Rick Pitino has had enough of sportsmanship.
Apparently, something ticked off the legendary coach so much that he decided to tweet out that he was banning the postgame handshake line for him and his St. John’s men’s basketball team effective IMMEDIATELY.
“I certainly have great respect for the coaches and teams we play but after witnessing multiple problems with the postgame handshake line, we will take a page out of the NBA playbook and refrain,” Pitino randomly tweeted out without giving any context yesterday.
Really, though.
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