Sources: Kentucky finalizing deal to hire BYU’s Mark Pope

One of Kentucky’s own is returning to Lexington in an unlikely hire to replace John Calipari. 

BYU head coach Mark Pope, a part of Rick Pitino’s national championship team at Kentucky in 1996, is leaving Provo, Utah, to replace Calipari as the leader of the Wildcats program, multiple sources told FOX Sports.

A deal has not been…