Overview
- Tipoff is 11 a.m. CT at Coleman Coliseum on ESPN with Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas and Kris Budden on the call.
- SEC availability lists Labaron Philon and London Jemison as probable, Latrell Wrightsell Jr. as probable, and Taylor Bol Bowen and Davion Hannah as questionable; Kentucky reports no designations.
- Oddsmakers price Alabama around -5.5 with a moneyline near -220 and a total in the low-170s, while ESPN’s predictor gives the Tide roughly a 63% win chance.
- Alabama enters 10-3 and ranked No. 14/15 after a 102-78 win over Yale, fueled by an offense averaging about 94.5 points and five 100-point games.
- Kentucky is 9-4 on a four-game win streak and brings ex-Alabama forward Mouhamed Dioubate as a starter, as the Tide aim for a fourth straight win in the series after last season’s three-game sweep.