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Mark Pope’s first Big Blue Madness ended the same way the Mark Pope era began at Rupp Arena, surrounded by National Champions. That includes Mark Pope’s head coach, Rick Pitino. Members of the title teams were escorted onto the floor with the National Championship trophies. When the 1996 team took the floor, they were joined by their former head coach. The last time we saw Pitino at Rupp Arena, he was wearing red and flipping the bird to the fans. He returned wearing a Kentucky blue pullover, blowing kisses to the crowd. Pitino received a standing ovation from Big Blue Nation. Then Pope handed…