If you missed it yesterday, Rick Pitino came on the radio show at 5 p.m. to briefly preview the Kennesaw State game, but he also had interesting things to say about this year's schedule, the need for young players who have success (a la Ray Spalding) to stay away from sycophants who tell them that they're better than they actually are, and of course, the imminent arrival of Bompy.
Perhaps more significant than all of that, however, was Pitino's response to a question about this team and its ability to re-energize him:
There was a period when I came back from Puerto Rico -- and I'm not .