The word “pace” came up several times during Mark Pope‘s postgame press conference following Kentucky’s 73-68 loss to Missouri on Wednesday night in Rupp Arena. It was a common theme throughout his nine-minute interview with the press, and none of it was particularly positive.
“I think I’m really frustrated with our pace and our movement. I’m just really frustrated,” Pope said. “We’re emphasizing every day about sprinting to screens, sprinting to screens, sprinting to screens, and it is like we’re in molasses out there. And we’re trying to simplify and dumb things down.