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 ...

Rick Pitino was the first person to advocate for Mark Pope when it was announced in April that he would be taking the vacant ...

Rick Pitino rekindled his relationship with Kentucky fans last year when he endorsed new Wildcats head coach Mark Pope and ...

John’s basketball coach Rick Pitino posted a video on social media Thursday asking Kentucky fans to give John Calipari a standing ovation when the former UK coach brings Arkansas to Rupp Arena ...

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 left Kentucky in 1997 ... The Cardinals and Wildcats play annually and with the game taking place at Rupp Arena during the 2001-02 season, Kentucky fans didn’t have to wait long ...

Two days before his highly anticipated return to Rupp Arena, John Calipari received a show of support from an unlikely ally. Rick Pitino, of all people, posted a video message to social media ...

However, John Calipari’s return to Rupp Arena might just steal the spotlight ... Ahead of this weekend’s matchup, former Kentucky head coach Rick Pitino sent a message to Big Blue Nation.

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 ...

Kentucky "I boo’ed Rick Pitino from my living room that day": Fans react to Kentucky legend's Rupp Arena moment as John Calipari gears up to play vs. Kentucky ...

Pitino said his return to Rupp for the first ... "The toughest day of my coaching career at Louisville was when I had to walk into Rupp Arena (for the first time with U of L).