When Mark Pope took the job as the head coach of the Kentucky basketball program, all of Big Blue Nation wanted him to ...

Hours after word broke that St. John’s will replace UCLA in the CBS Sports Classic, Mark Pope and Rick Pitino confirmed that ...

DETROIT — Rick Pitino will face his former captain next year in a blockbuster non-conference showdown in Atlanta. St. John’s ...

Kentucky’s Mark Pope and St. John’s Rick Pitino have emerged as two of the most strategic architects in college basketball ...

Mark Pope and Rick Pitino will get to coach against each other five days before Christmas this year. Kentucky and St. John’s will play in the CBS Sports Classic on Saturday Dec. 20 at State Farm Arena ...

St. John's has been added to the CBS Sports Classic, meaning Mark Pope will lead Kentucky against Rick Pitino.

Pitino, 72 and entering his third season at St. John’s, coached at Kentucky from 1989-97 and won the 1997 national ...

Kentucky and Head Coach Mark Pope will take on former head Wildcat Rick Pitino and St. Johns in the 2025 edition of the CBS ...

Mark Pope made his mark in his first year at Kentucky and will have another big chance to separate himself from John Calipari ...

Mark Pope and Rick Pitino are preparing for a Christmas matchup. CBS Sports announced on Thursday that the CBS Sports Classic this year will be between Pope's Kentucky team and Pitino's St.

The clash between the Red Storm and Wildcats sets up a contest loaded with storylines as Rick Pitino squares off against Mark Pope in a game between a Kentucky coaching legend and one of his ...

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