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Puerto Rico seeks Pitino’s help to reach Olympics

The Columbian
Published: December 14, 2010, 12:00am

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The president of the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation says the national team is in “very advanced talks” with Louisville’s Rick Pitino about coaching the club in pre-Olympic qualifying next summer.

Federation president Carlos J. Beltran says Tuesday the team is hoping Pitino will be its coach during the pre-Olympic qualifying tournament in Argentina in August.

Beltran says the process has not been completed but “we are very close. There are just a few details we are completing.”

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