Rick Pitino loves his 13-seed Iona team that goes Dancing on Friday in the West Region against Dan Hurley and the 4-seed UConn Huskies, loves the culture he has built with the MAAC champions
at the school that gave him another chance … at a golden time in his life when a Gael force Red Storm howls louder with each Maddening March day.
They will be heartened to hear that Pitino, Our Champion Native New Yawk Son, still showing up with his PHD , fondly remembers the legends of St. John’s past.“They just had it really going back then. They kept the New York talent at home. Times have changed so much because back then St. John’s could have their players live off campus and they got a stipend. So Chris Mullin, to get him to stay home and attract that type of talent, was an enormous thing for St. John’s.
“So the only reason I bought into this stupid trick was that Jim, who loves money, had to take a pay cut from $12,500 to $5,000. And he wouldn’t want to do that, so I thought it was legitimate. “So the meeting was tabled, and canceled, until the fall where the coaches would meet in the fall. And then Looie was present and Boeheim and P.J. said, ‘Why don’t you mention again about the ball deal? I said, ‘F— you guys, I’m not mentioning anything.’
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