One might say Pitino is the one who actually runs the athletic department, not Tom Jurich.

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The real gem at Louisville, if you ask me, is AD Tom Jurich, under whose direction all of this has blossomed during his thirteen-year tenure.

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Cardinals players returned Tuesday to campus from Atlanta but coach Rick Pitino, members of the basketball staff, athletic director Tom Jurich and several administrative staffers went to New Orleans to watch the Louisville women play Connecticut in the NCAA final.

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