Four minutes into an eight -minute postgame media session following his team’s 90-72 home loss to SMU in the Pit, Richard Pitino wanted to redirect the conversation to his program’s primary, and rather glaring, deficiency.
When 101.7 FM’s Sam Hauser asked Pitino about the offensive decision making of the Lobos, Pitino called an audible.
“No offense to your question, but at some point, we got to talk about defense,” Pitino said. “And I know that’s boring. … But defense, I know it’s boring and we don’t want to talk about it, but we just gave up 90 points.