Ben Roberts

A closer look at Kentucky’s rise in the Associated Press Top 25 college basketball rankings after the Wildcats’ big win over Duke last week.

Coming off an upset victory over No. 6 Duke on Tuesday night, Mark Pope looked at some areas of improvement for these Kentucky Wildcats moving forward.

Kentucky rallied to beat No. 6 Duke in the Champions Classic on Tuesday night in Atlanta, the first major game of the Mark Pope era.

Kentucky moved up in the first Associated Press Top 25 rankings of the regular season heading into Tuesday night’s game against Duke.

Ansley Almonor walked away from being a star player at the mid-major level so he could be part of something bigger than himself at Kentucky. And Mark Pope loves it.

Kentucky led Bucknell by 20 points midway through the first half, and the Wildcats rolled to another blowout win. Duke is up next for Mark Pope’s team.

So far, Mark Pope has been playing 10 players early and often in Kentucky’s games. Can that continue all season for this UK basketball team?

Mark Pope’s Wildcats jumped out to a big lead early, rolling with an impressive debut to this new era of Kentucky basketball.

A dozen national college basketball experts weigh in on the first season of the Mark Pope era and offer their thoughts on how good this Kentucky team will be.

From Dontaie Allen to Lance Ware, a look at where all of the former Kentucky basketball players still in college will play this season.