{
  "id": 16777219,
  "title": "Rick Pitino Says College Basketball Is the Best It's Been in 20 Years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/rick-pitino-says-college-basketball-is-the-best-its-been-in-20-years",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-27T17:47:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Newsweek",
    "slug": "newsweek",
    "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/sports/ncaa/rick-pitino-says-college-basketball-is-the-best-its-been-in-20-years-12625662"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The NIL era has transformed college basketball, but St. John's HC Rick Pitino believes the on-court product is better than ever.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}