Get Pope out of Lexington

You could feel the stadium shaking under your feet during this return!

@KSRonX @KySportsRadio Aka I don’t know how to describe I’m a fuck up as a coach

This is how Mark Pope described the 2025-26 season to wrap up the CBS co Kentucky Basketball Confidential. “We didn’t complete our goal. We didn’t accomplish everything we wanted to accomplish, but this was a beautiful season of growth, and growth is hard and painful and messy and tough. It’s the building blocks of greatness. We fail over and over again so that we can become successful, and that’s what this season was.” on3.com/teams/kentucky…

BBN how we feel ¿?

Mississippi State star Josh Hubbard just reposted the news of Kentucky’s new assistant coach hire.

@JoeGaither6 So Yaxel just be lying every time he opens his mouth?

Yaxel Lendeborg "Yeah, once I entered the transfer portal out of UAB, I was hoping to get recruited by Alabama, and when I didn't, it kind of hurt me a little bit." Dusty May "Don't tell Yax, but they did try to recruit him." si.com/college/alabam…

@UKMitchBarnhart should be criminally charged for not even interviewing Tommy Lloyd. Instead this stupid motherfucker hiring Mark Poop lol

@KySportsRadio Yeah that’s a a long job title for a GM

Director of Roster Management sounds like a GM

@JohnSan1981 @Colton_Primm @JohnNaborsShow Was on another level that was in the past. So it’s past tense

@Colton_Primm @JohnNaborsShow No he’s just comparing the end of Cals tenure to his beginning. Only losers do that. Cals first 2 years. 1 seed elite 8. 4 seed F4. Cal is on another level.

To compare himself to Cal is comical. UK just took the worst NCAA tournament beating since the year Pope was born with a $22M roster. Cal didn’t have that. Cal also didn’t play Wednesday SEC Tournament games. Bragging about beating bottom of the barrel teams proves his insecurity

@CBSSportsCBB @itsbjtaylor Mothetfucker you played at UCF you don’t know what winning is!

"At the end of the day, I think the [Kentucky] fan base needs to temper their expectations, Mark Pope has this thing going in the right direction." - @itsbjtaylor

@GoodmanHoops Shouldn’t even be a fucking year 3

This Kentucky team fought back this season to make it respectable, but Mark Pope will have some pressure on him entering Year 3. And most important aspect will be putting together the roster.

@tarullotweets Beauty and brains

Get that man away from my program This is so pathetic

Mark Poop is just an extension of the last 5 years under Cal !

I’m so glad this season is finally over. Only one more year of losing to get a new coach!

That’s ball game folks

@KySportsRadio Coach is a retard! Pretty simple

Kentucky only scored 10 points in the last 12 minutes of the Half The poorly timed substitutions and Iowa State pressure changed the game

@KySportsRadio He is retarded! For a dude that looks at numbers he completely ignores them

The moment Pope started trying to get rest for the AOC trio, the game changed. 10-0 Iowa State run He has to stay with the guys who elevate this team and let things play out

@CardinalsTail @MrsTylerKSR Can’t deal with the cameras don’t come to Kentucky. Wrong players and coach for this job!

@MrsTylerKSR I can respect it. They don’t need cameras on them 24/7. Now, ideally, you had team building other times throughout the season, not at the end. Maybe what happened in the Louisville locker room was team building gone bad? DID SOMEBODY FAIL THE TRUST FALL

Mark Pope on why Kentucky kept its Selection Show party private with no interviews: "It's actually the only moment we've had the entire season where it was just us, and it just gave us an evening, a short evening, actually, to kind of have some very personal, private conversations. "...We actually had a great night. It was a very meaningful night for our guys. I think it set the tone for us to give ourselves the best possible chance to make a magical run here."

@chrisbrewer10 @TheKentuckyLogo Dudes a choker look at the teams and talent he had and one title says all you need to know

@TheKentuckyLogo Ok

Purdue. Uncanny comparison to another unnamed program… 2021: 1st rd. Lost as a #4 seed to #13 North Texas 2022: S16. Lost as a #3 seed to #15 Saint Peter's 2023: 1st rd. Lost as a #1 seed to #16 Fairleigh Dickinson Kept their coach 2024: Runner up 2026 2 seed.

@RiverboatRog @TristanUda Good thing I don’t live in Lexington

@CHASE_THESAVAGE @TristanUda You first Chase

Mark Pope on why the team made the decision to watch the selection show privately, setting the tone to have "the best possible chance to make a magical run": "I felt it was really important that it was just our team, just our locker room. It's the only moment we've had the entire season where it's just been us. It gave us an evening to have some very personal, private conversations. To take a moment of what they've endured so far this year."

@chrisbrewer10 Wait y’all hangers for sec tournaments championships?

THE HOGS DID IT! WEA RE THE CHAMPIONS AGAIN AFTER 25 YEARS! We are cutting down the nets and hanging a banner! John Calipari is indeed NOT WASHED! Surreal!