Though he was busy coaching St. John’s to the Big East regular season and conference tournament titles, Rick ... under Pope, captain on Pitino’s 1996 national championship team at UK.

Since the hire of Mark Pope ... That will now have Pitino, Pope’s coach back from 1993 to 1996, opposing Pope, a team captain for Pitino during that span back when he was at UK himself, in ...

John's head coach Rick Pitino doesn ... The chance to place UK in the same quadrant as two of their legendary head coaches feels like a missed opportunity by the committee. Pope would agree.

Since the moment Mark ... 2019. Pitino, who recently mentioned the possibility of an exhibition game between UK and St. John’s, was following along the entire time. We can only figure Pope ...

Mark Pope is doing everything he can to make sure Rick Pitino coaches inside Rupp Arena one more time. Basically since the day he was hired at Kentucky, Pope has been adamant about wanting to ...

Hours after word broke that St. John’s will replace UCLA in the CBS Sports Classic, Mark Pope and Rick Pitino confirmed ... In the FaceTime released by UK, you could tell both are thrilled ...

The court isn’t the only place that Mark Pope is hoping to beat St. John’s head coach Rick Pitino on Dec. 20. The Kentucky headman is hungry to outshine Pitino in the fashion department ...

Kentucky coach Mark Pope gave a playful take on his former coach Rick Pitino's legendary all-white suit, issuing a challenge for their CBS Sports Classic showdown on Dec. 20 at the State Farm ...

Mark Pope took questions for over half ... The CBS Sports Classic recently announced that Pope will face his old coach, Rick Pitino, in 2025, as Pitino’s Johnnies replace UCLA in the annual ...

Though he was busy coaching St. John’s to the Big East regular season and conference tournament titles, Rick ... under Pope, captain on Pitino’s 1996 national championship team at UK.