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.

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.

After Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats criticized his team's effort in a loss to Ole Miss, he addressed how the UA has looked in practice since then

Alabama basketball head coach Nate Oats wasn't a fan of what he saw from his team in the loss against Ole Miss on Monday.

On Tuesday, the Crimson Tide finished with more turnovers, 21, than field goals made, 20. With the turnover margin so stark, the Rebels attempted 23 more shots while also holding Alabama to just three offensive rebounds. The Crimson Tide grabbed 23 offensive boards against Texas A&M .

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.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— After vehemently denying any connection between his remarks postgame on Saturday about center Clifford Omoruyi's toughness and Auburn star Johni Broome's injury earlier that same day, Alabama head coach Nate Oats said the Crimson Tide big man will be good to go for Tuesday's home game against No. 21 Ole Miss.

Alabama basketball put together one of its worst offensive performances in recent memory in a loss to Ole Miss.

It was a tough loss to take at home for Alabama, which came into Tuesday night's clash with No. 21 Ole Miss ranked No. 4 in the country.

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