As No. 9 Kentucky prepares to take on Vanderbilt at Memorial Gymnasium this Saturday, Mark Pope is gearing up for his first visit back to the iconic venue since his days as a Wildcat.

Before Mark Pope’s first visit to Memorial Gym as Kentucky’s coach, he strolled down memory lane to recall some funny moments from road games as a player.

Mark Pope chest-bumps coach Rick Pitino on Senior Day in Rupp Arena in 1996. The current UK coach also chest-bumped Pitino during a game at Vanderbilt. Frank Anderson Herald-Leader ...

Kentucky's Mark Pope started his coaching career at Rupp Arena with 11 straight wins. How does that start compare to other ...

Still, Ricky P is at it again. The 72-year-old Pitino is proving once again he is one of the best basketball coaches to ever walk a college sideline.

LEXINGTON — John Calipari and Rick Pitino aren't just the two most well-known ex-Kentucky ... Kentucky's most recent leader ...

The first-year coach took time to snap photos with fans after the game. When one fan couldn't make it to the floor, Pope made ...

Kentucky head coach Mark Pope was asked on Thursday, during his weekly press conference, if he had a particular memory of ...

Mark Pope will be the first to tell you he would not be coaching at all had he not transferred from Washington to become a ...

The first-year coach took time to snap photos with fans after the game. When one fan couldn't make it to the floor, Pope made ...