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The Kentucky Wildcats' new head coach is former Wildcat Mark Pope, who has spent the past five seasons as the head coach at BYU. On Friday, UK men's basketball named Pope, 51, as its new head coach.

After hiring Mark Pope to lead Kentucky basketball ... one-year extension with a full-term limit of five years. Pope took over BYU basketball in 2019. After coaching the Cougars to a 24-8 record ...

BYU was also on the wrong end of a special offensive performance by ex-Cat Johnny Juzang, who poured in 27 points and made a trio of 3-pointers for UCLA. Both of Mark Pope’s NCAA Tournament ...