Meet The Daughter Of Kentucky Coach Mark Pope

Get to know the daughter of Mark Pope.

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00:00Let's get to know the daughter of Kentucky coach Mark Pope.

00:02Kentucky men's basketball is making its first NCAA tournament appearance under new head coach,

00:06Mark Pope. Pope's debut season at his alma mater has been nothing short of a success.

00:10The Wildcats, seeded No. 3 in the Midwest region, head into the big dance with a 22-11 record,

00:14including a 10-8 mark in the tough SEC. In addition, Kentucky secured impressive

00:18non-conference victories over Duke, Gonzaga, and Louisville.

00:21While Pope was shaping the UK program, his daughter Layla was back in Utah making her

00:24own mark in the basketball world. A graduate of BYU, where her father previously coached,

00:28Layla Grace Pope is now a professional dancer for the NBA's Utah Jazz.

00:31Last month, Layla made the trip to Lexington for Kentucky's game against Tennessee at Rupp Arena,

00:34where she performed alongside the UK dance team, with nearly 23,000 followers on Instagram.

00:39Layla Grace Pope frequently shares behind-the-scenes glimpses of her dancing

00:41career with the Utah Jazz, as well as snapshots of her family life and her

00:44relationship with boyfriend Peyton Van Stinkestee, a defensive back on the BYU football team.

00:48Kentucky and Troy are set to tip off at 7.10 p.m. ET on Friday night at Pfizer Forum in Milwaukee,

00:53with CBS broadcasting the game. If the Wildcats come out on top,

00:56they will move on to face the winner of the matchup between No. 6 Illinois

00:59and the winner of Wednesday's first four game between Xavier and Texas.

01:02Kentucky is aiming for its first trip to the second weekend of the NCAA tournament since 2019.