That matchup between the Wildcats and Trojans will be the first time Mark Pope coaches UK in an NCAA Tournament setting. Pope, who famously won the 1996 national title at UK as a player ...

Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope earned his first NCAA Tournament win after the Wildcats defeated Troy, 76-57. Specifically, what it would mean to earn his first win in the Big Dance after ...

Kentucky men's basketball coach Mark Pope is a man of his word, even if it comes at a cost. The Wildcats' first-year coach made waves when he promised to pay the gas for fans to drive to Milwaukee ...

For most of the Wildcats’ 76-57 first-round victory against Troy in the NCAA Tournament, UK coach Mark Pope was directly in front of me. And I was struck by his 40 minutes of positivity.

LEXINGTON — Mark Pope isn't making quite as much as his predecessor, John Calipari is earning at Arkansas. Nor is it as much Kentucky once paid Calipari while he still led the program.

Mark Pope has done a solid job during his first year leading the Kentucky basketball team, earning a No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament with a team capable of making a deep run. The Wildcats will ...