Rick Pitino says UConn is 'no lock' to win the Big East or the NCAA Championship
is “to be admired” but the Huskies are “no lock” to win the Big East or a third straight NCAA championship.
“Danny Hurley has built one of the strongest programs in the nation but he does it with an insatiable desire for every little thing must be great and he is possessed with winning and that’s why he’s such a brilliant young coach, he wants to get the most out of his program,” said Pitino, whose Red Storm are ranked No. 22 and heading into a showdown with Richard Pitino and New Mexico on Sunday at Madison Square Garden.
“Connecticut is the Kentucky of the East. They stand for excellence in everything they do, they’re to be admired, but we all have to try to beat them and beat them and dethrone them from the top, and certainly we’re going to give it everything we have to do that.” “I think St. John’s is a very difficult job that is getting better each day because this is not a school like Vanderbilt or Duke where the rich and famous go,” he said. “These are the hard-working children of blue collar parents who can’t afford an education and are going to work one or two jobs outside of going to school, so it’s a blue collar school and we’re getting better and better each day out.
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