PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The basketball gods must have an affinity for sportswriters, because the fact we are going to get Rick Pitino vs. John Calipari one more time is so good, it almost feels ...

Rick Pitino tried to downplay the matchups he and John Calipari had back in the day. He knew there was a chance he’d face off against a coach he knows all too well in the NCAA Tournament this year.

The two Hall of Fame coaches with Kentucky ties will meet again in different colors John Calipari was a camper at the Five-Star Basketball Camp when met Rick Pitino, who was a counselor John ...

Not good friends but not enemies, either, the Pitino and Calipari dynamic can be described as unenthusiastically respectful: not bitter or unkind but lacking the warmth and camaraderie that come ...

“Lexington” went the obvious answer from the audience, given Rupp Arena has one of the eight sites as well, given Pitino coached at Kentucky from 1991 to 2000 and Calipari from 2009 to ...

John Calipari took a leap of faith when he mutually parted ways with the Kentucky basketball program after 15 seasons and ...

John Calipari already has the Arkansas Razorbacks looking like a team to watch for the 2025-26 college basketball season. After leaving the Kentucky Wildcats job to join Arkansas last offseason, ...