Rick Pitino - Head Coach at St John’s University!!!

[mjmaherjr]

Rick will have zero interest in Indiana, IMO. He's back home in New York, back home in the Big East, MSG, and is working for the one person who he admitted tempted him for 24 hours to leave Louisville (for Providence) in 2008 after schools like UCLA and Arizona immediately struck out when pursuing him. Leaving for Indiana would put him right back in a football-first conference; something that always annoyed him at Louisville due to constant league shakeups (Louisville played in four different conferences in 9 years between 2005-2014). Not to mention he'd also be right next to the state of Kentucky.... A place that houses tons of conflicting emotions for him. Despite Indiana's history as a storied program, I don't see one part of that situation that would be more enticing to Rick compared to what he has now.

I say this with I think non bias. Despite tonights loss if we win Sunday and end up at minimum in BET finals heading into the NCAA's I honestly don't think there will be a bigger national basketball story than St Johns heading into the tourney

Obviously you can flame out first game but I just don't think we will unless injuries

The reason I was so confident last week against Uconn is Pitino is a better coach. Hurley is great and gets talent but Rick going back to Iona has almost beat him with much lesser talent. Rick was going to get him Friday and he is going to get him again at MSG. No doubt in my mind on that too

Tonight was just one of those game that shit happens. Creighton makes me more nervous than Uconn but we are going to get them Sunday.