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

He started his career with John Calipari, and it looks like he will end it with Rick Pitino, who will be in search of another ...

Pitino, who's in contention for coach of the year, has taken quite the journey back to the grandest stage of college basketball since being fired at Louisville, where he won a national title. He'll ...

Rick Pitino was one of Mark Pope's fiercest defenders when he took over the vacant Kentucky Wildcats job from John Calipari last year. During an event in October, while commemorating the 1998 ...

As soon as the words, “Rick Pitino and ... blood feud. Even Wildcats coach Mark Pope -— who won a national title with Pitino in 1996 and succeeded Calipari at Kentucky — chuckled upon ...

as John Calipari was getting ready to return to Kentucky for the first time since leaving the SEC school for Arkansas, Rick Pitino posted a video on X imploring Wildcats fans to take it easy on ...

St. John’s University basketball head coach Rick Pitino watches the New Mexico Lobos and Michigan State Spartans play in the ...

Bruce Pearl of Auburn and Rick Pitino of St. John's are The Associated Press coaches of the year in men's college basketball.

Behind a team-high 16 points from freshman Billy Richmond III — a former Kentucky commit from when Calipari led the UK program — No. 10 seed Arkansas secured a 75-66 victory over No. 2 seed St. John’s ...

Kentucky basketball fans can vote for which UK coach had the best debut season. How does Mark Pope stack up? The poll closes ...