St. John's basketball coach Rick Pitino praises Thunder defense with revealing tweet amid 2025 NBA Finals appearance

University of Miami hoops coach Jim Larranaga retired two months into the season. There was no scandal behind it, no family reasons given. Larranaga — who has taken two teams to

If St. John's falls short of expectations in 2025, it might all circle back to this player's shocking decision.

Under Hall of Fame head coach Rick Pitino, St. John’s posted a stellar 31-5 overall record and finished 18-2 in Big East play, surging to a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament and capturing both the Big East regular-season and tournament titles.

I just don’t like any coach to get fired unless he has an opportunity to prove himself.” Pitino, 72, said legendary coaches like Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, who won five NCAA championships ...

Newly-minted Xavier Musketeers coach Richard Pitino is currently in his first offseason with his new squad. On March 25, it was announced that the son of legendary college basketball tactician Rick Pitino was moving on from his four years with the New Mexico Lobos to transfer to the Musketeers in the 2025-2026 campaign.

The Xavier Musketeers got their new head basketball coach Tuesday night by hiring New Mexico head coach Richard Pitino to lead the program, according to CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein. Pitino, the son ...

St. John’s long ago moved on from Luis and added the nation’s No. 1 portal class with Ian Jackson (UNC), Oziyah Sellers (Stanford), Dillon Mitchell (Cincinnati), Bryce Hopkins (Providence), Joson Sanon (Arizona State), Dylan Darling (Idaho State) and Handje Tamba. Austrian wing Imran Suljanovic also joins as a freshman.

While legendary coach Rick Pitino and St. John's were eliminated from the men's NCAA Tournament with a loss to Arkansas in the second round on Saturday, it's not the end of the Pitino name in 2025.

Missouri associate head coach Tim Fuller reacts to a score during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Hawaii, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, in Kansas City, Mo. Missouri won 92-80. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)