We’ve got a pair of birthdays to celebrate on this Wednesday. New Kentucky men’s basketball head coach Mark Pope was born on this day — September 11 — in 1972 while new associate head coach Alvin Brooks III was born on the same day in 1979. Pope turns 52 today while Brooks turns 45. Both have plenty of experience in life and as college coaches, but the 2024-25 season will be their first on the staff together in Lexington. So a big Happy Birthday to Pope and Brooks from the Big Blue Nation. Plenty of current Kentucky players took to Instagram to show Pope and Brooks some love. One that stood ou…