Everyone understands WHY he’d leave to Kentucky. It’s just the wow factor of losing to Duquesne, thinking there’s no way he’d sniff a job like that at this time, not having won a conference or single tourney game with pope and watch the dominos fall into place at the worst timing for this job to fall into Pope’s lap.

Pope is a great coach, our cupboard is bare, and it’s gut-wrenching. Puts the program in a really tough spot, and couldn’t be worse timing for recruiting.

And on top of that, he’s got kids growing up here, is LDS and has been on the cusp of building something special. So seeing him leave is just a huge bummer all around