“Billy (Donovan) always says ‘I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for that ‘87 team at Providence.’ I feel the same way as a coach,” Pitino, now 72 years old, said this week.

When St. John’s visited Providence last season, Pitino made a plea in a news conference that the school retire the uniform number of Billy Donovan, the Rockville Centre native who starred for ...

Billy Donovan was named this week as a candidate for the Naismith Hall of Fame as a coach, and Pitino is thrilled. Donovan, now the coach of the Chicago Bulls, was the point guard on Providence ...

His favorite tapes came from when Pitino was a 34-year-old wonder at Providence and leading the Friars to the 1987 Final Four behind a workhorse guard named Billy Donovan. "It was diamond press ...

With the NBA trade deadline Feb. 6 a month away, Donovan was peppered with questions about the Bulls being stuck in ...

Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan says the team’s first-round draft pick hasn’t been a part of his conversations with the ...

Rookie Matas Buzelis has been improving, according to Billy Donovan, but the coach reiterated that he’s not going to just hand Buzelis minutes at the cost of winning games. Jacob Kupferman/AP ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan said the team's first-round draft pick hasn't been a part of his conversations with the front office and ownership ahead of next month's NBA ...