Mark Pope Rewards Kentucky Faithful With Christmas Gesture After Rupp Arena Victory

Mark Pope Rewards Kentucky Faithful With Christmas Gesture After Rupp Arena Victory

Mark Pope didn’t let the final buzzer be the end of the night at Rupp Arena. After Kentucky’s 99–85 win over Bellarmine, the Wildcats’ head coach had one more surprise waiting: a Christmas-themed gesture for the fans who showed up for a 1 p.m. ET game on Tuesday, right before Christmas. And we are quite used to such gestures, aren’t we? Instead of simply wrapping up his postgame radio show, Pope invited the entire crowd that remained in the aren…