While serving as an assistant on the USA Men’s U19 National Team this year, Kentucky head coach Mark Pope is getting to spend extra time with his incoming freshmen, Jasper Johnson and Malachi ...

Life was good for the Kentucky Wildcats in Colorado Springs, Mark Pope leading the charge as a court coach and Jasper Johnson turning heads alongside Malachi Moreno as top standouts at USA U19 ...

He started 14 games in 2018-19 under Pope's predecessor, Dave Rose. In Year 1 with Pope, Harding appeared in 32 games without a start, though he still averaged 10.7 points per game off the bench.

Coach Pope, over the last few months, has had a lot of opportunities to build a relationship with Kinney, and hopefully, this will help the Wildcats land this elite five-star recruit.

Pope didn’t need to wait and see what his second UK team looked like in person before deciding how he wants them to play this season. In his first press conference of the offseason, the UK coach ...

For scheduling reasons, it will be harder for Mark Pope to win more than Kentucky’s share against its men’s basketball rivals in 2025-26 than it was in 2024-25.

You’d have to be a real Grinch to poke holes in Mark Pope‘s debut season at Kentucky, making history with eight top-15 wins and returning to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2019. With no ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — Mark Pope and Kenny Brooks made their debuts as Kentucky Wildcat coaches last year, and it didn’t take long for both to be embraced by Big Blue Nation. The mutual ...

Mark Pope played it positive in his first season as the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats. The former UK basketball captain put together a roster on short notice last spring, and that group ...

Mark Pope led Kentucky to a 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament and an appearance in the Sweet 16 during his first season as head coach of the Wildcats.