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Hours after news broke of Kentucky’s plans to hire Mark Pope to replace John Calipari, contract details are starting to emerge. Pope is set to finalize a five-year contract worth $5.5 million per year, CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander reported. Pope’s salary is set to be about $3 million less than Calipari’s after he made $8.5 million in 2023, according to USA Today. It would now put him ahead of Baylor coach Scott Drew – who turned down the Kentucky job Thursday afternoon – for the sixth-highest paid coach in the country. Drew was the the first candidate to back out of Kentucky’s coaching search on…

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