After two victories in the NCAA Tournament, No. 3 Kentucky's March Madness run came to an end at the hands of No. 2 Tennessee, who rolled to a 78-65 win in the Sweet 16 on Friday evening. The Wildcats were understandably emotional after the game,

Kentucky is getting set to play in their first Sweet 16 in six years, and a big part of them getting there has been their defensive improvement. One player that

Kentucky‘s season came to an end, and with it, seven seniors’ collegiate careers. Point guard Lamont Butler is one of those seniors. After Kentucky’s 78-65 loss to Tennessee in the Sweet Sixteen, NBC 5 Cincinnati’s Charlie Clifford posted a photo of UK head coach Mark Pope consoling a teary-eyed Butler.

The first-year Wildcats coach and transfer point guard have turned around a blueblood program with immediate success.

After Mark Pope, Lamont Butler, Koby Brea, and Andrew Carr fought back tears to summarize the loss to Tennessee and the end of the season, the moderator asked for any more questions at Kentucky’s last postgame press conference.

Lamont Butler battled through multiple injuries Sunday to help Kentucky reach the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2019 and in Mark Pope's first season as coach.

Kentucky basketball's season may have ended in a rough way after losing to rival Tennessee in the Sweet 16, but with everything Mark Pope did in his first season at the helm in Lexington makes for a very promising future.

Notable: Kentucky has dipped into the NCAA transfer portal before to pick up a standout guard from Georgia (Sahvir Wheeler), and Pope is targeting another one in the 6-foot-5 Demary, who has started 69 of Georgia’s 70 games over the last two seasons.