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The Kentucky Wildcats have looked to good early, that even former North Carolina star Tyler Hansbrough likes them. Hansbrough, a well-known UK hater, clarified on ‘The Field of 68 ‘ podcast that while he likes the players and coach he really does not like Kentucky . Check out his comments: (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The post Tyler Hansbrough … [Read more...] about Tyler Hansbrough likes Mark Pope’s team, but he doesn’t like Kentucky

Mark Pope met with the media recently to preview tonight’s game against Lipscomb. Pope gave his thoughts following the win over Duke and broke down things the Wildcats need to focus on to get better. Check out his comments: (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The post Mark Pope previews tonight’s game against Lipscomb first appeared on Nation of Blue. … [Read more...] about Mark Pope previews tonight’s game against Lipscomb

Kentucky forward Andrew Carr has been named Southeastern Conference Player of the Week following his outstanding performance against Duke. Carr led the Wildcats (3-0) with 17 points in the upset win over the Blue Devils. He also pulled down 6 rebounds and dished out 3 assists. Here is a release from UK Athletics: (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || … [Read more...] about Andrew Carr Named SEC Player of the Week

Louisville head coach Jeff Walz was not happy after his team lost 71-61 in overtime at Kentucky Saturday night. “No, it’s our free throws,” Walz fired back when asked about his team struggling against Kentucky’s size. “Length, whatever you wanna call it, you gotta make free throws. We gave the game away.” Check out his postgame thoughts: (adsbygoogle = … [Read more...] about Louisville coach Jeff Walz on Kentucky loss: ‘We gave the game away’

Kentucky AD Mitch Barnhart praised new men’s basketball head coach Mark Pope on Saturday. Barnhart also seemed to take a light jab at former head coach John Calipari, who is now at Arkansas. “Anybody can recruit…not everybody can evaluate,” Barnhart said. “You can be phenomenal at recruiting. But if it doesn’t fit your program, it’s really not helpful.” (adsbygoogle … [Read more...] about Mitch Barnhart praises Mark Pope, seems to take a jab at John Calipari: ‘Anybody can recruit’