Mark Pope details Kentucky's 'unlimited potential,' bond with Rick Pitino ahead of St. John's clash

Mark Pope, who won a championship with Rick Pitino nearly 30 years ago, detailed their evolving relationship and what's at stake in Saturday's Kentucky-St. John's showdown.

Mark Pope tops Rick Pitino. Kentucky basketball coach joins short list

Mark Pope joined a short list with UK basketball's win over Rick Pitino and St. John's. Pope is the third ex-Pitino mentee to beat his former coach.
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Rick Pitino describes feeling of coaching against Mark Pope, Kentucky: 'I didn't have any emotion at all'

Mark Pope was the team captain of Rick Pitino‘s 1996 National Championship team at Kentucky. After 29 years, Pope and Pitino stepped onto the same hardwood again; not on the same team, but pitted against each other.

Rick Pitino says Mark Pope has completely changed the identity of this Kentucky team

Kentucky has now won back-to-back games in very similar fashion, and it's all thanks to "smash mouth basketball," as Mark Pope says. Against Indiana, the Wildca

As Kentucky basketball starts SEC play, what do we know, need to see?

Kentucky basketball begins SEC play soon. What do we know about the 2025-26 Wildcats to this point? And what do we still need to see?
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