Everything Rick Pitino said ahead of St. John's matchup against Duke
St. John's head coach Rick Pitino previews the matchup against Duke in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.
Opening statement We're excited to be at the home of Georgetown. We've been here before. I think the Sweet 16, we've had as much fun as any team could have in a tournament.
It's been a tremendous season with great guys that give it to me every single day. We've had a lot of laughs, a lot of great spirit behind this season. Really looking forward to a great game against a team that quite frankly I've not seen since 51, 52 years in this game, never seen a schedule like that in my coaching career.
Not only the strong ACC, but they've played almost everybody in the Sweet 16. They've played Michigan, Michigan State, Arkansas, Florida is out, but they played Florida, they played Texas Tech. It's an amazing schedule that they played.
Still basically a few blemishes, but only a couple games. It's quite a testament to the basketball team and their staff that they not only played that type of schedule, but to be victorious. We know we're playing a great team.
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