UK hired Mark Pope, whose BYU team lost in the March Madness 1st round. Arkansas got John Calipari, and Kentucky got served humility. News Sports Kentucky Derby Life Opinion Advertise Obituaries ...

Calipari’s $33 million buyout likely influenced Barnhart’s decision, but regardless of motivations, Barnhart called it correctly. ... Kentucky embraces Mark Pope, not Bruce Pearl.

New Kentucky men's basketball coach Mark Pope learned many lessons as a Wildcats player. ... Barnhart said Pope is the perfect hire at a crucial time for the program.

Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart zeroed in on Mark Pope as his choice for UK’s next head coach while some bigger names were still on the board. Time will tell whether that was a forward ...

UK athletics director Mitch Barnhart gives Mark Pope a Kentucky basketball jersey with No. 23 at his press conference. Pope is the 23rd coach in program history and the seventh since Adolph Rupp ...

Mark Pope has been named the new Kentucky men's basketball head coach. He becomes the 23rd head coach in Kentucky history. ... Capilouto and Mitch Barnhart for this opportunity.

After missing on UConn's Dan Hurley and Baylor's Scott Drew, Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart quickly turned his attention to BYU's Mark Pope. They reached an agreement Thursday night ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The first sign that Sunday afternoon at Rupp Arena was going to be an unexpected, all-time electric day in that building arrived around 8:30 a.m. Kevin Wynn, his wife and three ...