The Kentucky vs. Louisville rivalry is pure beef. Hell once the police had to be called to a dialysis center because two patients got in a fight over it.

just astounding the amount of legendary coaching connections mentioned in this vid

If there’s a Beef History Hall of Fame, this is first-ballot

Larry Browns success in the NCAA and NBA is underrated

Everytime I hear the name Rick Pitino I just think of one thing...”Larry Bird is not walking through that door! Kevin McHale is not walking through that door! And Robert Parrish is not walking through that door!”

You need to do a Beef History: The San Diego Chicken vs. Phillie Phanatic.

Lifelong Louisville fan born and raised in the city and the 2012-2013 UK Uofl title runs were so incredible. The buzz in the city and the state for basketball those years was just awesome to be a part of and something I’ll never forget.

What have we done to deserve so many basketball beef videos in a row.. I like it! Great job as always

Another incredible -- AND interesting -- Beef History video by my friends at Secret Base. The John Calipari-Rick Pitino rivalry deserves a bunch of attention, and I enjoyed every minute of this video. Keep up the great work, Secret Base!

Starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro

Don't forget that Pitino also had the 6th pick in the 1997 draft and he whiffed on Tracy McGrady to pick Ron Mercer.

Will you guys PLEASE do a full-length Beef video on the beef-to-end-ALL-beefs: Isiah Thomas and Michael Jordan. It's easily the greatest modern basketball beef. There's not even a close second. EVERYBODY would look forward to such a video. Please commence.

I really hope Louisville can get back on track so we can bring back the classic Louisville Kentucky rivalry

This was one of the best episodes I've seen in a long time. And I really enjoy the obscure sports history stuff you guys do. I'm not a big basketball fan. Same with baseball. But it such an old sport that the history behind a lot of what happened is genuinely fascinating. Good choice on this one guys. 10/10

After what happened in KG's jersey retirement, we need a beef history of the Celtics Big 4 with Rondo, Pierce, KG and Ray with the storybook ending after a decade of feuding

I know this is really late but you missed a key point in the beef. While Cal was on Brown's staff in Philly, the first time they played Pitino and the Celtics, Brown knew they were much better so he got two really quick techs to get kicked out of the game making Cal the coach for the night and the win over the Celtics.

I would like to see a Harden beef rewind with every star teammate he ever had.

Shoutout from KY. Thanks for another awesome beef vid and especially thanks for having it feature two KY coaches. We Kentuckians have been enjoying this one a really long time already; I’m glad you guys are now sharing it with everyone else.

Well done! Can’t wait for part 2 of the Dave Stieb series this week!

I am complete, after asking for this beef history for 3 years you finally did it!!

This was great! I've been aware of both of these guys but had no idea how intertwined their careers were. Fantastic video

Another great episode Seth. Always a pleasure seeing some good ol beef in my feed

This beef was better then this year all star game second time watching

As a lifelong Louisville fan, knowing each turn where they would continue beefing was awesome lol. I’m biased but this is my favorite beef video

This may or may not be interesting, but I thought of a few more coaching connections in this story. At 2:15, we see a shot of Larry Brown circa 1985 coaching at Kansas with Cal and Bob Hill on the bench as assistants. After the 85 season, Call left Kansas to become an assistant at Pitt. Pitino left his job as an assistant with the Knicks to become Providence HC. Hill then left Kansas and took Pitino's spot under Hubie Brown with the Knicks. In 1986, one of Brown's close friends (they'd met in the 70s when Brown was HC of the ABA Nuggets and the friend tried out for the team) was taking a one-year sabbatical from his job coaching a D3 team and Brown invited him to spend some time at Kansas as a volunteer assistant. It was a chance to pick up some coaching tools as the D3 school(s) he coached flat out sucked, primarily due to high academic standards. Then in 1988, Brown left Kansas to become HC of the Spurs and he asked that D3 coach, Gregg Popovich, to become his lead assistant. They lasted a few years but Brown and the entire staff were fired in 1992. Then late in the 1994 season, Spurs ownership tossed around the idea of bringing Pop back to work in basketball ops assisting longtime GM Bob Bass. But surprisingly, Bass retired at the end of the season and the Spurs ended up offering Pop to GM role. It was considered an odd move since Pop only had a few years of NBA experience (as an assistant) and no front-office experience. That same offseason, Spurs HC John Lucas also left and Pop needed to find a new HC. He decided to hire Brown's former Kansas assistant, Bob Hill, even though Brown himself advised against it. After a few years, Pop controversially fired Hill early in the 1996 season and named himself the new head coach. Pop did not commit to coaching the team beyond that initial (dreadful) season, but that changed when the Spurs landed the first pick in the 1997 draft, taking Tim Duncan. The same draft where Brown drafted Van Horn at #2, irking Pitino who had the 3rd pick and took Billups (as mentioned in the video).

Seth - this is your best script yet. Great work y'all, thanks as always for the fantastic content

Ok, I know you're not that deep into basketball history, but you cant just call Garf a camp administrator, he's like a God of the basketball world. Five Star basketball camp was the best basketball training grounds in history, that man is a legend. I went to this camp every year since I was a kid, I cried ugly tears when Garf passed

I think I was maybe 8 when Calipari was the Nets head coach, so I'd love to see some info on those teams and why he didn't pan out in the NBA.

These mini docs are really well done.

“So he bailed and left the program…” except Memphis went 33-4 the next year with cal still coaching and tyreke evans balling out

Dude, really well done!! I’m a lifelong UK fan and Pitino will always have a special place in my heart…when Tubby left all I wanted was to have an easy transition and it was Calipari I wanted but would settle for Billy Donovan. Well after another Billy was hired who for better or worse made our AD hire Calipari and the rest is history. I’ve always loved this parallel stories rivalry. If Cal retires at Kentucky (he’d be bonkers to do otherwise) then he will go down in the annals of Kentucky lore equivalent to Rupp, Bill Keightley, and Caywood Ledford. Go Cats!! 2022 is our year!

Love the coverage!

Battle Of The Legendary Italian Titans

Italian Beef for Breakfast. 😋

Love everything about this story top quality love sports history docs keep it coming bro

One of the best videos yet

Great video post, outstanding histrionics and timeline.

Just got done part 1 of captain ahab stieb doc. Perfect timing.

2 of the greatest coaches ever. What a wild ride. I'm glad I've been following them through most of it as a UK fan who lives in Louisville.

Rewinder: laettner’s shot against Kentucky Collapse: how the Buffalo bills failure to win 4 straight Super Bowls led to nearly two decades of failure Rewinder: the miracle of Istanbul Collapse: how the Montreal canadiens failed to reach sniffing distance of Lord Stanley for 28 years Rewinder: Sidney Crosby’s golden goal Untitled: Gilbert Perrault Untitled: Ted Williams Untitled: Ronaldo not winning a champions league title Beef history: dodgers vs giants Collapse: how Arsenal went from the Invincibles to middle of the premier league pack Collapse: how the mutombo hawks went from playoff contenders to breaking apart Collapse: how the fo-fi-fo 76ers went from playoff domination to playoff drought Rewinder: hattenberg’s home run to bring the A’s win streak to 20 wins

Add even more to this beef, cal leaves and Rick is all in on KY. Offering to write the NIL check, was interested in the job, and it’s as soon as cal leaves. Hilarious

Been waiting on this one!!!

Amazing SHOW....I live in Louisville n You were spot on.....Nothin Else to say this way.....keep doin u...

This was so good 👏🏻

Ik the video is somewhat shorter to encourage watching, but there’s a lot more that went on during/before ‘96 that led this rivalry to a head. Great video overall

Calipari had scandal at UMass, then bolted when there were sanctions. He then had scandal at Memphis and bolted when there were sanctions. Not to mention, Pitino had scandals of his own to deal with in college. NCAA coaches are shady. It's a billion-dollar industry with million-dollar coaches. They know how to cheat and make it sexy...that's their gift. They are more alike than they want to admit.

It's crazy how they both failed in the NBA.

Might be the best beef history yet, and I knew nothing about this story before watching.

15:58 that "Spy vs. Spy" reference had me rolling 👍

For every year Calipari ages, Pitino ages ten.

I know it maybe isn't as mainstream, but with his resigning a couple days ago, this video reminds me of the beef between Bruce Weber and Bill Self.

Can you guys possibly do an episode on Thor and Eddie Hall? I can't get the story straight and you guys crush it every time.

As a Wildcats fan from the 80s to... well, 2015... this was a constant, pervasive drama. Time has definitely passed both of them by, in many ways.

Cool side note for y’all, Kenny Payne, former Cardinal national champion as a player and now head coach of the Cards, and he was also a former Uk assistant under Cal during their 2012 run. Has hired Milt Wagner on his staff to get DeJuans son (and Milts grandson) number 1 overall player DJ Wagner in a reverse of what happened with Cal at Memphis during the Dejuan recruitment.

I live in Louisville, Ky. Ricky P won championships both schools .

That Cal quote at the end. Hell yeah

This is my favorite beef, and it's amazing considering it involves the coaches and not players

I love your vids... jus smart ass comments thru the whole thing keeps me lmao...

This sounds like a love story❤️❤️❤️😂

Who’s here after the new broke that John Calipari is leaving Kentucky for Arkansas?

Secret Base, you're the best sports historian ever.

I loved the Spy v Spy line lol what a great series

Question☝🏾. Does anybody know the name of the instrumental, that’s always playing in the background?

I don’t know if it would be Rewinder, Beef, or a different series, but there needs to be an episode on Jose Bautista getting the dignity knocked out of him by Rougned Odor

Have followed this friendship turned rivalry turned hatred for a long time. From my understanding, it all changed when Cal found out the truth about Pitino's involvement around his hiring at UMass. If for years you've been lead to believe your buddy/friend/acquaintance was advocating for you to get a job, may have helped financially to meet your contract request (the $5k check), then watched your friend take credit for you being hired....only to find out years later that the friend was actually doing everything possible such that you wouldn't be hired behind closed doors (and blatantly lying/lied to your face for a decade)....well that would be a gut punch to anyone. I mean, how would you ever trust someone like that. Whenever that truth hit Cal from the Board member at Mass who told him how it all actually went down...that is when any possible friendship (or even respect) disappeared. Pitino's a scumbag, 100%

Nothing better than some well aged college basketball beef

Do a Buddy Ryan vs Mike Ditka video

Dope video, you left out the Darius Washington missed FT game! Major part of their "beef".

EXCELLENT VIDEO 👍👌👏

Amazing work. Now, time to do the shaq kobe beef

Its 2024 and Calipari moved to Arkansas and Rick Pitino's name is on the list to replace him at Kentucky. As a Hogs fan I have no clue how to feel, but Rupp Arena might actually explode next year. Wild times.

Great video but can we please get the Michael Jordan (Bulls) vs Isiah Thomas (Pistons) beef history please!

Like him or not, Rick Pitino is one of the greatest CBB coaches of all-time. Cal is not on his level.

It makes sense that they'd beef when it helped them individually and look out for each other when that made more sense as well; they're both Italian after all. This has Caesar and Pompey written all over it: the First Duumvirate of college basketball.

You guys should do a bill self vs Bruce weber video good stuff

Two great coaches, very much alike, and they kept ending up in the same places. And those places weren't big enough for the two of them. A lot of old rivals find peace with one another when the battles are over.

It's nice to see some context on that "Worst NBA Coachin Hire" video

plot twist: both were probably tied with the italian mob and made them alot of money in sportsbetting thats why they followed each other from college to nba and back

Then both of them had to live together in a small apartment in Brooklyn. Hijinks ensues.

Showing your age with the "Spy vs Spy" line, Seth lmao

I salute you secret base

I know this isn't related to basketball but I just wanted to request that eventually we get a Beef History video for Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho

One of these guys is a great coach, the other is a great recruiter.

Its like a i want what you got kind of relationship. Now rick starting all over, and cal is on top of the world after destroying everybody else to get what he wanted. What a movie in my head.

Thanks for jinxing UK’s 2022 NCAA tournament run

I've always loved Rick man and I'm glad he's at st John's he's gonna turn tha team into a tournament team in a year or two

You guys should do one on the rise and fall of the Great Alaska Shootout. A great tournament that was truly underrated.

As a born and bred Kentucky fan its honestly sad how little how I hate uofl compared to when Pitino was coaching there. I now legitimately hate Tennessee way more than Uofl. Also its a fact that the only times Pitino was with two of his best teams against UKs two worst teams

Awesome story

Is this a re-upload?

I do remember Kobe saying if he was drafted by the nets he would go play in Italy Kobe had his eyes set on a big market team not small market

Please please please rewind the immaculate reception!!!

I'm from Omaha Nebraska, I would love for the Nebraska Cornhuskers to hire John Calipari as the next head coach

Rick didn’t win a title at Louisville according to the ncaa

I think some parts of this video need updated, especially after the IARP decision just recently

I love beef. I had to for supper yesterday and Friday too.

Good video! Now that Kenny Payne is at the University of Louisville hopefully Louisville will start making Final Fours and winning National Championships again.

Nice video...but I keep looking and hoping for part two of Dave Stied..you monsters are making us wait over a week for part two! Lol ;)

And again I politely ask for the Calipari vs. The City of Memphis beef.

This is nothing compared to the beef between Rick Pitino and Kentucky fans. Rick came to Kentucky while the program was still dealing with the after effects of recruiting violations. There were Kentucky kids who probably would never have played for Kentucky in normal circumstances, but the reduction of scholarships allowed them in. By the time they were seniors, they and Jamal Mashburn were coached up to the point of being a #2 seed and having that epic game with Duke in the Elite 8. Everyone loved Rick because it was a fantastic coaching job and we knew that Kentucky would be okay. By the mid-90s, Rick was ingrained everywhere in Kentucky. I was attending UK, and the guy who did the comic strip in the campus newspaper had a character who always wore a “Rick is God” shirt. My little hometown even had someone name a street after Pitino. Everyone loved him. So, it was a gut punch when Rick left for Boston. The baton was passed to Tubby Smith who immediately won the championship in 1998. But after three seasons of reaching the championship game, Kentucky performances started to slip. Additionally Tubbyball was slow and plodding and defensive unlike Rick’s full court press and having every player jack up threes at any and every opportunity. There were those still bothered and hurt that Rick had left but it all blew up when he got the Louisville gig. Overnight, Kentucky fans went from feeling disappointed to resentful, even vengeful. To come back to college ball was one thing, but to land at our in state rival was too much. Rick became public enemy #1 across the state, so much so that in the in yearly UK-UofL game, Tubby invited him to come out of the tunnel with him on the wrong side to avoid the fans waiting for him at the visitors tunnel. Kentucky fans felt hurt, confused, and betrayed. This played out on sports radio and Internet message boards for a while. The most popular man in the state a few years prior was now a pariah. Then after the disaster of Billy Clyde Gillispie, Calipari came to Lexington and that finally helped Kentucky fans move past the feelings of rejection by Pitino. We knew the history of these two men all too well, and we felt that we’d gotten the better deal: a coach that was younger and better than Pitino, but one who also had the attitude and swagger that we loved about Pitino. Coach Cal ingratiated himself quickly and won over the fans. The all out hatred of Pitino cooled and we largely went back to being regular rivals with Louisville instead of what it was in the early 2000s. I’ll be the first to admit that Kentucky fans are a different breed. The level of passion in the fans is a blessing and a curse. We will cheer no matter what, but we also hold on to disappointment and rejection much longer than others. After all, it’s been 30 years and there are people who still hate Christian Laettner.