However, Pope's coach from his college days, Rick Pitino, believes Kentucky fans do not respect Calipari as much as they should. Therefore, Pitino felt compelled to urge the Big Blue Nation to ...

Rick Pitino knows how John Calipari might feel when the former Kentucky coach returns to Lexington on Saturday as Arkansas visits the 12th-ranked Wildcats. Pitino's first visit there -- and many ...

Ahead of this weekend’s matchup, former Kentucky head coach Rick Pitino sent a message to Big Blue Nation. Pitino did something very few coaches have done in college hoops: he coached both at ...

Around the state of Kentucky this week, the water cooler speculation has centered almost entirely on the reception John Calipari will receive Saturday night when he walks into Rupp Arena wearing ...

Coach Rick Pitino gave his take on the rivalry between Kentucky and Louisville under Mark Pope and Pat Kelsey. The St. John's men's basketball coach shared his opinion in a post on X on Wednesday.

Rick Pitino has asked a favor of Big Blue Nation with John Calipari -- the former Kentucky coach now at Arkansas-- returning to Rupp Arena this weekend. His request: don't boo the coach who once ...

LEXINGTON — More than two decades ago, Rick Pitino returned to Rupp Arena for the first time as a visiting coach. After an ultra-successful run guiding the Kentucky basketball program ...

Mark Pope played for Pitino for three seasons at Kentucky. He doesn't recall speaking with his former coach prior to the 2001 matchup. "Because I was probably pretty mad at him," Pope said Thursday.