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Kentucky basketball is coming off of their third loss of the season at Georgia, and now face another quad 1 opportunity, but this time against a No. 14 ranked M

© Imago Head coach Dan Hurley of the Connecticut Huskies celebrates with his team during the trophy ceremony after beating the Purdue Boilermakers 75-60 to win the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament National Championship game at State Farm Stadium on April 08, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona.

Kentucky basketball put up another clunker Tuesday night in Athens. 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.

Similar to his BYU teams, Pope’s Wildcats share the ball well and score a lot of points. Kentucky ranks third nationally in scoring (89.0 points), is sixth in assists (18.7) and is making 35.5% of nearly 30 3-point attempts per contest.

While Tuesday’s game may have reinforced a clear strategy for opponents to exploit, head coach Mark Pope remains confident that these challenges can be addressed and resolved quickly. “It’s not triage where we have a bad team,

Thanks to a stellar team effort, the Georgia men’s basketball team pulled off a stunning 82-69 victory over Mark Pope's Kentucky on Tuesday evening. The post Kentucky Earns a Target on Their Back Following Mark Pope’s Recent SEC Embarrassment appeared first on EssentiallySports.