Kentucky coach Mark Pope gets ringing ‘greatness’ endorsement from Rick Pitino

New Kentucky men’s basketball coach Mark Pope has a fan in Rick Pitino. Pitino, the St. John’s head coach, declared Friday in a video posted on X that Pope will “go into greatness” and lead the Wildcats to a national title after he was hired to replace longtime coach John Calipari, who departed for Arkansas. “What a special day for the University of Kentucky, the leader the captains of the untouchables is coming home to lead the wildcats,” Pitino said in the video, naming other coaches, past and present. “A...