"He Was Going to Kill Us": Mark Pope Recalls Rick Pitino’s Chilling Words to Kentucky Team originally appeared on Athlon ...

Mark Pope has never shied away from the expectations at Kentucky. He wants to win national titles. Pope was asked during ...

Rick Pitino told his 1996 Kentucky basketball team that he would kill them if they didn't win every game, according to Mark ...

College basketball insider Jon Rothstein believes the clock might be ticking on Rick Pitino’s time at St. John’s and has urged other teams in the Big East to raise their game.

Arkansas coach John Calipari and St John's coach Rick Pitino are among the few in college basketball who have also coached in the NBA.

With that in mind, former Greece and Panathinaikos coach — and current St. John’s coach — Rick Pitino shared his honest ...

St. John's head coach Rick Pitino told his son, Richard, to stay at the University New Mexico. He "changed his tune" when Xavier expressed interest.

Rick Pitino instructs at a recent St. John’s practice. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post Arguably the most memorable March run of Pitino’s career came with his 1987 Providence College team.

St. John’s season felt over. It had blown a 19-point, first-half lead to Seton Hall, falling to three games under .500 in league play. Coach Rick Pitino called out several players by name in the ...

New Mexico head coach Richard Pitino shakes hands with St. John's head coach Rick Pitino during the first half of an NCAA men’s basketball game on Nov. 17, 2024, at Madison Square Garden.

Rick Pitino has been through a lot. He has also been one of the brilliant college coaches of all time, and now he is about to start another NCAA Tournament with a St. John’s team that made the ...

Carey knew Pitino’s good friend and business partner, Rick Avare, and asked if he thought Pitino might entertain the Iona job. By then, Carey says, he’d done his due diligence, knowing if he ...