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

Rick Pitino was back in Rupp Arena and wearing blue and white to support new UK basketball coach Mark Pope at his first Big ...

The end of Kentucky's Big Blue Madness event was marked by the return of former Wildcats coach Rick Pitino, who shared a few ...

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 ...

Rick Pitino came home Friday night. Nearly three decades after he led Kentucky to the 1996 national championship, Pitino ...

Former Kentucky head coach Rick Pitino got a hero's welcome Friday from a place he was once very familiar with. Pitino has ...

Rick Pitino is on the Mt. Rushmore of Kentucky Sports Figures. The New York transplant spent just shy of 25 years coaching ...

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

The coach received a standing ovation after turning out to show his unwavering support for Kentucky's new coach. Rick Pitino ...

It was 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.