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1 week, 4 days ago

VICE TV will air shows on Rick Pitino and John Calipari before March Madness

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! NEW YORK — VICE TV is expanding its footprint with several new original sports series, including two that will document the seasons for a couple of famous college basketball coaches. VICE announced on Thursday that it will air six-episode series on St. John’s coach Rick …

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St. John’s, Pitino begin life as a ranked team as part of the week’s AP Top 25 national schedule

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! It’s been even longer for Hall of Famer Rick Pitino to coach a team highlighted in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. Alabama, led by preseason AP All-American Mark Sears, enters the week ranked third in KenPom’s adjusted offensive efficiency while Purdue is ninth. …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Louisville men’s basketball coach Pat Kelsey has a vision to turn the Cards (back) into contenders

New York Times

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It looked perfect, like a stolen dream … except for that damn wall of windows. “I’d always wanted to do it, but I’m like, hey, I’m a Division-I coach,” Kelsey said, rolling up his left sleeve to reveal the final product. “I’m going into my fourth year with him,” said Reyne Smith, another Charleston import, “and I’ve …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

St. John's Basketball: A Rising Force on the NCAA Stage

Associated Press

St. John's basketball team, led by Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino, looks to end its NCAA Tournament drought in its second season under Pitino. The Red Storm compiled its most conference wins since 2011 and reached the Big East semifinals for the first time in 24 years. Graduate transfer Kadary Richmond, a first-team All-Big East pick, joins a promising …

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4 months ago

Rick Pitino has ceremonial sword, bullhorn stolen from St. John’s office

New York Times

In the transfer portal era, college coaches have grown accustomed to losing treasured players. On Tuesday night, that’s what went missing from Rick Pitino’s office at St. John’s. https://t.co/18R6yZ3gQD — Rick Pitino August 22, 2024 According to a St. John’s spokesperson, reports of a missing autographed basketball or other pieces of memorabilia are not confirmed. “It was reported to police …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Mark Pope looks to veterans and being himself as he adapts to coaching Kentucky after John Calipari

Associated Press

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Meeting one challenge of playing for the Kentucky Wildcats gave Mark Pope a blueprint for the taller task of coaching them after John Calipari. “I’m just as much a member of BBN as anyone, and he’s a Hall of Fame coach,” said Pope, a member of Kentucky’s 1996 NCAA title team led by Hall of Famer Rick …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Point guard Deivon Smith transferring to St. John’s from Utah

Associated Press

Point guard Deivon Smith is transferring to St. John’s from Utah, giving Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino a veteran replacement for Daniss Jenkins next season. In a St. John’s news release Monday, Pitino said the 6-foot Smith reminds him of Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, a standout player for Pitino at Louisville. At point guard, St. John’s also returns …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Mark Pope introduced as Kentucky’s coach, affirms expectation that ‘We are here to win banners’

Associated Press

LEXINGTON, Ky. — One of the last players to exit a bus full of Kentucky greats on the Rupp Arena floor, Mark Pope held the 1996 NCAA championship trophy aloft and basked in the cheers during his introduction as the Wildcats’ new men’s basketball coach. We are here to win banners.” Pope’s introduction came two days after Kentucky hired him …

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8 months, 1 week ago

After Scott Drew stays at Baylor, what’s next for Kentucky? Donovan, Pope, Pitino and other options

New York Times

Kentucky’s coaching search is not off to a great start. Barnhart and Kentucky moved quickly to target Drew; Calipari had not even left town before a UK contingent flew to Texas to collect Drew’s family and show them around Lexington, Ky., on Wednesday. Billy Donovan, the Chicago Bulls coach who led Florida to consecutive national titles in 2006 and 2007, …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Kentucky basketball coaching candidates list: Nate Oats? Rick Pitino? Scott Drew?

New York Times

John Calipari is expected to become the next head coach at Arkansas, and Kentucky needs a new men’s basketball coach. Bruce Pearl, Auburn head coach: We have long heard that Barnhart would not be interested in hiring someone who has served a three-year NCAA show-cause penalty, but he’s among the multiple SEC coaches who did more than Calipari with less. …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Newton leads No. 2 UConn past St. John’s 95-90 and into first Big East title game since 2011

Associated Press

NEW YORK — For the first time since Kemba Walker took UConn on that “Kardiac” ride, the Huskies are back in the Big East championship game. It’s the 11th appearance in the Big East Tournament final for the Huskies and first since Walker carried them to their thrilling 2011 title with five wins in five days. Playing in the Big …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Pitino wears all white, St. John’s shreds No. 15 Creighton 80-66 for best win under new coach

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Dressed in white from head to toe, Rick Pitino and his St. John’s players handed No. Daniss Jenkins scored a season-high 27 points and St. John’s shredded the Bluejays 80-66 on Sunday for its best win yet under the Hall of Fame coach. “I think we learned a lot tonight, what great basketball looks like,” said Pitino, …

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10 months ago

Shot Takers mailbag: Creighton looks like a contender, while Arkansas is a mess

New York Times

Hello again, friends and people reading their phone to avoid eye contact, and welcome to another Shot Takers Mailbag. GO DEEPER Marks: The Bronny James experience at USC raises more questions than it answers Dana: I would say the odds of Collier returning to USC are about as good as Andy Enfield’s. If the Huskies make another Final Four, yes, …

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10 months ago

Rick Pitino unleashes on St. John’s facilities, players following loss to Seton Hall

New York Times

St. John’s coach Rick Pitino didn’t mince words after the Red Storm lost 68-62 to Seton Hall on Sunday. Brady ’s physically weak, Drissa is slow laterally.” Pitino said that the team “lost this season the way we recruited.” He said that the players don’t align with how he coaches. “It’s a good group, they try hard, but they’re just …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Six days on the bubble with America’s most eclectic team

New York Times

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It’s 9:40 a.m. in the southeast parking lot at The Pit, and a man in black-and-white face paint circles on a dirt bike. “It was a no-brainer to come from Minnesota over here,” Mashburn Jr. says, “because I trusted, and he trusts me.” The relationship isn’t like their fathers’ connection, as coach and player at Kentucky. “He …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Pitino says NCAA enforcement arm is ‘a joke’ that’s ‘of no value anymore’ and ‘should be disbanded’

Associated Press

NEW YORK — With legal disputes escalating over the use of name, image and likeness compensation in the recruitment of college athletes, Hall of Fame basketball coach Rick Pitino believes it’s time for the NCAA to stand down when it comes to policing member schools. That’s why I say — so I‘m not knocking the enforcement staff — they’re going …

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11 months ago

Midseason college basketball awards: UConn’s Dan Hurley for coach of the year?

New York Times

Hello again, friends and fellow walking popsicles, and welcome out of the cold and into the red-hot midseason awards edition of Shot Takers. GO DEEPER This Wisconsin team is different — and feels built to last But I’m going with Tommy Lloyd at Arizona, even if the first half of that UCLA game had me teetering. Didn’t have the grades …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Trey Alexander’s late free throws give No. 22 Creighton a 66-65 win, ends St. John’s win streak

Associated Press

— Creighton played one of its worst offensive games of the season against St. John’s but still was tough enough to protect its home court against one of the Big East’s surprise teams. 22 Bluejays ended St. John’s four-game win streak with a 66-65 win on Saturday. “You’ve got to win these rock fight games when the shots aren’t going …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Rick Pitino is obsessed. He doesn’t have time to stop

New York Times

NEW YORK – Rick Pitino bought a powerboat in the summer of 2017. Afterward, Giannotti, whose mother is a St. John’s grad and a “bat— crazy fan,” told Pitino the city is desperate for him. “He has an absolute obsession with maximizing every minute, every second, of every day,” says Richard Pitino, Rick’s 41-year-old son and head coach at the …

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1 year, 1 month ago

College basketball predictions: Virginia, TCU and more surprise teams

New York Times

Preseason rankings are fun, but with so much player movement in the transfer portal era, men’s college basketball is harder than ever to predict. — Brendan Quinn GO DEEPER Preseason Mid-Major Top 10: FAU, Saint Mary's and Boise State lead the way St. John’s Maybe you’ve heard of this Rick Pitino fellow? In came Jordan Dingle, the nation’s second-leading scorer …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Defending Big East champion Marquette chosen to win the conference again by the league’s coaches

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Rick Pitino doesn’t think the Big East has changed much since his last stint in the conference. There are three new schools since Pitino’s last run in the Big East. “I don’t think we’d be a very good basketball team if I had to rely on high school basketball players.” Defending Big East champion Marquette has been …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Who is Trilly Donovan? Investigating college hoops’ most mysterious news breaker

New York Times

ET on Jan. 5, a little-known Twitter account going by the name of Trilly Donovan posted that then-Texas coach Chris Beard would be fired later that day. “It’s like he’s sitting in people’s staff meetings.” All of which raises the obvious question: Who the heck is Trilly Donovan? His original intention was to post some fun obscure stats and “point …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Louisville believes Jeff Brohm’s long-awaited homecoming will deliver success, stability

New York Times

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It’s been only a few months, but Louisville coach Jeff Brohm has experienced all the tropes associated with moving back to your hometown. “It would have been fine for me and my family, but it wasn’t the right thing to do for the people who gave me a job and trusted me,” Brohm said. “He’s one of …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Men’s college basketball transfer portal commits and their fits: Dickinson, Perry and more

New York Times

The men’s college basketball transfer portal continues to churn. The counting numbers may have been down by his standards — he averaged almost 22 points per game, still — but that’s just because he had a better team around him. He was Butler’s second-leading scorer in 2022-23, averaging 11.6 points on 10 shot attempts per game, including 37.8 percent from …

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VICE TV will air shows on Rick Pitino and John Calipari before March Madness

St. John’s, Pitino begin life as a ranked team as part of the week’s AP Top 25 national schedule

Louisville men’s basketball coach Pat Kelsey has a vision to turn the Cards (back) into contenders

St. John's Basketball: A Rising Force on the NCAA Stage

Rick Pitino has ceremonial sword, bullhorn stolen from St. John’s office

Mark Pope looks to veterans and being himself as he adapts to coaching Kentucky after John Calipari

Point guard Deivon Smith transferring to St. John’s from Utah

Mark Pope introduced as Kentucky’s coach, affirms expectation that ‘We are here to win banners’

After Scott Drew stays at Baylor, what’s next for Kentucky? Donovan, Pope, Pitino and other options

Kentucky basketball coaching candidates list: Nate Oats? Rick Pitino? Scott Drew?

Newton leads No. 2 UConn past St. John’s 95-90 and into first Big East title game since 2011

Pitino wears all white, St. John’s shreds No. 15 Creighton 80-66 for best win under new coach

Shot Takers mailbag: Creighton looks like a contender, while Arkansas is a mess

Rick Pitino unleashes on St. John’s facilities, players following loss to Seton Hall

Six days on the bubble with America’s most eclectic team

Pitino says NCAA enforcement arm is ‘a joke’ that’s ‘of no value anymore’ and ‘should be disbanded’

Midseason college basketball awards: UConn’s Dan Hurley for coach of the year?

Trey Alexander’s late free throws give No. 22 Creighton a 66-65 win, ends St. John’s win streak

Rick Pitino is obsessed. He doesn’t have time to stop

College basketball predictions: Virginia, TCU and more surprise teams

Defending Big East champion Marquette chosen to win the conference again by the league’s coaches

Who is Trilly Donovan? Investigating college hoops’ most mysterious news breaker

Louisville believes Jeff Brohm’s long-awaited homecoming will deliver success, stability

Men’s college basketball transfer portal commits and their fits: Dickinson, Perry and more