When John Calipari rose to prominence at UMass during the same era as Rick Pitino was (re)building a powerhouse program at Kentucky, for some reason the broader media had no idea how to process ...

He was “The next Rick Pitino” or “Rick Pitino’s clone ... 13-10. Calipari had UMass, Pitino’s alma mater, in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 30 years.

IN DEPTH: Rick Pitino restores St. John's to NCAA Tournament ... Calipari has wins over Pitino as the coach at UMass and Kentucky, as well as with the NBA's New Jersey Nets. Calipari and Pitino ...

John Calipari and Rick Pitino are national champions ... was hired as the coach of the UMass Minutemen. Reports said Pitino, a UMass alumnus, was part of the group that played a vital role ...

Rick Pitino wasn’t interested in hyping up his ... In 1988, when Pitino’s alma mater, UMass, was seeking a head coach, he endorsed Calipari, who was an assistant at Pittsburgh.

By then, Father Richard Rock ... game as a freshman at UMass, where the level of competition was several notches below the caliber of opponents he now dominates. Pitino believed that center ...

On Friday, Rick Pitino talked a little bit more about John ... Here’s what the former UMass coach and former Celtics coach were asked and what they answered and in some cases how they avoided ...

“Rick did a great job with his team ... The prior bouts included the 1996 Final Four, where Pitino and Kentucky defeated Calipari and UMass; and the 2012 Final Four, where Calipari’s Kentucky ...

The UMass transfer had options ... want somebody to hold me accountable,” Luis told The Post at the time. “[Rick Pitino] is going to help me develop my game and be more of a complete player.” ...

Rick Pitino and John Calipari are both headed back ... His 1996 Final Four run at UMass began at Providence and included a game against Arkansas and eventually a matchup against Pitino and ...