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2.1KBasketballMark Pope Fined for Criticizing Southeastern Conference Referees
Kentucky head coach Mark Pope has been fined $25,000 by the Southeastern Conference for criticizing officials after Saturday’s loss at Auburn. The...
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Angry Mark Pope Appeared After Kentucky’s Loss at Auburn
Kentucky head coach Mark Pope was fired up after last night’s 75-74 loss at Auburn. Pope refused to call out the officials...
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5.1KBasketballMark Pope Sends a Strong Message After Loss at Auburn
Mark Pope sent a really strong message after leaving his postgame press conference at Auburn tonight. “Mitch, if those mother effers try...
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850BasketballMark Pope Gives Advice to Young, Aspiring Journalists
Lee K. Howard of WKYT is teaching an upper-level journalism class at the University of Kentucky this semester. Howard took his students...
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1.3KBasketballMark Pope Press Conference After Losing to Georgia
Mark Pope spent some time with the media following last night’s 86-78 loss to Georgia. “We were not good defensively tonight,” Pope...
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1.7KBasketballMark Pope Says He Needs to Play His Bench More Following Georgia Loss
Kentucky’s bench players combined for a +/- of -28 in Kentucky’s 86-78 loss to Georgia last night. The four players who came...
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2.3KBasketballRick Pitino Gave Mark Pope a Strong Message That Helped Turned Kentucky’s Season Around
Kyle Tucker is back (welcome back Kyle!) and he has a great article today about Rick Pitino calling Mark Pope earlier this...
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2.9KBasketballThe Field of 68 Grades Mark Pope’s Second Season at Kentucky
The guys at The Field of 68 graded Mark Pope’s second season as head coach at Kentucky earlier this week. The trio...
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1.9KBasketballMark Pope Talks About Florida Game, Gives Discouraging Update on Jayden Quaintance
Mark Pope talked to the media this afternoon about Saturday’s road trip to Florida and more. Pope gave somewhat of a discouraging...
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2.0KBasketballCBS Sports Drops Preview of Kentucky Men’s Basketball Documentary
CBS Sports dropped an incredible preview of the upcoming Kentucky men’s basketball documentary that is set to be released in April. “We’re...
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The Field of 68 Praises Mark Pope and Kentucky for Turning Season Around
Randolph Childress, Terrence Oglesby and Rob Dauster of The Field of 68 spent some time on Monday praising Mark Pope and Kentucky...
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2.8KBasketballMark and Lee Anne Pope Welcome Daughter Back from Mission Trip
Mark Pope left his postgame press conference early after Wednesday’s win over Oklahoma because he had to meet his daughter, Avery, at...
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The Field of 68 Analyzes Some Tweaks That Mark Pope Made to Help Kentucky
The guys at The Field of 68 had a segment last night about some tweaks Mark Pope made recently to help Kentucky...
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4.5KBasketballKentucky Players, Mark Pope Discuss Win at Arkansas
Mark Pope, Otega Oweh and Malachi Moreno sat down with the media following Kentucky’s win at Arkansas last night. Oweh grabbed the...
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16.7KBasketballKentucky Stuns No. 15 Arkansas in Bud Walton Arena
Kentucky just went into Bud Walton Arena and stunned No. 15 Arkansas 85-77 in an intense SEC battle. In a game that...
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3.2KBasketballJohn Calipari, Mark Pope Have Identical Records at Their New Jobs
Believe it or not, John Calipari and Mark Pope have identical 38-19 records since changing jobs prior to the 2024-25 season. Something...
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2.5KBasketballRob Dauster Wonders if Jayden Quaintance is Trying to Protect his Draft Stock
Mark Pope explained today that Jayden Quaintance is still dealing with swelling in his surgically repaired knee. Pope said Quaintance is “on...
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2.1K1BasketballMark Pope Says There’s an “Outside Chance” Kam Williams Could Return
Mark Pope said in his press conference this morning that there’s an “outside chance” Kam Williams could return to the court for...
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1.8KBasketballMark Pope Says Jayden Quaintance is in “Full Shutdown” Right Now
It is seeming more and more likely that Kentucky will be without star transfer Jayden Quaintance for the long haul, if not...
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1.5KBasketballJohn Calipari Says Mark Pope is Doing a “Great Job” at Kentucky
John Calipari gave Mark Pope a lot of praise following Arkansas’s win at Oklahoma earlier in the week. “Mark Pope’s doing a...