Rick Pitino ... players. I watch them on TV and the pros. I watch them coaching — Mick Cronin at UCLA, Billy Donovan with the ...

Pope won the national title in 1996 when he was a player under former coach Rick Pitino, who is now the St. John's Red Storm coach. During a 2024 segment of the "Field of 68: After Dark," Mark ...

St. John's head coach Rick Pitino doesn't want to get in a war of words with John Calipari, but recent comments from Kentucky coach Mark Pope suggest otherwise. The selection committee delivered a ...

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 ...

Rick Pitino matchup in the Round of 32. After the selection show, Mark Pope went on ESPN Radio with Matt Jones and Myron Medcalf, where the two asked him about this potential Calipari vs.

and nobody knows how they feel more than Mark Pope. As a player for Rick Pitino in 1996, Pope's Kentucky team navigated the perilous six-game journey to capture the national championship.

Mark Pope's Kentucky secured a No. 3 seed for the 2025 NCAA Tournament. However, he appeared to be more thrilled at the possibility of two former Wildcats coaches, John Calipari and Rick Pitino ...