With Kentucky defeating Troy, Mark Pope got a chance to earn his first ever NCAA Tournament win and most importantly it happened at his Alma Matter. Mark Pope's first NCAA Tournament victory as a ...

Though he was busy coaching St. John’s to the Big East regular season and conference tournament titles, Rick Pitino found time to keep an eye on Mark Pope this season. “I always follow the ...

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 ...

When the Kentucky Wildcats replaced John Calipari with Mark Pope, the fan base wasn't thrilled. Yes, Pope had the Kentucky connection as a player, and had done a nice job at BYU, but the SEC is a ...

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 ...

But the overhaul first-year coach Mark Pope undertook at Kentucky was drastic. Brea was one of nine transfers joined by three scholarship freshmen on a team whose lone returners from the John ...

Mark Pope's first season as the head coach of Kentucky basketball was an unquestionable success, as he guided the program to its first Sweet 16 appearance since 2019. However, Pope won't escape ...

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.