When Mark Pope stepped to the podium after Kentucky's exhibition battle with No. 1 Purdue, his reflections went beyond basketball strategy. He spoke about belief, purpose, and a moment of personal faith that offered insight into the deeper foundations of the program he's building.
'If you know, you know'
Pope shared a story about a recent church sermon that powerfully resonated with him. “I was listening to a church sermon that was super powerful,” Pope recalled. “And the speaker said, ‘If you know, you know.’ And he was talking about uh of course the gospel of Jesus Christ, but this idea of if you know, you know, is something that we we kind of talk about with our team a little bit too.