We played with great effort. Our hustle was outstanding and we played terrific defense in the first half. Our effort was sky-high. But our second-half defense was not so great. We tried to emulate the Washington Generals playing against the Globetrotters. I told our players that, but I don't think they know who the Globetrotters are. - Rick Pitino Quotes
We played with great effort. Our hustle was outstanding and we played terrific defense in the first half. Our effort was sky-high. But our second-half defense was not so great. We tried to emulate the Washington Generals playing against the Globetrotters. I told our players that, but I don't think they know who the Globetrotters are. Rick Pitino
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Just leaving out the difficulty of winning on the road, it's going to be very difficult for us to sweep the games at home. Notre Dame is a very good team that is snake-bitten. It's unbelievable some of the things that are happening to them. … Marquette played Pittsburgh tough on the road. We played Pittsburgh tough, but that was at home. So it'll be a very difficult haul for us to reach our goals. - Rick Pitino Quotes

Just leaving out the difficulty of winning on the road, it's going to be very difficult for us to sweep the games at home. Notre Dame is a very good team that is snake-bitten. It's unbelievable some of the things that are happening to them. … Marquette played Pittsburgh tough on the road. We played Pittsburgh tough, but that was at home. So it'll be a very difficult haul for us to reach our goals.

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I was hoping they wouldn't have that type of game they had (Wednesday). I was hoping they'd save that for us. We're probably going to see a different Syracuse team against us because they have great pride. They need the game and we need the game. - Rick Pitino Quotes

I was hoping they wouldn't have that type of game they had (Wednesday). I was hoping they'd save that for us. We're probably going to see a different Syracuse team against us because they have great pride. They need the game and we need the game.

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 Game
The other guys just caught lightning in a bottle with a great game. - Rick Pitino Quotes

The other guys just caught lightning in a bottle with a great game.

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I think David is a true student of the game. I told him (before Connecticut), 'David, if you keep just going to the jump hook and not going up and under and not making head fakes and going the other way, they're going to play that.' So right away he alters that and goes to different things. … He's very mature, David, on a very immature team. - Rick Pitino Quotes

I think David is a true student of the game. I told him (before Connecticut), 'David, if you keep just going to the jump hook and not going up and under and not making head fakes and going the other way, they're going to play that.' So right away he alters that and goes to different things. … He's very mature, David, on a very immature team.

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 Connecticut
When I realized Billy was going to the Final Four, I went shopping for a tie. Bought it in New York. - Rick Pitino Quotes

When I realized Billy was going to the Final Four, I went shopping for a tie. Bought it in New York.

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He's a cancer survivor himself, and he's lost relatives and close friends, like Jim Valvano, to the disease, so I'm not surprised he's gone at this the way he has. He's the captain of this ship, leading the way for the rest of us. - Rick Pitino Quotes

He's a cancer survivor himself, and he's lost relatives and close friends, like Jim Valvano, to the disease, so I'm not surprised he's gone at this the way he has. He's the captain of this ship, leading the way for the rest of us.

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 Cancer
It could happen to anyone when you get hired by a different president. There's a difference in philosophies. It happens. It's a change in CEOs. They have their own people, their own philosophies, and it's different than what Bob stands for. - Rick Pitino Quotes

It could happen to anyone when you get hired by a different president. There's a difference in philosophies. It happens. It's a change in CEOs. They have their own people, their own philosophies, and it's different than what Bob stands for.

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 American Athlete Quotes
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. - Rick Pitino Quotes

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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You've just got to gut it out. It's going to be a tough year. - Rick Pitino Quotes

You've just got to gut it out. It's going to be a tough year.

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We had wide-open looks that didn't go in. When we penetrated, we didn't finish inside. - Rick Pitino Quotes

We had wide-open looks that didn't go in. When we penetrated, we didn't finish inside.

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