Rick Pitino has told Dana O’Neill of ESPN that he did not throw up the middle finger at UK fans at Rupp Arena today.
Pitino told ESPN.com via text message, “No I didn’t flip off the fans. I was in the tunnel. People were yelling ugly crude things that I didn’t like. The 1-8 comment [Pitino’s record against Kentucky coach John Calipari] was fine. But the other comments I didn’t like.”
Asked whether he gestured in any way toward the crowd, Pitino said, “My recollection was a, ‘we r #1.'”
The coach also declined to elaborate on what comments were made at him saying only, “It’s too ugly.”
Really, #1?
This makes me believe he did it.
