Mark Pope on Kentucky's STANDARD, chasing BANNERS & following in Calipari's FOOTSTEPS | SportsCenter

[@marcgriffin2308]

we are a big fan believer in pope. he will be a great coach.

[@DanielCombs-qf8iu]

hahaha. going down

[@NathanDenney-jb3om]

Thought it was hilarious he said "I'm a die hard cougar fan" #gocougs

[@wtk6069]

He said that by accident, but I'm certain it's still the truth!

[@AN-sx2iy]

We love Pope!!!

[@Wetrockstah2116]

How can you not love Mark pope man, he is genuine, he has such a likeable personality, and he truly works hard to practice what he preaches. Were lucky to have him as our coach, because he is gonna work relentlessly to win here.

[@kaleytreadway44]

Such a great guy, I really pray for his success here!

[@kaleytreadway44]

But will still appreciate him if he doesn’t have success because at least we know he is gonna give it everything he has

[@harveyblevins74]

@@kaleytreadway44yep and we'll know he doesn't do stuff just put of spite for the ppl that made it possible for him to be here

[@Nobody-n2m]

BIG BLUE POPE BACK IN THE CATICAN

[@Teddy42O]

Mark Pope captain of 96 team

[@josephburgin8745]

Let’s go coach

[@DanielCombs-qf8iu]

wow. Mark Pope. Good luck UK

[@tystarnes]

Man next year is going to be so weird watching that Umass/UK 96 final 4 having 3 our coaches in that game. Not to mention Cal in Red. BBN will miss them. Pitino, Cal, and now Pope.

[@Guitarpicker7919]

I can’t wait for fall #BBN baby 👏.

[@kentjensen4939]

He's bringing part of BYU with him.

[@charleerice08]

I'm convinced he hasn't slept more than 2 hours since arriving in Lexington Sunday afternoon.

[@tannerbriggs9127]

He's still got that coug in him.

[@nickperkins8477]

Mark played against John’s coaching, basically, especially during the 1995-96 season.

[@harveyblevins74]

His "coaching" hasn't changed since then either. Guy did stuff just to try to prove fans and critics wrong. Didn't work out so good for him and now he's unhappy being where he is. Glad we got coach pope. Couldn't be happier.

[@GoatedAtNFS]

all I know is this y’all can make fun of Kentucky now. let the NIT jokes roll on through. but if Pope YEAR 1, gets his team to borderline tournament status, and retains his players, oh it’s over

[@JusBellAndAri]

From what we're seeing hes gonna have a tournament worthy team. Lot of bug transfer guys interested and he's bringing a few from byu as well as the number 6 guard in the new class

[@indigomarine91]

5 portal portal upperclassmen with experience and pay him 800k > 5 starting 18 year old kids with ZERO experience. UK got 4 million for NIL on the first day from only 2 doners. This is the direction college basketball is going portal players will only go to teams who can afford them. Kentucky will just buy their team.

[@BranDawg81]

@@indigomarine91and?

[@indigomarine91]

@BranDawg81 experience = wins ..

[@indigomarine91]

@@BranDawg81 uk fans know this too well

[@JaredRichey-ly9qr]

Saw mark pope ballin at Paul derda rec when he was a nugget

[@Boo_Jones]

Woo pig sooie baby we happy to have cal and bbn happy to have pope see yall in the fall ❤🐗🐗🐗

[@B.Abaracus]

You'll see what Cal cares about getting players to the NBA that is it Go Big Blue Nation Arkansas hog for dinner in rupp arena this year can't wait

[@glennlanham6309]

You like him until he loses in first round. Again.

[@virgil5650]

Much respect and many blessings to you from BBN

[@Jason-ws3cd]

You will love how much he cares about sec titles and sec tourney, and I don't hate cal just look at his record

[@Goparescum]

​@@glennlanham6309We're not making the tournament next year

[@stephendunn159]

such a great guy

[@brianfrandsen6374]

Go Cougs!!

[@westsidera97]

I was like when did trevor whitman start coaching basketball 😂

[@Shortstoryccb13]

Go Big Blue

[@ryancoldiron554]

#PopeisDope

[@terpheavy]

The Taylor swift question was very unnecessary.

[@Goparescum]

Taylor Swift is the biggest thing in the world..Deal with it..I have 2 daughters that love her and what she's about..Do your research

[@terpheavy]

@@Goparescum he’s a new hire basketball coach thats about to run the biggest basketball program in the country. There could’ve been another 2+ minutes of answers from him about basketball yet we get that complete waste of time. Absolutely nobody clicked on this video to hear what he has to say about an irrelevant pop star. Telling me to do my research is laughable when she’s constantly shoved down our throats at all times by the media.

[@woody2875]

he will win, but it will not be banners

[@indigomarine91]

Calipari couldn't bat Kansas and Pope beat him with a bunch of nobody's. Cal couldn't adjust in-game, 5 starting freshman doesn't work anymore, every coach in the NCAA has figured him out.

[@glennlanham6309]

Amen to that.

[@GoatedAtNFS]

Duke and UConn had some freshman in the mix and figured it out, it can still work with its just Cal sucks

[@johnnycorn7225]

Straight FACTS 💯!!!! You can't deny it!!! there's tons of videos on here of professional NBA analysts breaking down exactly how pathetic his two or more non-shooting bigs clogging the lane up and limiting the offense is and how susceptible his dinosaur offense is to an unexpected zone or different defensive sets( trying to remember who had more intense or better defensive sets than the 96 cats..... ...... ....) Only thing you got wrong though is he does make in game adjustments, like going to 3 non-shooting bigs at the same time because Oakland was out rebounding him brutally with a 6-6 guy and the bigs didn't even make rebounding better but everything worse with less offense and skill on the court when we needed it most. Then insert his worst shooting overrated freshman guard who was refusing to pass( and allowed to because his draft stock presentation was more important than the team win) and you have a guaranteed loss. I could go on

[@jeffspalding3710]

A Swift fan? Just lost me.

[@MrBojangles1971]

Well he won’t be following Cals footsteps because he lead us down the wrong road

[@paulgraberandshaolinarts604]

Hmmm… not very basketball literate are you? Pope has succeeded with average players and resources. He will dominate with the resources he has at UK.

[@johnnycorn7225]

Cow definitely let us down the worst road, yes he killed it at first, then became a total laughingstock for 5 years STRAIGHT

[@ericstevens8744]

John Calipari who ? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 WE ARE KENTUCKY !!!!!!

[@jvamerica1703]

I give it three years, good luck, see Jawuan Howard, and Kenny Payne 🤭🤭

[@hdhxhebdh]

Lets go pope ..BBN 💙🤍 get it done pope 🏆#9 💪😺....

[@LonghornsLegend]

This guy is the one who gets fired before they find their real coach we see this all the time when a legend leaves somewhere

[@cherzum]

Real coaches do NOT talk about Taylor Swift and I don't care how many daughters he has. Stop it if you ever want to be taken seriously.

[@jerrydeaton5778]

Great hes a swifty🙄

[@mikeironhorse]

He has 4 daughters

[@jacobporter419]

If you only had women in your house you'd have no choice but to be one as well

[@BYUprodz5]

Happy u left BYU we got Kevin young 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@donnierenn4772]

I guess not ALL Mormons have great attitudes.

[@paulgraberandshaolinarts604]

Really classy… NOT! Mark is a great person, a great coach and you know it! smh

[@BYUprodz5]

It’s a joke sorry 😐 mark pope was a good guy I’m still just a little mad he left

[@donnierenn4772]

@@BYUprodz5 Haha there it is! And it’s understandable. But you went from madsen to hoping Burgess was ready (while hoping Utah never comes for him) to all of a sudden the highest paid nba assistant. Feels like both UK and BYU ended up really happy. Plus, I live in CO now so BYU will now be my 2nd team so I have someone out west to watch when UK isn’t playing.

[@WilliamBeamon-dm2tv]

Kevin Young is an amazing coach.! BYU is definitely in good hands.

[@Boo_Jones]

He’s more cougar than wildcat 😭😂

[@nazur72]

Yeah what was that all about?😮 He likes thirsty middle aged women?

[@nickphelps3140]

No

[@Vibezz92]

Grown man listening to swift poor person music is embarrassing

[@jacobporter419]

If you only had women in your house, you would listen to her as well

[@Goparescum]

I hope my daughters turn out to be the person Taylor Swift is