Without question, it was a very successful year one for Mark Pope as the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats, which led to the program's first Sweet 16 birth since 2019. Now that the season has ...

Last go-round in the transfer portal, Mark Pope was figuring out the type of players that best fit his system, and he seems to have figured it out. Many believe that Coach Pope is looking for ...

Mark Pope is trying to hit some home runs in the transfer portal by bringing in elite talent, and one player he is going after is former UAB Blazer Yaxel Lendeborg. The 6'9 forward is considered ...

Mark Pope told reporters after Kentucky’s Sweet 16 loss to Tennessee that, though Kentucky did not finish its season the way it hoped, he felt they established a standard and set the scene for ...

If you asked Mark Pope to write a book on Lamont Butler, you’d better be prepared for 500 pages of nothing but kind words and plenty of hyperbole. There’s often a unique bond between head coach and ...

Perhaps no members of Kentucky took the team's Sweet 16 loss to Tennessee harder than head coach Mark Pope. He was visibly distraught after the No. 3 seed Wildcats saw a promising 2025 NCAA ...

Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Pope watches players shoot around Thursday, March 27, 2025, during practice ahead of the Sweet Sixteen March Madness tournament game against the Tennessee Volunteers ...

As the Kentucky Wildcats gear up for their Sweet 16 showdown against the Tennessee Volunteers on Friday, coach Mark Pope hasn't been shy about his admiration for Tennessee's head coach, ...

Kentucky head coach Mark Pope will enter his second season at the helm of his alma mater with a more stable foundation, but still facing significant roster turnover. After assembling a completely ...

INDIANAPOLIS — University of Kentucky men's basketball's Mark Pope hasn't coached a game in Indianapolis yet but he was happy to be back in the city that played a pivotal role in his life for ...

MILWAUKEE — Mark Pope stood inside a tunnel leading from the court to the locker room moments after Kentucky’s opening-round victory against Troy and smiled wide. The weight of the pressure ...