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Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope talks 2026-27 season, Big Blue Madness
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Midnight Madness (basketball)
Annual American college basketball event
Midnight Madness is an annual event celebrating the upcoming college basketball season in which a team opens its first official practice to the public, often combining it with a pep rally and other fan-friendly activities. The tradition originated from teams holding public practices at midnight on the earliest day that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) would allow a practice to be held. In 2013, a new NCAA rule established some flexibility around the opening of a team's practice sessions.
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Mark Pope
American basketball player and coach (born 1972)
Mark Edward Pope is an American collegiate basketball coach and former player who is head men's basketball coach at the University of Kentucky, his alma mater.
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