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Coach Mark Pope’s goal for Kentucky basketball? Grabbing at least 100 rebounds in game
Kentucky coach Mark Pope on how team can find the joys in basketball
Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope discusses how players should care about something more than themselves to find the joys in basketball with their team.
LEXINGTON — Mark Pope is no stranger to setting outsized objectives. Some may go a step further, deeming said goals outlandish.
Pope, in his first season as Kentucky basketball’s coach, wants the team to average 35 3-point attempts per game. He frequently states other aims that are more analytically driven, throwing out numbers and abbreviations familiar only to those well versed in advanced basketball statistics. But as he pointed out during his introductory news conference in April, it comes with the territory at college basketball’s winningest program.
“Every coach in America at every other job in America stands up at the press conference and they try and moderate expectations,” he said. “We don’t do that here at Kentucky.”
He discovered his newest sky-high aspiration after Saturday’s 100-72 win over Bucknell.
The Wildcats pulled down 57 rebounds.
Pope seeks more. Far more.
“We are trying to get to 100,” he said.
He assumed it’s a figure that had never been reached in a game by a college basketball team. He was shocked to find out UK did just that six decades ago.
In a 102-59 victory over Ole Miss in Lexington on Feb. 8, 1964, then-Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp’s club collected an unfathomable 108 rebounds. More than 60 years later, it remains the single-game mark for any team in NCAA history — seemingly as unbreakable as any of the Wildcats’ numerous records.
“Oh, man. I’m usually really good at being hyperbolic,” Pope said. “Apparently, I wasn’t even close.
“Well, I was kind of being sarcastic about 100. But maybe that needs to be our goal.”
Reach Kentucky men’s basketball and football reporter Ryan Black at rblack@gannett.com and follow him on X at @RyanABlack.
Is the mint julep overhyped? See what was said at Kentucky Derby 2026.
Courier Journal’s Keely Doll and Olivia Evans asked racegoers at the 152nd Kentucky Derby if the mint julep, a derby-staple, live up to its hype.
It’s National Mint Julep Day, a celebration of one of Kentucky’s most recognizable cocktails.
The popular bourbon drink has long been tied to Louisville and the Kentucky Derby. According to Churchill Downs, about 127,000 mint juleps are served over the two-day Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby weekend.
How to make a mint julep
Let’s Talk Derby: How to make a mint julep for the Kentucky Derby
It’s time for another ‘Let’s Talk Derby with Kathryn and Kirby’ video. Learn how to make the official drink of the Kentucky Derby: the mint julep.
How many mint juleps are served during Kentucky Derby weekend each year?
According to Churchill Downs, about 127,000 mint juleps are served over the two days of Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby weekend. This number of cocktails requires more than 10,000 bottles of bourbon, 2,250 pounds of freshly harvested mint and 475,000 pounds of ice.
The mint julep has been a traditional beverage of Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby for nearly a century.
Reach Marina Johnson at Marina.Johnson@courier-journal.com.
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The Brooklyn Nets have developed their teams through a number of strategies over the decades, and their front office has put together considerable success through the NBA draft. Many of the franchise’s best players have joined the Nets either by being selected directly in the annual draft or through trades made on that day.
Moreover, it is not only the star players who have been acquired by the Nets through the draft. Several prominent alumni have been selected by the team each offseason during this annual event, with certain colleges being more prominently represented than others. An analysis of the players from different schools reveals that both prestigious programs and smaller institutions have contributed top talent to the Nets’ roster over the years.
So without further ado, let’s take a look at every player who has been drafted by the Nets out of Kentucky State University.
Gerald Cunningham – forward
Draft year and position: fifth round (first pick, 89th overall), 1977 NBA Draft
Seasons at Kentucky State University:
Seasons played with Nets: did not make the team
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
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