First reported by The Boston Globe, USA basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo convinced Coach K  to stay in the job after he led the U.S.A. to the gold medal in Beijing last summer.

“With the success that we had, I would do everything in my power to keep everything intact,” Colangelo told The Associated Press without confirming the decision.

Aside from his busy coaching schedule for Duke University, Coach K also travels frequently around the country giving speeches on leadership and holding success-based workshops for many companies. After looking at his basketball resume, it’s quite obvious he knows a thing or two about being a leader.

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But unfortunately for the wrong reasons.

West Virginia University basketball players Joe Mazzulla and Cameron Thoroughman were busted at PNC Park at a Pittsburgh Pirates game for underage drinking and for fighting on Monday according to The Associated Press and ESPN.com.

It’s one thing to be busted for underage drinking. I guess a lot of people do it. But fighting too?

The two lunk heads argued with police when they refused to show proper identification and smelled of alcohol, according to the criminal report. Thoroughman, a 20-year-old, 6-foot-7 sophomore allegedly lied about his age and threatened a security guard. He also struggled with an officer who was trying to take him into custody.

Mazzulla, a 6-foot-2 junior was also charged with aggravated assault when he tried to grab his teammate and allegedly punched a police sergent.

Come on guys! I know it was a Pirates game and you were probably looking for something to get you through those nine innings of hell, but did you have to go to extremes that stupid and get yourselves arrested? Next time, how about taking in a WNBA game instead.

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