Kentucky coach Rick Pitino talks with players Anthony Epps (25), Walter McCarty (40), and Derek Anderson (23) during a timeout against Auburn at Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum in Auburn, Ala., on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996. The top-ranked Wildcats beat Auburn 88-73. (AP Photo/John Reed) AP Rick Pitino accepts the challenge.

At 71 years old, Rick Pitino’s college basketball coaching career may be winding down. But whenever the time comes the time comes that he finally retires, that will likely come after the St. John’s basketball sideline boss coaches one more game against his former team,

New Wildcats head coach Mark Pope floated the idea out there during his introductory press conference on Sunday in Lexington and the Red Storm head coach wrote that St. John’s “accepts” the

Rick Pitino will be returning to Kentucky — to lead his St. John's team into Lexington as part of a series that is in the works against his former player and new Wildcats head coach Mark Pope.

St. John's basketball coach Rick Pitino went to X on Monday and accepted a potential home-and-home with Kentucky and Mark Pope.

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