St. John's guard Aaron Scott yells during Wednesday's game against Xavier in New York. St. John's head coach Rick Pitino yells on the court during the first half of Wednesday's game against Xavier in New York.

LEXINGTON — John Calipari and Rick Pitino aren't just the two most well-known ex-Kentucky coaches still active in college basketball. The pair are two of the biggest names in the sport, as other coaching titans — Mike Krzyzewski, Roy Williams ...

Before Mark Pope’s first visit to Memorial Gym as Kentucky’s coach, he strolled down memory lane to recall some funny moments from road games as a player.

Don’t look now, but there’s an oldie but goodie at the top of the Big East Conference college basketball standings. St. John’s is 16-3 overall and 7-1 in the Big East. The St. John’s coach: Rick Pitino.

Kentucky head coach Mark Pope was asked on Thursday, during his weekly press conference, if he had a particular memory of Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, where his Cats will face Vanderbilt on Saturday. Pope said that one moment definitely stood out above the rest.

As No. 9 Kentucky prepares to take on Vanderbilt at Memorial Gymnasium this Saturday, Mark Pope is gearing up for his first visit back to the iconic venue since his days as a Wildcat.

St. John’s fans should appreciate RJ Luis while he’s here. Rick Pitino is anticipating the dynamic junior wing going pro when this season is up. The reigning Big East Player of the Week, the 6-foot-7 Luis has taken a big leap this year as the Johnnies’ leading scorer at 17.5 points per game.

The Kentucky Wildcats joined just about every other ranked team by losing a game last week. Here’s how it all shook out in the new AP Top 25 poll.

LEXINGTON — John Calipari and Rick Pitino aren't just the two most well-known ex-Kentucky coaches still active in college basketball. The pair are two of the biggest names in the sport ...

Kentucky's Mark Pope started his coaching career at Rupp Arena with 11 straight wins. How does that start compare to other first-year UK coaches?

Mark Pope will be the first to tell you he would not be coaching at all had he not transferred from Washington to become a Wildcat in 1994. He nearly didn’t anyway, enrolling in medical school at Columbia University as a Rhodes Scholar candidate before he quit to ‘fold laundry and hand out water’ as ‘the assistant to the operations guy’ under Mark

St. John's guard RJ Luis Jr. (12), left, dribbles the ball against New Mexico guard Donovan Dent (2), right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith) AP