These defeats have exposed a major weakness: the team's struggle against on-ball pressure, an issue that has been exacerbated by the absence of Lamont Butler. Without Butler, Kentucky has lacked ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky guard Lamont Butler paces the Wildcats at 1.8 steals per game and for those efforts, he was one of 15 players selected to the Naismith Men’s Defensive Player of the Year ...

LEXINGTON — Make it two straight absences for Kentucky basketball's Lamont Butler. The fifth-year senior, UK's starting point guard, won't take the floor Saturday night against Arkansas because of an ...

LEXINGTON — Make it two straight absences for Kentucky basketball's Lamont Butler. The fifth-year senior, UK's starting point guard, won't take the floor Saturday night against Arkansas ...

Pope’s postgame assessment of Lamont Butler — perhaps the Wildcats’ best player this season, when he’s been healthy — might have foreshadowed more bad feelings in the future. Butler ...

Lamont Butler has missed the last 2 games for Kentucky after suffering an injury in a 5-point loss to Vanderbilt on Jan. 25. There was hope that he might be back for the game against Ole Miss, ...

Kentucky played without starting point guard Lamont Butler again on Saturday, who hasn't suited up since the Vanderbilt loss. Many thought Butler's injury wasn't going to be a long-term issue ...