No. 9 Kentucky leads the series with the Crimson Tide, 114-40. After Tuesday, the fifth-ranked team in the country enters a daunting Rupp Arena coming off what Nate Oats called a "disappointing ...

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

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.

The former teach was quick to give a grade for the Crimson Tide's performance in the 103-87 win over the Commodores.

Alabama is fresh off a massive win against Kentucky on the road, taking down a top-10 team. But the game still on the mind of Nate Oats is Ole Miss. A home loss last Tuesday, Oats is attempting to make sure Alabama does not put up another clunker at home against Vanderbilt.

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.

No. 4-ranked Alabama coach Nate Oats remained focused fresh off an impressive road win against No. 8-ranked Kentucky on Jan. 18.

Coach Nate Oats had mixed feelings about Alabama's 103-87 win over Vanderbilt on Tuesday. It was the program's second consecutive win after losing the first conference game to Ole Miss on Jan.

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.

Freshman forward Derrion Reid has missed the last two games with a lower-body injury and was downgraded from questionable to out in the leadup to last Saturday's 102-97 Crimson Tide win over Kentucky. Reid averages just over eight points and three rebounds per game.

After Ole Miss, Nate Oats got honest about the state of the Alabama basketball as the SEC schedule heats up. Three things to know before Kentucky.

Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats addressed the injury status of freshman forward Derrion Reid ahead of UA's upcoming game at Kentucky.