MILWAUKEE—Last April, Mark Pope set out on what he described as a “terrifying process” to rebuild the Kentucky Wildcats ... when athletic director Mitch Barnhart pulled the trigger on ...

Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope earned his first NCAA Tournament ... Pope joked all Friday's win meant was that UK athletics director Mitch Barnhart "is not going to fire me until Saturday ...

Before the Selection Sunday show began, Mark Pope called for silence ... UK athletics director Mitch Barnhart grabbed a microphone and thanked the new Kentucky coach. “This comes from him.

Mark Pope is in his first season as head ... And it has to do with longtime Kentucky athletics director Mitch Barnhart. If Pope leaves while Barnhart is still UK's AD, Pope would owe the ...

Mitch Barnhart did not get the Big Name many wanted to coach the Kentucky basketball program. But Mark Pope is the guy the UK ...

At the outset, supporters of all three programs wondered what would happen next. Now they know: With Arkansas, Kentucky and BYU all headed to the Sweet 16, this was a rare chain reaction in the ...