Kentucky faced off against #4 Alabama in their fifth game of the season against an AP top 15 team, and their third-straight at home, which marked the first time

Pope is confident the Wildcats will bounce back Saturday at Vanderbilt. Kentucky is undefeated (3-0) in bounce-back games this season and, added the loss to Alabama served as a lesson, especially on the defensive end of the court for his team.

The Kentucky Wildcats lost their first home game of the season and of the Mark Pope era when Alabama came to town on Saturday. The Wildcats played a good game

The No. 8 Kentucky Wildcats host the No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide in college basketball action on Saturday, Jan. 18.

The Kentucky Wildcats are preparing for their fourth-ranked SEC game in only five games as the Alabama Crimson Tide are making the trip to Rupp Arena. The Crimson Tide are coming off an ugly loss to the Ole Miss Rebels at home,

In the end, Alabama secured the win 102 to 97. The game not only marked the Wildcats' first loss against a top-15 ranked opponent this season, but also marked the team's first home loss of the season. UK is now 14-4 overall, and 3-2 in conference play.

The Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team picked up a win on the road against Georgia Sunday afternoon. The No. 12 Cats won 78-64 behind double-double performances from Clara Strack and Georgia Amoore. Strack scored 25 points and pulled in 12 rebounds.

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"TP, he’s terrific, isn’t he? Again, really complicated defense," Pope claimed. "But TP, you know I mean it was big shots, really big shots. Right?"

Similar to Alabama, the Wildcats are an elite offensive team that currently ranks No. 3 nationally in scoring with an average of 88.7 PPG. Kentucky also ranks as the nation’s No. 7 team in both defensive rebounds and assists per game, as well as ninth in the nation with 31.1 field goals per game.

Dating back to the early-1900’s, Kentucky owns a 114-40 advantage all-time head-to-head, which includes a dominant 57-10 advantage in Lexington. As for recent years, Kentucky has six of the last 10 meetings, which includes a 117-95 victory in Lexington a year ago.

The Kentucky Wildcats lost their first home game of the season on Saturday as the Alabama Crimson Tide came to town and got the big win. Kentucky put up 97 poin