Pitino had already turned his back to shake hands with Thad Matta when ... lack of sportsmanship, Rick Pitino started his postgame press conference by apologizing to Matta and his Butler ...

And never mind that coach Rick Pitino and the team’s trainer already had decided to hold the point guard out until the Musketeers come to the Garden. Smith asked to play and Pitino agreed.

Butler coach Thad Matta tried to inject life into his struggling team. Normally opposed to midseason shakeups, Matta inserted junior guard Kolby King into the starting lineup for sophomore guard ...