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Rick Pitino

Rick Pitino

Rick Pitino wants his Iona team to face Kentucky

Rick Pitino has big plans for his Iona basketball team. The new head coach of the Gaels is ready and willing to face off against Kentucky in a true road game provided the Wildcats return the favor and face Iona at Madison Square Garden as part of a …

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Rick Pitino, son Richard make interesting bet on WrestleMania match

Rick Pitino is officially back to coaching college basketball, and he is already angling for a way to coach against his son. Apparently we may see that happen as soon as next season, and the big WrestleMania match on Sunday night could determine …

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Casey Stanley, Tom Abatemarco joining Rick Pitino’s Iona staff

Rick Pitino’s coaching staff at Iona is starting to take form. Josh Thomson of Lohud.com reported on Tuesday that Casey Stanley and Tom Abatemarco are set to join Pitino’s staff. I'm also hearing that Tom Abatemarco will join Rick …

Rick Pitino issues statement after becoming Iona coach

Rick Pitino is heading back to college basketball, and he sounds thrilled. The veteran coach reached an agreement with Iona to become the new basketball coach. He issued a statement after the news was confirmed, suggesting that he plans for this to …

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Report: Rick Pitino in talks about Iona head coach job

Over two years after leaving college basketball, Rick Pitino may be on his way back. According to Matt Norlander of CBS Sports, Pitino has informed his Panathinaikos players that he is returning to college basketball, and has already left Greece. …

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Rick Pitino says he tried to convince Knicks to draft Donovan Mitchell in 2017

The New York Knicks may have had their undisputed franchise player by now if they had just taken some advice that was given to them a couple years ago. Appearing Wednesday on SiriusXM NBA Radio, ex-Louisville head coach Rick Pitino said that he tried …

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Rick Pitino wants to land NBA role, will not return to Greece next season

Rick Pitino recently said he was planning to return to Greece to coach Panathinaikos next season if his children were on board with it, and the Hall of Fame coach has decided not to go that route. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that Pitino …

Rick Pitino prepared to give up college basketball ‘forever’ to stay in Greece

Rick Pitino is ready for another year in Greece if his children are on board, even if it means the end of his college basketball career. Pitino said he will travel to New York this week to speak with his kids and if they agree, he will sign on for …

Report: Rick Pitino, Cavaliers have mutual interest

Is Rick Pitino eyeing a job in the NBA now that many of the college basketball coaching vacancies have been filled? That could be the case. Veteran NBA reporter Peter Vecsey reported on his Patreon page Saturday night that Pitino and the Cleveland …

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Rick Pitino claims he is not interested in leaving Europe for college job

Rick Pitino’s name has been linked to virtually every prominent college basketball opening this offseason, but he’d have you believe he’s not interested in any of them. Pitino’s Panathinaikos team is about to start the …

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Rick Pitino shoots down chatter linking him to UNLV job

Whenever there’s a decent college basketball coaching job available, there will be some people linking Rick Pitino to it. It even happens when the job isn’t available. That’s the case with UNLV, with growing rumors about the safety …

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Rick Pitino celebrates after winning Greek Cup title

Rick Pitino has won a lot of things in basketball, and now he can add “Green Cup champion” to his resume. The Hall of Fame basketball coach led Panathinaikos to the Greek Cup title on Sunday with a 79-73 win, and he posted a picture of …

Rick Pitino’s Greek team wins after other team forfeits at halftime in protest

Rick Pitino’s Panathinaikos team has advanced to the finals of the Greek Cup in bizarre circumstances. Pitino’s team was leading Olympiacos 40-25 at halftime. As they prepared for the second half, they waited for Olympiacos to emerge from …

Report: UCLA booster Casey Wasserman not backing Rick Pitino

Rumors have been circulating that UCLA may have interest in hiring Rick Pitino, but you might be able to pump the breaks on that talk. College basketball reporter Adam Zagoria wrote in a piece for Forbes that prominent UCLA boosters Casey Wasserman …

Watch: Rick Pitino wastes no time ripping into his new EuroLeague players

Rick Pitino led Panathinaikos to a 96-84 win over CSKA Moscow in his EuroLeague debut on Friday, and the Hall of Famer wasted no time showing his new team the level of passion that helped make him one of the most successful coaches of all time. And …

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Rick Pitino finalizing deal to become head coach of Panathinaikos of EuroLeague

Rick Pitino has landed another job as the head coach of a basketball team, and it is a very prominent one. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that Pitino is in the process of finalizing a deal to become the head coach of Greek professional team …

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