LeAndrew Bass scored 16 points and Will Campbell added 13 as UAB beat Louisville 74-61 in the opening round of the Conference USA Tournament Wednesday. I coaches with 675 victories. Crum, who led the Cardinals to six Final Fours and two national championships, announced his retirement last Friday.
Nothing is done with the famously fickle Pitino until five minutes after it is done.
But this one appears as close to done as it can get. Both feel insulted. Big Blue fanatics can't believe Pitino could coach their hated rival. Crum loyalists can't believe their guy could be replaced by a man who routinely whipped him and took obvious glee in doing so. But the big winner in all of this is basketball in the Bluegrass.