At 72 years old, Pitino’s contemporaries are pretty much gone from college basketball. Jim Boeheim talks on television. Mike ...

What will the fan reaction be when former Kentucky coach John Calipari returns Saturday night to Rupp Arena as Arkansas head ...

Pitino hopes Calipari receives a more positive response from UK fans than what he faced 23 years ago. "Show him what respect and admiration is all about," he said. LEXINGTON — More than two decades ...

Rick Pitino returned to Rupp Arena to face UK in 2001. John Calipari will face Kentucky basketball in Lexington next. How will his experience compare?

Clockwise from top left: Mark Pope and Rick Pitino at Big Blue Madness ... 2020. Years as UK coach: 1989-97. Tenure at Kentucky: Pitino, at age 36, left his position as head coach of the New ...

St. John’s men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino, who was the head coach at Kentucky from 1989-1997, released a video on social media regarding Arkansas head coach John Calipari’s anticipated ...

Panicking about Kentucky‘s season derailing as we know it thanks to the Arkansas loss, the third of four for the Wildcats as ...

Alas, Rick Pitino’s return to Rupp as Louisville head man on Dec. 29, 2001, had produced the polar opposite of Smith’s friendly greeting. In fact, the first time Ricky P. came back to UK as ...