Former Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino urged the university Wednesday to fight the “unjust” NCAA ruling that vacated the Cardinals’ 2013 national title.
“To say I’m disappointed with the NCAA appeals ruling would be a gross understatement,” Pitino said in a press conference Wednesday afternoon in New York. “I hope Louisville will not give up its fight and follow suit by taking this injustice to the courts and filing an injunction for that banner not to come down.”
Pitino acknowledged poor judgment was used by a few players participating in sex parties organized by one of his assistants, but he maintained Louisville’s argument in its appeal, that those incidents, while salacious and wrong, should not have affected those players’ eligibility.