The No. 8 Vols will host the No. 12 Wildcats on Tuesday, but this matchup is different from years past. For the first time in 15 years, John Calipari will
Unlike Lamont Butler, Andrew Carr was unable to take the floor against the Commodores on Saturday afternoon. A back injury prevented the fifth year senior from practicing for multiple weeks, and on Saturday, Pope made the decision to keep him out for the game.
After Kentucky's 74-69 upset loss to Vanderbilt on Saturday, Mark Pope found a silver lining for the Wildcats.
Mark Pope left BYU 10 months ago to return to his alma mater Kentucky, where he plied his craft at the direction of legendary coach Rick Pitino. Now, as head coach roaming the sidelines of Rupp Arena, that leap of faith is paying off big time.
The latest edition of the Tennessee-Kentucky rivalry goes down Tuesday night at 7 p.m. ET, when the No. 8 Volunteers host the No. 12 Wildcats. It’ll be the 241st men’s basketball matchup between the two programs, but the first for Kentucky coach Mark Pope.
Predictions, picks and odds as No. 8 Tennessee basketball faces No. 12 Kentucky. Plus, injury updates and the latest news
Calipari returns to Kentucky for the first time Saturday when the Wildcats host Arkansas. The Razorbacks (12-8, 1-6) have this week off but No. 12 Kentucky (14-5, 3-3) has a huge game tonight at No. 8 Tennessee (17-3, 4-3).
The Missouri Tigers get a welcomed week off from the Southeastern Conference basketball wars after winning five of their first seven games in league play.
Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats took a 3-2 SEC ... team that looked a whole lot different than the running-and-gunning Florida Gators squad that the Cats beat three days earlier.
"I love winning a game where we never felt great," UK coach Mark Pope said. SEC basketball has ... during this stretch including its win over Florida. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily ...
On the court, Golden and the Gators are a national championship contender. They opened the season with 13 straight wins, then pummeled a then-undefeated and top-ranked Tennessee by 30 points in early January. They were ranked No. 21 in the preseason AP poll, but Golden supplemented five key returnees with Florida Atlantic transfer Alijah Martin.
Then the sports analyst blurted out a rib on Calipari and said: "Let's get Mark Pope on. Better talk to ... to Tennessee (76-52), Ole Miss (73-66), Florida (71-63), LSU (78-74) and Missouri ...