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Rick Pitino and Bill Self finally meet again when St. John's faces Kansas in NCAA Tournament

The Herald Bulletin 22 Mar 2026
Rick Pitino and Bill Self have racked up a combined 1,769 victories with consistent excellence at every stop in their college basketball coaching careers. These Hall of Famers are also two of only three active coaches to win multiple national ... .
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Rick Pitino's Behavior With Big Lead in NCAA Tournament Draws Attention

The Capital Journal 21 Mar 2026
Rick Pitino and the St. John's Red Storm finished the 2025-26 college basketball regular season with a 28-6 overall record and 18-2 in conference play, taking home the Big East title and earning the No. 5 seed in the East ....
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Rick Pitino’s Rule for a March Madness Roster: No Kids

Wall Street Journal 21 Mar 2026
At St. John’s, Pitino refuses to go after high-school stars. It has turned the Red Storm into a powerhouse of grizzled veterans ... .
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March Madness: St. John's Rick Pitino will have Red Storm prepared for second-round foe

Newsday 21 Mar 2026
John’s coach Rick Pitino and the NCAA Tournament ... Perhaps the casualness belies an enormous confidence that Pitino has grown to feel about this Red Storm team, which will play a second-round game Sunday against either No.
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Rick Pitino weighs in on Gerry McNamara: ‘Maybe we’ll see him at Syracuse’

The Post-Standard 20 Mar 2026
Syracuse, N.Y. -- Count St. John’s coach Rick Pitino among the group of coaches impressed with the fact that the Siena Saints and Gerry McNamara gave Duke all it could handle in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday ....
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March Madness: Storm's Rick Pitino, LIU's Rod Strickland reunited at West Regional

Newsday 20 Mar 2026
SAN DIEGO — Rick Pitino and Rod Strickland are together again. Pitino became Strickland’s first NBA coach when the Bronx native and DePaul All-American was chosen by the Knicks in the first round of the 1988 draft. Pitino’s St.
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March Madness: St. John's Rick Pitino has bag full of slights to help fire up ...

Newsday 20 Mar 2026
John’s before the 2023-24 season, Pitino had a reputation as a master motivator of players ... We already know that Pitino can get a team fired up ... Right about now, one can only imagine Pitino getting this team close to boiling over.
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How Rick Pitino experimented with transfer portal at St. John's — and won

Usatoday 20 Mar 2026
SAN DIEGO – Much like Deion Sanders in football, Rick Pitino has developed a bit of a reputation for himself in this new era of men’s college basketball ... Pitino has revived St ... “We don’t build through the high school ranks,” Pitino said Thursday.
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Jamal Mashburn reveals how Rick Pitino guided St. John’s back to the national conversation: ‘Masterful’

New York Post 17 Mar 2026
In three short years, St. John’s has gone from an afterthought to a national brand again ... Access the St ... SIGN UP NOW ... ....
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Jamal Mashburn bullish on Zuby Ejiofor’s NBA outlook after Rick Pitino’s comparison

New York Post 17 Mar 2026
Rick Pitino recently offered Zuby Ejiofor the ultimate compliment he can give, in comparing the star forward’s impact at St ... Zuby Ejiofor has been the face of the Pitino era at St ... Jamal Mashburn reveals how Rick Pitino guided St.
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'I Thought We Were 5': Red Storm Head Coach Rick Pitino Defends Committee's Seeding

The Capital Journal 16 Mar 2026
The St. John's Red Storm found out their fate for the NCAA Tournament on Sunday evening. St. John's will be the number five seed in the East Region, and they will be facing the Northern Iowa Panthers in the first ....
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Rick Pitino Sends Message on Big East After St. John’s March Madness Seed

Newsweek 16 Mar 2026
Rick Pitino and the St ... On Selection Sunday, Pitino's team was given the No ... 5 seed, coach Pitino didn't seem fazed by his team's spot, although he did raise an interesting point about the conference.
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What Bill Self thinks of potentially facing Rick Pitino, Zuby Ejiofor

cjonline 16 Mar 2026
For one, Self would be coaching against another all-time great head coach in Rick Pitino ... Facing Pitino would make it yet another year that Self would be a part of a high-profile coaching matchup.
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Rick Pitino dispels ‘misconception’ about Big East roster costs: ‘We’re not spending $22 million’

Yahoo Daily News 16 Mar 2026
John’s coach Rick Pitino dispelled that “misconception” Saturday night after the Red Storm sealed a second straight Big East tournament title ... Since Rick Pitino took over at St ... But Pitino also wants to see more talent dispersed across the conference.
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