Garden's Like Home for Pitino

The Record, Bergen County, NJ (March 13, 2009)

Author: Ian O'Connor

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NEW YORK - Rick Pitino was preparing for a game in the Garden two years back when he noticed a 7-foot member of his traveling party dressed in the wrong footwear.

Jonathan Huffman, Louisville benchwarmer, was ready to board the bus in slippers.

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Garden's Like Home for Pitino

"Don't disrespect the mecca of basketball," Pitino yelled at him. "Don't disrespect the Garden like that."

Huffman ended up at Iona, and Pitino ended up back at the Garden on Thursday as a top-seeded coach dressed for March Madness success. He looked like the best man at a friend's wedding, and a...

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