Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats become carpenters in Hazard
The Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball team, along with coach Mark Pope, traveled to Hazard on Friday, where they showed off their carpentry and construction skills as they helped build for the community.
This video is a breath of fresh air. It features Kerr Kriisa with a hammer and nail, Koby Brea calling himself ‘Bob the Builder,’ and Coach Pope carrying multiple 2x4s at once.
The culture has changed under Mark Pope, and he is getting Kentucky basketball back to being called Kentucky basketball. These are the kind of acts that show he’s all about serving those in his old Kentucky home, and you absolutely love to see it!
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Your 2024-25 Kentucky Basketball schedule is now complete.
With the SEC announcing the 2025 conference season dates, we now have the Kentucky Wildcats’ complete schedule for Year 1 of the Mark Pope era.
SEC play begins for the Cats on January 4th at home vs. Florida.
The game everyone will have marked on their calendar is John Calipari’s return to Kentucky, which will happen on February 1st when the Razorbacks come to Rupp Arena. It will be the only regular-season matchup between Cal and the Cats.
Kentucky’s Senior Night game will be on either March 4th or 5th against the LSU Tigers.
The regular season concludes March 8th in a road game at Missouri.
One other note: Kentucky gets a mini bye week in January. After hosting Alabama on January 18th, the Cats get a week off before heading to Vanderbilt on January 25th. Kentucky’s rematch with Bama, a likely top-five team and Final Four favorite entering the new season, comes February 22nd in Tuscaloosa.
As for the non-conference schedule, Kentucky will face Duke in Catlanta, Gonzaga in Seattle, Ohio State at Madison Square Garden, a road game vs. Clemson, and a showdown at Rupp with Louisville that marks the first matchup of the Mark Pope – Pat Kelsey era in the Bluegrass.
Following that, the 2025 SEC Tournament returns to Nashville when Bridgestone Arena hosts the event beginning March 12th. Once that concludes, it’s on to Selection Sunday on March 16th and what hopes to be a special postseason for Kentucky in the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
One other note: Kentucky gets a mini bye week in January. After hosting Alabama on January 18th, the Cats get a week off before heading to Vanderbilt on January 25th. Kentucky’s rematch with Bama, a likely top-five team and Final Four favorite entering the new season, comes February 22nd in Tuscaloosa.
As for the non-conference schedule, Kentucky will face Duke in Catlanta, Gonzaga in Seattle, Ohio State at Madison Square Garden, a road game vs. Clemson, and a showdown at Rupp with Louisville that marks the first matchup of the Mark Pope – Pat Kelsey era in the Bluegrass.
Following that, the 2025 SEC Tournament returns to Nashville when Bridgestone Arena hosts the event beginning March 12th. Once that concludes, it’s on to Selection Sunday on March 16th and what hopes to be a special postseason for Kentucky in the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
