Fifth-ranked Kentucky maintained its dominance of archrival Louisville with a 93-85 victory Saturday. But the game itself might have injected new life into a Bluegrass rivalry that had become stagnant.
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“It was amazing, everything I expected,” said Kentucky guard Lamont Butler, who made all 10 shots including six 3-pointers for a career-high 33 points. He earned a boxing-style belt as the game’s most valuable player. “Listen, it wouldn’t have been an appropriate game if it was a tension-filled mosh pit down in front of their bench,” Pope said. “That was probably the most fun of the game, right?
Pope was hired from BYU to replace Hall of Famer John Calipari after he departed Lexington in April for SEC rival Arkansas after 15 successful seasons, highlighted by the 2012 NCAA title and nearly three dozen first-round NBA picks. Kentucky hasn’t made it past the first weekend of its last three March Madness appearances and was coming off its second first-round exit in three years.
Saturday not only offered a reminder of what it once was with a raucous sellout crowd, along with what it could be.
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