“We wanted to be as the last moment in that episode the team sitting down with the coach, finding out where they were going to be seeded,” Vice TV president Peter Gaffney told Newsday. Sometimes plans change, though, especially when the planner-in-chief is Rick Pitino.

Rick Pitino says he would turn down a five-star high school player for the 2025 recruiting cycle because he wants to focus on adding transfers to replace his graduating players.

T he St. John's basketball team, led by the legendary Rick Pitino, is having an incredible season, to say the least. The latest AP Poll rankings have them at No. 7 in the country,

St. John's basketball is ascended to new, long-awaited heights under Rick Pitino, who gave an honest take about his team Sunday.

Rick Pitino is not going to recruit a single high school basketball player for St. John's roster in 2025. The 72-year-old head coach will go entirely