Kentucky's Mark Pope started his coaching career at Rupp Arena with 11 straight wins. How does that start compare to other first-year UK coaches?

Mark Pope says it’s a “fun” and “awesome” aspect of playing in the SEC, but it’s something that will be a challenge for the Cats on a game-to-game basis.

One of the best games of the college basketball season took place on Saturday as Nate Oats and No. 4 Alabama went on the road to Rupp Arena to take on Mark Pope and No. 8 Kentucky in Lexington. The two teams battled back and forth in a high-scoring affair before Alabama eventually made a few more plays to come out on top 102-97.

Before Mark Pope’s first visit to Memorial Gym as Kentucky’s coach, he strolled down memory lane to recall some funny moments from road games as a player.

When Mark Pope and the Kentucky coaching staff landed Lamont Butler in the transfer portal, Big Blue Nation was fired up to be getting an elite defender, floor

Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats are getting ready to head to Nashville to take on the Vanderbilt Commodores. There should be a good amount of Kentucky fans on hand for this ball game, but still, any time a team goes on the road in the SEC,

The No. 9 Wildcats took advantage of a rare week off to heal up for the rest of the season. Kentucky coach Mark Pope said the Wildcats (14-4, 3-2) will have a healthier roster available when his squad returns to the court Saturday at Vanderbilt.

W hen Mark Pope was announced as the head basketball coach of the Kentucky Wildcats, the response from Big Blue Nation and college basketball fans was mixed. Some thought it was a

Mark Pope is in his first year coaching the Kentucky basketball team, and he has a good squad on his hands. The Wildcats are 14-3 and 3-1 in the loaded SEC, and Buzz Williams believes that they have the tools to win it all.

Kentucky basketball has a high seed in the latest NCAA Tournament projections. Here's where Mark Pope's UK team stands in March Madness bracketology.

LEXINGTON — No. 9 Kentucky basketball’s 81-69 win over No. 11 Texas A ... "I love winning a game where we never felt great," UK coach Mark Pope said. U of L's 'great basketball talk' under Kelsey helping fuel on-court success Christian Dawkins nearly ...

4 Alabama marched into Lexington and beat No. 8 Kentucky in a thrilling 102-97 ... A single slip-up can cause a snowball effect, which Mark Pope's Wildcats learned the hard way in crunch time.