Mark Pope has been targeting many different players in the 2025 class, but there is one recruit for whom Coach Pope is putting all his chips on the table. It's pretty easy to tell during a recruiting process which recruits a coach really wants based on how many times they watch the player on the floor. Based on this, one player that Coach Pope wants to land badly is five-star power forward Nate Ament.
This week, Ament was at DMV Live, where he was playing games, and a bunch of college coaches were in attendance. One of those college coaches was Kentucy's head coach. During the two games, Coach Pope was in attendance for Ament went ballistic. In the first game, he scored 24 points while pulling down eight boards, dishing two assists, and blocking four shots.