WATCH: A frustrated Mark Pope discusses Kentucky's win over North Carolina Central

Kentucky beat up on North Carolina Central to the tune of a 36-point victory on Tuesday night in Rupp Arena, but you wouldn’t know it from listening to Mark Pope‘s postgame press conference.

Pope was clearly frustrated and even a little bit angry during his seven-minute sitdown with the media, taking long pauses before answering the first couple of questions that centered around him sending a message to his team. Jaland Lowe and Kam Williams did not see the floor until the second half, while Brandon Garrison was benched midway through the first half and did not return the rest of the way after a poor turnover. Pope really only played eight guys in his rotation, the starting five all playing at least 24 minutes.

It was not what we’re used to seeing from Pope in these media settings, but his attitude is exactly how most of the fan base is feeling right now. A blowout win over North Carolina Central was nice, but it doesn’t take away last Friday’s 35-point loss to Gonzaga. Pope knows that this group is not playing up to its potential right now.

“We just have a lot of growing that we have to do right now,” Pope said. “And we’ll grow. We have good guys. We have competitive guys. We don’t know really what it means to compete yet, which is terrifying, but we’ll learn. We’re gonna learn. We’re gonna learn. We’re gonna learn fast.”

Dive into everything else he had to say in the video below. You can also hear postgame comments from Otega Oweh, Trent Noah, and Jasper Johnson in the video below Pope’s.

Mark Pope

Otega Oweh, Trent Noah, Jasper Johnson

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