Mark Pope’s push for the Sweet 16 during the first season as Kentucky’s head coach has already paid off, literally. After ...

After so many years of coach Cal, is Kentucky finally getting a second wind with Mark Pope this season? The post Not Everyone ...

"Kentucky's Mark Pope received an automatic one-year contract extension after the Wildcats made the Sweet 16, according to a ...

In response, Mark Pope shared a powerful perspective on the pressures of leadership (starting at 9:30): “I heard this the other day, and I actually think it’s true and these guys have been ...

INDIANAPOLIS — What head coach Mark Pope said after No. 3 Kentucky’s 78-65 loss to No. 2 Tennessee in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 Friday night at Lucas Oil Stadium: MARK POPE: It’s hard to ...

So Mark Pope’s debut season as the head men’s basketball coach at his college alma mater ended in the Sweet 16 with a 24-12 record. By Kentucky standards, 24-12 is not an exceptional season.

Mark Pope’s first season as the Kentucky men’s basketball coach has come to an end. Pope’s Wildcats lost in the Sweet 16 of the 2025 NCAA Tournament on Friday night, dropping a 78-65 contest ...

The Wildcats were understandably emotional after the game, not wanting to accept the fact that their season—the program's first with coach Mark Pope at the helm—was over. But that raw emotion ...

Kentucky head coach Mark Pope isn’t dwelling on his team’s previous success against Tennessee as the Wildcats prepare for a high-stakes Sweet 16 showdown. Having already beaten the Volunteers ...

The first words spoken at the postgame media conference following Mark Pope’s first NCAA Tournament win as a college head coach weren’t by Pope, though they should have been. At the NCAA ...