Louisville Basketball: Top Rick Pitino Quotes From FSU Loss
By Derek Snyder
We take a look at some top quotes from Louisville basketball head coach Rick Pitino after the loss to Florida State on Saturday.
The Louisville basketball team wasn’t able to overcome an early deficit to Florida State on Saturday, but they were able to make it a ballgame throughout. The Cards just didn’t have enough production from their starters because of foul trouble, but we can’t blame it all on the referees.
Louisville’s bench players were actually the stars of the afternoon, as Tony Hicks, Mangok Mathiang, and David Levitch had performances that we will always be thankful for, regardless of the loss.
With that being said, let’s take a look at some of the top quotes from Rick Pitino in Mike Hughes’ article from 247 Sports:
"How encouraged are you that your bench outscored them 40‐11? “Look, I thought the effort tonight was incredible. I just thought our guys were brilliant from a hustle and effort standpoint. Now that being said they are one of the most difficult teams to guard because they shoot at so many positions. No coach can ask for any more than what I saw tonight. I’m really excited about the effort, disappointed that we lost, but we’ll move on. Great game in the ACC.” –Mike Hughes from 247 Sports"
Quite honestly, this is one of the top takeaways from the game against Florida State on Saturday afternoon. The starters just couldn’t get anything going, but guys like David Levitch, Mangok Mathiang, and Tony Hicks had great games.
It was pretty impressive to see how well each of those guys played, especially since most of them haven’t been the go-to guys thus far in 2016-2017. I guess they had a little more in them than any of us expected.