PROVIDENCE, R.I. – You could feel the buzz inside Amica Mutual Pavilion on Wednesday. This was not a typical media day ahead of first round games at the NCAA Tournament, with several national media outlets on hand, cameras everywhere, and plenty of anticipation for the figures that were walking into the interview room.
When Purdue’s Matt Painter holds the fourth-most wins on the list of head coaches at an NCAA Tournament site, that should tell you all you need to know.
Rick Pitino. John Calipari. Bill Self.
All three legendary coaches aren’t just in Providence. They happen to be in the same pod in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. That’s a combined 2,593 victories, 103 years of head coaching experience, five national championships, 17 trips to the…
