Kentucky is undefeated and No. 8 in the country. How has first-year coach -- and former Cat -- Mark Pope shifted the program?

Kentucky is coming off of another win, this time against the in-state Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. The Wildcats didn't shoot the ball well, at 40% overall and

Mark Pope is a man of the people. As usual, Kentucky fans stuck around to hear from their head coach after the Wildcats’ 105-76 win over Georgia State on Friday evening. Normally, Pope will stay after he concludes his radio appearance on the court to sign autographs into the wee hours of the night.

Hating Kentucky isn’t cool or fun anymore because Kentucky’s coach is both. Mark Pope is relentlessly likable, which means Kentucky basketball has become likable. Adjust accordingly.

Kentucky coach Mark Pope had to run onto the Rupp Arena court to separate players after an altercation during Friday’s game.

Just three days after former Kentucky coach John Calipari guided a team that only took 20 3-pointers, and made a mere five of them, in a neutral-court loss to a Big 12 team that had just lost to a West Coast Conference opponent by 38 points,

Kentucky men’s basketball coach Mark Pope talks to the media after the Wildcats’ 105-76 victory over the Georgia State Panthers on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, at Rupp Arena. UK improved to 7-0 on the season.

Things got unexpectedly chippy during the Kentucky Wildcats’ post-Thanksgiving matchup with the Georgia State Panthers. Despite entering the game as 30-point underdogs, the Panthers pushed Kentucky well into the second half and showed a lot of fight,