"He Was Going to Kill Us": Mark Pope Recalls Rick Pitino’s Chilling Words to Kentucky Team originally appeared on Athlon ...

It took Mark Pope‘s first Kentucky team longer than hoped to reach the point where defense was no longer an issue. It wasn’t ...

One of the most underrated additions Mark Pope made this offseason was that of Croatian power forward Andrija Jelavic. He has ...

Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Pope has high expectations for freshman Malachi Moreno as the Great Crossing High School ...

As Pope said, the Wildcats have a long way to go to get where they want to be to reach that defensive potential that the players are preaching about. This article was originally published on ...

Mark Pope and the Kentucky staff wanted to check a couple of boxes this off-season, and one of those was athleticism. The ...

Throughout the summer, several Wildcats have said they believe Kentucky can be one of the best defensive teams in the country ...

Mark Pope had a press conference on Monday where the local Kentucky media were able to hear him speak for the first time in a ...

A s the summer grassroots circuit wraps up and the July live evaluation period concludes, all eyes turn to Mark Pope and the staff of the Kentucky Wildcats. With a fresh perspecti ...

"... He's like a proud dad, but yeah, he's cool," added Collins, who was coached by Pope earlier this summer as part of a USA ...

Kentucky‘s practice court was once surrounded by banners of its plentiful NBA talent. Now, it holds only nine — eight show ...

Mark Pope doesn’t seem the slightest bit concerned about his backcourt situation going into the 2025-26 season. “I think we ...