In a matchup of former UK basketball coaches, Calipari beats Pitino to reach the Sweet 16
Behind a team-high 16 points from freshman Billy Richmond III — a former Kentucky commit from when Calipari led the UK ...
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Calipari vs. Pitino: Controversial Kentucky Icons Set for Historic 2025 Tourney Clash
But as Saturday's tilt approaches, the connection between John Calipari and Rick Pitino—former champion coaches at Kentucky—is ... There's a sour feeling in Lexington about Calipari, whose ...
USA Today3d
Rick Pitino and John Calipari aren't friends, but mutual March Madness respect is obvious
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rick Pitino ... and Kentucky that often served as a referendum on regional and national supremacy. Not good friends but not enemies, either, the Pitino and Calipari dynamic ...
Sports Illustrated6d
'Someone Must Have Been Sick' for Committee to Place Hogs in Providence
"When I saw we weren’t in [the Lexington quad], I’m like ... Louisville Cardinals head coach Rick Pitino shakes the hands with Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari before the first ...
New York Post8d
Potential Rick Pitino-John Calipari matchup in March Madness would be spicy St. John’s twist
But part of it is because Rick ... Kentucky was bound for too high a seed to be so easily manipulated, but the committee wouldn’t have minded setting up a similar week of agitation in Lexington ...