An anonymous coach told Matt Norlander of CBS Sports that Mark Pope would “have to be a complete bozo” to not win a national title at Kentucky.
“Since UK can do things no other school can financially, he would have to be a complete bozo to not win one soon,” the nameless coach said.
Here’s where Pope finished in a poll asking who is the next coach to be a first-time national champion:
Which coach will be the next first-time national champion?
Kelvin Sampson, Houston 38%
Matt Painter, Purdue 26%
Jon Scheyer, Duke 16%
Mark Pope, Kentucky 6%
