Mark Pope, ironically, compared Jaland Lowe‘s situation at Kentucky to that of Lamont Butler a year ago, coming from San Diego State as a defense-first guard just a tweak or two away from taking his game to another level. The efficiency was abysmal, never shooting above 42.1 percent overall or 34.2 percent from three in four seasons with the Aztecs while coming off a year where he shot 59.4 percent at the line.
Then he averaged career-highs in points (11.4), assists (4.3), rebounds (2.9), field-goal percentage (49.