As much as I hate it for our two seniors, Pitino is VERY smart! Think about it. By skipping the post season this year, he keeps the title year in tact. Also, he has essentially the same team coming back and he adds two students in Tony Hicks and VJ King. If I were a guessing man (which I could be wrong) Pitino thinks the cap on this season would have been Elite 8/FF. However, what a story it would make for him if he had a team that sat out from post-season one year, and then made a championship run the following year, and then with that he rode off into the sunset to retire. Just my thinking at least. GO CARDS!!!