"He Was Going to Kill Us": Mark Pope Recalls Rick Pitino’s Chilling Words to Kentucky Team originally appeared on Athlon ...

It took Mark Pope‘s first Kentucky team longer than hoped to reach the point where defense was no longer an issue. It wasn’t ...

“... He’s like a proud dad, but yeah, he’s cool,” added Collins, who was coached by Pope earlier this summer as part of a USA ...

As a former player at Kentucky, Mark Pope knows the expectations that should be set when playing at Kentucky. The high ...

Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Pope has high expectations for freshman Malachi Moreno as the Great Crossing High School ...

Rick Pitino told his 1996 Kentucky basketball team that he would kill them if they didn't win every game, according to Mark ...

Throughout the summer, several Wildcats have said they believe Kentucky can be one of the best defensive teams in the country ...

As Pope said, the Wildcats have a long way to go to get where they want to be to reach that defensive potential that the players are preaching about. This article was originally published on ...

Kentucky‘s practice court was once surrounded by banners of its plentiful NBA talent. Now, it holds only nine — eight show ...

Kam Williams is doing exactly what Mark Pope is asking him. Five weeks into Kentucky men’s basketball’s summer practice, ...

Mark Pope and the Kentucky staff wanted to check a couple of boxes this off-season, and one of those was athleticism. The ...

It remains unclear what Malachi Moreno‘s role as a freshman will look like in 2025-26, but he certainly feels like he’s going ...