Katz Interview w/Pitino

[T-Bone]

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/blog/_/name/katz_andy/id/8920698/qa-louisville-cardinals-coach-rick-pitino-college-basketball

Katz:  What did you think the chances were that the seven Catholic schools would eventually bolt when Memphis and Temple were added to the Big East?

Pitino: I thought the Catholic schools made a big mistake two years ago when they saw the writing on the wall of all these football schools dictating everything and basically not being part of the decision-making process. I thought they should have done it a long time ago because they can get themselves a heckuva TV package. They can have one of the premier basketball conferences around, and they can dictate their own athletic programs and don't have to be at the mercy of football.

Hard to disagree with that. 

[Dawson Rental]

I believe that losing Louisville as a basketball rival is what ultimately got the C7 to pull the trigger.

[tower912]

You might mean...... "losing Louisville and gaining Tulane as a rival"......

[keefe]

You might mean...... "losing Louisville and gaining Tulane as a rival"......

Don't forget SMU...