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Louisville Basketball: Top Rick Pitino Quotes From FSU Loss

By Derek Snyder

Jan 21, 2017; Tallahassee, FL, USA; Louisville Cardinals head coach Rick Pitino during the second half of the game against the Florida State Seminoles at the Donald L. Tucker Center. Mandatory Credit: Melina Vastola-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 21, 2017; Tallahassee, FL, USA; Louisville Cardinals head coach Rick Pitino during the second half of the game against the Florida State Seminoles at the Donald L. Tucker Center. Mandatory Credit: Melina Vastola-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jan 21, 2017; Tallahassee, FL, USA; Louisville Cardinals head coach Rick Pitino during the second half of the game against the Florida State Seminoles at the Donald L. Tucker Center. Mandatory Credit: Melina Vastola-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 21, 2017; Tallahassee, FL, USA; Louisville Cardinals head coach Rick Pitino during the second half of the game against the Florida State Seminoles at the Donald L. Tucker Center. Mandatory Credit: Melina Vastola-USA TODAY Sports /

"Did shooting 2‐13 from three help late in the stretch? “Yeah, the only weakness I’ll say is, Donovan (Mitchell) counted his misses tonight, again. You know, it affected his defense. But David Levitch is a walk‐on and he was brilliant tonight. I actually, I didn’t want Donovan to lose his confidence; I kept putting him back in.” – Mike Hughes from 247 Sports"

While going 2-13 from the perimeter is never impressive, I will point out the difference between Pitino coaching Mitchell three weeks ago, to Pitino coaching him up now. Pitino actually benched Mitchell before the Indiana game because he was too hesitant, which set Mitchell on fire.

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However, even though Mitchell couldn’t find the basket against the Seminoles, Rick Pitino made it a point to keep the sophomore guard in the basketball game. It was just a little too late whenever Mitchell finally started to find some points towards the end.

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