When Mark Pope was announced as the head basketball coach of the Kentucky Wildcats, the response from Big Blue Nation and college basketball fans was mixed. Some thought it was a home run hire ...

Sometimes, Mark Pope simply stands ... as any Kentucky basketball fan will tell you. To the guy who’s spent the most time with Pope on the sidelines, however, it’s completely normal.

Mark Pope rides the elevator at Rupp ... “You can go anywhere else in college basketball and never see this,” Pope says. “You’ll never be this high. You’ll never see all those banners.

Kentucky basketball put up another clunker Tuesday night in Athens. Mark Pope’s UK team fell behind by 13 points at halftime and eventually lost by that same margin, 82-69, to Georgia in the ...

LEXINGTON — Normally jovial and verbose during postgame news conferences, Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope struck a different tone after last week's game against Alabama at Rupp Arena.

They don't give out national coach of the year awards in January, but if they did, CBS Sports college basketball analyst Gary Parrish is going with Kentucky first-year head coach Mark Pope.

"We're not far away," Kentucky coach Mark Pope said afterward ... But in an era of unprecedented SEC basketball dominance, losses are inevitable -- even against a team that was picked to finish ...

Kentucky basketball is getting set to take on #11 ... continuing to work his way back into game shape. On Monday night, Mark Pope gave an update on Kriisa's progress, but he doesn't seem to ...

Coach Mark Pope is hopeful point guard Lamont Butler can return for Saturday's game against Arkansas. LEXINGTON — It's nothing for Kentucky basketball to knock down 10 3-pointers in a game.