According to the University of Rhode Island, the story from GoLocalProv about Rick Pitino being denied the head coaching job at the school is completely false.
Check out the statement from URI:
#URI sends out press release on egregious GoLocalProv story regarding Rick Pitino. I personally gave it no credence to even bother with it anyway pic.twitter.com/2PPCBDhOnN
— Yianni Kourakis (@YianniKourakis) April 3, 2018