Though they downplayed the animosity, the coaches also noted that they are not friends. Earlier in the week, Calipari waxed on about his relationship with Self, and how it’s hard to play against ...

Rick Pitino and John Calipari faced off for the 30th time on Saturday when St. John's and Arkansas battled in the NCAA ...

John's Rick Pitino vs. Arkansas' John Calipari. This is the 30th meeting between two of basketball’s most well-known coaches. St. John's nabbed a No. 2 seed in the 2025 March Madness bracket ...

Calipari and Pitino are no strangers to getting big wins in the month of March. They have also not been afraid to show their emotions on the sideline. The two seemed to have a hea ...

No. 2 St. John's Red Storm vs Arkansas on Saturday in Round 2 of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday in Providence ...

Pitino and his St. John’s squad will play Calipari and his Arkansas team in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, setting up another marquee coaching matchup for Calipari. He ...

It might feel like nostalgia. Or a hallucination. Advertisement Rick Pitino, coaching the St. John’s Red Storm, and John Calipari, coaching the Arkansas Razorbacks, will go head-to-head for the ...

The nicknames and comparisons followed John Calipari wherever he went. He was “The next Rick Pitino” or “Rick Pitino’s clone,” and it was time to have some fun. It was the day before Calipari’s ...

PROVIDENCE — John Calipari said Arkansas is the underdog. And he’s right. Rick Pitino wasn’t sure what his St. John’s team could accomplish at the start of the season. The 72-year-old ...

This year's NCAA tournament will deliver a top-tier coaching matchup in the round of 32 when Rick Pitino's St. John's Red Storm take on John Calipari's Arkansas Razorbacks. The No. 10 seed Arkansas ...

Rick Pitino and John Calipari have had an amazing rivalry through the years, and they will renew acquaintances when Pitino's second-seeded St. John's Red Storm faces Calipari's Arkansas Razorbacks in ...

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.