Pope’s mentor, and current St. John’s coach, defends Kentucky’s hire, saying Pope’s light resume is in line with Villanova’s Jay Wright and Florida’s Billy Donovan hire.
But the national championship coach is backing his former player’s hire, and predicting a national title. Pope was a captain for Pitino on Kentucky’s 1996 national championship team. Since then, the two have remained close as Pitino visited Pope in Provo. He cited other coaches on Kentucky’s list, like UConn’s Dan Hurley. He said Hurley had early struggles too in the NCAA Tournament.
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