Richard Pitino’s voice could be heard loud and clear Friday morning on the court inside the Rudy Davalos practice facility.
“House!” Pitino shouted in the direction of Arizona State transfer point guard Jaelen House, who had just led a fastbreak and assisted on a wide-open 3-pointer to Minnesota transfer Jamal Mashburn Jr.
“You had a good shot and you gave it up for a great shot. … Good job.”
And so it begins.
As the NCAA opened the doors this week to the first full, official practices of the 2021-22 season, and the UNM Lobo men’s basketball team opened the doors Friday morning to the media for the first time since mid-June, the Lobo men’s basketball team’s first-year coach is clearly finding comfort in his quest to put his stamp on a program coming off a historically bad season.