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When news broke that Mark Pope would be the next head men’s basketball coach at Kentucky, shock quickly turned to outrage for Big Blue Nation on social media. UK’s fandom would change their tune on the hire after a night to sleep on it, not to mention the outpouring of support from those who have spent time around Pope banded together in support of his hiring. That included Pope’s former head coach when he played in Lexington — Rick Pitino. Pitino recorded a video from his office at St. John’s saying that whatever Mark Pope needs, he’ll “write the check.” Athletic director Mitch Barnhart belie...
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One of the easiest, more obvious scheduling plans for Kentucky early on in Mark Pope’s tenure would be a matchup with Rick Pitino, his head coach while with the Wildcats in the 90s. Now, those contests between the two are unofficially official. Per Pitino in a text to Adam Zagoria, Kentucky and St. John’s will be playing a home-and-home series. The Wildcats will host Pitino and the Red Storm in 2025-2026. They’ll then make a trip to Madison Square Garden for the second of the series in ’26-’27. “For our 30th anniversary next year we will go to Rupp and they will return to MSG the following yea...
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St. John’s wing Chris Ledlum has entered the NCAA transfer portal. It will be his second transfer in as many seasons after he originally began his college career at Harvard. Ledlum started in 30 of the 31 games he played in for the Red Storm this past season. He averaged 9.5 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 1.2 blocks per game while shooting 42.7% from the floor. The 6-foot-6 forward originally decided to transfer to Tennessee last offseason and was prepared to spend the summer practicing with the Vols. However, he re-entered the portal in July before committing to St. John’s. This story w...
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Former North Texas forward Aaron Scott has committed to Rick Pitino and St. John’s, he told On3. The 6-foot-7 junior from Spring, Texas chose the Red Storm over Oklahoma and Memphis. Scott averaged 11.0 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game this season. He becomes St. John’s second transfer commitment this offseason, joining Vincent Iwuchukwu from USC. Aaron Scott commits to St. John’s, transfer portal background informationThe NCAA Transfer Portal, which covers every NCAA sport at the Division I, II and III levels, is a private database with names of student-athletes who wish to tran...
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Former USC center Vince Iwuchukwu has made his decision after entering the NCAA transfer portal, committing to to St. John’s on Tuesday according to a post from his Instagram account. Iwuchukwu joins forces with head coach Rick Pitino and the Red Storm after spending two seasons with the Trojans. Parting ways with the program following the departure of head coach Andy Enfield who recently became SMU’s new head coach after 11 seasons with USC. The former highly touted high school prospect appeared in 45 games during his college career with 16 starts. Averaging 5.4 points and 3.4 rebounds in his...
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Rick Pitino continues to be publicly smitten with his old school after Kentucky opted to hire a former Pitino player, Mark Pope, for their head coaching job. When Pope was initially hired, Pitino praised the decision and even pledged to donate to the Wildcats’ NIL fund, despite the fact he coaches at a Division I competitor to the ‘Cats with St. John’s. The Pitino-Pope connection is certainly strong, and Pope even suggested the idea of playing Pitino’s St. John’s club at his opening press conference. Fans cheered at the idea of playing then Johnnies and getting a chance to honor Rick Pitino on...
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Kentucky‘s 1996 National Championship was a big theme of newly named Wildcats head coach Mark Pope‘s introductory press conference on Sunday. A team that Pope was a captain of as he hoisted the 1996 title and his game-worn championship jersey in front of a sold-out crowd in Rupp Arena with some of his former teammates in attendance as well. St. John’s head coach Rick Pitino was the head coach of Kentucky’s ’96 National Title team, helping deliver the Wildcats their sixth national championship and the first in 18 years for the program at the time. And when Pope was asked about non-conference sc...
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