PROVIDENCE -- The relationship between Rick Pitino and John Calipari stretches back decades to their time at the famed ...

St. John's coach Rick Pitino led the Red Storm to a Big East Tournament title and a spot in the 2025 NCAA Tournament, in just his second year in charge of the program.

The two Hall of Fame coaches with Kentucky ties will meet again in different colors John Calipari was a camper at the Five-Star Basketball Camp when met Rick Pitino, who was a counselor John ...

Both coaches reflected Friday on the story of how they initially connected -- at the Five-Star Basketball Camp when Calipari was a camper and Pitino a counselor. Calipari said he looked up to ...

Pitino, now 72, was once a counselor at the legendary Five-Star Basketball Camp, where a young Calipari, now 66, was a camper. Decades later, they became fierce rivals in the Bluegrass State.