Rick Pitino said on social media that St. John’s will visit Kentucky in the 2024-25 season and host the Wildcats at Madison Square Garden the following season.The Red Storm coach expressed excitement that Mark Pope, one of his former captains at Kentucky, was hired as the program’s next head coach.When Pope was introduced on Sunday to a packed Rupp Arena, the former BYU coach asked the crowd, “Anybody down for a game with St. John’s?” The crowd applauded in approval.”Wow, just saw clips from our Captain’s press conference,” Pitino wrote Monday on X, formerly Twitter. “Not shocked, but pleasantly surprised. Would expect nothing less from (Pope).”Also, (St. John’s) accepts, this year at UK, next year at the Mecca! Looking forward to saying goodbye to (Kentucky).”