One last tweet tonight. Forgot to send out the CBS Sports College Basketball 🏀 news story on Pope and Kentucky. Kentucky sent a contract that has Pope on a five-year deal at an average of $5.5 million annually. cbssports.com/college-basket…

Let’s Go BBN! #BBN

Didn’t Calipari’s biggest critics want a head coach who 1. Could do X’s and O’s 2. Run a modern offense 3. Cares more about winning than getting players to the NBA 4. Doesn’t talk down to the fan base Well… Who knows if Mark Pope can recruit at a high-level. He had certain

The year before he was hired at Duke, Coach K went 9-17 at Army. Roy Williams was the third assistant at UNC when he was hired by Kansas. Tom Izzo had never been a head coach when he was hired at Mich State. Jay Wright never won a tourney game at Hofstra. Carry on BBN.

The replies are wild. Pope runs high-level, modern offense, is a good dude with a pretty unimpeachable rep, is a program alum who understands the beast, and played in the NBA. Missing on others doesn’t make this a bad hire. Y’all might’ve lucked into something better.

Said this last night and I’ll say it again: no one will embrace this job more than Mark Pope. He is a Wildcat through and through, super smart, runs a fun style, and I support him. But Mitch Barnhart did him no favors with the timing. To move on this so swiftly when other big

Oversimplifying, yes. But Mitch Barnhart is moving Kentucky Men’s Basketball from ultimate players’ first attitude to ultimate team first. And isn’t that what #BBN has been crying for?

I got to know Mark Pope 2 years ago at Battle4Atlantis. He is smart, engaging, confident in who he is and his style of play. He knows that Kentucky jersey well. Like every other coach in the SEC… recruiting will be the ultimate test. He will be embraced by UK fan base. Twitter

One thing I do think is worth noting. There are a lot of players from the Pitino/Tubby era that are really excited and see this as a chance to reconnect with the University

Pope when he lost at Rupp with Utah Valley.

Don't be fooled. No matter who Mitch Barnhart hired, Kentucky basketball is in a better place without John Calipari. More from a late night Rapid Reaction: youtube.com/live/Xhx2O_YAt…

This line kinda telegraphed how Barnhart was thinking, turns out.

Mitch Barnhart will be on KSR at 11 am

Welcome home, Mark Pope! Pope, a captain of the 1996 National Championship team, has returned to the University of Kentucky as the 23rd head coach of Kentucky Men’s Basketball! ukathletics.com/news/2024/04/1…

I’m fired up about our new basket ball coach Mark Pope. Lets go BBN.

Shout out to Mitch Barnhart for doing that interview and speaking to all of BBN He absolutely killed it and has me even more excited for Pope

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If Chandler could be a 60-70 percent Jaxson Robinson in March, things could get spicy