"He Was Going to Kill Us": Mark Pope Recalls Rick Pitino’s Chilling Words to Kentucky Team originally appeared on Athlon ...

College basketball insider Jon Rothstein believes the clock might be ticking on Rick Pitino’s time at St. John’s and has urged other teams in the Big East to raise their game.

Rick Pitino told his 1996 Kentucky basketball team that he would kill them if they didn't win every game, according to Mark ...

Mark Pope has never shied away from the expectations at Kentucky. He wants to win national titles. Pope was asked during ...

Championship-winning coaches Rick Pitino of St. John's and Tom Izzo of Michigan State will coach the 2025-26 season as ...

Ejiofor may be St. John’s acknowledged returning star, but he's not the only player on the Red Storm roster who has been ...

Rick Pitino instructs at a recent St. John’s practice. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post Arguably the most memorable March run of Pitino’s career came with his 1987 Providence College team.

As much as some of his colleagues might not be a fan of the NIL era, St. John's coach Rick Pitino is taking a more pragmatic approach.

With that in mind, St. John’s coach — and former Greece and Panathinaikos coach — Rick Pitino put Americans on notice with ...

Richard Pitino greets his dad St. John’s Red Storm head coach Rick Pitino before the first half at Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in New York, NY.

Rick Pitino has been through a lot. He has also been one of the brilliant college coaches of all time, and now he is about to start another NCAA Tournament with a St. John’s team that made the ...

Carey knew Pitino’s good friend and business partner, Rick Avare, and asked if he thought Pitino might entertain the Iona job. By then, Carey says, he’d done his due diligence, knowing if he ...