Rick Pitino has won at every stop of his college coaching career, from Boston University to Providence, Kentucky, Louisville, Iona and now St. John's. For one of the oldest coaches in college basketball, turns out the winning formula doesn't change much over the years, as proven by the Red Storm's success this season.

Though they downplayed the animosity, the coaches also noted that they are not friends. Earlier in the week, Calipari waxed on about his relationship with Self, and how it's hard to play against friends; Pitino did the same about coaches like former UConn coach Jim Calhoun who have been important to him.

PROVIDENCE -- The relationship between Rick Pitino and John Calipari stretches back decades to their time at the famed Five-Star Basketball Camp in Moon Township, Pa.. And the two men have been linked ever since across decades of coaching in college and the NBA.