Rick Pitino was one of the easiest figures to hate in all of college basketball, nay, in all of sports. He’s a liar, he’s pretentious, he’s smug, he’s an adulterer, he’s a turncoat, he’s irascible- and I could continue with the negative adjectives to describe such a loathe figure.
John Calipari and Pitino don’t like each other. Don’t let that podcast fool you. And Kentucky fans loved to hate Rick Pitino. He was the perfect villain. That’s why Calipari’s continued beatings of Pitino on the court were so satisfying. Everyone knew how much it bothered Rick and we loved every second of it.