Cute guys with blind eyes

Rick Pitino and Mark Cuban could be twins.

Both achieved power, fame and wealth by being smarter, quicker and tougher than their rivals. And cuter.

Also, both were too busy being powerful, famous, brilliant and cute to notice that seriously bad stuff was going on in the organizations they control.

Hey, that shortcoming is as common as the cold. It has afflicted top dogs at Enron, Penn State, U.S. Gymnastics, U.S. Swimming and a thousand other corporations, schools and teams.

Cuban apologized for being unaware that a former Maver- icks top exec allegedly spent years sexually harassing employees, and for Cuban’s HR department believing the HR stood for Harassment Refuge.

Cuban, in many ways a positive and progressive NBA team owner, maybe spread himself too thin — hoofing to fame on “Dancing With the Stars” and waxing wise on “Shark Tank,” where he smugly bullies and belittles people who have great ideas but lack Cuban’s business brilliance.

I don’t know what price Cuban will pay for his blind spot. Losing his team seems about right.

Louisville, for a scandal that involved hiring strippers and hookers to entertain high school recruits, was “stripped” of 123 wins, $600,000 and a national championship. And I hear they won’t get back their cleaning deposit.

Pitino is stuck with a large red “L” tattoo on his left shoulder blade, in honor of the 2013 national championship, but he can fix that by simply adding “OSER.”

Pitino and Louisville’s president have lashed out at the NCAA for the severity of the penalties.

Hey, guys, get yourselves a keg, some strippers and hookers, and chill.

Seth Wenig / Associated Press Former Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino (left) and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban somehow were not aware of the egregious acts that took place on their watch.

Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times 2015