The standards at Kentucky are higher than just about anywhere else in men’s college basketball. Competing at the top of the SEC isn’t enough for the Wildcats — this is expected to be one of the premier programs in the sport year-in, year-out. There have been a few down season in Lexington over time, but rarely for a sustained stretch. A Kentucky head coach has to win big — and win big quickly — or risk getting run out of town.
Mark Pope was named Kentucky’s new head coach on Friday night less than one week after John Calipari’s surprise deflection to Arkansas. Pope was not Kentucky’s first
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