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Richard Pitino was pulling up in front of his kid’s school on Thursday morning – kids in the vehicle with him – when in a uniquely Albuquerque way, a fellow parent wanted to share a holiday message with the second-year Lobo basketball coach.
“I was dropping my kids off at school,” Pitino said, “and some parent yelled, ‘Kick your dad’s ass!'”
Yes, the buzz was building this week ahead of Sunday’s showdown in the Pit with the Iona Gaels, coached by Richard Pitino’s Naismith Hall of Fame coaching father, Rick Pitino.