Former Kentucky coach Rick Pitino released a social media video asking UK fans to show their class on Saturday.

Rick Pitino hopes ... not boo him,” said Pitino, who coached at Kentucky for eight seasons from 1989-97. “I know why they booed me — because I was coaching at Louisville.

Rick Pitino wants Kentucky to treat John Calipari like one of their own when he returns this week. Calipari will return to Rupp Arena for the first time since he left Kentucky to become the head ...

John’s coach Rick ... at Louisville was when I had to walk into Rupp Arena. Tried not to show it, but when I went home, the reception, it tore me up because I love that place so much,” Pitino ...

Rick Pitino knows ... visits the 12th-ranked Wildcats. Pitino's first visit there -- and many after -- was hostile in part because he returned as the coach of Louisville, Kentucky's greatest ...

Rick Pitino ... boos in his return to Rupp Arena, it’s Pitino. Kentucky fans let him have it when he first came back as the head coach at rival Louisville. At the time, Pitino insisted the ...

Rick Pitino has asked ... I've always believed in you." Pitino's plea came with an admission that his return to Rupp Arena in 2001 after leaving Kentucky for Louisville "tore me apart." ...

Pitino said his return to Rupp for the first time as a visiting coach in 2001 was "the toughest day of my coaching career at Louisville." He added, "the reception, it tore me apart." Pitino hopes ...

John's Red Storm coach Rick ... Louisville and had to go back to Lexington for a game. "The toughest day of my coaching career at Louisville was when I had to walk into Rupp Arena," Pitino said ...