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 showed his coaching mettle on one of college basketball’s biggest stages
On one of men’s college basketball’s biggest regular-season stages, Kentucky coaching made a decisive difference as the No. 19 Wildcats upset No. 6 Duke 77-72 in the Champions Classic before an exuberant crowd of 16,107 at State Farm Arena.
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
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.
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.
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.
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 the past.
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.
Mark Pope is excited to watch Amari Williams grow this season
The Wildcats had a very cold shooting night, their worst of the season so far, shooting 8-29 from three-point range. Despite ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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 ...
Mark Pope's radio show is set to debut this evening so here is how to watch/listen
Mark Pope is set to begin his radio show called the, 'UK HealthCare Mark Pope Show,' in the coming weeks, which will give Big ...