The C.L. Brown Show: Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope on building roster from scratch Yahoo Sports
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TheC.L.BrownShowPodcastThisweek’sepisodeofTheC.L.BrownShowfeaturesaninterviewwithnewKentuckymen’sbasketballcoachMarkPope,whowasthecaptainontheWildcats’1996nationalchampionshipteam.PopewasthesurprisereplacementforJohnCalipariwholeftUKafter15seasonstobecometheheadcoachatArkansas.
Popeexplainswhyheplansondelegatingmoretohisassistantcoachesthanhehasinthepast.Healsospeaksonthechallengesandadvantagesofbuildingarosterfromscratch,andwhyhe’ssointriguedbythepotentialofSanDiegoStatetransferLamontButlerinhissystem.(ThisdiscussiontookplacebeforeJaxsonRobinsonbecamethenewestWildcatafterwithdrawinghisnamefromtheNBAdraftandfollowinghisformerBYUcoachtoLexington.)
Anewepisodeofthispodcast,hostedby CourierJournalsportscolumnistC.L.Brown,postseachWednesday.Youcanlistento TheC.L.BrownShow on ApplePodcasts, Spotify, GooglePodcast, Audible, CastBox and iHeartRadio,amongothers.
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