Kentucky Wildcats’ Shocking Mark Pope Buyout Revealed: What This Means for the Future of the Program
Kentucky men’s basketball’s confusing season came to an end on Sunday.
The 7th-seeded Wildcats of the Midwest Region were handed a 19-point loss by 2-seed Iowa State on Sunday in St. Louis in overtime, giving Kentucky its first exit in the first weekend under Pope, who helped lead the program to a national championship under Rick Pitino as a player.
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Kentucky found some March magic in Friday’s first-round overtime win over 10-seed Santa Clara with Otega Oweh getting off a game-tying 3-pointer from near the logo to tie the game and force overtime. Oweh, who hit a pair of key free throws in overtime, went off for 35 points in the win over the Broncos.



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