The first words out of Mark Pope‘s mouth during his debut Kentucky Basketball Media Day to open the preseason focused on his team’s desire to find moments to be still, a message stemming from a recent sermon at church that “just hit my heart hard.

Kentucky is college basketball's winningest program. But it's fallen short of that standard in recent years. Here's how Mark Pope aims to change that.

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