Big East basketball media day is set for Tuesday, and Xavier will have a new coach answering questions. Richard Pitino is the new head coach for Xavier , and will be leading the program into the 2025-26 campaign. He will be answering more than the normal questions at media day this year though.

Richard Pitino will be answering questions about his dad, Rick Pitino . Rick is the head coach of St. John's basketball , who is also in the Big East conference. Now, the father and son duo will both be at Big East Media Day answering questions on Tuesday.

“PTSD of the time I didn’t make my bed,” said the younger Pitino on X in regards to his father's motivation of the St. John's team.

There is sure to be more of those anecdotes about his dad during his debut at Big East Media Day. While

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