Rick Pitino wore No. 23 at St. Dominic High School in the late 1960s. Credit: Steve Pfost The first Bayhawks team Pitino played on featured 6-10 All-Long Island star Tom Riker, who would become a ...

Rick Pitino is a terrific coach ... McGunnigle, who died last year, coached Pitino at St. Dominic’s in Oyster Bay, and he saw it from the moment he first watched Pitino playing pickup on ...

Joanne Pitino has been there from the start, from the days and nights in high school when she would retrieve free throws under the basket at the St. Dominic’s High School gym, with the faint ...

Rick Pitino promised a St. John’s return to prominence ... Pitino grew up on Long Island and played high school basketball at St. Dominic High School in Oyster Bay. He described Tuesday ...

Pitino, who was born in Manhattan and played high school basketball at St. Dominic in Oyster Bay, immediately understood its potential. Rick Pitino speaks with Kadary Richmond during a game ...

Rick Pitino saw great success in his second year as the head coach for St. John's. The Red Storm finished with a 31-5 overall ...

St. John’s went 31-5 last season and won its first Big East regular-season championship since 1985 and its first ...

“He lives and dies basketball, as a player you can’t not want that,” said former Panathinaikos captain Nick Calathes about ...

Rick Pitino talks winning Big East Tournament & March Madness expectations for St. John's Repole, 56, has become one of the most recognizable donors in college athletics thanks to his ever ...

Rick Pitino. John Calipari ... Here's a look at Pitino's coaching path, including how he got to St. John's and his lengthy list of accomplishments: Pitino, of course, is regarded as one of ...

As a result, this time, those roars are coming from a sea of red. At the age of 72, what Rick Pitino is doing for St. John's University could be argued as his finest act yet, taking a school ...