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• Tounde Yessoufou Withdraws From Draft, Transferring To St. John’sAhead of Wednesday night’s withdrawal deadline, potential first-round pick Tounde Yessoufou opted to remove his name from the 2026 NBA draft, according to Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). Yessoufou’s agency tells Charania that the former Baylor guard, who will be entering his sophomore season, has committed to play for Rick Pitino at St. John’s […]...2026See also Shams Charania -
• Rick Pitino sees the difference in ‘championship driven’ KnicksYou can add Rick Pitino to the rapidly expanding Knicks bandwagon....2026
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• Rick Pitino sees the difference in ‘championship driven’ KnicksYou can add Rick Pitino to the rapidly expanding Knicks bandwagon....2026 -
• ‘Who Cares?’ — Rick Pitino Sends Blunt Message, Making Feelings Clear on NCAA Tournament Expanding to 76 Teams
St. John's head coach Rick Pitino expresses his thoughts on the pushback over the NCAA's decision to expand the Tournament to 76 teams....2026Visit the page NCAA Tournament news
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• Rick Pitino questions expanded March Madness pushback: 'Why and who cares?'
St. John's basketball coach Rick Pitino is defending the expanded 76-team March Madness field, and questioning pushback for it....2026
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• St. John's athletic director says coach Rick Pitino has signed new deal with contract extension
St. John's says Hall of Fame basketball coach Rick Pitino has signed a new agreement that will keep him under contract with the school through the end of this decade. Pitino was hired in March 2023 and given a six-year contract through 2029. Several media outlets, citing anonymous sources, reported Sunday his restructured deal includes an additional year through the 2029-30 season and a raise th...2026Continue with Dan Hurley
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• Fight breaks out between No. 17 St. John's and Providence and six players are ejected
Six players were ejected from Saturday’s game between No. 17 St. John’s and Providence after a fracas resulting from a hard foul by Friars forward Duncan Powell on Bryce Hopkins sent the Red Storm star crashing to the ground. St. John’s coach Rick Pitino, who led Providence to the 1987 Final Four, was in the middle of it, trying to hold back his players. The game was delayed by nearly 20 minutes...2026See more Bryce Hopkins
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• Inside St. John’s 7-Game Surge: How Rick Pitino Fixed a Broken Locker Room
Inside St. John’s stunning 7-game surge, Rick Pitino details how accountability, culture shifts, and trust helped fix a fractured locker room....2026
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• Men’s college basketball rankings: Breaking down the top 25 teams after NBA Draft declaration deadlinePhoto by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Here’s our early top 25 rankings for the upcoming men’s college basketball season. After two months of portal madness and dozens of stay-or-go NBA Draft decisions, we finally have a pretty clear picture of what most rosters are going to look like for the 2025-26 men’s college basketball season. With that in mind, let’s update some early rankings. 1. Hou...2025Visit the page Kelvin Sampson availability report -
• College basketball men’s transfer portal’s 5 winners, 4 losers, and 1 wildcardPhoto by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The biggest winners and losers from the men’s college basketball transfer portal, with one wildcard. College basketball free agency has arrived, and it can make-or-break the season for some of the best programs in the sport. The groundwork for Florida’s 2025 men’s national championship was laid in the days following their first-round lo...2025Continue with Alijah Martin injury update -
• Men’s college basketball top 25 rankings after transfer portal closedChristine Tannous/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The team that came excruciatingly close to cutting down the nets in 2025 is the early favorite to get the job done in 2026. The moving and shaking is far from finished, but the closing of the transfer portal leaves us with more clarity about the landscape of the 2025-26 men’s college basketball season than we had three weeks ...2025See more Kelvin Sampson availability report -
• Bruce Pearl can become the face of college basketball, for better or worse, at Final FourPhoto by Andy Lyons/Getty Images A college basketball coaching career unlike any other is on the verge of reaching its apex. In the last four years, college basketball has seen six national championship-winning head coaches announce their retirement from the sport. The number of active head coaches with at least one national championship on their resume? Six. The slew of recent retireme...2025Click for news about Bruce Pearl injury status -
• How a miraculous comeback and an unexpected hero led Florida to first Final Four in a decadePhoto by Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Just when it looked the Gators were done, their March Madness story lives on. At one point, a victory seemed impossible for the No. 1 seed Florida Gators on Saturday’s Elite Eight matchup. The Gators were on the brink of elimination with six minutes remaining, struggling to match No. 3 Texas Tech’s physicality as their illustrious sea...2025Visit the page Todd Golden -
• March Madness 2025: The Best and Worst from Day 3Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images march-madness-2025-highlights-scores-recap-pitino-calipari-gonzaga-houston We’re getting there. We’re not quite there yet, but we’re getting closer. It’s going to happen. This tournament is going to find its stride. March Madness’ 3 best games of Day 3 1. (6) BYU 91, (3) Wisconsin 89 (East) BYU led from start to finish in this one, but that doesn’t mean the vi...2025Visit the page John Tonje availability report -
• March Madness 2025: The Best and Worst from Day 2Photo by Jason Miller/NCAA Photos via Getty Images It can only get better from here, folks. Allow me to be the millionth person to say that at least these second round games look like they’re going to be awesome. They need to be. Round one did not deliver at the level all of us are used to. It was still wonderful. It’s impossible for 32 games in two days not to be. Just not wonderful en...2025See also Saint Mary injury status -
• The Best and Worst from Day 1 of March MadnessPhoto by Ben Solomon/NCAA Photos via Getty Images The madness returned in full-force on Thursday. Let’s break down everything that happened. Let’s just get this out of the way straight from the jump: If you were ranking the best opening Thursdays in NCAA Tournament history, this one wouldn’t be near the top. It wouldn’t be somewhere in the middle either. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t great...2025See also NCAA Tournament
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• Rick Pitino reflects on night Paul Pierce was stabbed 11 times
Former Boston Celtics head coach Rick Pitino reflected on one of the scarier moments of his tenure in Beantown, when Paul Pierce was stabbed 11 times during a nightclub incident in September of 2000. During an interview with SiriusXM NBA Radio, Pitino said he had to negotiate with a local church leader after a “hit” […] The post Rick Pitino reflects on night Paul Pierce was stabb...2020See more Paul Pierce
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• LOOK: With Louisville vacating its 2013 title, Rick Pitino may regret this tattoo
Pitino's got the championship etched in ink across his back, which is now void...2018
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"Villanova head coach Kevin Willard shared a hilarious but honest take on his intense experience working under Rick Pitino." - 2025
"John’s is reborn under Rick Pitino, and R." - 2024
"Head coach Rick Pitino, who already turned down an NIT invite, had some thoughts on the NET rankings: Rick Pitino calls NCAA's NET rankings system "fraudulent" in explaining why St." - 2023
"John's men's basketball coach Rick Pitino threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell -- who played for Pitino at Louisville." - 2022
"Rick Pitino: Donovan Mitchell loves the Knicks" - 2021
"Rick Pitino failed as Celtics president-coach." - 2020
"According to former Boston Celtics head coach Rick Pitino, Antoine Walker celebrated in front of Jordan after their opening day upset." - 2019
"Greece coach Rick Pitino said he doesn't expect Giannis Antetokounmpo to play in next summer's Olympic Qualifying Tournament." - 2018
"Rick Pitino urges Louisville to take the NCAA to court, but still says he's innocent" - 2017
"Laugh at Louisville and Rick Pitino if you want, but your school could be next" - 2016
" The New York Times has an archived story from June 25, 1997, in which then-Boston Celtics head coach Rick Pitino was "mulling a deal in which he would send his team's third and sixth picks in tonight's draft to Chicago for Pippen and center Luc Longley." - 2015
"Louisville coach Rick Pitino says high school athletes should have the right to enter the NBA draft." - 2014
"Smith's big explosion came during his junior campaign when Rick Pitino gave him more than 30 minutes a night and was rewarded with 18."
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• Tounde Yessoufou Withdraws From Draft, Transferring To St. John’s
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• St. John's athletic director says coach Rick Pitino has signed new deal with contract extension
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• Rick Pitino gets new big-money contract after St. John's resurgence
Rick Pitino gets rewarded for St. John's resurgence with a new contract that ESPN reports will make him Big East's second-highest paid head coach....2026
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• Rick Pitino Signs Extension With St. John's, Becomes Big East's Second-Highest-Paid CoachRick Pitino has signed a contract extension with St. John's that adds one year through the 2029-30 season and includes a substantial pay increase, the school confirmed Sunday. The deal makes Pitino, 73, the Big East's second-highest-paid coach behind UConn's Dan Hurley, according to ESPN sources. "We're thrilled that Coach Pitino has signed a new agreement to remain at St. John's, a deal that will...2026Continue with Dan Hurley salary -
• St. John's vs Kansas live updates: Prediction, how to watch March Madness Round 2 game
St. John's vs Kansas features Hall of Fame coaches Rick Pitino and Bill Self, a top NBA draft prospect in Darryn Peterson, and plenty more....2026Click for news about Darryn Peterson trade rumors
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• How the Thunder stole an NBA championshipPhoto by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images The Thunder won an NBA championship the old fashioned way. OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — The Thunder arena scoreboard might be the only one in the NBA which eschews typical box score stats in exchange for providing attendees with Four Factors, and an insight toward why the Thunder are what they roll. The Four Factors, an advancement coined in the last century b...2025Read about Seattle SuperSonics contract rumors -
• Men’s college basketball rankings: Breaking down the top 25 teams after NBA Draft declaration deadline
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• College basketball men’s transfer portal’s 5 winners, 4 losers, and 1 wildcard
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• Walter Clayton Jr.’s NBA Draft range and comparison after heroic March MadnessPhoto by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Where will Florida’s Walter Clayton Jr. go in the 2025 NBA Draft? Here’s his projection and pro comparison. Walter Clayton Jr. has always been a late bloomer — in basketball, at least. As Clayton has grown into an all-time March Madness hero during the 2025 NCAA tournament, a central part of his lore is that Florida offered him a football scholarship y...2025Click for news about Zyon Pullin salary -
• Bruce Pearl can become the face of college basketball, for better or worse, at Final Four
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• March Madness 2026: How To Watch St.John's Vs Kansas, Live Stream, TV Channel, Prediction, Betting OddsThe KeyBank Center in Buffalo prepares for a clash of coaching titans this Sunday as the #6 seed St. John's Red Storm take on the #3 seed Kansas Jayhawks. This Round of 32 matchup is being hailed as a tactical masterclass, pitting the legendary Rick Pitino against Bill Self. With a Sweet 16 berth on the line, the Red Storm's relentless pressure defense will be tested against the high-low efficienc...2026See more articles Hunter Dickinson scores -
• Darryn Peterson Overcomes Slow Start To Score 28 In Tourney Debut As Kansas Survives Cal BaptistDarryn Peterson missed his first six field goal attempts Friday before erupting for a game-high 28 points to lead Kansas past Cal Baptist 68-60 in the NCAA Tournament's first round. The projected top NBA Draft pick delivered one of his finest performances of the season after a shaky opening stretch at Viejas Arena. Bill Self briefly removed Peterson from the floor with 12:41 left in the first half...2026See more articles Darryn Peterson scores -
• Peterson scores 28 points as Kansas hangs on to beat March Madness newcomer Cal Baptist 68-60
Darryn Peterson made four 3-pointers and scored 28 points, and fourth-seeded Kansas squandered most of a 26-point lead before holding off scrappy NCAA Tournament newcomer Cal Baptist 68-60 on Friday night. Kansas (24-10) advanced to face St. John's in the second round on Sunday in a matchup between Hall of Fame coaches Bill Self of the Jayhawks and Rick Pitino of the Red Storm. The No. 5-seeded ...2026Read about Cal Baptist
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• Northern Iowa vs. St. John's: How to Watch, Live Stream & NCAA Tournament PreviewThe Viejas Arena in San Diego welcomes a high-stakes East Region clash this Friday as the #5 seed St. John's Red Storm take on the #12 seed Northern Iowa Panthers. St. John's arrives as the back-to-back Big East Tournament champions, while Northern Iowa enters as a dangerous "bid-stealer" after a historic four-wins-in-four-days run to capture the Missouri Valley Conference title. The St. John's...2026See more East Player statistics
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• Fight breaks out between No. 17 St. John's and Providence and six players are ejected
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• No. 17 St. John's survives Providence push to win 11th straight, 79-69 over Friars
Dylan Darling had 23 points and eight rebounds and No. 17 St. John's scored eight straight points after a fracas that resulted in six ejections to take the lead and earn its 11th straight victory, a 79-69 win over Providence on Saturday. Bryce Hopkins had nine points and nine rebounds for the Red Storm (20-5, 13-1 Big East), and the ex-Friars star was in the middle of it all when he was taken dow...2026See more Bryce Hopkins stats
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• Pitino climbs career wins list as No. 17 St. John's fends off Xavier 87-82 in overtime
Zuby Ejiofor scored six of his 25 points in overtime and No. 17 St. John's outlasted pesky Xavier 87-82 on Monday night at Madison Square Garden for its 10th consecutive victory. With his 904th career win on the court, Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino passed Roy Williams for third place in Division I history behind Mike Krzyzewski (1,202) and Jim Boeheim (1,116). It was Pitino's second victory in ...2026Read about Zuby Ejiofor
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• Proud papa Rick Pitino gets another hard-fought milestone win against his 'brilliant' son
Rick Pitino reached another milestone Monday night at the expense of his son. Zuby Ejiofor scored six of his 25 points in overtime and No. 17 St. John’s outlasted pesky Xavier 87-82 at Madison Square Garden for its 10th consecutive victory. With his 904th career win on the court, Pitino passed Roy Williams for third place in Division I history behind Mike Krzyzewski (1,202) and Jim Boeheim (1,11...2026Continue with Zuby Ejiofor stats
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• No. 22 St. John's makes Big East statement, ending 18-game win streak for third-ranked UConn
With an impressive performance at a pulsating Madison Square Garden, No. 22 St. John's showed everyone that third-ranked UConn has a legitimate challenger in the Big East this season. Zuby Ejiofor had 21 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists as the Red Storm powered past the Huskies 81-72 on Friday night, snapping their 18-game winning streak. “We made a lot of big plays tonight, a lot of big pl...2026Visit the page Madison Square scores
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• No. 25 St. John's routs Butler 92-70 for 7th straight win
Dillon Mitchell had 14 points and 13 rebounds as No. 25 St. John's blew out Butler 92-70 on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden for its seventh consecutive victory. Ian Jackson scored 18 points and Zuby Ejiofor added 15 for the Red Storm (16-5, 9-1 Big East), who never trailed in giving Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino his 901st career win....2026See more Madison Square
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• Rick Pitino has seen and done it all in hoops. He's doing it again for St. John's in March Madness
When Dylan Darling drove the lane and beat the buzzer with a thrilling layup last Sunday to send St. John's to its first Sweet 16 of the 21st century, Rick Pitino did not celebrate in the moment. While his players exploded off the bench and tackled Darling in front of the St. John's band at Viejas Arena, an expressionless Pitino touched the lapel of his sharp suit and stoically walked the other w...2026See more articles NCAA Tournament
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• Rick Pitino Can’t Hold Back Tears While Celebrating Zuby Ejiofor During St John’s Senior Night
St. John's head coach Rick Pitino couldn't keep it together when sharing a Senior Night moment with senior forward Zuby Ejiofor....2026See also Zuby Ejiofor
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• Xavier vs. St. John’s Prediction: Richard and Rick Pitino Collide for Family Bragging Rights on Monday Night
Can the Red Storm continue their winning ways, or will family revenge rear its head? Our Xavier vs. St. John's prediction examines an exciting clash....2026Continue with Red Storm
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• Pitino vs. Pitino: History of father vs. son coaching in college basketball
Rick Pitino and Richard Pitino face off on Saturday. Here's a look at the history of fathers and sons coaching against one another....2026
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• Rick Pitino's 900th win could come against his son when St. John's visits Xavier this weekend
Rick Pitino is on the cusp of another coaching milestone. In a family circle twist of fate, Pitino has 899 career victories on the college basketball court as he leads St. John's into Saturday's game at Xavier, where Richard Pitino is in his first season as Musketeers coach. “What’s the chances of that happening?” the elder Pitino said this week....2026
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• St. John’s transfer portal haul gives Rick Pitino one more Final Four shotPhoto by Ben Solomon/NCAA Photos via Getty Images St. John’s struck gold in transfer portal, and the pieces fit so much better than last year Rick Pitino has lived 1,000 basketball lives during his legendary coaching career, and he’s doing everything he can to write the perfect closing chapter at St. John’s. Turning 73 years old in Sept., Pitino is the oldest coach in men’s or women’s coll...2025See more articles East Player -
• Florida is back to being the toast of college basketball with a new wunderkind coachScott Wachter-Imagn Images The questions about whether or not Florida could be a college basketball powerhouse without Billy Donovan are no more thanks to Todd Golden. Of the 10-15 programs that had the greatest impact on men’s college basketball over the past couple of decades, perhaps none entered the post-COVID world with a more uncertain long-term future than Florida. In between 2014 ...2025Read about Billy Donovan -
• Bruce Pearl can become the face of college basketball, for better or worse, at Final Four
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• How a miraculous comeback and an unexpected hero led Florida to first Final Four in a decade
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• Sweet 16 teams, ranked by national championship chances in 2025 men’s March MadnessPhoto by Lance King/Getty Images Let’s rank the 16 teams still standing in the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament by their national championship chances. The 2025 men’s NCAA tournament will certainly not go down in history for upsets and Cinderellas. The favorites held serve during the opening weekend of March Madness, setting up some high-powered matchups in the Sweet 16 and beyond. All four No. ...2025See more articles John Calipari
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• Pitino: Allow high schoolers to bypass college
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• Laugh at Louisville and Rick Pitino if you want, but your school could be next
The FBI investigation has crippled schools like Louisville, Auburn and Arizona, but there will be more...2017
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• Rick Pitino Thinks High Schoolers Should Be Able to Jump Straight to the NBA
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• Reports: Louisville coach Rick Pitino, AD Tom Jurich out amid recruiting scandal
The latest Louisville scandal has reportedly cost Pitino and Jurich their jobs...2017
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• Harrell, Rozier leaving Louisville for NBA draft
Junior forward Montrezl Harrell and sophomore guard Terry Rozier are planning to enter the NBA draft, coach Rick Pitino said Monday....2015Check it out Montrezl Harrell
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• Rick Pitino identified as ‘Coach-2’ mentioned in federal court documents
FBI documents said 'Coach-2' spoke with Adidas' Jim Gatto on the day Brian Bowen enrolled at Louisville...2017
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• Tracy McGrady Says He Was Nearly Traded for Scottie Pippen During 1997 NBA Draft
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• Report: Louisville coach Rick Pitino tells his staff he expects to lose his job in scandal
The Cardinals coach reportedly talked about the latest scandal with the UL basketball staff Wednesday...2017
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• March Madness 2026: How To Watch St.John's Vs Kansas, Live Stream, TV Channel, Prediction, Betting Odds
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• Zuby Ejiofor leading St. John's into March Madness matchup with former team KansasZuby Ejiofor played for Hall of Fame coaches Bill Self at Kansas and Rick Pitino at St. John's. Now the two teams face off in the NCAA tournament...2026See more articles Zuby Ejiofor
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• Peterson scores 28 points as Kansas hangs on to beat March Madness newcomer Cal Baptist 68-60
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• Northern Iowa vs. St. John's: How to Watch, Live Stream & NCAA Tournament Preview
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• Rick Pitino Opens Up About the ‘Key’ to His Longevity in Year 50 of His Legendary Coaching Career
St. John’s coach Rick Pitino, a fixture in the basketball world, shared how he’s sustained his remarkable coaching longevity....2026
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• Rick Pitino earns 900th win over son Richard | St. John's vs. Xavier basketball FULL FINISH
Watch the final 9 minutes from St. John's men's basketball's close win over Xavier in their Big East regular season matchup, with coach Rick Pitino earning his 900th career win against his son Richard....2026
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• Rick Pitino 'Absolutely Not' Interested In Coaching KnicksRick Pitino said he was "absolutely not" interested in taking the vacant New York Knicks head coach position on Thursday. "I think whoever comes in, if he doesn't get to the Finals, it's going to be deemed an unsuccessful season," Pitino said during a broadcast of the Yankees and Guardians. "So, whoever comes in has got so much pressure on them to take this team to the next level, 'cause that's wh...2025See more articles New York Knicks -
• Men’s college basketball rankings: Breaking down the top 25 teams after NBA Draft declaration deadline
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• College basketball men’s transfer portal’s 5 winners, 4 losers, and 1 wildcard
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• Rick Pitino hopes to 'get Duke at the buzzer' to make up for Christian Laettner shot
St. John's takes on Duke in the Sweet 16 on Friday, and Rick Pitino hopes to "get Duke at the buzzer" to make up for Christian Laettner's shot in 1992...2026
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• Rick Pitino has seen and done it all in hoops. He's doing it again for St. John's in March Madness
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• Inside the buzzer-beater that led St.John's to first Sweet 16 since 1999Inside the wild final sequence that sent St. John's and and Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino past Kansas at the buzzer and into to the Sweet 16....2026
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• Northern Iowa vs. St. John's: How to Watch, Live Stream & NCAA Tournament Preview
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• Men’s college basketball rankings: Breaking down the top 25 teams after NBA Draft declaration deadline
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• Men’s college basketball top 25 rankings after transfer portal closed
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• St. John’s transfer portal haul gives Rick Pitino one more Final Four shot
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• Florida is back to being the toast of college basketball with a new wunderkind coach
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• Walter Clayton Jr.’s NBA Draft range and comparison after heroic March Madness
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• Bruce Pearl can become the face of college basketball, for better or worse, at Final Four
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