Kentucky is set to take on the Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday in what will be a big-time SEC showdown. These two teams met in Rupp Arena in late January, and

Kentucky jumped 44 spots in KenPom’s defensive efficiency ratings over two weeks, moving from No. 112 nationally after the 98-84 loss at Ole Miss to No. 68 overall after the 82-61 win over Vanderbilt.

No. 4 Alabama overcame a slow start against No. 17 Kentucky before rolling to a 96-83 victory vs. the short-handed Wildcats inside Coleman Coliseum on Saturday. Kentucky led by as many as 12 in the first half before Alabama outscored the road team 78-53 the rest of the way for the Crimson Tide's second victory vs.

Mark Sears scored 30 points for Alabama basketball in a win over Kentucky on Saturday at Coleman Coliseum. He's come a long ways from a decade ago.

After Mark Pope's Kentucky Wildcats fell to Alabama Crimson Tide 96-83 on Saturday, he expressed his displeasure at his team's performance.

Mark Pope and the No. 17 Kentucky Wildcats will look to make it back-to-back victories when they lock horns with the No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide at Coleman Coliseum on Saturday night.

By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Kentucky couldn’t stop Mark Sears. The Alabama guard scored 30 points to lead the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide to a 96-82 triumph over the No. 17 Wildcats Saturday night.

A 103-97 win at Kentucky on Jan. 18 jumpstarted a seven-game win streak for the Tide, which was broken in back-to-back losses against Auburn and Missouri entering Saturday night. The catalyst in those defeats were slow starts — Alabama dug early, double-digit first-half deficits which resulted in consecutive wire-to-wire losses.

Alabama guard Mark Sears has endured a topsy-turvy season in which he twice was held scoreless and was benched for the entire second half in the more recent blanking.

Try as they might, Mark Pope's Kentucky Wildcats couldn’t stem Alabama's overwhelming offensive attack Saturday, losing an SEC game in Tuscaloosa.