After Ole Miss, Nate Oats got honest about the state of the Alabama basketball as the SEC schedule heats up. Three things to know before Kentucky.

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.

Nate Oats has to compete against Kentucky and Mark Pope regularly, but he had high praise for the Wildcats’ coach. Alabama edged Kentucky 102-97 in Lexington, but Oats knew Pope would be a great fit with the program.

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.

Vanderbilt's roster construction and Morez Johnson's rapidlly-improving defense among trends Isaac Trotter is tracking.

Derrion Reid is questionable for the game against the Wildcats, Alabama coach Nate Oats said Friday. The Crimson Tide is set to face Kentucky on Saturday (11 a.m. CT, ESPN) in Lexington, Kentucky.

After Alabama basketball's defense fell apart in the second half against Vanderbilt, the Crimson Tide isn't overlooking sharp-shooting Cam Carter.

No. 9 Kentucky leads the series with the Crimson Tide, 114-40. After Tuesday, the fifth-ranked team in the country enters a daunting Rupp Arena coming off what Nate Oats called a "disappointing ...

The former teach was quick to give a grade for the Crimson Tide's performance in the 103-87 win over the Commodores.

Freshman forward Derrion Reid has missed the last two games with a lower-body injury and was downgraded from questionable to out in the leadup to last Saturday's 102-97 Crimson Tide win over Kentucky. Reid averages just over eight points and three rebounds per game.

Just days after reaching the 2,500 point milestone, Alabama guard Mark Sears was benched in the 2nd half against LSU

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.