Kentucky rolled to an 88-46 win over Loyola Maryland tonight, but it says something that Mark Pope fielded just as many questions about Tuesday night’s loss to Michigan State as he did tonight’s victory. Pope assured reporters that he is fine after Kentucky’s bad trip to New York and is in his “happy place” as he helps the Cats dig out of the early-season hole.
“I’m great. I actually am. This is actually my happy space right now. The determination to get down in the mud and grow and do it sleeplessly and relentlessly and get better every single day and push every single button and try every single new thing, that’s actually how you build something great.