LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The faces of college basketball players change from year to year these days, as name, image and likeness inducements and the explosion of the transfer portal force coaches to rework their rosters almost every season. Even coaches seem to change more frequently, perhaps a byproduct of the win-now pressure that comes with all of it.

But there is still a distinct old guard in college hoops — Rick Pitino, Rick Barnes, Tom Izzo, Kelvin Sampson, Mark Few and Bill Self, among others — who have served as caretakers of the game for an entire generation. They are coaches who have provided stability in a time of instability, and given their fan bases and the game itself a sense of familiarity and comfort. The question is for how much longer? Pitino, who led St. John's to a 31-5

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