17 Louisville Cardinals

Grant Wahl

November 23, 2009

Last season, after he had benched Edgar Sosa for what seemed like the 88th time in three years, Cardinals coach Rick Pitino sat solemn-faced across from the point guard in a private meeting in his office. "Edgar, look, why don't you just transfer?" Pitino said. NBA teams don't care how many points per game a player scores, Pitino told him; they want to know if he can play his position well at both ends of the floor. "You're just not getting it," Pitino concluded. "Why don't you go to a school where there's not a heavy emphasis on defense and it's just about offense? Come back to me tomorrow, and I'll let you know which school I think is best for you."