And in the irony department, the Strib just ran a story (there's a thread about it on the board) about McBrayer. The whole point of the story is how his mother - an assistant warden at the Ryker's Island jail in NYC - kept him on the straight and narrow growing up, and how he used basketball to stay out of trouble.
This puts Pitino between a rock and a hard place. If he kicks these guys off the team, then it hurts his chances of having a good season next year and saving his job. but, if he doesn't kick them off the team, then he gets accused of putting wins over player conduct.
The U of M, where the fun never stops! and somewhere, Norwood Teague is laughing.