Mark Pope and the 15th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats' bid to win the SEC Tournament came to a disappointing end on Friday, losing 99-70 to the fifth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide at Bridgestone Arena.

But after Kentucky was demolished by 29 points to Alabama — the third time this season falling to the Crimson Tide — in the ...

Full transcript and video from Mark Pope, Andrew Carr and Amari Williams from Kentucky's postgame press conference after getting blown out by Alabama 99-70 in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament.

Kentucky head coach Mark Pope addressed a controversial moment during the Wildcats’ 96-83 loss to Alabama, where official ...

Feb 22, 2025; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Pope directs his team against the Alabama Crimson Tide during the second half at Coleman Coliseum. / Will McLelland-Imagn ...

"It's incredibly challenging," Kentucky head coach Mark Pope said. "That's why it's March magic, right? It's March magic. If you can do it, then you do it, right? We get to be tested in an epic way.

Typically after a game, the always upbeat and positive Kentucky coach Mark Pope uses a lot of flowery language and superlatives. Everything is always super or beautiful or terrific, Pope says ...

Mark Pope didn’t shy away from the harsh reality after Kentucky's 99-70 loss to Alabama in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals. The Wildcats were dealt their worst SEC Tournament defeat in program ...

Despite a strong start by Mark Pope and the Wildcats, the Crimson Tide rallied back late in the first half and ran away with the game in a 96-83 win in Tuscaloosa. Kentucky is still fighting an ...

For whatever defensive improvements UK coach Mark Pope believed his team had made recently, that progress wasn’t evident Saturday against Division I’s top-scoring offense. Try as they might, the ...

Mark Pope's Kentucky Wildcats lost 96-83 to the Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday evening. The Wildcats led by as many as 12-points in the first half before the No. 4 Crimson Tide turned the screws ...