As part of its contract with UK, the Lexington Center Corporation, which manages and maintains Rupp Arena, is responsible for the playing surface, and Sipe said UK last year requested a new court ...

Toward the end of Big Blue Madness on Friday night — the first of the Mark Pope era — famous figures from UK basketball’s past poured onto the Rupp Arena court. Rick Pitino was one of them.

But fans made the 72-year-old head coach feel more than welcome during the team’s “Big Blue Madness” event held at Rupp Arena in Lexington ... and stepped onto the court.

Friday evening’s Jelly Roll concert at Rupp Arena ended essentially the same way it began. The country star, reborn from ...

When this night ended, Rick Pitino was standing on the Rupp Arena court, wearing a blue and white UK pullover and a huge smile on his face, soaking in the cheers of an appreciative crowd.