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All 3 are doing great things, have to give Kelsey & his staff all the credit in the world for what they're doing at Louisville. Despite the injury to one of their key players, they haven't missed a beat, winning games in conference play pretty convincingly lately, outside of Duke, the ACC is pretty weak, and Louisville did lose to them, but they're beating the teams you're supposed to, and it's hard not to like Kelsey, he is a great coach but seems to be an even better human being.

Obviously know what we're getting with Pope, I didn't expect Camelot to be rebuilt overnight, but the results we've gotten so far have been great, and maybe even exceeded some. Playing in the gauntlet of the SEC will be a great preparation for tournament games in March. It's been great to watch this exciting style of basketball and even having halftime & in-game adjustments when things aren't going smoothly. I've never been into the whole analytics stuff, but Pope and his staff use them to their advantage, one thing I seen early on is how they observe how each player plays in their respective minutes, just an outside the box approach on how to manage your rotation.

As for Pitino? Outside of Kentucky, I'll be rooting for St. Johns, when it comes to coaching chops, Pitino still hasn't lost his fastball. At 73 years old, he still coaches like he's 43, hungry and passionate. Unlike the Arkansas coach, Pitino has adapted to change of style, even tho he was playing the style we see so much now 30 years ago, still been several other ways the game has changed, but he has still found a way to adapt to those changes to make his teams successful. There are chances for some quality wins in the Big East, even tho the conference isn't as strong as it normally is, hopefully St. Johns will be in the mix come March.