[Fromthebleachers]

Lets not forget the early bow outs. Peyton Siva has more to do with this championship than pitino. He lost in 97 with the best team he ever had. Has perennially struggled against cal's team especially cal has been at UK. And lost to a morehead state team that had 1 player that was equal to the talent level he had. Rick is a good coach but lets not put him as best in the world. Cal is breaking all his records at UK and has had mostly success against Rick. Hell even this years cats only lost by 3 at The Chicken Bucket. So it's arguable at best if he is even best in the state let alone country. He deserves his hall of fame and all cards fans should be proud of this title but one could name a bunch of coaches all time better than pitino.

Are you serious? Pitino averages twenty three wins a year. If he hadn't coached six years in the NBA? Do the math. Pitino owned Cal when he was at Memphis. He has been to seven final fours....(non vacated) won two national championships (at two different schools), took three different schools to final fours. Been to a final four in four different decades. Which certainly suggests he adapted to the changes to the game. (hell, last year UK's NBA guys only beat U of L by what... seven nicker We could say....Pitino was confident enough to take three starters out of the UK game with a seventeen point lead. IN DECEMBER. Cal is breaking records alright...but can he coach anybody up? Could he have done what Pitino has done just in the last two years?? Can he actually coach a group of true student athletes? Cal chooses to take advantage of a ridiculous loophole. But Jerry Tarkanian got into the hall of fame...which I find disgusting. He was the king of crooked college basketball. So there is hope for Cal. But to say a coach who has won over six hundred games, been to seven final fours, won two national championships is not one of the very best??? :biglmao: