Richard Pitino
Here's one topic mentioned every time your team plays
Here's one topic mentioned every time your team plays
Watch a conference enough, and you can't help but notice that every team has a common theme that gets mentioned in every broadcast. Chances are, you know your team's topic of conversation. But what about the rest of the Big Ten teams? Here's my recurring subject for every Big Ten team. Illinois. Bruce Weber didn't […]
New 'Journey' airs Saturday night
New 'Journey' airs Saturday night
This week on ?The Journey: Big Ten Basketball 2014? we see how Indiana?s Yogi Ferrell?s role has expanded as a sophomore, learn more about Michigan?s only senior Jordan Morgan, and watch Minnesota?s Richard Pitino embraces being the son of a Hall of Fame coach. Also, catch our usual highlights from Michigan-Indiana and Minnesota-Purdue. The new […]
Richard Pitino tosses jacket, draws first technical foul
Richard Pitino tosses jacket, draws first technical foul
It was freezing cold outside in Minneapolis on Thursday night, but tempers got red hot inside the Barn during the second half of Minnesota's upset of No. 11 Ohio State. Play began to get chippy midway through the second half as Ohio State forward LaQuinton Ross got tied up with Minnesota forward Oto Osenieks. Ross […]
Video: Watch Pitino's press conference
Video: Watch Pitino's press conference
As the new men's basketball coach at Minnesota, Richard Pitino spoke with the media on Friday morning to discuss his style and approach to the game. Watch the entire announcement here and here. Pitino called Minnesota a place where he and his family hope to be "for the rest of our lives." That rarely happens in modern […]
Watch Pitino press conference on BTN/BTN2Go
Watch Pitino press conference on BTN/BTN2Go
Minnesota will introduce Richard Pitino as their school's 17th men's basketball coach on Friday morning and you can watch the entire press conference on BTN/BTN2Go beginning at 10 a.m. ET. BTN's Mike Hall and Shon Morris host our coverage. Earlier, BTN.com's Tom Dienhart wrote that this hire fits the job. We also tracked Twitter reaction to the news on […]
Twitter: Reaction to Minnesota hiring Pitino
Twitter: Reaction to Minnesota hiring Pitino
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. [ RELATED: Dienhart: 'Pitino' […]
