Friday night’s loss to Gonzaga was the low point of the Mark Pope era thus far, made clear by the boos that rang out in Bridgestone Arena from the first TV timeout on. How does Kentucky even start to get back on track? On his radio show last night, Pope said the staff and media are in the process of a “major overhaul,” and it hasn’t been pretty.
“Well, it’s been rough,” Pope said. “It’s a major overhaul, reconstruction. It’s been super emotional and really taxing, and at times, really ugly and violent and growing and crying and all the stuff.