UK needs to find the off the radar Walter Clayton Jr’s of the basketball world. Florida has won three titles off players nobody really wanted to take a chance on.
BYU especially prior to NIL is probably not a good metric to base that from due to the rules. Prior to Popes departure from BYU, he was the fastest to 60 career wins at BYU.
UK is literally in year one of a total rebuild. Last season was bum rush to assemble the best team possible given the circumstances. If UK were to fire Pope after this season UK would be in a perpetual coaching carousel for the next decade.
They literally let IA St intentionally kick a dead ball in front of them with no whistle. If that doesn’t tell you all you need to know I don’t know what to say.