"He Was Going to Kill Us": Mark Pope Recalls Rick Pitino’s Chilling Words to Kentucky Team originally appeared on Athlon ...

Rick Pitino told his 1996 Kentucky basketball team that he would kill them if they didn't win every game, according to Mark ...

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Mark Pope made it known when he took the job over a year ago now that he understood the expectations of Kentucky basketball, he knew the mission of coaching Kentucky ...

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He just told us if we didn’t win every game, he was going to kill us,” Pope said. “I never knew exactly what that meant, if it was just going to be figuratively in practice or actually kill us. It was ...

Entering his second season as coach at Kentucky, Pope knows the assignment and remains committed to the high standard that’s ...

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