Basketball

Mark Pope removes John Calipari’s NBA player banners from Kentucky’s…

Posted by September 20, 2024

Mark Pope has made it a focus to keep the main thing the main thing, which, in his new job with Kentucky Basketball, is national championships. With that, he h

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Only national championship banners hang in Kentucky’s practice gym after…

Posted by September 20, 2024

Since taking the job in April, Mark Pope has made it clear he understands the assignment at Kentucky: winning national championships. From his introductory pre

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Mark Pope says coaching Kentucky basketball is ‘the greatest job…

Posted by September 20, 2024

Kentucky coach Mark Pope has been on the job for five months and still hasn’t forgotten the phone call he received from Mitch Barnhart. “I think it’s

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LISTEN: Everything Mark Pope had to say Thursday on KSR

Posted by September 20, 2024

Mark Pope made his second-ever appearance on KSR this morning. A lot has happened in the five months since he last came on the airwaves with Matt Jones and the

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Kentucky bigs Amari Williams, Brandon Garrison finished 2nd and 3rd…

Posted by September 20, 2024

A staple of Mark Pope‘s offense over the years has been the playmaking big man. During his final season at BYU in 2023-24, that playmaker was center Aly Khal

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Mark Pope added more preseason excitement with his player breakdown…

Posted by September 19, 2024

Mark Pope did it again. He seized another opportunity to spread more excitement into Kentucky Basketball‘s fan base through the infectious enthusiasm he brou

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Jasper Johnson reveals the moment he knew he wanted to…

Posted by September 19, 2024

The first time Mark Pope reached out to Jasper Johnson, the five-star guard actually declined the FaceTime call. It came from an unknown number, so he responde

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Trent Noah finding footing at Kentucky: “Now, I feel like…

Posted by September 19, 2024

Like most kids in Kentucky, Trent Noah grew up wanting to be a Wildcat. In high school, Noah moved on from that dream and committed to play for South Carolina,

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Q&A: Mark Pope on Kentucky Sports Radio

Posted by September 19, 2024

On the Blue-White Game ..."Yeah, I'm so excited about this. So, this is just our regularly scheduled practice, okay? So, what's going to happen is that we're go

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Mark Pope on Travis Perry’s hot shooting summer: “I’ve never…

Posted by September 19, 2024

The legend of Travis Perry grew by the day in Lexington this summer, something otherworldly added to his resume with each practice. First, Andrew Carr said th

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Mark Pope shares insight to what Blue-White scrimmage will feature…

Posted by September 19, 2024

Mark Stoops On Kentucky's Loss To Georgia Kentucky is around a month out from tipping off their first season under Mark Pope. That’ll start with their preseas

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Mark Pope pledges to go ‘next level’ with Big Blue…

Posted by September 19, 2024

We know all about Club Blue’s Blue/White Preseason Event at Memorial Coliseum and how its proceeds will directly benefit the basketball program’s NIL effor

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