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

If you think Kentucky is terrible defensively, Nate Oats wants you to know his Alabama team was even worse last year, a group that somehow scored 81 points in a game on seven separate occasions and still lost.

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.

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.

The SEC had 10 teams ranked in the AP Top 25. Tennessee (17-3) fell two spots to No. 8 with the Kentucky Wildcats (14-5) falling three spots to No. 12. Texas A&M (No. 13, 15-5), Missouri (No. 20, 16-4), Ole Miss (No. 23, 15-5) and Vanderbilt (No. 24, 16-4) were all ranked.

Here's an updated look at where SEC men's basketball teams sit in the latest Sports Coaches poll and AP Top 25 rankings.

Week 12 of the 2024-25 college basketball season saw another action-packed week in the SEC.

The Crimson Tide had to grind out a win against one of the bottom-tier squads in the SEC to improve in the SEC standings.

It's not even February and No. 12 Kansas is already three games out of first place in the Big 12 standings following its 92-86 double-overtime home loss to No. 7 Houston on Saturday. The victory left the Cougars (16-3,

Alabama basketball (16-3, 5-1 SEC) isn't overlooking LSU (12-6, 1-4 SEC) this weekend. Live updates, highlights, how to watch and more.

Alabama will be without its star freshman forward as he continues to rehab a lower-body injury suffered earlier in the season.