Old Roy, Pitino praiseworthy

Posted Mar 29, 2008

This sounds less like a blood feud and more like a fencing match between two millionaires with safety tips on the ends of their sabers. This sounds like thrust and parry rather than lunging for the jugular. This sounds like Louisville’s Rick Pitino and North Carolina’s Roy Williams on the precipice of the East Regional title game, scheduled for 9:05 tonight in a Charlotte arena perhaps 75-percent full of Tar Heels fans. (Winston-Salem Journal)

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