When Mark Pope came out for his postgame press conference, it was to a round of applause. Shoutout to Pope for clarifying for the cameras that it wasn’t from the media in attendance, but the several fans (boosters) who crowded into the room to hear Pope speak after Kentucky’s 78-65 win over No. 1 Purdue.
“All of the partisans out there just know that was not the media. That was just — but media, if you guys want to clap too, you can. That’s fine.”
We almost did, and could you blame us? Kentucky looked incredible in its first exhibition, leading Purdue by eight at halftime, 17 with three minutes to go, and 13 when the buzzer finally sounded.