Times are changing in college basketball as John Calipari is no longer Kentucky’s head basketball coach. Calipari left for Arkansas, and now Mark Pope is the head coach for the Kentucky Wildcats.

This change means the Kentucky basketball program is going to look a lot different. Under Calipari, Kentucky recruited highly-ranked freshmen and let them play a lot of minutes. Under Pope, Kentucky will see a lot of veteran players on the floor, and that is exactly how the 2024-25 team is made up.