Overview
- Tipoff is Saturday at 11 a.m. CT at Coleman Coliseum, with coverage on ESPN.
- ESPN's matchup predictor gives Alabama a 62.7% win probability, and betting markets list the Tide around -5.5 with a total near 171.5 and a moneyline of roughly -220.
- Alabama brings an elite offense that averages 94.5 points per game and has topped 100 points five times this season.
- Coach Nate Oats called Philon's lower‑leg contusion not super serious and hopeful for his return, while Aden Holloway scored a career-high 26 in the 102-78 win over Yale.
- Kentucky enters 9-4 on a four-game win streak yet unranked, with ex-Tide forward Mouhamed Dioubate now a key Wildcat contributor as Alabama looks to extend last season's 3-0 run in the series.