CINCINNATI – Director of Athletics John Cunningham introduced Cincinnati women’s basketball head coach Katrina Merriweather in a press conference on Tuesday. A former captain and four-year letterwinner for the Bearcats from 1997-2001, Merriweather acknowledged the influence that her time as a student-athlete and former hall of fame head coach Laurie Pirtle had on what she wants to instill at the helm of her alma mater. “25 years ago, who knew when Laurie Pirtle called that I would be standing right here right now,” Merriweather said. “My experience here at Cincinnati was some of the best years of my life” “The…