From the article

"Pitino has been coaching at Louisville for 14 years (can you believe that?) and after some early struggles while he was getting his own players into town, he’s now led the Cardinals to the Elite Eight in six of the past 11 years. That’s the same as Roy Williams at UNC and more than John Calipari has at Kentucky — though Calipari had appearances at Memphis over the same stretch. It’s especially impressive given that Louisville’s average seed since 2005 has been 3.9, with the team having more No. 4 seeds (five times) than Nos. 1, 2 and 3 seeds combined (three). And, most surprisingly, Rick and Roy’s six appearances since 2005 are three times as many as Krzyzewski’s Duke teams. Think on this: In the past decade, Mike Krzyzewski may be the third best coach currently in the ACC.

The Cardinals have made the Final Four in two of the past three seasons and will have a chance to make it three-for-four this weekend. Louisville lost to Kentucky in the 2012 semis and then won it all one year later. And while Louisville gets plenty of fine recruits, Pitino is doing this with teams that have far less firepower than Krzyzewski’s McDonald’s All-American team and Calipari’s steady rotation of one-and-dones. Coaching is recruiting and Coach K and Calipari do better on that end, but once the rosters are set, Pitino is as good as they come."


http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/03/rick-pitino-louisville-elite-eight-ncaa-tournament-best-coach