Mark Pope was sending a message to a trio of his players during Kentucky’s 103-67 routing of North Carolina Central earlier this week.
Pope might not publicly want to say that he “benched” the likes of Jaland Lowe, Kam Williams, and Brandon Garrison, but that’s effectively what happened on Tuesday night, even if he (understandably) did not go into the details as to why.
Lowe and Williams both sat out the entire first half before playing eight and 13 minutes, respectively, in the second half.