Mark Pope begins a new era for No. 23 Kentucky as he follows Calipari with a seasoned first roster. The Wildcats have brought in a number of experienced players to build a competitive team. Pope promises perimeter shooting and BYU ranked third nationally in 3-pointers per game last season. The Wildcats open SEC play against No. 21 Florida on Jan. …
We put out a call for national college basketball mailbag questions a couple of weeks back, and so many of you wanted to know about Kentucky, Mark Pope and John Calipari, we figured it made sense to just pull out those questions and answers separately. He secured the top two in-state recruits, both of them four-star prospects — reaffirming Travis …
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Initially off the radar among Kentucky’s coaching targets, Mark Pope is now entrusted with maintaining the program’s gold standard. Kentucky hired the BYU coach to guide its men’s basketball program, bringing home a captain of the Wildcats’ 1996 national championship team to succeed John Calipari. Saint John’s coach Rick Pitino, a Hall of Famer who led Kentucky …
