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Transcript: Rick Pitino interview with Terry Meiners

Does today's information change your thinking on whether you need to resign?

First of all, players have come to play for me, and -- the only comment that I've made is that I know nothing about any of this. So I don't know what resigning would accomplish. I think that's the cowardly way out, if I resign now without coaching two 5th-year players and the other players who came to play for me. What does it do for the program if the head coach just runs away? I don't understand why you asked me that.

Because the community holds the university up as a crown jewel and I think people are shocked by these allegations.