ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Louisville coach Rick Pitino has never understood why the powers that be at Syracuse chose to leave the Big East for the ACC.
But there is a bright side as far as he’s concerned.
“It doesn’t make any sense to me but at least we’re going to finally be able to get some tickets after the first round in the [Big East Tournament at Madison Square] Garden,” Pitino told SNY.tv at the recent Nike Global Challenge. “So we get rid of all the Syracuse fans. This will be the last year.”
Syracuse traditionally draws huge crowds for the Big East Tournament at MSG, and inspired a virtual home crowd for last year’s semifinal loss to Cincinnati.
Syracuse and Pittsburgh depart the Big East for the ACC in July 2013.
“The interesting thing is how many people they’ll bring to Tobacco Road,” Pitino said of Syracuse at the Big East Tournament in March. “That will be interesting. There’s not many Syracuse alums on Tobacco Road.”
bworangefan / August 4, 2012
Pitino sure has an opinion about everything. Why can’t he understand why Syracuse is abandoning a sinking ship? I attended last year’s SU/NC State game in Raleigh and there were thousands of Cuse fans on hand. New York’s College Team has plenty of relocated fans in North Carolina. We will find tobacco road just fine.
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