For many years, Kentucky had all of the star power on its side of the rivalry. You know the names from John Calipari’s dominant run in the Kentucky-Louisville series, then Lamont Butler etched his name in the Battle of the Bluegrass history with a career-high 33 points and a perfect game from the field in last year’s win.
However, this year, Louisville had the dude. We knew going in that the Wildcats couldn’t allow Mikel Brown Jr. his college basketball coming-out party, but the five-star point guard was the difference in a 96-88 Louisville win that flipped the rivalry.