W hen Mark Pope was announced as the head basketball coach of the Kentucky Wildcats, the response from Big Blue Nation and college basketball fans was mixed. Some thought it was a
Mark Pope is in his first year coaching the Kentucky basketball team, and he has a good squad on his hands. The Wildcats are 14-3 and 3-1 in the loaded SEC, and Buzz Williams believes that they have the tools to win it all.
The gesture by the Kentucky coach drew praise from all circles, including Louisville men’s basketball coach Pat Kelsey, who typed the words, “Love your neighbor” on a retweet of the video of Pope talking with the fan in the wheelchair. “Great stuff,” Kelsey said.
The class of 2025 prospect also seems to have studied up on his UK basketball history. In an interview last fall, Wilson name-dropped a former Kentucky player, Jarred Vanderbilt, when discussing the current NBA players that he tries to model his game after.
Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope discusses the Wildcats beating a tough Texas A&M team Tuesday at Rupp Arena.
Kentucky owns a stellar 5-0 record against teams ranked in the top 15 this season. The No. 8 Wildcats look to make it six straight wins over top-flight competition when they face No. 4 Alabama on Saturday in Southeastern Conference play at Lexington,
Mark Pope had Travis Perry to thank after the Kentucky Wildcats defeated the Texas A&M Aggies 81-69 in their SEC showdown at Rupp Arena on Tuesday night.
The game figures to be a high-scoring affair with a lot of three-point shots taken. Alabama leads the nation in scoring, averaging 89.5 points per game, while Kentucky is third in the country, scoring 88.7 points per contest. The Crimson Tide shoot 31.2 three-point shots per game, while the Cats hoist 27.7 attempts per game from behind the arc.
Kentucky basketball has been through four conference games so far, and all of them have been all about what the SEC is, and that is physical and bruising. After
Mark Pope has done a solid job in his first year as Kentucky's head coach, and he has been most impressed by his team's "unbelievable" desire to learn.
Kentucky’s win against Mississippi State was Mark Pope’s 200th win as a college coach. These have been his most memorable victories.