St. John's head coach Rick Pitino took a little break from the recruiting trail to watch some of the New York Knicks' playoff ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder has produced one of the more lethal defenses we’ve seen in modern NBA history. OKC’s ability to suffocate opposing offenses through an endless rotation of elite on-ball ...

St. John's basketball coach Rick Pitino praises Thunder defense with revealing tweet amid 2025 NBA Finals appearance ...

Rick Pitino and the St ... as a top option shortly after, and Pitino quickly sealed the deal. Odih’s style fits perfectly with the aggressive, defense-first identity that Pitino has instilled ...

Rick Pitino, for his insatiable competitive nature. "That would be the singular thing I've learned," Pitino said Tuesday at his introductory press conference. "To get everybody to scratch and claw ...

SAN ANTONIO — St. John’s best season in 25 years now includes a program first: An Associated Press National Coach of the Year award-winner. Rick Pitino ... picking on his defense vs.

Red Storm coach Rick Pitino removed Big East Player of the Year ... “He was not only getting down about his game, he wasn’t playing the defense we needed,” he added.

April 4 - Rick Pitino and Bruce Pearl were named co-winners of The Associated Press men's college basketball Coach of the Year award on Friday. It was the first tie in voting in the 58 years that ...

“They’ve got a championship-level defense,” Hurley said ... “I hate to see them go out this way,” head coach Rick Pitino said. “We thought we were championship-driven in our ...

At the most critical juncture of his team’s dream season, with a second-round NCAA tournament matchup against No. 10 Arkansas hanging in the balance, legendary St. John’s coach Rick Pitino ...

who play a truly special brand of defense. In the end, however, it was their offense that sunk the ship. And after the game, Pitino was not looking to answer hard questions. Rick Pitino refuses to ...

Rick Pitino wasn’t interested in hyping up his ... That duo poses a test for the Johnnies, who own Division I’s most efficient defense but whose tallest starter, Zuby Ejiofor, is 6-9.