During his first radio call-in show of the season on Monday night, Kentucky men’s basketball head coach Mark Pope stated that practice lasted three hours earlier in the day.
That’s a bit longer than usual for the Wildcats, but the basketball junkies on the roster don’t seem to mind. After all, it hasn’t been an ideal start to the season for Kentucky: four easy wins over bad teams, two ugly losses against good teams. Injuries haven’t helped the cause, but it’s not unfair to say this group has fallen short of expectations through the first stretch of the 2025-26 season.