Before the Kentucky Wildcats caught a flight out of Athens, Georgia, Mark Pope met with reporters in Stegeman Coliseum for a press conference following the Wildcats’ loss to UGA. Pope spoke for nearly eight minutes about several of the things that went wrong against the Dawgs,

Fouls weren’t the only reason No. 8 Kentucky lost to No. 4 Alabama on Saturday, but the free-throw discrepancy was hard to ignore. The Crimson Tide were 29-34 from the charity stripe to Kentucky’s 16-20 mark.

Mark Pope’s UK team fell behind by 13 points at halftime and eventually lost by that same margin, 82-69, to Georgia in the Wildcats’ first SEC road game of the season.

There was no second-half comeback for Kentucky basketball. Georgia was too tough to tame Tuesday, handing UK an 82-69 loss at Stegeman Coliseum.

Kentucky’s distance shooting woes returned in Athens. One game after the Cats lit up Rupp Arena with a 14-for-29 3-point shooting clinic against Florida, one of the best 3-point defenses in the country, Kentucky went just 6-for-25 from distance against Georgia, which also boasts a 3-point defense that ranks in the top 20 nationally.

In past seasons, a lethargic first half may have spelled doom for Kentucky basketball, but it didn't rattle Mark Pope's Wildcats vs Texas A&M.

Fox is in his first season as Kentucky associate coach under new coach Mark Pope, reuniting with ... meant seeing good friends. Former Georgia football coach Mark Richt came by the Wildcats' team hotel in downtown Athens earlier in the day and Fox said ...

ATHENS, Ga. — Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope and his first-year staff have never faced Georgia. But connections about between the two programs heading into tonight's game at Stegeman Coliseum.

By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Kentucky struggled in its first road game in the Southeastern Conference Tuesday night. The sixth-ranked Wildcats (12-3, 1-1 SEC) suffered an 82-69 loss to Georgia in Athens,

(The Wildcats also dropped three straight meetings in Athens from 1987 through ... and Kentucky associate coach Mark Fox — Pope’s coaching career started as Georgia’s director of basketball ...

Fox is in his first season as Kentucky associate coach under new coach Mark Pope ... Former Georgia football coach Mark Richt came by the Wildcats' team hotel in downtown Athens earlier in ...

How is Mark Pope handling the loss? What went wrong inside Stegeman Coliseum and what needs to change as the Cats prepare to take on more Bulldogs at The Hump? KSR has the five biggest takeaways from his call-in radio show Wednesday evening.