WATCH: Mark Pope, Kentucky players recap 98-67 win over Minnesota State

What can be said about Kentucky‘s early struggles and sloppy play leading to a scoring explosion and blowout win to wrap up exhibition play? It’s exactly what Mark Pope wanted to see out of his group as the Wildcats look ahead to the regular season.

Mark Pope recaps win over Minnesota State

The Kentucky head coach raved about Jaxson Robinson and Otega Oweh while providing updates on Kerr Kriisa’s addition to the rotation and Amari Williams’ departure due to injury. Who stepped up in the starting center’s place? And what is up with these sneakers Pope keeps talking about?

Listen to his entire 13-minute postgame press conference below:

Jaxson Robinson, Andrew Carr, Brandon Garrison share their thoughts

How are the Cats feeling about the big win? Three of the big standouts participated in the media scrum immediately after things wrapped up. We hear thoughts from Robinson, Carr and Garrison about the slow start, the hot finish and everything in between.

Hear what they had to say:

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