For a team led by a first-year head coach, Mark Pope, and relying heavily on transfers and freshmen, the Wildcats, with a 12-2 record, are proving they’re here to turn doubters into believers.

In his first year at the helm of the Kentucky Wildcats coaching staff, coach Mark Pope has steered the squad to 12-2 overall thus far. The record includes wins over long-time rival Duke Blue ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — In the preseason, one of the major knocks on the prospects for Mark Pope’s first Kentucky team was that the Wildcats lacked star power. A collection of good players — no ...

Kentucky coach Mark Pope spoke about Tuesday's bounce-back win over Brown in a postgame conference. In the first part of the press briefing, Pope spoke highly of the Bears' talent and how it will ...

Basketball-wise, the Kentucky Wildcats didn’t have much to feel cheerful about over their holiday break. Mark Pope’s team was on the wrong end of a Madison Square Garden mauling four days before ...

Mark Pope has ended the first two months of his ... My first year at (Utah Valley) was the last time I lost going into Christmas. This is the worst, it’s miserable. But our guys handled it ...

A staple of Kentucky's 1996 National Championship team that Mark Pope was the captain of was the denim jerseys. On his radio show on Monday, Coach Pope was asked about the potential return of ...

Mark Pope’s team was on the wrong end of a Madison Square Garden mauling four days before Christmas, an 85-65 loss to unranked Ohio State that was stunning in its sheer one-sidedness.

“This is the only thing in the world I disagree with Dick Vitale on,” Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope said recently. Pope is a noted 3-point proponent. Last year at BYU, his Cougars ranked ...