[Fromthebleachers]

Pitino didn't get one and dones at UK cause the nba rule wasn't in place. He still recruited marquis Teague a one and done player at UK and has recruited many of the same players as cal has at UK. They just aren't picking louisville. Credit to pitino for winning and being competitive with less talent. Idk why you chose to jump all over me cause I don't believe Russ smith is a top 5 player. It's my opinion and I'm most certainly entitled to it. Also do u follow any UK basketball. Harrelson was a bench player until his senior year then with cals coaching became a solid player. Also cal puts superstar players into the NBA the best pitino has put in the NBA is Jamaal Mashburn or Antoine walker and the best he has put in at Louisville was the Garcia Kid. That's a far cry from Derek Rose,john wall,Demarcus cousins,Eric Bledsoe and Brandon Knight.

Cal doesn't put one and dones in the NBA. They would be in the NBA anyway if the NBA would let them. They bide their time until they are old enough to enter the draft. Furthermore...Cal's recruiting success is benefited greatly by agent/shoe dealer and scumbag Uncle World Wide Wes. Anytime a player decommits and comes to Cal....the pot has been sweetened. Ask Nazi and Scott Padgett about Pitino's development of them and their NBA careers. And Garcia, Clark, Siva for example. You drink too much of Cal's Kool-Aid. It took him twenty years to win a national championship that has stuck. He has six straight number one classes and has that to show for it. Give Mike, Tom, Bill those kinds of classes....hard telling how many NC's those guys would have. And why a one and done wouldn't swamp to a coach who has multiple NC's and can flat out coach....and come to Cal...with two vacated seasons and final fours...kind of raises some eyebrows. Pitino...his record speaks for itself. He coaches college players and coaches them up. And he did bring UK's cheating asses from rock bottom to NC's again. Without one and doners. Cal has earned his reputation starting with UMass. And UK fans didn't like him either until your chicken shit athletic director needed the quickest fix he could fine to bail him out. If Cal hadn't had his number one class come with him from Memphis (another school with a history of cheating) UK wouldn't have touched him with a ten foot pole. But hey...win, just win..we don't care how you do it.