Kentucky Basketball has always been a polarizing overarching topic on social media. If you mention the Cats, clicks will come – and especially so when Kentucky is struggling. Rival fanbases join together in finger-pointing and mocking for days on end. Lately, the target on Mark Pope’s back specifically has extended beyond message boards and online trolls, though.
According to Kyle Tucker, the inner workings of Pope’s program in Lexington are now a punchline for actual college basketball executives and rival coaching staffs.
Appearing on Uninterrupted with Matt Jones, Tucker dropped a massive reality check regarding how the rest of the college basketball world currently views what’s happening in Lexington.
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“They are [joking]. I mean, yeah, I think just in some certain circles, yeah. I talked to some coaches that like there are jokes being made,” Tucker revealed. The most concerning part of this report is centered around Kentucky’s lack of a designated general manager to navigate the complex NIL and transfer portal landscape…