Everything UK basketball coach Mark Pope said after guiding the Wildcats to the Sweet 16
UK was led in scoring by fifth-year wing Koby Brea, who matched his career best with 23 points. Kentucky also tied its season ...
NCAA Tournament 2025 bracket picks, Cinderella teams, top upsets: Model simulates March Madness 10K times
The Wildcats suffered a loss in the first round as a No. 3 seed last season, so are they a team you want to avoid when ...
In a matchup of former UK basketball coaches, Calipari beats Pitino to reach the Sweet 16
Behind a team-high 16 points from freshman Billy Richmond III — a former Kentucky commit from when Calipari led the UK ...
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Kentucky basketball moves on in NCAA Tournament with rout of Troy in March Madness opener
The first one is out of the way for the Kentucky Wildcats. Coach Mark Pope ... who was a captain on UK’s 1996 national championship team and was hired as John Calipari’s replacement last ...
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"Thought it was a stroke of genius"- When Kentucky's Mark Pope recalled Rick Pitino's unusually "calm" behavior ahead of 1996 natty
Kentucky Wildcats coach Mark Pope has had mixed results after taking over the job when John Calipari departed for the Arkansas Razorbacks last year. Most recently, Pope led his team to the ...
Inside the Kentucky basketball team’s Selection Sunday party. ‘This is what you do it for’
From laughter to thank yous, a look inside the Kentucky basketball watch party in Rupp Arena on Selection Sunday, when the ...
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Calipari vs Pitino: Arkansas-St. John's game among NCAA tournament second-round Saturday
A Saturday showdown between two former Kentucky Wildcats head coaches ... Pitino and UK defeated Calipari and UMass in the 1996 Final Four on the way to a national championship.
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Kentucky relying on newcomers to end its recent history of postseason frustration
New coach Mark Pope, a member of the Wildcats’ 1996 national championship team, rebuilt the roster after John Calipari left for Arkansas and brought plenty of his former Kentucky players with him.
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Why did Calipari leave Kentucky? Pitino scandal at Louisville? St. John's-Arkansas ties to Ky.
There's a lot of history considering Pitino's turns with the Louisville Cardinals and Kentucky Wildcats ... Sweet 16) and 1996 (81-74, Final Four), with Calipari and Kentucky beating Pitino ...