Ben Garrison

We do not remember days, we remember moments. #BBN #MUFC

[World Cup 2026 @WorldCupMedia]

72 HOURS TILL THE WORLD CUP 🏆 #FIFA

[utdreport @utdreport]

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[Matt Jones @KySportsRadio]

It would be nice if someone associated with Kentucky Basketball would say something to the fans

It can be a Tweet, a pre-recorded video or just a smoke signal…but something to a fanbase desperately wanting something positive, strikes me as a good idea

[Rob L. White (‘Cuddle’ Short Film OUT NOW!!) @therlwrites]

IT WAS CALLED THE SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR AND THEY BROUGHT THE BOOKS TO THE SCHOOL AND SET IT UP LIKE A BOOKSTORE AND YOU COULD GET GOOSEBUMPS AND FEAR STREET BOOKS BUT ALSO MICHAEL JORDAN POSTERS AND NICKELODEON BOOKMARKS AND PENCILS THAT SMELLED LIKE CUPCAKES

[Jordan Cooley @jcooley112891]

The haters said mark pope wasn’t qualified for this job
The haters said mark pope can’t recruit
The haters said he was a panic hire

Honestly may have been a good call by the haters

[Not Frank Sobotka @ReturnOfTheCats]

Can the Billy Donovan era start tomorrow?

[Happy Retirement Mitch! #FuckYou @ColtsAndBBN]

Mark Pope truly owes this fanbase an apology

[Isaac Trotter @Isaac__Trotter]

We have reached the point in Kentucky’s offseason where a massive overpay to try and lure Milan Momcilovic or Tounde Yessoufou out of the NBA Draft is the only thing that can vault UK into contention status next season.

[D$ @dmoney23444]

Terrible look for Kentucky basketball again today. They did McBride dirty as well having him announce before stokes. They can’t do anything right.

[Bobby Reagan @BarstoolReags]

And that’s the problem Mark Pope made. Prioritized Stokes and passed on 2 other top recruits because of it. Failed his biggest offseason and it’s not even close right now

[Berkley’s Pops ™️ @BrandoAKing]

Nike hates Mark Pope.

[Tristan Pharis @TristanUda]

Mark Pope’s words to fans on his end of season coach’s show about recruiting:

“We’re excited about where we are. Just hang in there. I think recruiting is going to work out just great.”

A month in, still time, but it’s difficult to believe things are going according to plan.

[Aaron Torres @Aaron_Torres]

Was live on air when Tyran Stokes committed to Kansas.

But have to say: I've tried to be fair to Mark Pope. But Kentucky having his assistants sub-tweet recruits - that UK wasn't getting might be the worst move yet.

Beyond recruiting struggles, optics are flat terrible

[Derek Terry @DerekSTerry]

The way that Mark Pope's inexperience as a college head coach shows up the most is in recruiting. This 2026 cycle -- both in portal recruiting and high school recruiting -- is as badly managed as you'll see from a top program. Just no pulse on these big recruitments.

[Aaron Gershon @agershon99]

Objectively, on paper, Kentucky has a bottom 5 roster in the SEC right now and it’s about to be May.

Is there time? Sure, stunners with some of the cuspy draft guys could be pulled off.

But it’s going to take that, “stunners” for this roster to be good enough to be good enough.

[T.J. Walker @TJWalkerRadio]

This may all look bad on the surface, but what if I reminded you that UK is also outbidding teams it’s still losing to? So there’s also that.

[A Sea of Blue @ASeaOfBlue]

Social media miscues, a recruiting violation, and getting played like a fiddle by Tyran Stokes made for a brutal day for Mark Pope and the Kentucky Basketball coaching staff.
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[You Know Who @MuskTillDawn]

Posting like this while defunding the forest and national park service is such bullshit, man

[Matt Sakcilovic BBN @MattSakR2NG]

Mitch thinks we are all idiots

He thinks he can yell at us and act like he doesn’t need to answer to things that we demand answers to

He thinks he can do whatever he wants and we are just gonna ignore it