Check out some stats on No. 10 Santa Clara's Round of 64 matchup with No. 7 Kentucky in the NCAA men's tournament. (0:58) ST. LOUIS -- Kentucky men's basketball coach Mark Pope had a lot of things to say about Michigan star Yaxel Lendeborg's comments that he received a multimillion-dollar offer to play for the Wildcats. One thing Pope didn't explicitly say: Lendeborg was wrong. Pope heavily suggested that Lendeborg's claim to The Associated Press that Kentucky offered him $7 million to $9 million to transfer from UAB in 2025 was inaccurate. However, Pope did not explicitly deny or confirm Lendeborg's reported offer. "I am trying not to make a commentary on it," Pope said Thursday ahead of 7-seed Kentucky's first-round game against 10-seed Santa Clara in the NCAA tournament. "This is all part of the distraction that my team is not a part of.…