News about Rick Pitino

Richard Pitino, who was fired at Louisville after multiple scandals, may be in line to head the Cardinals' men's basketball team. Rick Pitino's time as the Cardinals helm brought significant success in real life until a string of scandals tainted his tenure in Louisville, which was thrown out of reason in October 2017. Pitino, the elder, is now at St. John's trying to rebrand his image, while his 41-year-old son just helped New Mexico earn a NCAA Tournament appearance.

St. John's staff was pushed further off the NCAA Tournament bubble by Richard Pitino's New Mexico staff as the Red Storm became the top-ranked NET team to not make the field. The Red Storm was not even close to making the field, as Rick Pitino's crew was not one of the first four teams to be disqualified from the NCAA Tournament. That means that the NCAA Tournament's selection committee deemed St. John's the fifth best team the NCAA Tournament has chosen for, rather than an at-large bid.

After winning a national championship last season, UConn received the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. With the entire tournament field announced Sunday night, Purdue, Houston, and North Carolina rounded out the field of 68's top seeds. Tournament projections were more varied this season than ever before, with Florida Atlantic thought to be barely hanging on to an at-large bid but receiving a No. 8 seed.

JAKE FENNER AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN: Madison Square Garden hasn't always been a place where logic rules the day, especially when it comes to the Big East Tournament. Emotions are always at a peak, and the World's Most Famous Arena draws out the best and worst in people. Dan Hurley of UConn and Rick Pitino of St. John's, two of the conference's most vocal coaches, competed for a spot in the Big East Championship game on Friday. Pitino, a Big East coaching legend, was trying to bring the Red Storm back to life and reclaim his own image by making the final for the first time since he was coaching Louisville in 2013.

JAKE FENNER AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN: After the game that was most determining for them in March Madness, St. John's head coach Rick Pitino revealed a discussion with administrators within the program. 'You know, you started so well,' they said. And I think everyone's hopes were a little too high; so, let's just finish up, and it's a good season.' I could see in their minds that it was over.' It was just getting started in our minds. Because March is what it's all about in college basketball.'

Rick Pitino's honeymoon at St. John's is over. Following the Red Storm's 68-62 loss to rival Seton Hall on Sunday, the Hall-of-Fame coach ripped the Red Storm. The 71-year-old Pitino told reporters at UBS Arena on Long Island, "We're so nonathletic that we can't protect anyone without fouling." 'And, it's not about losing.' Even winning, I see unathletic plays on television, as well as people that are only interested in taking quick shots. It's been a rough year.' At halftime, St. John's led by 12 people - the school's most dominant Big East play this season.

Pitino's postgame rage came down by a point at the dying seconds, back to back game-winning attempts by Daniss Jenkins and Jordan Dingle's attempts came to no avail, resulting in Pitino's postgame remark. Pitino said, 'I don't feel well.' I f***ing hate the world when we lose.' Just so you know that, no. I don't sound well. When we lost, I've never felt well. Pardon my pardoned words. I don't believe in those vain efforts on the road.' I feel like I want to kill myself. A frostbite will dote a hot day and the cold will awakene.'

Kenny Payne, the Louisville basketball coach, has confessed to seeing a lot in his decades-long career, but the 57-year-old was admittedly in a new territory against Bellarmine on Wednesday. 'You ready for this?' Payne retorted when asked by reporters to detail actor Ty-Laur Johnson's apparent absence from the first half. Despite being dressed and in uniform, a top-100 recruit and the top bench scorer for Louisville, Johnson missed just three minutes of the first half. Naturally, reporters were curious if he was hurt or chastised for some yet-to-become transgression.

In his first game at Madison Square Garden in charge of the Red Storm, Dug McDaniel scored 26 points, Nimari Burnett 21. In the first of the annual Gavitt Tipoff Games, which pits Big Ten teams against Big East programs, Terrance Williams II scored 12 points and Will Tschetter scored 10 for the Wolverines (3-0). Olivier Nkamhoua, a Tennessee transfer, had nine points, seven rebounds, and four assists. Juwan Howard, who has been recovering from heart surgery since mid-September, was brought back by Michigan interim coach Phil Martelli. Howard joined the team in New York but said he wasn't expected on the floor.

The incoming of Jordan Dingle, a prolific scorer who was voted Ivy League Player of the Year while playing for Penn last year, was the best transfer for St. John. Rick Pitino, the new Red Storm head coach, has made a ninth trade for Dingle, who is rebuilding the roster. Dingle averaged 23.4 points per game in 2022-23, placing second in the country behind Detroit Mercy's Antoine Davis (228.2 points).

Mike Anderson, the former men's basketball coach of St. John's, is seeking almost $46 million from the school, claiming he was fired for "fictitious" reasons in order to avoid paying his tuition and recruiting Rick Pitino. According to arbitration records obtained by ESPN on Thursday, Anderson was requesting the $11.4 million that was left on his deal as well as $34.2 million in punitive damages. After an 18-15 season, St. John's fired Anderson on March 10. Pitino was lured away from Iona ten days later by a six-year, $20 million deal.

Rick Pitino has recruited his first big recruit at St. John's, and it's a player he's already familiar with. Guard Daniss Jenkins is following Pitino from Iona to St. John's and joining the Red Storm program as a graduate transfer. 'Coach P took care of me at Iona.' Jenkins said in the New York Times, 'I had one of the best years of my college career with him.' For my last year of eligibility, it was a no-brainer to go to him.' On Friday, St. John's announced the signing of the Dallas native. It's the first time Pitino has been employed by the Big East Conference school last month to revive a once-proud program.

Gardner, who attended Christ the King High School in Queens this past year, was the last remaining student of Mike Anderson's three-man recruiting class. Following Anderson's dismissal, he had initially committed to St. John's, but the New York Post said he had requested his release from his National Letter of Intent a day after his first meeting with new coach Pitino. Gardner said in a tweet shared on social media that he would still consider recommitting to St. John's, but that the school does not intend to re-recruiting him.

We're about to a thrilling Final Four that no one predicted in NCAA history. For those that weren't up to date on the Madness of March, let's get you up to speed. The Fairleigh Dickinson Knights of Teaneck, New Jersey, defeated Purdue in their Round of 64 games for the third time in NCAA history - and the second time at the men's tournament. Other first-round upsets included 13-seed Furman's triumph over four-seed Virginia and 11-seed Pitt's thrashing of six-seed Iowa State.

Despite being cleared by an NCAA probe, Rick Pitino's career is still clouded by scandals at Louisville, but the New York-born coach's career is also hazy due to scandals in the city. Pitino maintained that he'always run a green program at his inaugural press conference at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday.' Of course, the NCAA has unquestionably disagreed with that assessment over the years. The following is a summary of a career that has included everything from national awards and Coach of the Year awards to sex scandals and pay-for-play allegations.

Rick Pitino has returned to college basketball and is predicting major improvements after being hired at St. John's. A lot of players will definitely not return to this squad because they are unquestionably not a good match for me,' Pitino said Tuesday. In a round hole, it will be a square peg.' It won't work,' ad says.'

Coach Tobin Anderson has taken over Fairleigh Dickinson's 16-seed competition to a monumental NCAA Tournament run. Iona announced on Tuesday that it had recruited the former FDU coach as the school's 15th head coach. Anderson has recalled Rick Pitino, who left Iona for St. John's.

Rick Pitino is back in the Big Apple. The 70-year-old Hall of Famer, who has served as a mentor to a St. John's University in Queens, has reportedly agreed to a contract to mentor a youth in the New York Knicks, a former Big East power that has gone dormant in recent years. Pitino is expected to complete six-years as a result of the financial terms, although financial terms have not been revealed. Pitino has been teaching at Iona in nearby New Rochelle, New York, since 2020. For the second time in three seasons this year, he brought the Gaels back to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three seasons this season, before losing in the first round to Connecticut.

Alabama has the top seed in the NCAA Tournament after cruising through a season marred by a murder case in the last two months. The Crimson Tide earned the top spot over Kansas and Houston on Sunday, with each of whom exited their conference tournaments without the titles and missing key cogs on their teams. In the Big 12 tournament, the defending national champion Jayhawks lost by 20 to Texas on Saturday.

The Independent Accountability Resolution Process said in five years after the 2017 fiasco, that Level I and III breaches had occurred, implying that Louisville did unlawfully pay players for their enrollment. However, the independent tribunal held no intention to discipline legendary coach Rick Pitino (lower inset), who coached the 2013 NCAA champions. Pitino's replacement, Chris Mack (top inset), was not punished for any charges made by the NCAA last year.