By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today The Southeastern Conference took note of Lamont Butler’s career performance against Louisville. The Kentucky guard was named the league’s co-Player of the Week, sharing the honor with Auburn’s Johni Broome.

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.

Louisville men's basketball rivalry, the No. 5 Wildcats came out on top this year, notching a 93-85 victory in a match that took a feisty turn. Louisville was down by as many as 11 points in the first half,

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,

It was a grand return to the court for Kentucky basketball point guard Lamont Butler. After missing two games with an injury, he was back on the floor against Louisville, and showed why he is such an important player.

On Saturday, Kentucky men’s basketball head coach Mark Pope dubbed guard Lamont Butler’s performance against Louisville as “one of the all-time greatest performances in the history of this super special game.

When Mark Pope was hired as the new Kentucky basketball coach in the Spring, he had to completely rebuild the roster. Among some of the flashier players he brought in, like three-time Defensive Player