Fascinating opening arguments yesterday in Karen Sypher’s trial yesterday and one detail that makes you wonder what was going through Rick Pitino’s head on the cusp of a Big East regular season title.

March 6, 2009 a letter is delivered from Tim Sypher to Rick Pitino in the hotel right before Louisville is to play West Virginia for the Big East regular season title. In it, Sypher demands college for all her kids, two cars, a house, $3,000 a month for food and bills and $75,000 when Rick leaves Louisville. In exchange, she will keep his name clean.

That was the ESPN Gameday debut in Morgantown and, if memory serves, he did an on-set interview. He also had no visible trouble handling a pretty tough game.