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Mark Pope knows the importance of the Kentucky-Louisville rivalry because he lived it, playing in it twice and watching from the bench a third time as an incoming transfer. He knows the hatred blue has for red and red has for blue, passion that is permanently engrained in folks from Pikeville to Paducah. “Kentucky-Louisville is a brawl, it is like brothers going in the backyard and getting after it. I love everything about it,” Pope told Kent Spencer of WHAS 11 back in June. Pat Kelsey is different. As a Cincinnati native, he’s seen the rivalry closer than others, maybe, but he’s never experie...
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Mark Pope feels good in Kentucky Blue. After the Wildcats’ sixth practice under the first-year UK head coach, Pope revealed how recruiting differs at Kentucky compared to his former school, BYU. “Every time that I get to walk into a building with UK on my chest, it just feels different recruiting,” Pope said. “I’m a way handsomer guy with UK on my chest. Man, it just comes out of my soul every time I get to introduce myself to a recruit and say ‘I’m Coach Pope, the head coach at the University of Kentucky.’ Like, I can’t — that just doesn’t roll off my tongue. “It catches me every single time ...
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Amid his renewed battle with cancer, legendary college basketball announcer and former head coach Dick Vitale has seen a massive outpouring of love and support. And new Kentucky head coach Mark Pope was among the chorus of well wishers, sending a brief video to Vitale. On Tuesday, Vitale shared the video and expressed his gratitude to hear from Pope, along with so many others among the Kentucky fanbase. Just received a video message from [Kentucky head coach Mark Pope] about my recent cancer surgery,” Vitale said on social media. “I have received many prayers from BBN fans & they are truly app...
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Darius Miller‘s ties to the Kentucky men’s basketball program go beyond his playing days. A Maysville native who attended Mason County High School and won Mr. Basketball, Miller was recruited to the Wildcats by Billy Gillispie and played his freshman season under the former head coach before spending the next three under John Calipari (including winning a national championship in 2012) and then enjoying a fruitful professional career that included multiple stops in the NBA. It’s now been over a decade since Miller suited up in the blue and white, but the 2012 SEC Sixth Man of the Year won’t be...
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Hell has frozen over. Rick Pitino is an ally of KSR and UK Athletics, specifically the Kentucky men’s basketball program. All we needed was Pardon My Take and Mark Pope to make it happen. It’s been a wild day here at Kentucky Sports Radio HQ, to say the least. The bridges previously burnt beyond repair during Pitino’s days at Louisville have somehow been built anew, all forgiven with the St. John’s head coach ready to support the place he calls Camelot in this new era for the Wildcats. Pitino understands vitriol at LouisvilleFor starters, he understands why fans were so upset with him taking t...
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Summer is the time whispers of early practice standouts emerge, guys who maybe flew under the radar before move-in quickly becoming names to keep an eye on as the season approaches. Reed Sheppard was the big one last year, arriving as a long-term core piece before word leaked out when workouts began that the kid from the 606 was a player. Then he became the No. 3 player in the 2024 NBA Draft. Who is it gonna be this time around? Any big-time surprises to watch carefully? Mark Pope doesn’t think so. In fact, he says everyone is playing exactly the way he hoped and anticipated. The first-year Ke...
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Kentucky has formed one of the most dominant teams in The Basketball Tournament, its La Familia squad set to feature the likes of Eric Bledsoe, Daniel Orton, Reid Travis, Willie Cauley-Stein, Nate Sestina, Kellan Grady, Andrew Harrison, James Young, Marquis Teague and Doron Lamb — with more to come. They’ll also be coached by Tyler Ulis while Darius Miller has been added as the director of player personnel, Sean Woods and Jon Hood serving as assistant coaches. If there’s a group you trust to win the $1 million prize in a 64-team tournament field, it’s that one. And Mark Pope is excited to root...
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The NBA Draft became a taboo topic in the final years of the John Calipari era in Lexington. Not that fans weren’t rooting for these kids to pursue their professional dreams and make millions while representing the Kentucky Wildcats, but that the pro factory was no longer producing March Madness runs that helped make the constant roster turnover easier to swallow. It was a blast when it was John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Anthony Davis, Karl-Anthony Towns and Devin Booker succeeding and proceeding at the highest level. Not so much when the rides come to a screeching halt following disappointing p...
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Are you a media member covering the University of Kentucky men’s basketball program? Do you think you have what it takes to be a Wildcat? Mark Pope has the perfect opportunity for you. With one scholarship spot remaining to wrap up his debut roster in Lexington, the first-year head coach said he’ll be hosting tryouts to decide who gets it. “We’re having open media tryouts next week to see if any of you guys want a shot at that last scholarship,”Pope told KSR on Tuesday. “There are a lot of laughs, but also some eager eyes! Some of you guys are paying attention right now, like, ‘Oh, OK! I’ll du...
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Mark Pope‘s five-man assistant pool has been finalized in Lexington, hiring Alvin Brooks III as his associate head coach, Cody Fueger, Jason Hart and Mikhail McLean as assistant coaches and Mark Fox as an associate coach. In terms of support staff additions, Nick Robinson has been named director of basketball operations while Randy Towner is the head strength coach, Brandon Wells the senior athletic trainer. He’s got assistants to the head coach in Megan Summers and Brett Ryback — the latter also the director of player development — and a director of basketball administration in Will Barton. P...
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