""One suggestion for the NCAA is, when you have interviews on the court for Duke, for the winning team, and they have time there, the game started before we even came in here. Just have the losing team go first.""
""You should let the losing team go first, and then let the winning team have as long as you want. Just a suggestion. Because you just left us hanging out there for over a half hour.""
Rick Pitino expressed frustration after St. John's elimination by Duke in the Sweet 16. He criticized NCAA media protocols that require the losing team to wait before addressing the press. Pitino suggested that the losing team should be allowed to speak first, as they were left in disappointment while the winning team celebrated. The NCAA's customary practice involves the winning team speaking first after a cooling-off period, which Pitino found unsatisfactory given the emotional toll of the loss.
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