# Mark Pope’s Kentucky Nightmare Deepens as Heated Kansas Altercation Results in Two Technicals

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3 outlets covering · First listed: EssentiallySports, Nov 11, 2026, 6:15 AM · Read it: <https://www.essentiallysports.com/ncaa-college-basketball-news-mark-popes-kentucky-nightmare-deepens-as-heated-kansas-altercation-results-in-two-technicals/>

Kentucky lost 89-69 to Kansas on Tuesday, the Wildcats’ worst Champions Classic defeat since 2018. The margin is not the problem. One early first-half sequence made the gap between these two programs look structural rather than accidental, and that is the part Mark Pope cannot scheme his way out of. With about 16:05 left in

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- Nov 10, 2026, 11:40 AM: [Preview: Kansas at Kentucky](<https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/preview-kansas-kentucky-174000651.html>) — Yahoo Sports (Sports, United States)
  It’s a college basketball heavyweight clash tonight, as the Jayhawks travel to the Chicago to take on Kentucky in the yearly Champions Classic. Both teams have 2-0 records after taking care of business in their opening tune-ups, but each team is being truly tested for the first time tonight. With dangerous perimeter threats like Milan
- Nov 11, 2026, 6:15 AM: [Mark Pope’s Kentucky Nightmare Deepens as Heated Kansas Altercation Results in Two Technicals](<https://www.essentiallysports.com/ncaa-college-basketball-news-mark-popes-kentucky-nightmare-deepens-as-heated-kansas-altercation-results-in-two-technicals/>) — EssentiallySports (Sports)
  Kentucky lost 89-69 to Kansas on Tuesday, the Wildcats’ worst Champions Classic defeat since 2018. The margin is not the problem. One early first-half sequence made the gap between these two programs look structural rather than accidental, and that is the part Mark Pope cannot scheme his way out of. With about 16:05 left in
- Nov 11, 2026, 7:00 AM: [Mark Pope on Kentucky's loss to Kansas: 'Our response was disjointed'](<https://www.si.com/college/kentucky/men-s-basketball/mark-pope-on-kentucky-s-loss-to-kansas-our-response-was-disjointed>) — Sports Illustrated (Sports, United States)
  Kentucky did not respond well once its frontcourt got into foul trouble four minutes into Tuesday's game against Kansas.