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The power of the team

By Adrian Wojnarowski
ESPN.com

Wednesday, March 24, 2004

With his penchant for player development, his aura for recruiting, Rick Pitino belonged back in college basketball. Everyone was so sure of it. So, Pitino came back to school promising that he wouldn't let himself get lured by the sweet siren of the superstar recruit with one eye on his Louisville letter of intent, and the other on the phone to David Stern's office. He swore resistence, but resistence was futile. For consecutive seasons now, Pitino has gone out of the NCAA Tournament to the no ...

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