This afternoon, Rick Pitino went on Terry Meiners’ show to give a progress report on his Louisville squad and discuss this weekend’s reunion of the 1996 National Championship team from his time at Kentucky. This year is the 20th anniversary of the ’96 squad winning it all, but instead of gathering in Lexington, Pitino and his former players are holding the celebration in Miami, Florida. When asked why, Pitino gave Meiners a simple answer: him.
“You know, Terry, first of all, I know why they’re not honoring — they’ll give you a lot of excuses — but it would hurt, it would distract — me as the Louisville coach, would be distracting for all the players.