There will be more than one Pitino in the Big East next season. Xavier hired Richard Pitino, the son of St. John’s coach Rick Pitino, as its basketball coach on Tuesday night. The school had an ...

NEW YORK – Richard Pitino has both climbed the men’s college basketball coaching ladder and returned to his roots. Tuesday morning brought him to Madison Square Garden, a place he’s been visiting ...

The Musketeers had a late-season surge to get into the NCAA Tournament, then immediately went into rebuilding mode when coach Sean Miller ended his second stint on Victory Parkway by heading to Texas.

NEW YORK CITY − At Big East Media Day on Oct. 21, Xavier head coach Richard Pitino was asked what the over/under was for questions he'll be asked about his father, Hall-of-Famer Rick Pitino, during ...

NEW YORK CITY − You can add Hall-of-Famer Rick Pitino to the list of people skeptical about Xavier's chances in the Big East during the 2025-26 season. Richard Pitino, formally introduced as Xavier's ...

Xavier began its first official practice Monday afternoon at Cintas Center, marking the start of a 42-day window in which Division I programs can hold 30 practices before the season tips off on Nov. 3 ...

Richard Pitino is entering his first season at Xavier with the challenge of leading a roster that doesn't return a single scholarship player. All 12 are newcomers, and even in an era of constant ...

Rick Pitino has faced his son, Richard, four times when they’ve been head coaches, with Rick winning three of those games. For the foreseeable future, those matchups will be considerably more frequent ...

Pitino's father, Hall-of-Fame coach Rick Pitino, predicted a "difficult season" for his son's new team. The Musketeers were picked to finish eighth in the Big East preseason coaches poll. Pitino aims ...

Richard Pitino, the new head coach for Xavier, is coaching in the same conference as his father for the first time. Rick Pitino predicts a difficult season for Xavier due to having 13 new players on ...