Rick Pitino concerned for future of NCAA, St. John’s with ‘lack of rules’ in NIL era
Rick Pitino sounded the alarm for the future of college basketball, and St. Johns in particular, after Saturdays loss to No. 1 Connecticut, raising concerns about how difficult it is now in the Name, Image & Likeness and transfer portal era to build a program.
In discussing the state of the Johnnies after their fifth loss in six games, he went off on a tangent about the future.
Its our first year. Every first year Ive had, Ive never had a great team. But I will tell you, I am worried about it, Pitino said after the 77-64 setback. Its very tough to build. So many football coaches are getting out, so many basketball coaches are getting out. Its tough to build a program.
“You have to really innovate, get creative and understand these rules right now or lack of rules.
Upon taking over for Mike Anderson last March, Pitino remade the roster, keeping only Joel Soriano and Drissa Traore. He brought in five fifth-year players who will need to be replaced this offseason.
Its a very difficult time in college basketball because its free agency and now I think whats going to happen is the NCAA is going to say everybody can transfer, Pitino said. If they dont like it, theyre going to take them to court. I think the NCAA enforcement staff should be disbanded, not because I dislike them, but theyre of no value at all.
St. John’s coach Rick Pitino spoke on how tough it is to build a college basketball program. Robert Sabo for NY Post“The enforcement staff needs to go away. We need to stop all the hypocrisy of NIL. Need to stop it because they cant stop it. Whether Im for or against it, it doesnt matter.
For us, we cant really build programs and culture because everybody leaves. We did it with five fifth-year guys. Theyre all going to leave and we need to replace them with nw free agents.
Saturdays game was a sellout, St. Johns first since beating Villanova on Feb. 17, 2019.
Connecticut was without standout forward Alex Karaban (ankle).
St. Johns 3-point shooting continues to underwhelm.
It sank 4 of 14 attempts Saturday and has made 27.7 percent from long distance over the last six games.
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