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.

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 ...

New Kentucky basketball coaches Mark Pope and Kenny Brooks introduced their teams to fans at Big Blue Madness on Friday night ...

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

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

Those boos from the Kentucky faithful when Rick Pitino returned to college basketball to coach archrival Louisville? A thing of the past. Pitino returned ...

Pitino took the floor and the microphone in front of former UK men’s basketball players as the crowd erupted in applause.

To the surprise of the Big Blue Nation, Rick Pitino made his return to Rupp Arena for the first Big Blue Madness of the Mark ...