St. John’s forward Bryce Hopkins, a transfer from Providence who started his college career at Kentucky, takes a shot at some special March Madness Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby.
Q: Give me one reason why Rick Pitino is a Hall of Fame coach.
A: He doesn’t take losing lightly. There’s a fear of losing between me and all my teammates. The standard that he has for us is the highest of the high, and I feel like when we you lose, you’re like fearing to come in the next day because you don’t know what to expect, you don’t know how he’s gonna react. It’s just like not a fun environment to be around when you’re losing. And I feel like the standard that he holds everybody to on a day-to-day basis, the workouts that we do, the practices that we have even in season are like summer practices that you would expect — like we’re playing 5-on-5 in practice going at it, we’re not taking any days off really. And I feel like it’s just the constant grind makes a Hall of Fame coach.
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