No. 7/7 Alabama Hosts Kentucky at Coleman Coliseum

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama men's basketball will look to improve to 3-0 in the Southeastern Conference on Saturday, as the Crimson Tide host Kentucky at Coleman Coliseum. The Tide are looking to win its first three conference games for the first time since the 2020-21 season and second time since the 1986-87 season.

Saturday's game is sponsored by Ford and will be laying out rally towels that will be placed on chairs in the lower bowl.

The Alabama-Kentucky matchup features two of the top players in the country, as Alabama's Brandon Miller and Kentucky's Oscar Tshiebwe made the John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List. Miller leads the SEC in scoring, averaging 19.1 points per game and Tshiebwe ranks first in the SEC with eight double-doubles this season.

The Broadcast

Saturday's game is set for an 12 p.m. tipoff and will be aired on ESPN with Karl Ravech (play-by-play) and Jimmy Dykes (analyst) on the call.

The radio broadcast can be heard on the Crimson Tide Sports Network with Chris Stewart (play-by-play), Bryan Passink (analyst) and Roger Hoover (sideline) on the call, while Tom Stipe (engineer) is turning the dials. The pregame show will begin one hour prior to tipoff.

Notes You Need To Know

Alabama is looking to improve to 3-0 in SEC play for the first time since 2020-21 and second time since the 1967-87 season
Brandon Miller was named to the John R. Wooden Midseason Top 25 Watch List this week
Miller has been named SEC Freshman of the Week three times this season
Alabama has a program-record four top-25 wins before the New Year. Its previous high was when it defeated two ranked teams in 2015, when the Tide knocked off #17 Notre Dame and #20 Wichita State prior to the start of conference play
Alabama has posted four wins over top-25 opponents in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history
Alabama is the first team since 1965-66 (Duke) with multiple wins over the AP No. 1 team before the New Year
Miller is averaging 19.1 points per game, the most by any freshman in the country and No. 34 overall
Miller is the only freshman in the country to rank in the top 65 in points per game (No. 35) and rebounds per game (No. 61)
Miller is one of 10 players in Division I, the only player in the SEC and the only freshman in the country that has scored 260 points and recorded 120 rebounds this season
Noah Clowney ranks No. 51 in the country at 8.7 rebounds per game, which is second best among freshman in the country
Alabama ranks No. 1 in the country in rebounds per game (46.5) and defensive rebounds per game (32.5), while also ranking No. 5 in offensive rebounds per game (13.9) and No. 9 in rebound margin (+9.1)

About Kentucky

The Wildcats were picked by the league's media to win the SEC regular-season title. Kentucky has won 49 all-time regular-season SEC crowns and six under John Calipari
The Wildcats are shooting 39.0% from deep which leads the SEC.
Oscar Tshiebwe has an SEC-leading seven double-doubles thus far in 2022-23. He's produced 35 in 45 career games as a Wildcat
Tshiebwe currently leads the country with 13.6 rebounds per game and offensive rebounds per game with an average of 5.64
In John Calipari's tenure Kentucky has a 68-46 record vs. opponents ranked in the Associated Press Top 25
John Calipari is five wins away from passing Harry Rabenhorst (178) for the sixth-most SEC regular season wins in league history
Sahvir Wheeler leads the conference with 6.7 assists per game, while Wallace sits third with 3.9 helpers per contest

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