Five. That is how many games Kentucky Basketball has lost by 20 or more points under Mark Pope.
- The worrisome part is that it took Pope only 75 games to reach that number, credit to Corey Price.
The games in question:
- 2026-27: Kansas (89-69)
- 2025-26: Gonzaga (94-59), Vanderbilt (80-55)
- 2024-25: Alabama (99-70), Ohio State (85-65)
And with still nearly an entire season left, it feels like it’s not a matter of when, not if, Pope has more 20-point blowouts and breaks the record.
For comparison, John Calipari also had five 20-plus-point losses during his tenure at Kentucky, but did so in 533 games. Rick Pitino: Four such losses in 269 games. Adolph Rupp coached the Wildcats for 41 seasons and only had seven such losses.
