Following Kentucky’s 92-83 loss at Florida, Mark Pope opened his postgame comments with a nod to the Gators for outplaying his Wildcats in Gainesville.
“I thought Florida played terrific,” Pope told the room. “They were exactly who they are. They’re physical. They beat us up on the glass… We had some things not go great for us early on, and then kind of got beat up on the glass in the second half.”
Rebounding beat them. Florida won the boards, 45-37. But Pope liked the resilience he saw in his team in hanging around.