Rick Pitino was wildly cheered in a surprise return to Rupp Arena, with the Hall of Fame coach saying “I am so happy to be ...

Hell hath frozen over as former Kentucky head coach Rick Pitino stood in the middle of Rupp Arena, decked out in the iconic ...

At the end of Kentucky's Big Blue Madness event, Rick Pitino's former player, Mark Pope, introduced Pitino to the crowd ...

He waited to gather his thoughts. Then, he spoke. A visibly emotional Rick Pitino, back at Rupp Arena donned in Kentucky blue for the first time in decades, was a fitting finale Friday night to a ...

A NIGHT TO USHER IN A NEW ERA OF KENTUCKY BASKETBALL AT THE ANNUAL BIG BLUE MADNESS EVENT. BUT ALSO A NIGHT TO PAY RESPECT TO THE PAST. EARLIER THIS WEEK, FORMER CATS HEAD COACH RICK PITINO TOOK ...

"We get to root for a gentleman that — there have been a lot of great coaches here, a lot of great ones," Pitino said, "but we get to root for someone that made Kentucky what he's all about. It's not ...

Former Kentucky coach Rick Pitino returned to Rupp Arena on Friday night to attend Big Blue Madness. Pitino was met with a warm ovation from the Wildcats crowd and was seen shredding tears after ...