Kentucky basketball is one of the most storied teams in collegiate sports and for just the fifth time in the last 35 years, the Wildcats will break in a new head coach. John Calipari left for Arkansas after 15 years and athletic director Mitch Barnhart turned to BYU coach Mark Pope to take on the challenge of leading the Kentucky basketball roster. Pope won a national championship at Kentucky as a player under Rick Pitino and is 187-108 over nine seasons as a head coach at Utah Valley State and BYU.
However, Pope’s biggest undertaking will be building a Kentucky basketball lineup since Calipari’s exit led to every scholarship player on the roster leaving the program. Pope has already hit the college basketball transfer portal hard and has commitments in the Class of 2024, but there’s still plenty of work to be done on the Kentucky basketball recruiting trail. If you love the Wildcats, or just want the latest roster updates and college basketball transfer portal news, be sure to see what the proven team of insiders are saying at CatsPause, the 247Sports affiliate that covers Kentucky.
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The team at CatsPause has full coverage of who is coming and who is going on the Kentucky basketball roster. Head to CatsPause now to see all the insider info.
Kentucky basketball roster departures
Pope had to hit the ground running when he was named Kentucky’s new head coach since several members of last year’s Kentucky basketball roster have departed Lexington….
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