It is just me, but I never thought Pitino and I had the same moral standards, but if my team just got beaten by another in state university that you were double digit favorites to beat, I would come back with my team and face the music like they had to do. Spring break or no spring break, even if spring break was this week, the team lost on Thursday and returned to Louisville on the same day. That still gave Friday, when school was in session, for them to answer all the questions. Pitino was in the CBS studio at noon on Friday so he could not have answered too many questions on campus or was there to help his players. Just my opinion, but, I would have been with the team or at least at the University making myself available to alumni, boosters, faculty, students or whomever wanted explanations or answers. As far as being visible to help recruiting, under normal circumstances the more visible a coach can be the better, but after you were the lowest seed to lose on the opening day is not the publicity I would be looking for and only see it helping a recruit make his mind up is if he says to himself "man they really need a ton of help, I think I will go there". Getting knocked out in an Elite 8 or even a Sweet 16 game would be a whole lot more understandable for him to show up on the set for at least his team got knocked out by a team that had won a couple other games in the tourney. First round embarrassment after the way Louisville started the game and then for them to take an 8 or 9 pt lead halfway thru the second half only to fold like a tent is another. Sort of looks like Pitino was promoting himself instead of the Louisville Basketball program.Originally Posted by Tim_T
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