After two matchups in two weeks against his son, Richard, and the Musketeers, he doesn’t want to see them again. I hope we don’t play them in the Big East Tournament,” he said on Monday night after the Red Storm escaped with an 87 to 82 in overtime, at Madison Square Garden.
Red Storm fans felt some uncertainty at the break with score tied at 42. The Johnnies were led by the front-court duo of Ejiofor (11 points) and Hopkins, with eight. Dillon Mitchell, though he didn’t score, led the team, taking down four rebounds.
On that night, Pitino said Darling has “balls as big as church bells” because of how unflappable he is during critical moments. And on Friday night, after Darling made one winning play after another, Pitino said those church bells “just keep growing and growing.”
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