Hours after word broke that St. John’s will replace UCLA in the CBS Sports Classic, Mark Pope and Rick Pitino confirmed that ...

The Buckeyes will take on the Tar Heels in the first game and will be followed by the Red Storm facing the Wildcats. Both ...

Rick Pitino is set to face one of his former teams next season with St. John's scheduled to play Kentucky during the 2025-26 ...

Mark Pope is about to face his former coach Rick Pitino when Kentucky and St. John's battle in a regular season game in ...

St. John's head coach Rick Pitino, who led Kentucky to the 1996 national championship with Mark Pope as his team captain, ...

Kentucky released a recording of a FaceTime between Mark Pope and Rick Pitino discussing their matchup in the CBS Sports ...

Rick Pitino won a national championship at Kentucky with a team that was led by Mark Pope, who recently wrapped up his first season as the head coach of ...

Ohio State will still play in the 2025 CBS Sports Classic, but an event mainstay is being replaced in 2025-26.

Pitino vs. his pupil, Mark Pope, in what could be a top-10 matchup the weekend before Christmas. An elite game just got added ...

Rick Pitino and St. John's are reportedly replacing UCLA in the CBS Sports Classic and will play against Mark Pope and ...

The matchup puts St. John's coach Rick Pitino against his former school and player in Kentucky coach Mark Pope.