Long-time rivals Rick Pitino and John Calipari could face each other in the NCAA Tournament again if St. John's and Arkansas each reach the second round.

Pitino, fresh off leading St. John’s to its first trip to the Big Dance since 2019 and its first Big East tournament title since 2000, will return to the city where he first built a college basketball powerhouse — Pitino’s Providence team reached the Final Four in 1987 — when the Red Storm face 15th-seeded Omaha on Thursday in the first round.

Four first-round games in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament are taking place at the Amica Mutual Pavilion (AMP) in Providence Thursday. READ MORE: Providence announces street closures for NCAA Tournament games All four games were announced during Selection Sunday.

Maddyn Greenway is driven to win, turbocharged to succeed. The electric junior guard scored 14 unanswered points in a four-minute stretch, leading Providence Academy to an 81-63 victory over Crosby-Ironton for the Class 2A girls basketball state championship Saturday night at Williams Arena.

The No. 1 Providence Academy Lions (31-0) play the No. 2 Crosby-Ironton Rangers (32-0) in the 2025 Minnesota (MSHSL) high school girls basketball