LEXINGTON — Lamont Butler, always and forever, will have the 2023 Final Four etched beside his name. Then starring for San Diego State, Butler sank a last-second shot against Florida Atlantic to punch a ticket to the national championship game.

K entucky faced off against the Louisville Cardinals on Saturday evening in what was the beginning of a new era for both programs. It did not disappoint, as the Wildcats had a lat

We didn’t know if Lamont Butler was going to play against Louisville. Boy, it’s a good thing he did. The Kentucky point guard was incredible against the Cards. His head coach couldn’t say enough about what Butler did at Rupp Arena.

Lamont Butler returned from a two-game absence to perfect from the field for a career-high 33 points, including six 3-pointers, and No. 5 Kentucky held off rival Louisville 93-85 for Bluegrass supremacy.

Lamont Butler returned to Kentucky's lineup Saturday in spectacular fashion, scoring a career-high 33 points to lead the fifth-ranked Wildcats past the visiting Louisville Cardinals 93-85 in Lexington,

By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today A new chapter began in the Kentucky-Louisville rivalry on Saturday and Lamont Butler wrote the first paragraph. The fifth-ranked Wildcats (10-1) began the next decade of the storied series with a 93-85 win over the Cardinals,

Lamont Butler returned from an ankle injury and was nearly perfect for Kentucky in a victory over Louisville, the first rivalry game under Mark Pope.

The game was chippy, with Louisville racking up 20 fouls and Kentucky racking up 18. Two Cardinals fouled out of the matchup, with James Scott reaching five fouls relatively early in the second half, and Chucky Hepburn following him to the bench in the final seconds of the game.

The rivalry between Kentucky basketball and Louisville is one of the country's more intense ones. Kentucky has beaten the Duke Blue Devils and Gonzaga Bulldogs, but beating the Cardinals is an absolute must every year.