Rick Pitino And Dan Hurley are two of the most ardent and emotional coaches on the sidelines Male university basketball.
THE Saint-Jean And Uconn basketball The coaches should renew their rivalry on Sunday when the Huskies go to New York for a match in the morning against the Red Storm at Madison Square Garden.
Sunday’s match is important for St. John’s and Uconn before the Big East tournament next month. Pitino’s Squad has a 2.5 game advance for first place on Marquette in the League classification; The Hurley team seeks to invent lost field at the end of the season.
But how do these two coaches accumulate?
Here is a comparison of Pitino and Hurley before Sunday’s meeting between St. John’s and Uconn at Madison Square Garden:
Rick Pitino against Dan Hurley
Tête-à-tête recording
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Reck Pitino Regular Season Record against Dan Hurley: 1-2
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Reck Pitino in playoffs against Dan Hurley: 0-2
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Rick Pitino Global Record against Dan Hurley: 1-4
Pitino has a 1-4 tête-à-tête record against Hurley, although the renowned temple coach won his last meeting.
The first head to face between Pitino and Hurley came in the first round of the 2023 NCAA tournament, when Pitino trained in Iona. Behind 28 points by Adama Sanogo, the Huskies exceeded Gaels 87-63 to advance in the western region of the NCAA tournament.
Then, three consecutive defeats for Pitino against Hurley after the 72 -year -old coach took over the reins of St. John’s, giving him four defeats against Hurley in less than a year – including one in the semi -final of the Big East tournament Last year in the garden.
Pitino’s only victory against Hurley occurred two weeks ago when the two teams met at Gampel Pavilion. RJ Luis Jr. struck a reference rider on an incoming pass from Kadary Richmond to give the Red Storm a victory on the top 20 road. Luis scored six of his 21 points in the final 2:16.
Here is a match breakdown per game from Pitino and Hurley meetings as a head trainer:
Seed in parentheses
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Friday March 17, 2023: (4) Uconn 87, (13) Iona 63 (NCAA tournament – First round)
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Saturday, December 23, 2023: N ° 5 UCONN 69, St. John’s 65
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Saturday February 6, 2024: N ° 1 UCONN 77, St. John’s 64
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Friday March 15, 2024: (1) Uconn 95, (5) St. John’s 90 (Big East tournament)
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Friday February 7, 2025: No. 12 St. John’s 68, n ° 19 Uconn 62
CV Rick Pitino, global victories
Pitino holds an unofficial record of 877-310 during his 36 seasons as a college coach-which includes stays in Hawaii, University of Boston, Providence, Kentucky, Louisville, Iona and St. John’s.
Pitino has built a curriculum vitae like a few others in male college basketball: he led five different programs to 23 appearances at the NCAA tournament, led three different programs in the final Four and had a winning season in all years Except three years.
Its seven appearances in the Final Four were only equaled by five other coaches of all time, According to his profile page St. John’s. When he led Louisville in the Final Four in 2005, he became the first coach to take three different schools in the Final Four.
He is also the only coach to win a national championship with two different programs, which does so first with Kentucky in 1996, then with Louisville in 2013. National Pitino Championship in Louisville, of course, was stripped by the NCAA following The conclusion of an FBI 2017 survey in the cardinal and others program. With the stripped title came the official deduction of more than 100 victories.
Pitino does some of the best work in his career in St. John’s this season. He rejuvenated the Red Storm program. At 23-4 in total, Pitno has already led St. John’s his most victories in a single season Since 1999-2000 and the top 10 in USA TODAY sports coach survey.
Here is a program break by program of how the Pitino college teams have succeeded:
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Hawaii (1975-76): 2-4
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University of Boston (1878-1983): 91-51
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Providence (1985-87): 42-23
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Kentucky (1989-1997): 219-50
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Louisville (2001-2017): 416-143 (unofficial)
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Iona (2020-23): 64-22
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St.john’s (2023-print): 43-17
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Overall: 877-310 (unofficial)
CV Dan Hurley, general victories
Hurley holds a global record of 310-171 during her 15 seasons as a college trainer-which includes stays in Wagner, Rhode Island and Uconn.
Since Uconn joined the Big East in 2020 of the American Athletic Conference, Hurley turned into one of the best sports coaches, displaying a global record of 124-32 with four consecutive appearances of the NCAA tournament, A title of Big East tournament and return again -Ablat of national championships.
When the Huskies beat Purdue during the national championship match last April, Hurley only became the third coach in the past 40 years to win consecutive national titles.
Here is a program break by program of how the Hurley teams have succeeded:
This article originally appeared on USA Today: Rick Pitino vs Dan Hurley Record in head, resumes
