He started his career with John Calipari, and it looks like he will end it with Rick Pitino, who will be in search of another Big East title.

Pitino, who's in contention for coach of the year, has taken quite the journey back to the grandest stage of college basketball since being fired at Louisville, where he won a national title. He'll face a coach he's very familiar with, and the one who replaced him after he left the Wildcats.

As John Calipari was getting ready to return to Kentucky, Rick Pitino posted a video imploring Wildcats fans to take it easy on their former coach.