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BYU forward Jaxson Robinson has entered the NCAA transfer portal, On3’s Pete Nakos has learned. Going through this process is nothing new for the fourth-year player, who has previously entered the portal twice. But with head coach Mark Pope leaving the program in favor of Kentucky, Robinson will play the 2024-2025 season elsewhere. Robinson was BYU’s leading scorer from a season ago, averaging 14.2 points per game. He shot well at all three levels, making 42.6% from the field, 35.4% from three, and made 90.8% of his free throw attempts. Pope brought Robinson off the bench and as a result, he w...
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After former BYU Cougars head coach Mark Pope left the program to become the new head coach for the Kentucky Wildcats, it was inevitable that players would begin to make decisions about their future. On Tuesday, one of those players, Jaxson Robinson, did just that. Robinson took to social media to announce that he would be declaring for the 2024 NBA Draft. Robinson made his announcement with this message posted to his X account. “First and foremost, I would like to give all glory to God, without him none of this would be possible. I want to thank my amazing parents, who have been a blessing an...
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Kentucky has been working overtime to put together a new roster for their first season under Mark Pope. That team will now officially includes Collin Chandler, one of his committed freshman from while at BYU, with today’s announcement from the program. The Wildcats shared the news on Chandler in a release and through social media posts on Monday. They welcomed Chandler to Lexington as the first official, new addition to the team and freshman in their recruiting class. “Kentucky men’s basketball head coach Mark Pope announced Monday the addition of guard Collin Chandler to the Wildcats’ 2024-25...
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Mark Pope is well-aware he doesn’t boast the typical résumé of a Kentucky head coaching hire. However, he’s ready to earn the accolades on the job. During an appearance on “The Paul Finebaum Show,” Pope revealed what it takes to become Kentucky’s head coach. “If you ask me or any former player and anybody in the fan base, you’d say, ‘Well, they better have at least five national championships under their belt because that’s what this job is,'” Pope said. “Clearly, that’s not on my résumé. “I think there is just that going through the process. It is a process that the University of Kentucky has...
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Mark Pope made his first portal addition at Kentucky on Sunday with the transfer of Drexel’s Amari Williams. Now, he could soon earn a second, including his first from his former program back in Provo. Per Matt Jones of Kentucky Sports Radio, Richie Saunders, a reserve guard the past two seasons for BYU, is currently on a visit in Lexington. He came into the bluegrass to end the weekend and will check out campus through Monday. Saunders played in 68 games for the Cougars under Pope the last two years. In that time at 18 minutes a game, he averaged 7.6 points, 3.3 rebounds, and an assists. He d...
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Sunday morning, new Kentucky head basketball coach Mark Pope addressed UK and BYU fans in a statement thanking his former school while expressing his sheer joy at getting to coach his alma mater. Here was the message from Pope, which he tweeted out: “One week ago the Pope girls and I came HOME to UK to start the greatest adventure of our lives. It has been a whirlwind of awesomeness—that’s what Kentucky basketball IS! It’s the pinnacle of basketball. And BBN has gone straight next level in redefining southern hospitality! Thank you! We are immersed in the work. We will be relentless. We know t...
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The puzzle pieces under new Kentucky head coach Mark Pope are slowly coming together. Along with former BYU assistant Cody Fueger, Pope is reportedly hiring former Georgia head coach Mark Fox and G-League Ignite head coach Jason Hart, per the Athletic’s Kyle Tucker. Mark Fox and Pope have history. When Pope dropped out of medical school in 2009, Fox hired him to be Georgia’s director of basketball operations for the 2009-10 season. With head coaching experience at Nevada, Georgia and California, Pope boasts a career 324-263 record. Jason Hart also has no shortage of experience. Hart played 10 ...
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BYU has hired Phoenix Suns assistant Kevin Young to become the next Cougars’ head men’s basketball coach. As Young will fill in the role of former head man Mark Pope following his departure to Kentucky. Young has spent the past four seasons on Phoenix’s staff, and will now begin the first collegiate head coaching job of his career following over a decade at the professional level. This report will be further updated momentarily The post BYU hires top Phoenix Suns assistant Kevin Young to replace Mark Pope appeared first on On3.
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BYU guard Richie Saunders has entered the transfer portal, according to On3’s Pete Nakos. He played two seasons with the Cougars and enters the portal on the heels of Mark Pope’s decision to leave BYU for the Kentucky job. Saunders played in 34 games during both the 2023 and 2024 seasons, starting just three times. He averaged just over five points per game as a freshman but made a jump to score 9.6 points per night in year two and with efficient 63.6% shooting inside the arc and 36.4% shooting from beyond it. Of course, all BYU players entering the portal could be considered options for Kentu...
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Aly Khalifa, a 6-foot-11 transfer center from BYU, is down to Kentucky, Louisville and BYU, according to On3’s Joe Tipton. Khalifa entered the NCAA Transfer Portal with a ‘do not contact’ tag on April 12, per On3’s Pete Nakos. This was Khalifa’s first year with the Cougars are starting his career at Charlotte, and he is considering a return to the Cougars. Over 94 appearances, including 90 starts, with the 49ers and Cougars, Khalifa has posted 8.5 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 3.4 assists while shooting 47% from the field. In his 29 outings in Provo, Khalifa averaged 5.7 points, four assists, and ...
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