Pitino is also planning to face Louisville next season.
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Jason Marcum has been covering the Cincinnati Bengals for Cincy Jungle since 2014 and the University of Kentucky for A Sea Of Blue since 2015.
The Kentucky Wildcats could be playing St. John’s and Rick Pitino after all next season. However, there’s a catch.
In an interview with the Louisville Courier-Journal, Pitino revealed that the Red Storm could play at Kentucky next season in an exhibition game.
“We may be going to Kentucky for an exhibition game,” Pitino said. “We were hoping to go there for a regular game, but they can’t; they can’t get it done, unfortunately. We were hoping to do a home-and-home (series) with them.”
In January, the Division I Men’s Basketball Oversight Committee approved a proposal allowing teams to play up to two exhibition games against any four-year school, including Division I teams, so that means Kentucky can host the Red Storm for one of the two exhibition games next season.
The two schools were hoping to set up a home-and-home series, but for now, that appears to have fallen through.
In that same interview, Pitino revealed that St. John’s is planning a home-and-home series with the Louisville Cardinals, starting with a game at Madison Square Garden early in the 2025-26 season. That’ll be one of the most anticipated regular-season games next season.
Here’s to hoping we get that St. John’s at Kentucky game.
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