Love him or hate him, Pitino nails it with regards to the current state of college hoops.
“Because of the portal, we’ve got all new players every year,” Pitino said. “We’re lucky we had four or five returning players. But with college basketball the way it is, it’s no longer amateur basketball anymore. This is professional minor leagues. So it is what it is. Every year there’s going to be 1,200-1,300 free agents in the portal — let’s not call it transferring anymore, let’s call it free agency.”