Mark Pope proudly wears his heart on his sleeve — through thick and thin. So after No. 15 Kentucky's dramatic second-round SEC Tournament win over Oklahoma on Thursday night, you better believe the Wildcats head coach was demonstrably riding high.

The Crimson Tide and Wildcats will meet for the third time this season in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals on Friday.

The end result of Kentucky’s first postseason under Mark Pope remains to be seen — and the forecast looks bleaker if the Cats will be without Lamont Butler; however, you can’t argue that it’s off to an unbelievable start.

UK, the 6 seed, claimed an 85-84 win over 14 seed Oklahoma in the SEC Tournament’s second round early Friday morning at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville in the most dramatic of circumstances. After blowing a six-point lead inside the final 40 seconds of the game,

Just when all hope seemed lost for Kentucky on Thursday, Otega Oweh managed to push the Wildcats past the Sooners to continue in the SEC tournament.

Mark Pope, Koby Brea, and Otega Oweh came to the podium to speak with reporters following Kentucky’s 85-84 win over Oklahoma, which was courtesy of another Oweh buzzer-beater. Oweh was the star of the show once again,

The chant rang throughout Bridgestone Arena in the celebratory aftermath of No. 6 seed Kentucky's stunning 85-84 victory over No. 14 seed Oklahoma in the second round of SEC Tournament. It was like the "Olé,

With five seconds remaining, the Sooners pulled ahead by one, but Kentucky’s Otega Oweh secured the win with a decisive game-winning shot. Oweh finished with 27 points on 8/14 shooting, along with five assists and four rebounds.

Mark Pope described the final seconds of Kentucky‘s win over Oklahoma in his postgame press conference, detailing the plan to get Oweh downhill and “bum-rush” the rim. The plan worked, obviously, because Oweh delivered the game-winner against his old team for a second time this season.