Nate Oats and Mark Pope are two of the best offensive minds in college basketball. Their brilliance was put on full display Saturday in Rupp Arena as Alabama and Kentucky combined to score 199 points in a 102-97 win for the Crimson Tide.

Alabama men's basketball improved to 4-1 in SEC play with a 102-97 win over Kentucky. Crimson Tide head coach Nate Oats praised his team for bouncing back strongly from a recent loss to Ole Miss.

Mark Pope and Nate Oats matched wits on the court, and Kentucky and Alabama put on a show in Rupp Arena on Saturday afternoon.

In particular, Alabama attacked a trio of Kentucky guards — Koby Brea, Jaxson Robinson and Travis Perry — and had a great deal of success doing so. Wildcats head coach Mark Pope noticed it, but there wasn't much he or his team could do about it.

The Crimson Tide bounced back from a loss at home to Ole Miss on Tuesday by scoring 100-plus points for the fifth time this season.

Rupp Arena isn't exactly the best place to have a rebound game. But the 4th-raked Alabama Crimson Tide used that hallowed arena to exorcise the demons from that

The No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide went on the road and defeated the No. 8 Kentucky Wildcats, 102-97, Saturday at Rupp Arena. The Crimson Tide's performance was a lot better than it was during their 74-64

The Crimson Tide bounced back from a midweek loss with a massive win at Rupp Arena behind a career day from Grant Nelson.

Here are takeaways from the game between No. 4 Alabama (15-3, 4-1 SEC) and No. 8 Kentucky (14-4, 3-2). The battle between two of the nation’s top offenses lived up to its billing, and fast. Emphasis on fast. That’s no surprise considering both are in the top 25 for tempo, per KenPom.

The No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide are making the short trek to Starkville to face the Mississippi State Bulldogs in SEC play. For Nate Oats' Crimson Tide (17-3 overall, 6-1 conference), it's the latest in a series of season-long tough road tests in the mad,

Fresh off a disappointing loss to Ole Miss, the No. 4 Crimson Tide defeated the Wildcats 102-97 on the road in Rupp Arena. Bama head coach Nate Oats was livid after the Ole Miss defeat ...

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