After the game, the team, along with Pope, Lee Anne Pope, and Mitch Barnhart, all met at halfcourt, where Barnhart presented Pope with a bourbon barrel top to remember Pope’s first win as the Kentucky ...

The Kentucky Wildcats opened the season strong with a 103-62 beatdown of Wright State in Mark Pope's coaching debut for his alma mater, a strong opening statement to start off his tenure in Lexington, ...

Kentucky led Bucknell by 20 points midway through the first half, and the Wildcats rolled to another blowout win. Duke is up ...

For Ansley Almonor, the latest edition of UK-Duke isn’t simply something that he’s been ... When it came time to talk to Mark Pope, it wasn’t just a phone call. As is his wont, Pope’s first ...

No. 23 Kentucky won its season opener on Monday, handily defeating Wright State 103-62. The Cats did a lot of things right in ...

It remains to be seen how the Mark Pope ... scored by UK in a season-opener since a 108-58 win over Marist during the national championship season of 2011-12. But most notably, the 41-point ...

Where might Mark Pope’s first ... averaged 93.8 (and beat UK in Rupp Arena in the season opener) — and the 2006-07 VMI team (100.9 points per game and a whopping 41.9 3-point attempts) was ...

If Kentucky basketball rebounds like it did in its win vs. Bucknell, Mark Pope's Wildcats could be in a great position when ...

It was a fun night in Rupp Arena as the Kentucky Wildcats raced past the Wright State Raiders to earn their first win of the season. It also marks the first win of his UK career for Mark Pope. In what ...

Kentucky is expected to have a potent offense with an emphasis on 3-point shooting in Mark Pope’s first season as head coach.