UK wildcats

Mark Pope explains Kentucky basketball’s transfer portal strategy for the 2025-26 season The 2024–25 season for 16 NCAA Division I men’s college basketball teams is still in progress. This year's NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 has been announced, and all seven SEC clubs are among the teams that still have a chance to win a national title. Everyone else, however, will have to move on to the following season. This indicates that it is now on the NCAA transfer portal. Monday marked the formal start of the 30-day men's basketball transfer window, which ends on April 22. This means the yearly rush of rosters for men's college basketball Of course, the 16 colleges named above are still competing for an NCAA title this season, including Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats. The Cats defeated Illinois in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Milwaukee on Sunday night, advancing to their first Sweet 16 since 2019....

Kentucky has something no one else does. And he went off Sunday. ‘It was magical to watch’ Indeed, Koby Brea has improved his defensive skills in the last several weeks. Indeed, over the season, the fifth-year guard has also displayed more of his offensive versatility. However, shooting is Brea's strongest suit....

Mark Pope comes to Rick Pitino realization that John Calipari is about to find out Given that Rick Pitino, Bill Self, and John Calipari all reside in the same subregion, the selection committee suggested a possible heavyweight bout in the west. Even though Self is a superb coach in his own right, the prospect of Calipari and Pitino facing off in the second round is alluring. Pitino departed Kentucky to become the head coach of Louisville, so these two are at odds. Years after Pitino left, Calipari took up the same role at Kentucky, although he was never completely free from his predecessor's shadow. In the sport, Pitino is practically a myth....

In his first season on the job, Mark Pope leads the Kentucky Wildcats back to the Sweet 16 for the...

Jason Hart Turns Down NBA to Stay with Kentucky Wildcats: A Major Win for Mark Pope......👇👇👇 This offseason, Cody Fueger became the first assistant coach to appear on Sources Say. What is next? Jason Hart, who is J-Hart himself, will be joining the show on Friday. After eight weeks of summer practice, the Kentucky assistant discusses his transition from coaching the G-League Ignite, his playing days in college and the NBA, his first encounter with Mark Pope, how the Wildcats are doing, and his recruiting mindset after coming from the West Coast....

Kentucky basketball depth chart: How Mark Pope rebuilt roster after John Calipari's exit.....👇👇 What do you think?.. Mark Pope, the head coach of Kentucky, made good on his recent pledge to assist in paying for fan travel to the Wildcats' first-round matchup in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, even if he appeared to immediately regret it. The opening round matchup between Kentucky and Troy is set for Friday in Milwaukee. Pope offered to help pay for fuel for Kentucky supporters who were willing to drive from Lexington,...

NEW: Ahead off Kentucky’s first NCAA Tournament game, a Wilson employee admits that the NCAA Tournament balls are overinflated Wilson employees are overstating the company's EVO NXT basketballs, according to a podcast run by the Barstool conglomerate....

The Wildcats just made a move that will have Big Blue Nation buzzing—Tony Delk is coming home! Tony Delk Set...

BREAKING: Kentucky Basketball Locks in Head Coach Mark Pope with Groundbreaking 8-Year, $95 Million Contract Featuring $3 Million Annual Retention...

$70M CONTRACT: Rick Pitino Makes Shocking Statement After Reed Sheppard Announces Return to Kentucky...👇👇 One of the NCAA men's college basketball tournament's most surprising national title candidates will be guided by a coach whose comeback to prominence may have seemed unthinkable when it first started on Thursday. Rick Pitino, 72, has a chance to lead the collegiate game once more courtesy to No. 2 seed St. John's (30-4) after controversies terminated his time at one of the nation's most successful schools and forced him to find employment halfway around the world eight Pitino, who had already made history as the first to win a national championship at two schools and make it to a Final Four with three, is the sixth college to make it to the tournament. Five decades into his career, when many of his coaching peers had long since retired, Pitino did the exact opposite: he wanted to return to the college game, but he was willing to take a roundabout route to do so. Pitino has thrived despite returning to a college system that has seen drastic changes, such as allowing players to profit from their name, image, and likeness, as well as allowing them to transfer between schools without incurring penalties through the transfer portal. Pitino stated on Monday on ESPN's Pat McAfee Show, "I truly do not believe in the word'redemption' because those who judge you actually do not know the circumstances." "They truly do not know if they are guilty or innocent. They are unaware of it.