PROVIDENCE — Rick Pitino was excited when the selection committee ... Pitino also knows that for the next few weeks college basketball has the sporting world’s attention.

This all really started for Rick Pitino, in all the most important ... then as an assistant with the Knicks before he got to Providence College. But that Providence team put him up on the map ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The basketball gods must have an affinity for sportswriters, because the fact we are going to get Rick Pitino vs ... rivalry that uplifts college basketball while transcending ...

When St. John’s tips off on Thursday night, Rick Pitino will be coaching ... map as one of the premier coaches in college basketball when he took Providence to the Final Four in 1987, part ...

3/20/25 / Kris Craig/The Providence Journal / USA ... He wants to leave college as a Johnnie.” St. John’s head coach Rick Pitino said earlier this offseason that the plan all along was to ...

Following their NBA Finals berth, St. John's head coach and college basketball legend Rick Pitino has spoken out strongly ...

who was a counselor John Calipari leads Rick Pitino 13-10 in college meetings PROVIDENCE — It’s the matchup that most craved. John Calipari vs. Rick Pitino for a spot in the Sweet 16.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Sometimes a March Madness ... 62-year-old Bill Self in a Kansas soft blue jumper and 72-year-old Rick Pitino in yet another day-before-game sweatsuit, this one the deep ...

It’s telling that in an era where most college coaches wear quarter ... (Clockwise from top left) Rick Pitino during his stints with Providence, the Knicks, Louisville, the Boston Celtics ...

At the age of 72, what Rick Pitino is doing for St. John's University ... In his second year at Providence College, he took on a modern approach at the time by embracing 3-point shooting as ...