Rick Pitino has been calling for a the Big East to become a mega-conference for some time. And in his latest appearance Monday on The Pat McAfee Show, the Naismith Hall of Fame St. John’s coach reiterated that he’d like to see the Big East merge with the ACC.

Rick Pitino joins "The Pat McAfee Show" to discuss the SEC's recent success and what moves he'd like the Big East to make.

A white “Welcome Home St. John’s CHAMPIONS” banner proudly greeted entrants. Thirty-nine years after the legendary Lou Carnesecca-Chris Mullin Final Four team, 2 ¹/₂ decades after the last Big East Conference Tournament championship team,