St. John’s head basketball coach Rick Pitino is not a big believer in the Preseason AP Top 25 poll. As the blue-blood Kansas Jayhawks topped the No. 1 spot in Monday’s rankings, with Alabama and UConn following at No.
St. John’s basketball head coach Rick Pitino has more than Thursday’s charity exhibition to focus on; it’s also playing against freshman standouts Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper.
Louisville basketball coach Pat Kelsey is sending a message to one of the school’s most controversial yet successful coaches. Kelsey is sending a welcome invitation to Rick Pitino to visit the school.
Friday night was electric. Rick Pitino’s return to Rupp Arena on Friday was exactly what Kentucky Wildcats fans needed. When now-former head coach John Calipari saw his time at UK come to an end, the program looked to former player and national champion Mark Pope to lead the way.
Back in the spring, an unprecedented move was done by St. John’s Red Storm men’s head basketball coach Rick Pitino. He made a donation to the NIL fund for the Kentucky Wildcats football team.
As Rick Pitino took the mic at Big Blue Madness, he said he wanted to return to Camelot one more time before he retires from coaching. How about playing Kentucky in Rupp again?
Pitino has had a complicated relationship with Kentucky over the years. But fans made the 72-year-old head coach feel more than welcome during the team’s “Big Blue Madness” event held at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky.
Coach Pitino will be in the house for Cats vs. Dores. Rick Pitino is coming back to the Bluegrass! On Tuesday, the former Kentucky Wildcats head coach announced he would be present for Saturday’s showdown between the Cats and the Vanderbilt Commodores.
In the early to mid-90s, Rick Pitino was the most popular man in the state of Kentucky. Having coached the Kentucky Wildcats back to prominence, after being hit with the death penalty in 1989.
This season’s broadcast schedule was unveiled on Wednesday and the Red Storm continues to garner major television exposure The Rick Pitino effect continues to bear fruit for St.
After two-plus decades of being an enemy to Kentucky fans, Rick Pitino is trying his best to get back in their good graces. This summer he started with a very positive endorsement of Mark Pope and followed it up a few weeks later by announcing he was a donor for the Kentucky football program.
The college basketball regular season begins in five weeks. The first Big East basketball game comes on Dec. 10 when Providence plays at DePaul so why not look at the Big East basketball odds?
Burglary is always stressful, especially when a legendary hoops coach like Rick Pitino is the victim. The St. John’s basketball program leader’s office got broken into on Tuesday, and several goods were stolen, Pitino expressed his anger, via his social media.
Former Duke Assistant A.D. will land on his feet In a bit of downer news, St. John’s and Mike Cragg have agreed to part ways. Cragg, who cut his teeth in athletic administration at Duke, is a good guy and someone we like and respect.
Rick Pitino would probably have a much better chance to win the Big East if Dan Hurley left UConn, and the legendary coach recently shared his thoughts on if such a departure is likely to happen with the Lakers courting Hurley.
Rick Pitino went 20-13 in his first season back in the Big East. He now has St. John's poised to do even bigger things in Year 2, especially with the news that the Red Storm have landed a top Big East player from the transfer portal.
The last time Rick Pitino was in Rupp Arena, he flipped off a crowd of 24,000+ Kentucky fans after a 75-73 loss in 2015, which he later denied, saying, “My recollection, it was a, ‘We are #1.'” A lot has changed since then.
Rick Pitino offered new Kentucky HC Mark Pope some well wishes. The two brought a championship to Lexington during the mid-90s.
Rick Pitino is not happy with how Sunday went for his team – and understandably so. The St. John’s Red Storm, despite a NET ranking of No. 32, failed to get the approval of the Selection Sunday committee to be part of the 2024 March Madness field. Rick Pitino Dismisses NET Rankings AFter St.
This past Sunday, St. John's blew a 19-point lead in a 68-62 loss to Seton Hall. Pitino erupted after the collapse.
After the Red Storm blew a 19-point lead to Seton Hall in a loss on Sunday, Pitino said this season has been “the most unenjoyable experience I’ve had since I’ve been coaching.”
Head coach Rick Pitino might have second thoughts about taking the St John's job after a disastrous loss to Seton Hall on Sunday.
St. John’s basketball head coach Rick Pitino will not coach on Tuesday night against Seton Hall due to COVID, per Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. Rothstein also reports that associate head coach Steve Masiello will step in and replace Pitino as acting head coach Tuesday.
Color Rick Pitino as disinterested in Gonzaga men's basketball potentially joining the Big East Conference. "100 percent, no," Pitino said in response to a question from NJ Advance Media after St.
Rick Pitino left Kentucky 26 years ago after losing the 1997 championship, and since then his career has been filled with the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.
Joel Soriano totaled 22 points and 11 rebounds and highlighted his latest double-double by making the first two 3-pointers of his career as St. John's opened the Rick Pitino era with a 90-74 victory over Stony Brook on Tuesday night in New York.
The instant Rick Pitino arrived to coach St. John's on March 20, expectations were raised for a program without an NCAA Tournament win since 2000. After
Rick Pitino is moving quickly to establish St. John’s nationally once again, and he took a step in that direction Monday by landing a major recruit.
Players are willing to look past some of Pitino's scandals if they know winning is on the horizon, and there's a great chance winning is on the horizon for the Red Storm.
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