Current St. John's and former Kentucky head men's basketball coach Rick Pitino threw his support behind the school's hiring of Mark Pope as its new head coach Friday.
In a video posted on X, Pitino expressed his belief that Pope is the right man for the job at Kentucky and declared that Pope will "go on to greatness."
After longtime Kentucky head coach John Calipari decided to leave and join Arkansas, Kentucky officially hired Pope away from BYU on Friday.
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