Overview
- One report says Pitino is expected to sign a revised St. John's contract that would place his salary second in the Big East behind UConn's Dan Hurley.
- He addressed North Carolina rumors by saying it is St. John's or retirement for him, according to reporter Adam Zagoria.
- St. John's, a No. 5 seed, meets No. 1 Duke in the Sweet 16 on Friday after a buzzer-beater win over Kansas in the round of 32.
- Pitino enters his 14th Sweet 16 with a 12-1 record in the round and a 57-22 mark in the NCAA Tournament, reflecting decades of March success.
- Since his arrival, St. John's has won back-to-back Big East regular-season and tournament titles, and he has embraced the NIL era of name, image and likeness payments to build competitive rosters.