Rick Pitino will in fact be returning to Kentucky — to lead his St. John's team into Lexington as part of a series that is in the works between the Hall of Famer and new Wildcats head coach Mark Pope. Pope, a captain for Pitino on Kentucky's legendary 1996 national championship team that finished 34-2 and had nine future NBA players on the roster, sent Big Blue Nation into a frenzy on Sunday at his opening press conference at a soldout Rupp Arena.
John's accepts, this year at UK, next year at The Mecca. Looking forward to saying goodbye to Kentucky.' Obviously, the formalities of this still have to be worked out but all signs point to the Johnnies and Wildcats meeting for the first time since 2011. 'I can guarantee you one thing: nobody epitomizes the name Kentucky on the front of the jersey more than Mark Pope,' Pitino said Friday of the hire in a video. 'You have one of the more premier young coaches in the game.
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