One of the best games of the college basketball season took place on Saturday as Nate Oats and No. 4 Alabama went on the road to Rupp Arena to take on Mark Pope and No. 8 Kentucky in Lexington. The tw

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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.

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No. 4 Alabama’s pulsating 102-97 road victory against No. 8 Kentucky — which snapped UK’s 15-game home winning streak — was powered by a massive scoring performance by Crimson Tide fifth-year forward Grant Nelson, who tallied a game-high 25 points as Nate Oats’ team scored an impressive road win.

Kentucky ranks 13th nationally in first-half scoring, while Alabama has posted the second-most points of any team in the opening 20 minutes. This game should be played at a frenetic pace, and clearing the 40-point mark prior to halftime won’t be a tough ask of either offense.

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The No. 8 Kentucky Wildcats will try to take down another top team when they host the No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide in a massive SEC showdown

One of the best games of the college basketball season took place on Saturday as Nate Oats and No. 4 Alabama went on the road to Rupp Arena to take on Mark Pope and No. 8 Kentucky in Lexington. The two teams battled back and forth in a high-scoring affair before Alabama eventually made a few more plays to come out on top 102-97.

Winning on the road is a notoriously difficult thing to do in college basketball, but Alabama has been exceptional at it this season. The Crimson Tide has a 5-1 record in true road games this year, which includes a 5-game winning streak in road arenas after losing its first road game of the season to Purdue back in November.

Six-loss Arizona sits at No. 8 in the latest BPI rankings, as ESPN is taking into account the Wildcats’ strength of record and expected point margin moving forward as 12 of the 16 teams in the Big 12 Conference are considered Quad 1 competition.