But Pitino's resurgence, first at Iona and then the past two years at St. John's, and Calipari's revival at Arkansas this year has set up a whale of a round of 32 matchup. No. 2 seed St. John's ...

PROVIDENCE — John Calipari said Arkansas is the underdog. And he’s right. Rick Pitino wasn’t sure what his St. John’s team could accomplish at the start of the season. The 72-year-old ...

PROVIDENCE-- The relationship between Rick Pitino and John Calipari stretches back decades to their time at the famed Five-Star Basketball Camp in Moon Township, Pa.. And the two men have been ...

Arkansas' John Calipari. This is the 30th meeting between two of basketball’s most well-known coaches. St. John's nabbed a No. 2 seed in the 2025 March Madness bracket and beat Omaha ...

PROVIDENCE-- John Calipari and Rick Pitino haven’t faced off as coaches since Dec. 21, 2016, when Louisville beat Kentucky by three points in a game that featured current NBA players Donovan ...

Kentucky had won the breakup with John Calipari, and it wasn't particularly close. Now, after No. 10 seed Arkansas upset No. 2 seed St. John's 75-66 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on ...

A legendary coaching matchup between Rick Pitino and John Calipari headlines the Round of 32 slate in the NCAA Tournament on Saturday. Pitino and Calipari, once in-state rivals at Louisville and ...