Rick Pitino wants Kentucky to treat John Calipari like one of their own when he returns this week. Calipari will return to Rupp Arena for the first time since he left Kentucky to become the head ...

Rick Pitino hopes Kentucky’s fans take it easy on John Calipari in his return to Lexington on Saturday night. Pitino posted a video on X on Thursday on the matter and explained his reasoning ...

Rick Pitino knows a thing or two about leaving Kentucky -- and returning. And now with John Calipari set to return to Rupp Arena with Arkansas on Saturday night (9 p.m., ESPN), the St. John’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rick Pitino, of all people, posted a video message to social media encouraging Big Blue Nation to treat Calipari with “respect and admiration” when the former longtime Kentucky coach brings ...

St. John’s men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino, who was the head coach at Kentucky from 1989-1997, released a video on social media regarding Arkansas head coach John Calipari’s anticipated ...

St. John’s coach Rick Pitino sent a somewhat surprising message to Kentucky fans on Thursday about the upcoming return of John Calipari to Lexington. Calipari, now head coach at Arkansas ...

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.

Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Former Kentucky coach Rick Pitino probably isn't really expecting many folks at Rupp Arena on Saturday to be cheering for John Calipari.