A 17-point loss should not happen with a record-funded roster. The answer lies in this Mark Pope philosophy that top scoring recruits are openly rejecting.
Mark Pope had what amounted to a blank check this offseason, but the early returns couldn't be further apart from the expectations. A 17-point loss to Michigan State shouldn’t happen when you have one of the most well-funded roster builds in college basketball, but Pope is self-admittedly doing a terrible job.
One of the biggest reasons?