There will be more than one Pitino in the Big East next season.

Xavier hired Richard Pitino, the son of St. John’s coach Rick Pitino, as its men’s basketball coach on Tuesday night. The school had an opening after Sean Miller left to accept the Texas job on Monday.

Richard Pitino takes over the Xavier program after four years at New Mexico, where he led the Lobos to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances. New Mexico went 27-8 this season and was eliminated by Michigan State 71-63 in the second round of the NCAAs on Sunday.

Pitino was the Mountain West Coach of the Year this season after the Lobos won the conference’s regular-season title. He went 88-49 at New Mexico and has an overall mark of 247-186.

This will be Richard Pitino’s fourth head coaching job. He was at FIU n 2012-13 before spending eight seasons at Minnesota.

The move means father and son will coach against each other at least twice every season in the Big East. They have squared off four times before, including this season when St. John’s beat New Mexico at Madison Square Garden in November.

West Virginia hired Ross Hodge of North Texas as its men’s basketball coach. The 44-year-old Hodge replaces Darian DeVries, who left after one season for Indiana. Hodge is 46-23 in two seasons as coach of the Mean Green, who are 27-8 this season and advanced to the NIT semifinals with a victory against Oklahoma State on Tuesday.

NHL: Alex Ovechkin scored in the Capitals’ 3-2 OT loss to the host Jets on Tuesday, moving six goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL all-time record after scoring the 889th of his career.

Soccer: Defending champ Argentina qualified for the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday ahead of its 4-1 home win against rival Brazil after Bolivia failed to beat Uruguay earlier in the day.