For new Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball head coaches, the job really starts at the exact second that significant adversity is faced for the first time. For Mark Pope, that moment came late ...

serving as the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, as of February 2025. Mark Pope attended Newport High School in Bellevue, Washington, where he began his basketball career.

Kentucky men’s basketball — and Mark Pope specifically — have some major questions to answer on the defensive end. That much is clear after UK’s latest game, a 98-84 road loss to Ole Miss ...

Mark Pope’s 12th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats suffered ... I thought they played great basketball tonight. Played really tough, really hard. Our guys are pretty disappointed. Complicated stretch ...

Kentucky fans unleashed their rage on coach Mark Pope after the No. 14-ranked Wildcats lost to No. 25 Ole Miss 98-84 on Tuesday at the SJB Pavilion in Oxford, Mississippi. It was the second ...

That has Kentucky searching for answers, especially defensively. Mark Pope says Kentucky is dealing with a lot of frustration as a team right now, really trying to figure out some answers to their ...

Mark Pope's first team is at the midway point of ... If a solution isn't found for this Kentucky defense, it is hard to see this basketball team making a deep run in March, which would once ...

Being inside the bubble that is Kentucky basketball can be exhausting. A team that has gotten off to a great start with new head coach Mark Pope is now starting to hit a wall. Last Saturday ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky fans strolled into Rupp Arena for their latest home game ready for coach Mark Pope's coronation. Arkansas basketball was meant to be the sacrificial lamb. After a 15-year run ...