Rick Pitino's son, Richard Pitino, is looking to be the only double-digit seed to reach the Sweet 16 as the head coach of New Mexico. The 10-seed Lobos are hoping to upset 2-seed Michigan State.

The Xavier Musketeers got their new head basketball coach Tuesday night by hiring New Mexico head coach Richard Pitino to ...

Xavier Musketeers opt for new voice in hiring New Mexico's Richard Pitino But Rick Pitino, a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, had always encouraged his son to stay at New ...

So when Richard Pitino was being interviewed for multiple head coaching openings while he was still New Mexico's head coach, ...

While 72-year-old Rick Pitino is the coach of No. 2 seed St. John's, his son, Richard Pitino, is the coach of No. 10 seed New Mexico. Both Pitinos' teams won their first-round March Madness games ...

AP New Mexico’s victory comes just one day after Rick Pitino’s St. John’s squad bested Omaha in a convincing win. Richard has followed his father’s footsteps when it comes to coaching ...

New Mexico and St. John's met at Madison Square Garden in New York City for a non-conference matchup, which the elder Hall of Famer Pitino emerged victorious. Rick Pitino is 3-1 against Richard ...

Izzo has won both of his matchups against New Mexico coach Richard Pitino and is 2-1 against his father, Rick. The elder Pitino, whose St. John’s squad was eliminated on Saturday by John ...

Pitino said his father, St. John’s coach Rick Pitino, encouraged him to stay at New Mexico until Xavier entered the picture, even if it meant being in the same conference and playing each other twice ...