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<blockquote data-quote="The Bell Tolls for Thee" data-source="post: 131969872" data-attributes="member: 1812660">You do not remember 2004-2005 season where JB took WVU to the Elite 8 and lost to Louisville with the Final Four on the line?&nbsp; Yeah the guy you picked for the best coach of WVU basketball of all time had a 40-27 lead at half time and in the early part of the second half had a 20 point lead.&nbsp; Before ending regulation in a tie and losing the game going away to Louisville.&nbsp; A little tid bit from the post game article below:&quot;Seventh-seeded West Virginia (24-11), trying to make the FinalFour for the first time since 1959, went home despite making 103-pointers in the first half and sending Pitino and the Cardinalsinto shock.'I've never abandoned a whole scouting report at halftime,' hesaid. 'But it had to be abandoned.'Pitino instructed his players to scrap their zone defense, starttrapping and pressing, and play more aggressively on offense. Theyfollowed his directions and, in doing so, they helped him makehistory -- becoming the first coach to take three men's programs tothe Final Four.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Bell Tolls for Thee, post: 131969872, member: 1812660"] You do not remember 2004-2005 season where JB took WVU to the Elite 8 and lost to Louisville with the Final Four on the line? Yeah the guy you picked for the best coach of WVU basketball of all time had a 40-27 lead at half time and in the early part of the second half had a 20 point lead. Before ending regulation in a tie and losing the game going away to Louisville. A little tid bit from the post game article below: "Seventh-seeded West Virginia (24-11), trying to make the Final Four for the first time since 1959, went home despite making 10 3-pointers in the first half and sending Pitino and the Cardinals into shock. 'I've never abandoned a whole scouting report at halftime,' he said. 'But it had to be abandoned.' Pitino instructed his players to scrap their zone defense, start trapping and pressing, and play more aggressively on offense. They followed his directions and, in doing so, they helped him make history -- becoming the first coach to take three men's programs to the Final Four." [/QUOTE]

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