Mark Pope won a national championship as a player for Rick Pitino in 1996. After John Calipari’s shocking departure from the program in April, Pope is the new Kentucky basketball head coach. Pope played six years in the NBA and spent nine years as a head coach at Utah Valley State and BYU before accepting the Kentucky job. Now, he’s completing rebuilding the Kentucky basketball roster on the fly after every scholarship player from Calipari’s last squad left for the NBA, ran out of eligibility or entered the college basketball transfer portal.
However, Pope has been able to hit the ground running by using the transfer portal to resurrect a strong Kentucky basketball lineup. He’s received commitments from seven transfers already, managed to hold on to one commitment from Calipari’s Class of 2024 and added another incoming freshman earlier this week. If you love the Wildcats, or just want the latest roster updates and college basketball transfer portal news, be sure to see what the proven team of insiders are saying at CatsPause, the 247Sports affiliate that covers Kentucky.
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The team at CatsPause has full coverage of who is coming and who is going on the Kentucky basketball roster. Head to CatsPause now to see all the insider info.
