The arrival of Mark Pope has turned back the clock on the Rupp Arena crowds, which had been getting angsty by the end of the John Calipari era.

Kentucky basketball, for the first time under Mark Pope, lost at Rupp Arena on Saturday. The Kentucky Wildcats weren't able to slow Alabama's offense.

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.

Eight different TV channels will carry college basketball games featuring top-25 teams this weekend. Viewers can stream the action live on Sling, the home for the avid sports fan with a wide range of channels. Fubo is another streaming option, and it offers a free trial, so you can try before you buy.

During the Big 12’s nine-year reign, the league placed five teams in the Final Four. Oklahoma lost in the 2016 national semifinals. Kansas lost in the 2018 national semifinals. Texas Tech was the national runner-up to Virginia in the 2019 NCAA Tournament. Baylor won the 2021 national championship. Kansas won the 2022 national championship.

The SEC-leading Auburn Tigers, the nation’s No. 1 team atop the polls, blew out Mississippi State at home before surviving a close call on the road against a rising Georgia Bulldogs program that’s shown signs of promise under former Florida Gators coach Mike White.

On Saturday, the conference then saw three different Top 25 ranked-vs.-ranked matchups take place all across the SEC, headlined by a Top 10 showdown in Lexington. Each of those games also lived up to the hype as well, especially that aforementioned contest inside Rupp Arena on Saturday.

One of the surprise stories in the ACC this season has been Louisville. Head coach Pat Kelsey came into the program and immediately turned things around. It’s now an eight-game win streak for the Cardinals,

Check out the latest bracketology projections for the 2025 NCAA Tournament as the conference schedule continues.

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.

Saturday’s college basketball schedule includes 14 games featuring a ranked team in action. Among those games is the Alabama Crimson Tide playing the Kentucky Wildcats.We’ve got what

Grant Nelson scored a season-best 25 points and collected 11 rebounds to help No. 4 Alabama notch a 102-97 victory over No. 8 Kentucky in a high-octane Southeastern Conference contest in Lexington, Ky.