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.

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.

Kentucky basketball got a feel-good win against Brown on Tuesday before SEC play begins on Saturday. A 12-point halftime lead turned into a 34-point domination

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.

Against most high-major opponents this season, UK basketball has trailed by double digits in the first half. How can Kentucky stop this trend?

Kentucky men’s basketball guard Lamont Butler talks to the media after the Wildcats’ 82-69 loss to the Georgia Bulldogs at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024. Butler was asked what was the difference in the game as UK fell to 12-3.