Everything Rick Pitino said following St. John's loss to Duke
St. John's head coach Rick Pitino recaps the Red Storm's loss to Duke in the Sweet 16.
Opening statement RICK PITINO: One suggestion for the NCAA is, when you have interviews on the court for Duke , for the winning team, and they have time there, the game started before we even came in here. You should have the losing team go first because you left us disappointed in the locker room while the other team's celebrating, rightfully so. You should let the losing team go first and then let the winning team have as long as you want.
Just a suggestion because you just left us hanging out there for over a half hour. THE MODERATOR: I think that's a solid suggestion, Coach. RICK PITINO: Thank you.
As far as the game is concerned, we felt we had to win the 3-point line in a big way to have any shot at this game, and we did. We were up ten, we could not stop bully drives, bully drives, bully drives, bully drives, four, and we could not stop it, which is a credit to them. Our guys played with great heart.
They made some defensive mistakes down the stretch, but that's a credit to them. We had our moments in the game. We fought hard all season.
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