Pitino's 1991 clinic against Shaq and the LSU zone is a thing of beauty (video).

[Son_Of_Saul]

I'm looking forward to having a real Xs and Os coach again, in the similar vein as vintage Pitino.

Take a look at this video if you get bored. Pitino employed a masterful destruction of the LSU zone. It shows what elite coaching and outstanding team cohesion can do against elite talent and mediocre coaching (here's looking at you, Cal).

Also, I look forward to Rupp being as loud again as it was in this game.

Good times are on the horizon.

 

[Jireh]

Shows what a bunch of guys can do who may not be the most athletic, but can shoot and know how to play.

 

[dlh331]

35 years later and Pitino is still (arguably) the best Xs/Os coach in the game.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

35 years later and Pitino is still (arguably) the best Xs/Os coach in the game.

He demanded the best from his Kentucky players, and they met the challenge. The fact that UK went from probation in 1991 to #1 in the nation in 1993 is the best turnaround in the history of college basketball.

 

[bnewt]

He demanded the best from his Kentucky players, and they met the challenge. The fact that UK went from probation in 1991 to #1 in the nation in 1993 is the best turnaround in the history of college basketball.

Because he did not let the inmates run the asylum

 

[Kybluedude]

Because he did not let the inmates run the asylum

No agents, nil, 40 hr week and no transfer portal helped him as well

 

[kyboy1998]

Pitino was great as a strategic leader. He was coaching against Dale Brown there though.

Dale was like dollar store Cal really.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

No agents, nil, 40 hr week and no transfer portal helped him as well

All of that is negated by a shortage in scholarships, no postseason for two seasons, and probation.

 

[westerncat]

Thanks for the video Son_Of_Saul that was fun to watch. I think this will be like we will play this season.

 

[TopCatCal]

I'm looking forward to having a real Xs and Os coach again, in the similar vein as vintage Pitino.

Take a look at this video if you get bored. Pitino employed a masterful destruction of the LSU zone. It shows what elite coaching and outstanding team cohesion can do against elite talent and mediocre coaching (here's looking at you, Cal).

Also, I look forward to Rupp being as loud again as it was in this game.

Good times are on the horizon.

And the way that Pitino's & his UK defense held Tim Duncan to a 2-7 shooting night in the 1996 NCAA tournament also a thing of beauty...... The perfect marriage, Rick Pitino & the UK men's basketball program. What might have been, if only he would have stayed on here.

 

[Fox2monk]

I'm looking forward to having a real Xs and Os coach again, in the similar vein as vintage Pitino.

Take a look at this video if you get bored. Pitino employed a masterful destruction of the LSU zone. It shows what elite coaching and outstanding team cohesion can do against elite talent and mediocre coaching (here's looking at you, Cal).

Also, I look forward to Rupp being as loud again as it was in this game.

Good times are on the horizon.

Reggie Hanson was a fine player, he never gets talked about even when discussing Pitino players.