Taking the podium for his midweek press conference on Thursday, Mark Pope had something important he wanted to share.
While many in attendance were eager to pepper the Kentucky men’s basketball head coach with questions about the upcoming contest against John Calipari’s Arkansas Razorbacks, Pope started his press conference with something that has very little to do with basketball at all.
Holding up custom Nike shoes that had been hand painted, Pope talked about how Saturday’s men’s basketball game would also recognize Coaches Versus Cancer, a nationwide collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).