Mark Pope‘s defensive game plan for Preseason All-Patriot League seven-footer Noah Williamson started with some light-hearted jabs at his own big men. During practice throughout the week, Pope tried to agitate his players in an effort to light a fire under them. Judging by Williamson’s final stat line for the Bucknell Bison, the tactic worked out beautifully. “(Pope) was just making stuff up, telling Amari (Williams) ‘Oh yeah, he said he’s gonna have 30 (points) on you.’” Kentucky forward Ansley Almonor said after Kentucky’s 100-72 win. “It wasn’t really true, it was just funny.” Jokes aside, …