That matchup between the Wildcats and Trojans will be the first time Mark Pope coaches UK in an NCAA Tournament setting. Pope ...

Mark Pope's first season guiding Kentucky, his alma mater, always will be viewed through the prism of how the Wildcats fare ...

Kentucky basketball is out of the SEC Tournament. The Wildcats exited the 2025 edition of the conference tournament at the quarterfinal stage: 6 seed UK was thrashed by 3 seed Alabama 99-70 on ...

NASHVILLE — Kentucky basketball escaped Oklahoma 85-84 on Thursday in the SEC Tournament’s second round with starting guard Lamont Butler playing only eight minutes. Butler reaggravated the ...

Kentucky basketball secured its first SEC Tournament win since 2022 early Friday morning with a buzzer-beating 85-84 triumph over Oklahoma. But it came at a cost. During the first half of 6 seed ...

UK coach Mark Pope said Butler had some imaging test run at halftime, but he wouldn't know more about his status until Friday. The sit him or play him debate will pick up then for Pope because he ...

Butler appeared to reinjure that left shoulder (for the second time this season) during the first half against Oklahoma.

Mark Pope’s Wildcats struggled with turnovers on Friday. The Cats committed 16 of them, which led to 29 Alabama points. UK was without fifth-year guard Lamont Butler for the contest after he ...

NASHVILLE — It all comes down to this for Kentucky basketball. And principally, Mark Pope. With UK shown the door at the SEC Tournament on Friday night, clobbered by Alabama’s unrelenting ...

Mark Pope proudly wears his heart on his ... It's been a bumpy last few weeks for UK, but it looked as though Pope's first SEC Tournament might blow up on the launch pad. That is, until junior ...

Checking in from Cal to Welch UK coach Mark Pope said Butler had some imaging test run at halftime, but he wouldn't know more about his status until Friday. The sit him or play him debate will ...