Even with injuries affecting the Kentucky basketball roster, Mark Pope would prefer to play with a 10-man rotation. The returns have been uneven.

In the big picture of Kentucky basketball, the 23 games Mark Pope has served as head coach is not an ample sample size. Nevertheless, as No. 15 UK (16-7, 5-5 SEC) prepares to face No. 5 Tennessee (20-4, 7-4 SEC) at Rupp Arena on Tuesday night, some trends have emerged that seem likely to shape the future of Pope’s tenure as Wildcats coach.

Mark Pope was a happy man following Kentucky’s 80-57 win over South Carolina (to the point he brought a t-shirt cannon to the postgame radio show). Not only did the Cats get back in the win column after back-to-back losses,

Kentucky is looking to bounce back on Saturday against South Carolina after a blowout loss to Ole Miss, now losing four of their last 5 games. During this stret

Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope answers questions after UK’s dismal defensive showing in a road loss at Ole Miss.

The Kentucky Wildcats' back-to-back ugly losses have the vocal portion of the fanbase quickly turning on first-year head coach Mark Pope.

The Kentucky Wildcats are now in a very rough patch of this college basketball season, as they have lost four of their last five games. Now, all of the BBN and the college basketball world are asking the same question: Can this team respond?

Kentucky, which once marched confidently into a new era under Mark Pope, now finds itself at a dead end. The post Crisis Deepens for Mark Pope Even After Encouraging Kentucky Locker Room Reports appeared first on EssentiallySports.