– Pitino Revived & 4 prospects to watch closely

Thursday evening Coach Pitino sit down with ESPN’s Andy Katz for a segment called Katz Korner. Coach Pitino seems like he has been revived and seems to have a new outlook on his coaching career. He told Katz that he has been energized coaching this recent Cardinals crew the past two seasons. Pitino talked to Katz about his contract that ends in 2017 and said that he would coach until then. He said that his feelings would be the same if it ended in 2021. Thursday night Rick Pitino did not sound like a coach that was nearing the end of his career. Instead, it sounded like he was ready to grab the bull by the horns and work for another 20 years.

Rick also commented on the Big East and his comments were very favorable to the conference. He seems to have a real passion for the Big East and the history behind it. He talked about how the addition of Temple and Memphis were going to be great for the basketball aspect of the conference.

Pitino said the biggest surprise so far in workouts has been guard Kevin Ware. Pitino said it probably was not fair to him to bring him in midseason. Its very good news to hear that Ware is doing well because of the recent circumstances surrounding recruit Terry Rozier.

It is nice to see Coach P with a little extra fire in his belly especially heading into a season that has the most promise of any we have seen in a long time.

Over the next few weeks, some names that you should really be watching on the basketball-recruiting front are Kyle Washington, Demetrius Jackson, Moses Kingsley, and Akoy Agau. Offers have recently been made to these guys and the buzz is in the air that out of this group a commit will be coming really soon. If you would like to learn more about them, you can check out their profiles on the recruiting page.

I really hope that we do get some action soon on the basketball recruiting front. It would be nice to hear the decisions of some of these guys. We would be in good shape with any of them. They all have very high ceilings and tons of potential. Just the kind of guys coach Pitino and his staff are working hard to get. Stay tuned.