As a coach and a salesman, don't sell Rick Pitino short

Sporting News, The, March 17, 1997 by Lonnie Wheeler

There was another lineup change he would have gladly made. Derek Anderson had been in the layup line at practice for a couple of weeks, and reports had him cutting and dunking. A month before, Pitino had joked about Anderson coming back this season and making medical history At least, he said it was a joke. With Pitino, you never know until the games are over.

Lonnie Wheeler is a writer who lives in New Richmond, Ohio.