The matchup puts St. John's coach Rick Pitino against his former school and player in Kentucky coach Mark Pope.

He waited to gather his thoughts. Then, he spoke. A visibly emotional Rick Pitino, back at Rupp Arena donned in Kentucky blue for the first time in decades, was a fitting finale Friday night to a ...

After the win, Coach Pope's former head coach, when he was a player at Kentucky Rick Pitino, had a message. Pitino had this to say to Pope on X, "Congrats Cap. No Surprise to me." Coach Pitino has ...

As soon as the words, “Rick Pitino and St. John’s,” aired across ... A collective “Oohh” could be heard alongside some claps as the Kentucky crowd recognized what could potentially ...

The Kentucky head coach, who led the Wildcats to a Sweet 16 in his first season, is already looking ahead to a marquee ...

Rick Pitino is officially on the 2025-26 college basketball schedule. But this matchup between student and teacher won’t be happening in Rupp Arena, as was originally hoped. Instead, Kentucky ...

Kentucky coach Mark Pope gave a playful take on his former coach Rick Pitino's legendary all-white suit, issuing a challenge for their CBS Sports Classic showdown on Dec.

Insert Rick Pitino. The man who led Kentucky to the 1996 National Championship and Louisville to the 2013* National Championship — as well as finding success at Boston University and Providence ...

Kentucky basketball fans received a major piece of scheduling news on Thursday as news broke that UCLA had dropped out of the CBS Sports Classic and will be replaced by St. John’s. David Berov ...

With no school willing to give “Slick Rick” a shot ... In the same way that Pitino led Kentucky to the 1996 National Championship, so, too, did Pope, only he did it as a player and the ...