LEXINGTON -- For the first time in the Mark Pope era, the Kentucky Wildcats suffered a loss inside Rupp Arena as the No. 4 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide rolled into Lexington and knocked off No. 8 ranked UK 102-97 Saturday in the first of two regular season matchups between the two teams this season.
"Congratulations to Alabama," Pope said postgame. "It's a great program. Great team. Played really hard coming off a tough loss, they responded really well on the road. Proud of our guys.