PROVIDENCE, R.I. — John Calipari looked bemused as Arkansas' Billy Richmond paused as he was leaving the elevated press conference table. The freshman guard wanted to take the placard with his name and the Arkansas and March Madness logo as a souvenir, but he wasn’t sure if he was allowed to and started to leave without it.

Rick Pitino coached his first game at Hawaii in 1976, under odd circumstances. A newspaper cartoonist predicted his great career.

Pitino, the son of legendary coach Rick Pitino, spent the past four seasons at New Mexico after eight years at Minnesota and one season at FIU. While at New Mexico, Pitino led the Lobos to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments the past two seasons. He knocked out ...

Richard Pitino said he needed the right situation to come along for him to leave New Mexico and Xavier presented that opportunity.

Calipari was being ridiculed with great delight over his Kentucky team's first-round loss to 14th-seeded Oakland.

As one of college basketball's most gifted tacticians, Rick Pitino has enjoyed plenty of success, particularly in postseason play. There's ample evidence of the St. John's boss' prowess for ...

Rick Pitino is thrilled for his son, yet not exactly psyched about the prospect of facing him twice a year. He loves that Richard is getting another shot in a power conference, but not fond of now counting him as a league rival.

Richard Pitino, the son of St. John's head coach Rick Pitino, led New Mexico to the round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament, helping the Lobos defeat Marquette in the first round before losing to Michigan State.