Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, April 3, 2013

Minnesota hired Florida International coach Richard Pitino as its new men's basketball coach Wednesday. Pitino, 30, is the son of legendary coach Rick Pitino, who guided Louisville to this year's Final Four, his seventh career such trip. See the Twitter reaction to the hiring of the younger Pitino in this post.

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