"Former St. John's men's basketball coach Mike Anderson is seeking nearly $46 million from the school after he claims he was fired with cause in March only so the school could avoid paying his buyout and use the money to hire Rick Pitino, per arbitration documents obtained by ESPN on Thursday.
In the "notice of intention to arbitrate" filed last month by Anderson's lawyer, John Singer of Singer Deutsch, Anderson said he's seeking the $11.4 million that was left on his contract and an additional $34.2 million for "punitive" damages."