Apparently there's some truth to the message board chatter that Louisville fans have been brushing off for the last couple of weeks, as ESPN's Pat Forde is reporting that Rick Pitino met with Indiana athletic director Rick Greenspan in Bloomington on Monday afternoon, and cites a source close to Pitino as saying that he is "leaning towards" taking the job.
This news comes just two days after Washington State head coach Tony Bennett turned down the IU job, and just three days after Pitino's Cardinals lost to North Carolina in the Elite Eight.
Even at age 55, it's easy to see why a program like Indiana would view Pitino as an appealing choice. Not only is he the only coach in NCAA history to take three different schools to the Final Four, but he's thrived in rebuilding situations, and revived a Kentucky program mired in probation (a situation whoever takes the Indiana job will likely inherit).
Card Chronicle :: Forde: Pitino in talks with Indiana
04-01-2008, 10:27 PM
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