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Mark Pope is finding his groove as the next head coach of Kentucky, crushing his opening introduction at Rupp Arena before doing the same in his debut call-in radio show with Tom Leach. He checked all of the boxes and then some. Next up? An appearance on ESPN’s SportsCenter, a brief afternoon segment Wednesday where he talked about his first days in Lexington and coming down from the high of not only filling up Rupp, but being forced to turn away 5,000 people at his first press conference. To say it’s helped with early recruiting would be an understatement. “It’s amazing. I say this all the ti…