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Pitino: Caracter not back with the team
Because the first headline was way more definitive than it should have been. After listening to the entire press conference, I'm still putting the odds of DC coming back at 50/50. Pitino's response when asked if Caracter will be returning to the team: "I doubt it. We're in the same place that we were. He wants to come back, but that's not in his best interest. His best interest right now is ...
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Does Derrick Caracter = Rodrick Rhodes?
A Sea Of Blue — ... As I was reading some articles today about a press conference yesterday by Pitino where Caracter's situation was discussed, and this one by ...

Digg-ing Into the Issue
Pitt Blather -- The Rantings Continue — ... coach would tell a recruit that if it turns out their evaluations were wrong and he isn’t good enough to compete at the level expected he will not have his scholarship renewed for the following year. The other problem is that an academic scholarship is completely individual. An athletic scholarship, while having strong individual components also includes a team concept. Rick Pitino did not discourage Derrick Caracter from declaring that he was going to enter the NBA Draft, but when Caracter wanted to come back, Pitino said no . There was no hue and cry over that for a reason. ...

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