Was it a fistfight between players? Off-court drama with girlfriends? Back-and-forth banter between the Wildcats and fans at the KFC Yum! Center? Mark Pope finally revealed what the “pregame experience” was at Louisville — and the answer did not live up to the hype, nor will it make you feel any better about how the team responded against the Cardinals or the Michigan State Spartans a week later.
The second-year coach says the Wildcats simply started the pregame process earlier than usual, and it backfired.
“There’s nothing there. Literally, we flipped the switch early,” Pope said Thursday.