Since the moment Mark Pope was hired at Kentucky, Rick Pitino has had his back. And now that his protege has wrapped up his ...

Kentucky finished 24-12 in its first season under Pope, captain on Pitino’s 1996 national championship team at UK. While No. 2 seed St. John’s lost to John Calipari and Arkansas in the second round of ...

St. John's head coach Rick Pitino doesn't want to get in a war of words with John Calipari, but recent comments from Kentucky coach Mark Pope suggest otherwise.

Though he was busy coaching St. John’s to the Big East regular season and conference tournament titles, Rick Pitino found time to keep an eye on Mark Pope this season. “I always follow the ...