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 ...

SAN ANTONIO -- After saying he couldn’t envision a return to Louisville -- the school that fired him in 2017 -- Rick Pitino ...

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.

Rick Pitino was named Coach of the Year by the Associated Press today, an honor he shares with Auburn’s Bruce Pearl. After ...

The Kentucky basketball team broke a 32-year-old school record on offense during its NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 loss to ...

Pope won the national title in 1996 when he was a player under former coach Rick Pitino, who is now the St. John's Red Storm coach. During a 2024 segment of the "Field of 68: After Dark," Mark ...

After sitting out the 1993-94 season due to the NCAA's transfer rules, Pope made his debut in 1994-95. Across the final two ...

John's takes down Omaha, there will be a John Calipari vs. Rick Pitino matchup in the Round of 32. After the selection show, Mark Pope went on ESPN Radio with Matt Jones and Myron Medcalf ...

Mark Pope's Kentucky secured a No. 3 seed for the 2025 NCAA Tournament. However, he appeared to be more thrilled at the possibility of two former Wildcats coaches, John Calipari and Rick Pitino ...

Richard Pitino is not the most dazzling branch on the Pitino coaching tree. But in many way he is the most impressive.