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Kentucky basketball, under coach Mark Pope, featured one of the nation's top offenses last season.

Opponents found Pope's five-out offensive scheme, which emphasizes spacing and shooting, difficult to defend.

Texas leaned on its experience from a 2024 matchup against BYU, the program Pope led prior to taking over UK.

Tennessee and Alabama each faced Kentucky three times, with varying degrees of success against the high-powered offense.

BIRMINGHAM, AL — Stifling Kentucky basketball 's magnetic offense was one of the toughest tasks in the sport last season. The Wildcats , under the direction of then-first-year coach Mark Pope , averaged 84.4 points per game, which ranked seventh in Division I, and No. 3 among SEC teams.

One opponent that slowed down UK, how

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