BYU's Mark Pope agrees to take over for John Calipari at Kentucky

By Matt Norlander, CBS Sports: Kentucky is set to hire BYU coach Mark Pope to become its next men’s basketball coach, sources told CBS Sports. The two sides quickly engaged on Thursday afternoon, in the hours after Baylor’s Scott Drew and UConn’s Dan Hurley both turned down Kentucky’s overtures.

Barring an unforeseen event that changes plans, Kentucky is pacing toward getting an agreement on paper with Pope before the end of Thursday night, a source said.

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Kentucky hires Mark Pope: BYU coach, player on Wildcats' 1995-96 national title team succeeds John Calipari

Pope, who won a national title with the Wildcats, is a high-energy coach who spent the past nine years at Utah Valley and Brigham Young

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