In one of the most-anticipated battles of the SEC basketball season, No. 4 Alabama handed No. 8 Kentucky its first loss in Rupp Arena this season.

Before Mark Pope performs the Sunday autopsy on the Alabama game, he and three of his players faced questions in their first losing press conference at Rupp Arena following the Wildcats’ 102-97 loss to Alabama.

Kentucky basketball is no stranger to top 15 matchups this season, and on Saturday they will be playing their third-straight top 15 game at home this season, th

And the building has been mighty friendly indeed to Mark Pope’s ... s tenure to the Pope era has been received by UK fans? Simply open your eyes and ears in Rupp when the Cats are playing.

Mark Pope's Kentucky Wildcats were close to pulling off another ranked win, but Alabama escaped with a 102-97 victory. At Rupp Arena on Saturday, No. 8 Kentucky fell to No.

Lamont Butler, in UK basketball's game vs Alabama at Rupp Arena, played with the toughness Mark Pope is trying to instill in his Kentucky Wildcats.

Kentucky basketball is getting set to take on #11 Texas A&M Tuesday night inside Rupp Arena, and will once again be without backup guard Kerr Kriisa, who has been sidelined since Dec.

The arrival of Mark Pope has turned back the clock on the Rupp Arena crowds, which had been getting angsty by the end of the John Calipari era.

Nate Oats and Mark Pope are two of the best offensive minds in college basketball. Their brilliance was put on full display Saturday in Rupp Arena as Alabama and Kentucky combined to score 199 points in a 102-97 win for the Crimson Tide.

Mark Pope is in his first year coaching the Kentucky basketball team, and he has a good squad on his hands. The Wildcats are 14-3 and 3-1 in the loaded SEC, and Buzz Williams believes that they have the tools to win it all.

In past seasons, a lethargic first half may have spelled doom for Kentucky basketball, but it didn't rattle Mark Pope's Wildcats vs Texas A&M.