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Rick Pitino is the best coach in CBB history

Posted on 3/14/26 at 8:11 pm
Posted by cardswinagain
Member since Jun 2013
13340 posts
Posted on 3/14/26 at 8:11 pm
Another Big East regular season and Tournament Championship. First time in program history that St. John's has won back-to-back Big East Tournament Titles.

The man just wins wherever he goes
Posted by Snoop Dawg
Member since Sep 2009
2908 posts
Posted on 3/14/26 at 8:12 pm to
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Rick Pitino is the best coach in CBB history


100% false. Downvoted.

Posted by mattz1122
Member since Oct 2007
56035 posts
Posted on 3/14/26 at 8:13 pm to
Will Wade is the best coach in CBB history
Posted by cypresstiger
The South
Member since Aug 2008
13868 posts
Posted on 3/14/26 at 8:21 pm to
OP has not heard of John Wooden?
Posted by boston vol
Lexington-Fayette, KY
Member since Sep 2015
6885 posts
Posted on 3/14/26 at 8:24 pm to
I think you can make an argument for top five, but best is probably a stretch. Now, had he stayed at KY……
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
170826 posts
Posted on 3/14/26 at 8:33 pm to
:kige:
Posted by Split2874
Mandeville
Member since Jul 2012
3408 posts
Posted on 3/14/26 at 8:38 pm to
If he gets St John's to the final four this year it will be the 4th team he has taken to the final four.

That not an easy accomplishment

That is not an argument for him being the best coach ever just a cool stat
Posted by GoGators1995
Member since Jan 2023
7218 posts
Posted on 3/14/26 at 8:44 pm to
Eh. Maybe if he didn't get Louisville in trouble.
Posted by cardswinagain
Member since Jun 2013
13340 posts
Posted on 3/14/26 at 9:16 pm to
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Eh. Maybe if he didn't get Louisville in trouble


Pitino didn't. One rogue assistant did
Posted by James11111
Walnut Creek, Ca
Member since Jul 2020
5603 posts
Posted on 3/14/26 at 9:17 pm to
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Nosferatu is the best coah in CBB history
Posted by lsufan112001
sportsmans paradise
Member since Oct 2006
11194 posts
Posted on 3/14/26 at 9:19 pm to
OP has not heard of John Wooden?
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Different era / had all the best players by far.
Posted by slinger1317
Northshore
Member since Sep 2005
6957 posts
Posted on 3/14/26 at 9:30 pm to
Wooden couldn’t do what Pitino did at multiple locations with varying talent
Posted by GoGators1995
Member since Jan 2023
7218 posts
Posted on 3/14/26 at 9:33 pm to
Come on...you really think he had no knowledge whatsoever of what was going on?
Posted by cardswinagain
Member since Jun 2013
13340 posts
Posted on 3/14/26 at 9:45 pm to
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OP has not heard of John Wooden?


Pitino's success has been more difficult than it was in the Wooden era
Posted by nvasil1
Hellinois
Member since Oct 2009
17652 posts
Posted on 3/14/26 at 9:45 pm to
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OP has not heard of John Wooden?
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Different era / had all the best players by far.

Thanks in large part to Sam Gilbert.

Not that Wooden wasn't a great coach, but he was in Westwood for 15 years before his first national championship. The subsequent dynasty came about once Pauley Pavilion was built, and Gilbert had his checkbook open to the players.
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
44657 posts
Posted on 3/14/26 at 9:48 pm to
Posted by cardswinagain
Member since Jun 2013
13340 posts
Posted on 3/14/26 at 9:50 pm to
Give me Pitino over Coach K
Posted by VA LSU fan
Virginia
Member since Dec 2007
8763 posts
Posted on 3/14/26 at 10:36 pm to
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Wooden couldn’t do what Pitino did at multiple locations with varying talent


I agree. I doubt his car salesman buddy would buy players at a different school.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
176620 posts
Posted on 3/14/26 at 10:48 pm to
He’ll meet you anytime you want, in our Italian restaurant
Posted by GarmischTiger
Humboldt County
Member since Mar 2007
6901 posts
Posted on 3/14/26 at 11:49 pm to
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The man just wins wherever he goes
Remind me what he did in Boston.
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