The first thing Mark Pope said about Kerr Kriisa once he announced his transfer from West Virginia to Kentucky was that he’s wanted the Estonian guard for as long as he can remember. “I feel like I’ve been recruiting him for the last five or six years since he was a prep player,” Pope said. First it was at BYU out of high school before the 6-2 guard signed with Arizona, Cody Fueger leading the charge with Pope there. They jumped on him once he entered the transfer portal at Arizona twice — he withdrew the first time around — then again at West Virginia this offseason before finally reeling in …
