Mark Pope’s team was challenged by WKU. Here’s what the UK coach liked about the response.
The beat goes on for Mark Pope’s undefeated Kentucky basketball team. While it wasn’t always pretty on Tuesday night inside Rupp Arena, the No. 8-ranked Wildcats still improved to 6-0 on the young season with an 87-68 win over Western Kentucky.
Mark Pope revealed the team’s Thanksgiving plans (but you can’t join them)
Like you and me, Mark Pope cannot wait for Thanksgiving. He has big dinner plans set up with his team and their families, which Pope revealed in his postgame comments in front of the crowd at Rupp Arena.
The way Mark Pope talks about basketball makes us want to learn more
Still, when you attend a Pope press conference, be it a postgame presser or his weekly Thursday pressers, or listen to him on the radio with Tom Leach, it illuminates how the 52-year-old Pope thinks about and approaches the game.
Kentucky’s Mark Pope hosts first weekly radio show. Here’s what the UK coach had to say.
Mark Pope hosted his first weekly radio show as the Kentucky basketball coach on Monday night. He was joined by some special guests.
Mark Pope says this Kentucky team loves making plays for each other
This Kentucky basketball team is now 5-0 after a blowout win against Jackson State. A big part of the Wildcats' success this season has undoubtedly been their u
Even Kentucky haters of the highest order will find themselves liking Mark Pope
Hating Kentucky isn’t cool or fun anymore because Kentucky’s coach is both. Mark Pope is relentlessly likable, which means Kentucky basketball has become likable. Adjust accordingly.
Kentucky basketball's Mark Pope praises team after 87-68 win over Western Kentucky
Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope praised his team's defensive effort after they defeated Western Kentucky 87-68 Tuesday at Rupp Arena
Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope praises defense after Western Kentucky win
Kentucky men's basketball coach Mark Pope discussed the Wildcats' defense following an 87-68 win over Western Kentucky on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky.
Kentucky fans should love how Mark Pope handles officials after Dan Hurley 's press conference
UConn Coach Dan Hurley has sparked some recent conversation on social media after his post-game out spurt in a press ...
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Mark Pope tossed t-shirts, joked about turnovers, and looked to the future after the game
Forty-five minutes after Kentucky clinched the BBN Invitational, Mark Pope walked back onto the Rupp Arena floor to another ...
UK-Western Kentucky is a rare basketball matchup. Will Mark Pope schedule more like it?
Mark Pope played his first in-state opponent as Kentucky’s head coach Tuesday night. Here’s how UK has scheduled such foes in ...
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Mark Pope promised a fast-paced Kentucky basketball offense. What do the numbers say so far?
During the summer months — when discussion of Mark Pope’s first Kentucky basketball team was mainly theoretical — ...
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UK Healthcare Mark Pope Show debuts on Nov. 25
University of Kentucky Athletics announced that the UK Healthcare Mark Pope Show will debut live in Lexington on Nov. 25 at 7 ...
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UK HealthCare Mark Pope Show Debuts Monday Night
Kentucky men’s basketball head coach Mark Pope’s weekly radio show, the UK HealthCare Mark Pope Show, debuts on Monday night, ...
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A fan told Mark Pope at BYU he could ‘easily’ coach at Kentucky one day. His response? “It would be an honor, just as it was when I wore the uniform.”
Mark Pope‘s time at Kentucky has been something of a Big Blue Nation fan fiction, the former captain of the 1996 national ...