As soon as Mark Pope was hired at Kentucky, he went to work acquiring talent from across the transfer portal. Less than two weeks later, Lamont Butler was his next point guard. Butler entered the NCAA transfer portal shortly after San Diego State‘s season concluded in the Sweet 16. One season after leading the Aztecs to a national championship game — including Butler’s infamous game-winning buzzer-beater in the Final Four to down Florida Atlantic — Butler’s skills will once again be showcased on a national level, this time in Lexington. “As soon as I entered the portal, Kentucky was one of the…