gonna be one helluva ride in the ACC. It reminds me so much of the Big East in its prime in terms of, you know, you see it going one way, then…

Nanu Your Business

Last night in Louisville’s ACC Big East bout against Pitt, I finally turned the corner.  We heard all summer how Chinanu Onuaku vastly improved his skill-set and was moving up draft boards and primed for a great year.  I didn’t buy it.  I thought he looked good, but I was not feeding into the hype just…

Rick Pitino previews NC State

Rick Pitino had his press conference on Wednesday where he previewed NC State. He covered everything from Cat Barber to Mangok Mathiang to Ben Simmons to the Kansas-Oklahoma game from a few nights ago. Opening statement I think as you can see with this league probably right now there are 14 coaches saying, ‘OK, we’ve…

This Year Is Different

With the exception of the 2012-2013 season, there’s no secret that John Calipari has had Rick Pitino’s number in head-to-head match-ups. Louisville has been dominant in recent years, as has Kentucky. Both with National Titles, Final Fours, conference championships, both coaches getting inducted into the Hall of Fame, and highly ranked recruited classes all in…

Louisville vs UMKC preview

I am currently out of town with Holy Cross High School’s basketball team on a Christmas Tournament trip, so this will be a quick preview of the Louisville-UMKC game tonight. Something is better than nothing, right? OK, here we go… About UMKC Louisville plays the first of consecutive days in the KFC Yum! Center as…