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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats didn't spare the top of his roster ... output — to lift Alabama to just its second win at Rupp Arena since 2005-06. Just four days earlier, Oats called out ...

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

won on the stomping grounds of the eight-time national champions in Rupp Arena, though. RECRUITING TRAIL:Alabama basketball still has shot at 5-star prospect TIME TO PANIC?Why Nate Oats and ...

Sears and Auburn transfer Aden Holloway hit 3s to help spark a 11-2 run that gave the Tide a 67-60 lead with 11:40 remaining. Later, with the score tied at 81, Alabama went on a 9-0 run that was capped off by back-to-back 3s from Chris Youngblood and freshman Labaron Philon.

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,

But Alabama basketball head coach Nate Oats was still able to point to ... the Crimson Tide on Saturday when the team travels to Rupp Arena to take on No. 8 Kentucky (14-3, 3-1 SEC) with an ...