Mark Pope and Rick Pitino will face off during the 2025-26 college basketball season, but the game won’t take place in Rupp ...

Rick Pitino and St. John's are replacing UCLA in the CBS Sports Classic and will play against Mark Pope and Kentucky. Here's ...

Mark Pope vs. Rick Pitino is officially on the 2025-26 college basketball schedule. But this matchup between student and teacher won’t be happening in Rupp Arena, as was originally hoped.

ATLANTA, Ga. (WKYT) - Mark Pope’s Kentucky Wildcats will face St. John’s, coached by Rick Pitino, in the 2025 CBS Sports ...

Mark Pope will be going up against Rick Pitino in a regular-season matchup in the CBS Sports Classic in Atlanta on Dec. 20.

Mark Pope will be going up against Rick Pitino in a regular-season matchup in the CBS Sports Classic in Atlanta on Dec. 20.

(This story was added with new information to reflect St. John's and Kentucky have confirmed the matchup in the CBS Sports Classic) Rick Pitino is ... in Lexington at Rupp Arena in 2025, with ...

The initial plan, which the Hall of Fame coach announced last spring, was for St. John’s to play at famed Rupp Arena during ...