Mark Pope was left a bare cupboard when he accepted the Kentucky men’s basketball coaching gig. The only holdover from John Calipari‘s departure was freshman guard Travis Perry. Pope took the job without a single player on the roster who had played a minute of college basketball.

Vanderbilt is off to its best start in a decade and a half, sitting at 15-4 on the year with a statement win over No. 6 Tennessee this past weekend in Mark Byington‘s first season in Nashville. That came following what was essentially a total roster rebuild,

Byington is part of an influx of high-level coaches into the SEC, which is part of the reason the league is having an unprecedented season. The league has added impressive coaches in the past few seasons, including Kentucky's Mark Pope, Mississippi State's ...

Kentucky fifth-year forward Andrew Carr was ruled out for the Wildcats in the game on the SEC injury report injury report Saturday afternoon. This was the first game that Carr missed for UK this season. On Friday night’s injury report, Carr was listed as questionable, and Kerr Kriisa as out, for the Vanderbilt game.

Kentucky point guard Lamont Butler dribbled stealthily along the baseline before turning on a dime back toward the basket, attempting to muster a decent look late in the shot clock. With the No. 9 Wildcats nursing a four-point lead at Vanderbilt and under eight minutes remaining,

On a two-game losing streak, Kentucky faces a road trip to Tennessee and then John Calipari’s return to Rupp Arena.

Pope took over after John Calipari left for Arkansas in a stunning turn of events. However, Pope wasted no time winning over the fanbase, especially since he is a former Kencutky basketball player. Moreover, moves such as this one only helped Pope's case more, and fans were excited to see the fan interaction with the Wildcats coach.

As No. 9 Kentucky prepares to take on Vanderbilt at Memorial Gymnasium this Saturday, Mark Pope is gearing up for his first visit back to the iconic venue since his days as a Wildcat.

Whether that was worth it likely depends on who you ask, but first-year coach Mark Byington isn't opposed to letting the fans have their fun. Still, he said, he wants to turn the Commodores into ...

Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Pope has made a strong first impression in his first year at the helm in Lexington. His efforts (along with Arkansas' struggles) have helped Big Blue Nation ...

Under coach Mark Byington, the Commodores’ pressure forced ... At the start of the season, Pope’s professed goal was to average at least 30 attempts, if not 35 attempts, from 3-point land ...

For Kentucky, the game before The Game was a tough one on paper — a Tuesday night road contest against Rick Barnes' Tennessee Vols, who were ranked No. 1 in the country just a few weeks ago and listed as 10.