The lack of upsets in this year’s tournament has an upside: outstanding second-week matchups.

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Pitino also coached at Louisville from 2001-2017. After Kentucky was selected as a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament, first-year coach Mark Pope was asked about a potential matchup between ...

Pope didn’t yell. He didn’t curse. He rarely complained to the officials. He gave instructions and offered encouragement. He clapped. He slapped hands with players ... Pitino, but it wasn’t ...

Xavier hired Richard Pitino, the son of St. John’s coach Rick Pitino, as its basketball coach on Tuesday night. The school ...

Kevin Willard of Maryland, a former Pitino assistant, and Mark Pope of Kentucky, a former Pitino player, sit two victories away from their first Final Fours. Willard will have to beat Florida ...

Bruce Pearl at Auburn, Rick Pitino ... Mark Pope? Consider the facts. Pope took the job the second week of April and returned only two walk-ons from last year’s roster. In a matter of three weeks, he ...

I wrote it because of the way Pope ... Pitino, Larry Bird, Rick Carlisle, Mark Fox and his other basketball mentors and add qualities that he considers important. On Thursday when the UK players ...

He was replaced this season by former Pitino captain Mark Pope. St. John’s recruited Arkansas five-star freshman guard and projected first-round NBA draft pick Boogie Fland after Pitino was ...