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Just between Amari Williams and Lamont Butler, new Kentucky head coach Mark Pope has brought in five Defensive Player of the Year awards from their respective leagues to Lexington. Williams took home the honor three straight seasons in the CAA at Drexel while Butler was recognized as the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year by the media in 2022-23 and then the league’s coaches in 2023-24. For all the talk about Pope’s offense, which by all accounts plans to feature 35 three-pointers per game and a pace that gets the ball across halfcourt within three seconds, what he’s brought to the tab…

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