LEXINGTON — Amari Williams had Kentucky basketball’s only offensive rebound in Monday night’s first half. He made it count. And along the way, he displayed perhaps his most overlooked skill: his dribbling. Williams tracked down Kerr Kriisa’s ...

Even if it's the one he always yearned for. The one he's always dreamed about: Kentucky's head men's basketball coach. So while it might not be thought Numero Uno, it's not far from the top. "You get so engaged in just the job," he told The Courier Journal ...

Kentucky was able to take down Wright State by a score of 103-62 to get the Mark Pope era started off with a bang. In this game, Coach Pope had ten players pla

Kentucky scored 103 points in its 41-point victory over Wright State on Monday night. (Yes, Pope wore the No. 41 during his playing days as a Wildcat. Karma.) That’s the highest point total by a Kentucky team for a brand new coach since Tubby Smith’s first edition defeated Morehead State 88-49. Those Cats went on to hang a banner.

The Mark Pope era is officially off to a winning start for the Kentucky men’s basketball program. On Monday night, the Wildcats began the 2024-25 season with a dominant 103-62 home victory against Wright State of the Horizon League.

After a decade and a half with Kentucky, former Wildcats head coach John Calipari is no longer leading the program. Now the head coach at Arkansas, the longtime face of the team brought a few of his former players to a new school in the SEC. In his absence, former BYU head coach Mark Pope is now running the show for Kentucky.