You've got to understand what he means to our basketball team. We're one of the youngest teams in America. He's the heart and soul of our team. You take away the heart and soul of our team and we still played those top 10 teams tough without him. So we can't complain about that. That's the breaks of the game -- injuries.
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I agree with his decision. It's in his best interests for his basketball future. We wish him well with his future plans.Rick Pitino
Louisville, another popular office-pool pick, led by a measly point, 33-32, at the half. The Cardinals did win, 68-62, but not before trailing by a point in the final minutes. One might think there's a big difference between Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisville, basketball royalty the last 25 years. But there's not much of one. I told them during halftime, ... that if they think they're going to pull away from Lafayette they're mistaken. I told them it was going to come down to the final two minutes.
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We got our tempo back. That was the main thing. We had to push the ball and get some easy baskets, raise our field-goal percentage and give ourselves a chance to get our (full-court) press on.
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We got a good victory. We didn't turn the ball over much and we worked very hard at the defensive end.
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That's the one thing he has done with everybody. The best thing you can do is be a teacher to young people. And his mistake was so atypical. He's never out. He doesn't socialize much. This is a man whose life is very simple strong faith, strong family values.
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