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Kentucky’s Recruiting Shock: Is Mark Pope’s Gamble Triggering a Loyalty Backlash and Threatening His Job?

Kentucky’s Recruiting Shock: Is Mark Pope’s Gamble Triggering a Loyalty Backlash and Threatening His Job?

Mark Pope’s recruiting gamble backfires as Kentucky’s loyalty turns into hot seat rumors originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats basketball program thought they had the upper hand in the Tyran Stokes sweepstakes. An emerging talent who’s native to the Bluegrass State and has a tied partnership with Nike. Why would he ever consider going to Kansas?

As it turned out, Kentucky was the runner-up for Stokes, which puts Pope’s future under the microscope. When they said there was a must-win recruiting situation brewing, there were no jokes applied. The dynamics of Stokes “leaving” for Kansas are baffling.

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