Vanderbilt is off to its best start in a decade and a half, sitting at 15-4 on the year with a statement win over No. 6 Tennessee this past weekend in Mark Byington‘s first season in Nashville. That came following what was essentially a total roster rebuild,

Mark Pope was left a bare cupboard when he accepted the Kentucky men’s basketball coaching gig. The only holdover from John Calipari‘s departure was freshman guard Travis Perry. Pope took the job without a single player on the roster who had played a minute of college basketball.

Byington is part of an influx of high-level coaches into the SEC, which is part of the reason the league is having an unprecedented season. The league has added impressive coaches in the past few seasons, including Kentucky's Mark Pope, Mississippi State's ...

Kentucky point guard Lamont Butler dribbled stealthily along the baseline before turning on a dime back toward the basket, attempting to muster a decent look late in the shot clock. With the No. 9 Wildcats nursing a four-point lead at Vanderbilt and under eight minutes remaining,

Kentucky fifth-year forward Andrew Carr was ruled out for the Wildcats in the game on the SEC injury report injury report Saturday afternoon. This was the first game that Carr missed for UK this season. On Friday night’s injury report, Carr was listed as questionable, and Kerr Kriisa as out, for the Vanderbilt game.

Under coach Mark Byington, the Commodores’ pressure forced ... At the start of the season, Pope’s professed goal was to average at least 30 attempts, if not 35 attempts, from 3-point land ...

As No. 9 Kentucky prepares to take on Vanderbilt at Memorial Gymnasium this Saturday, Mark Pope is gearing up for his first visit back to the iconic venue since his days as a Wildcat.

But perhaps the biggest storyline to come out of the SEC this past week is what Mark Byington is building in ... Things don't ease up much for Mark Pope's squad coming up, as Kentucky travels ...

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On a two-game losing streak, Kentucky faces a road trip to Tennessee and then John Calipari’s return to Rupp Arena.

The Coach of the Year race is wide open as February looms with a plethora of candidates making great cases for consideration. While Bruce Pearl of No. 1 Auburn and Jon Scheyer of No. 2 Duke are obvious names,

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