John Calipari gave Mark Pope a lot of praise following Arkansas’s win at Oklahoma earlier in the week.
“Mark Pope’s doing a great job. He is. For them to struggle then for him to get ’em going, he’s the right guy for that job,” Calipari said.
Of course, Pope and Kentucky suffered a 25-point loss at Vanderbilt later that night.
John Calipari said Mark Pope is “doing a great job” as Kentucky’s head coach after Arkansas’ win at Oklahoma, before Kentucky got run over 80–55 vs. Vanderbilt on Tuesday night.
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Kentucky travels to Arkansas for a battle against Calipari’s Razorbacks on Saturday.
