Coach Rick Pitino, athletic director Tom Jurich out at Louisville

[George II]

Source: ESPN

Rick Pitino is no longer the men's basketball coach at Louisville, a source tells ESPN's Michael Eaves.

Athletic director Tom Jurich is also out at Louisville, a source tells ESPN's Jeff Goodman, after the program was linked to a federal investigation into fraud and corruption in recruiting.

Jurich and Pitino met Wednesday morning with Louisville interim president Greg Postel. After the meetings, Postel informed reporters that the school would hold a news conference at 1 p.m. and noted that Pitino and Jurich would not attend.

On Tuesday, 10 men -- including a top Adidas executive and four assistant coaches -- were charged with using hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to influence star athletes' choice of schools, shoe sponsors, agents, even tailors. Federal prosecutors said at least three top high school recruits were promised payments of as much as $150,000, using money supplied by Adidas, to attend two universities sponsored by the athletic shoe company. Louisville's president later confirmed the school is part of the investigation.

It marked the latest case of Pitino and his Louisville program being in the news for impropriety.

Read more: http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/20834710/louisville-head-coach-rick-pitino-athletic-director-tom-jurich-out

[Gothmog]

1. This is a major change

[obamanut2012]

2. This is just beginning

[hibbing]

3. He hasn't exactly been Mr. Clean n/t

[genxlib]

4. This story is pissing me off

The University of Miami appears to be caught up in this BS as well. They are not among the arrested but fit the profile for some of the un-named others in the story.

I have always loved Canes basketball and it saddens me if any of it turns out to involve them.

I just want to watch some young people compete at a game. It sucks to be all about the money.

Good riddance to Pitino and any other guilty parties

[panader0]

5. This involves assistant coach "Book" Richardson at the U of Az too.

Arizona was slated to be number one or two in the nation this year.
Basketball has been a huge draw in Tucson and S. Az for years.
It is my sincere hope that this doesn't bring the program down.
It's hard to believe that Book would accept $20,000 grand in bribes
when he makes a quarter million a year. Ugh, ugh, ugh.

[George II]

6. There are at least four assistant coaches involved. Report is that someone....

....(not sure if it's a coach or recruit) that received $250,000. The thing is this hasn't even gotten as deep as how many or who the recruits are yet.

This could destroy NCAA basketball, if not for a long time at least for this year.

[underpants]

7. Hopefully this is going to be the end of AAU basketball

Which is basically human trafficking with some real slimy individuals involved.

[get the red out]

8. AGREE!

Apparently AAU basketball is a very sleazy deal, at least at the upper levels of play.