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Rick Pitino explains benching RJ Luis Jr. in St. John’s NCAA Tournament loss, confirms draft-hopeful Luis will not be back
Rick Pitino’s benching of RJ Luis Jr. was not about teaching the St. John’s star a lesson. Luis did not play the final 4:56 of the Red Storm’s NCAA Tournament loss to Arkansas because it was the “right move for the team and for us winning,” Pitino said on Thursday’s series finale of VICE TV’s “Pitino: Red Storm Rising” docu-series. “It was the right move because of where he was mentally,” Pitino said, adding, “He was forcing shots, and it was af…
Exclusive | Rick Pitino opens up on benching RJ Luis during St. John’s season-ending loss in exclusive clip
In an exclusive clip obtained by The Post of the final episode of the Vice TV docuseries, “Pitino: Red Storm Rising,” Rick Pitino says he made the right call to bench St. John's star RJ Luis.


Rick Pitino opens up on benching RJ Luis during St. John’s season-ending loss in exclusive clip
Rick Pitino isn’t second-guessing his decision to bench RJ Luis at the end of St. John’s season-ending NCAA Tournament loss to Arkansas in the second round. In an exclusive clip obtained by The Post of the final episode of the Vice TV docuseries, “Pitino:
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