Duke Basketball Report · 29m
Is Kentucky’s Mark Pope Finished?
Kentucky’s Mark Pope has had a tough row to hoe lately. Last season, the fans were grumbling about their coach. This year already, Kentucky took a 20-point beating from Kansas in the Champions Classic, and were nearly upset in Rupp Arena by Northern Arizona.
It’s hard to overstate how shocking this is. NAU is in Flagstaff. If Tucson is fairly remote, relatively speaking (which it is), Flagstaff is even more so.
The Lumberjacks have never been much of a factor in college basketball. It’s only about 2.5 hours from Phoenix, but it’s up in the mountains, there’s not a lot going on there, and it just lives in a different orbit.