Big Blue Nation was reminded of the binary nature of spots on Saturday afternoon. Back on January 4th, Kentucky outlasted Florida 106-100 to begin Southeastern Conference game. Stops were hard to come by for both teams in that game.

There is a big SEC battle on Thursday, Jan. 30 with the No. 12 Kentucky Wildcats hosting the No. 22 Alabama Crimson Tide at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Ky.

Saturday afternoon brought about one of the toughest road matchups for the Alabama Crimson Tide up to this point in the season, as the program hit the road to Rupp Arena in Lexington for a Top 10 showdown with the Kentucky Wildcats.

The Wildcats (18-2, 7-1 SEC) shut down the Crimson Tide’s offense — limiting all but one of its players below their individual scoring averages — after trailing by six following the first quarter. Only Alabama leading scorer Sarah Ashlee Barker,

Alabama basketball usually has the edge in depth, but Kentucky's bench proved a challenge in win at Rupp Arena. Can Tide find more contributors?

The Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team hosted Alabama on Thursday and a Clara Strack double-double helped the Cats to a win.

Grant Nelson scored 25 points and Mark Sears added 24 as Alabama defeated Kentucky 102-97 at Rupp Arena. Bama made 7 of 15 of its 3-point attempts in the second half and shot 44.8 percent overall, including 50 percent over the final 20 minutes. Bama improved to 15-3 overall and 4-1 in the SEC.

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

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Alabama basketball has what Nate Oats called a "sense of urgency" and "respect" against higher-ranked teams on the road. Why not at home in Coleman?

Three takeaways from Kentucky’s 102-97 loss to Alabama in an SEC basketball ... So you had to know that the Crimson Tide would be ready to play Saturday in the same arena it lost 117-95 a year ago. And Bama was more than ready. Tide forward Grant Nelson ...