I have a good friend that is a New Mexico grad. I contacted him to get his opinion on Pitino. He is very high on him and thinks X got a good one. But he feels that it’s not necessarily a good career move for him. He’s afraid that he will get lost in the shuffle of other great coaches in the BE and other eastern centric leagues. At NW he was the toast of the state. I don’t agree, but I can see where he might think that.

I asked him about Dent. He thinks that Dent will end up at Texas Tech with his good friend Toppin, who transferred from NM to TT after last season. However, he does thank that if he doesn’t go to TT he will follow Pitino to X.