‘I’m betting on this group’: Mark Pope on Kentucky’s response to Kansas loss

Last year at the Champions Classic, after you lost to Michigan State, you said things like your message wasn't resonating. You seem a lot more optimistic about the way your team is going to respond to this loss. What gives you that sort of positivity? This is a learning group. This is a brutal lesson. Like, this is brutal. Like, it's... There's nothing worse, right? It's a brutal lesson, but this is a learning group. I felt that from the first day I had them. This is a group that will look internally. And they'll learn and get better. It's also, I have a staff that's good. They'll look internally and get better. And, and, um. Listen, there was zero part of me that thought we were going to skate through this season without taking a couple hits. We took a massive, really disappointing, not living up to our standard hit tonight. But this is a good group that's going to learn and respond. There'll be some toughness. And they come compete every day in practice, and it'll be a bloody practice tomorrow and Thursday, and then we'll come play Friday. And that's actually the beauty of the season. He's a, it's, it's. And that's where we are, and we're going to keep learning and growing. And I like this group for it, man. I'm telling you, I'm betting on this group.