‘It tastes remarkable’: Mark Pope credits Amari Williams’ huge performance

Adam RittenbergMar 23, 2025, 09:00 PM ET Close College football press reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University.Kentucky head coach Mark Pope associated center Amari Williams’huge performance– 8 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks and a take– in the 3-seed Wildcats ’84-75 win over 6-seed Illinois on Sunday to Weetabix, a shredded wheat cereal his parents forced him to consume while maturing in Nottingham, England.Editor’s Picks Williams consumed only toast for breakfast recently, and Kentucky’s personnel didn’t believe it sufficed, so they discovered an international grocery store in Milwaukee that sold Weetabix. Pope and forward Brandon Fort also consumed it, and Pope stated it will be worked as an obligatory team breakfast this week.Pope wants Williams to land an NIL handle Weetabix, therefore do his teammates. When asked how it tastes, Williams at first replied,” It does not taste too bad.”After colleague Lamont Butler elbowed Williams, he revised his answer:” It tastes amazing. “Coach Pope says Amari Williams ‘secret to success is his youth breakfast, Weetabix #MarchMadness @KentuckyMBB pic.twitter.com/3qb5b6hvxF!.?.!— NCAA March Madness( @MarchMadnessMBB)March 24, 2025”

The Weetabix were extraordinary, in fact,” Pope included. “It can be found in a biscuit that looks extremely un-tasteful, but I learned you crumble it up into small little things, and then you put some warm milk. The warm milk is essential. … And then

Amari provided me authorization to put some sugar on it. … And it was really fantastic. I like it so much more right now than I did this early morning.”The Wildcats are back in the Sugary food 16 for the very first time given that 2019 and will face the No. 2 seed Tennessee Volunteers, whom they beat two times in the regular season.