Since Mark Pope recreated walking off the team bus with the 1996 national championship trophy at his introductory press conference at Rupp Arena, there’s been a sense of nostalgia surrounding the Kentucky Basketball program. That was amplified tenfold this morning when Tubby Smith, who led the Cats to the 1998 national championship, came to see Pope’s team practice at Rupp Arena. UK teased Tubby’s appearance with a short video this morning. This afternoon, we got another video of Pope introducing his team to the former Kentucky coach, who was in Lexington for ten seasons (1998-2007) and now ha…