Rick Pitino Will Make His Long-Awaited Return To Kentucky After Accepting Mark Pope’s Challenge
BroBible - 2024-04-15T14:14:13.000Z

Rick Pitino has officially accepted a challenge from his former player, Mark Pope, and will make his long-awaited return to Kentucky as the head basketball coach at St. John’s. The Red Storm is going to play the Wildcats in Lexington next year. Put it on the calendar! Pope, who was named as John Calipari’s successor […]

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