You know how I know Rick Pitino is nervous about Wednesday’s game? He’s actually telling the truth. After his team’s 87-56 win over Eastern Kentucky on Saturday, Pitino admitted to Bob Valvano on his postgame show that Louisville has “major” matchup problems with Kentucky, particularly at guard. As De’Aaron Fox and Malik Monk have shown us time and time again, Kentucky can burn you in transition, and even Pitino couldn’t help but gush about Fox, whom he also recruited.
“Well, they’re a great transition team,” Pitino told reporters in the postgame presser. “I’m not in the NBA anymore, but they’ve got three guys, if I was still drafting, I’d put those guys, I think I’d take their point guard maybe number one or two in the draft.