Kentucky coach Mark Pope was blunt with Tom Leach on the UK Radio Network after his team’s loss to North Carolina Tuesday night in Rupp Arena.
“We had some devastated guys in the locker room. These guys want to do this,” Pope said. “They want to figure it out. They want to get it done. They want to play well. And the game will beat it out of you.
“When we have some stubbornness and some reluctance to actually buy into exactly how we’re trying to take this, the game will beat it out of you. It’ll humble you. And so hopefully that’s the process we’re in, and hopefully we’ll grow from it.”…