Rick Pitino wants to face son in 3-year series
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Rick Pitino wants a piece of his son.
The Louisville bench boss wants to schedule a three-year series against his son Richard's Minnesota team and hopes to have the head-to-head begin during next season's ACC-Big Ten Challenge, Andy Katz of ESPN reports.
Pitino told ESPN he hopes the two conferences will put Louisville and Minnesota against one another next season in Minneapolis. He would then like to have a home-and-home series beginning at Louisville during the 2016-17 season.
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