Louisville coach Rick Pitino took a jab at the SEC last week.

Introducing his son Richard to a gathering of Louisville alumni in Shelbyville, Ky., Pitino drew a huge laugh when he joked, "[Richard] went away for a couple of years to learn how to do things in a second-rate league, then get back to the big time."

Richard Pitino served as an assistant at Florida the past two seasons before returning to his father's staff at Louisville.

Pitino's jab appears to be a response to John Calipari noting during the SEC Coaches Conference last week that 19 Big East teams made the NCAA tournament the past two seasons, yet only four of those advanced to the Sweet 16.