Breaking down Rick Pitino's incredible Sweet 16 mark in NCAA tournament
Rick Pitino faces top seed Duke on Friday with St. John's as he looks to run his Sweet 16 record to 13-1 in the NCAA tournament.
Rick Pitino brings St. John's into its Sweet 16 game on Friday against Duke in Washington. D.
C. This will be the 14th time Pitino has coached a game in this round of the men's NCAA tournament. To give one an idea of how long Pitino has been around, he was named head coach of the New York Knicks in July of 1987.
A month later, one Jon Scheyer was born. That would be the same Jon Scheyer that Pitino will coach against when his Red Storm meet the Blue Devils. A look at his 12-1 record in the Sweet 16.
1987: Providence 103, Alabama 82 1992: Kentucky 87, UMass 77 1993: Kentucky 103, Wake Forest 69 1995: Kentucky 97, Arizona State 73 1996: Kentucky 101, Utah 70 1997: Kentucky 83, St. Joe's 68 2005: Louisville 83, Washington 79 2008: Louisville 79, Tennessee 60 2009: Louisville 103, Arizona 64 2012 Louisville 57, Michigan State 44 2013: Louisville 77, Oregon State 69 2014: Kentucky 74, Louisville 69 2015: Louisville 75, North Carolina State 65 This article originally appeared on The List Wire: Rick Pitino's record in NCAA Sweet 16 games