Rick Pitino says the proposed home-and-home between St. John’s and Kentucky is likely no longer happening because UK wants to skip a year.
According to Pitino, Kentucky wants to host next season, skip one season, then play at St. John’s (likely in Madison Square Garden) the following season.
Here is an excerpt from NJ.com:
“I don’t think it going to happen now because they want to skip a year,” Pitino said in response to a question from NJ Advance Media at Wednesday’s Big East Media Day at the Garden.
Another source close to the situation confirmed that Kentucky “wants to skip a year.