This shit means something to me! This shit means something to every single Kentucky fan. Rick Pitino brought us back from the darkest of dark days in the early 90s. He helped bring back Kentucky basketball then he left. He regrets it, he openly admits he would have stayed at Kentucky and he’d go down as the winningest coach in college basketball history. Instead he’s currently the head coach of St. John’s and still coming back where he belongs. Camelot. He knows what Kentucky basketball is, he talks about what Kentucky basketball means. This is the sign that we’re back where we belong. We’re back to having a team that’s made for Kentucky. There’s a reason the players walked through the fans and our coach did this 

We are the most storied program in America for a reason and it’s this right here. It’s having a head coach from another major school come to OUR Big Blue Madness, wearing our colors, wearing our logo. It’s our coach wearing his jersey. This is all the sign I needed to know everything is going to be more than fine. There was a time where Rick Pitino would never step foot in Rupp Arena besides to play a game here. Hell, there was a time he flicked off fans in Rupp Arena and now he’s nearly crying about being back. 

St. John’s can cry about their head coach being at another school’s midnight madness, but that’s just the pecking order. We’re Kentucky and you’re not. Hell, I now believe he was a mole at Louisville. A national title that was vacated and rarely beating Kentucky? Sounds good to me. The man is back where he belongs though. Future GM of Kentucky and more importantly we’re back where we belong. We’re Kentucky again.