Richard Pitino is not the most dazzling branch on the Pitino coaching tree. But in many way he is the most impressive.

Let's begin with a check of the scoreboard.

"The Captain is now the coach," UK radio voice Tom Leach said.

You just connect with people in the basketball industry and ask them which coach Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart should hire to replace John Calipari.

As soon as the news is officially confirmed that Calipari will be the next Head Hog at Arkansas, the spotlight shifts to UK athletic director Mitch Barnhart.

This is Pitino Week: for Rick at St. John's and Richard at New Mexico. 

The return of Peyton Siva, Russ Smith, Chane Behanan, Kyle Kuric and other former Louisville players has been all the talk. 

My bracket is locked: Illinois, Gonzaga, Texas and Ohio State in the Final Four.

 If you’re making a list of guys who could get any college basketball job they wanted, Brad Stevens and Billy Donovan would top my list.