Georgia Amoore and the Kentucky Wildcats improved to 14-1 (3-0 SEC) with a 71-55 defeat of Florida on Thursday evening, UK’s fifth straight victory over the Gators in Gainesville.
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What to watch in college basketball this weekend: Alabama-Kentucky, intrastate rivalries and more ranked duels
Kentucky is cooking, having dealt Florida its first loss of the season two weeks ago before pulling off hard-nosed wins against ranked conference opponents in Mississippi State and Texas A&M. The Wildcats’ loss at Georgia on Jan. 7 was a bummer, but the response was electric — 16-of-32 shooting on treys and 95 total points in a frenzied Starkville.
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During the Big 12’s nine-year reign, the league placed five teams in the Final Four. Oklahoma lost in the 2016 national semifinals. Kansas lost in the 2018 national semifinals. Texas Tech was the national runner-up to Virginia in the 2019 NCAA Tournament. Baylor won the 2021 national championship. Kansas won the 2022 national championship.
In particular, Alabama attacked a trio of Kentucky guards — Koby Brea, Jaxson Robinson and Travis Perry — and had a great deal of success doing so. Wildcats head coach Mark Pope noticed it, but there wasn't much he or his team could do about it.
Grant Nelson scored a season-best 25 points and collected 11 rebounds to help No. 4 Alabama notch a 102-97 victory over No. 8 Kentucky in a high-octane Southeastern Conference contest in Lexington, Ky.
No. 15 Kentucky visits the Florida Gators after Georgia Amoore scored 24 points in the Wildcats' 96-78 win against the Vanderbilt Commodores.
The Gator Men’s Basketball team will try to rebound from its first loss of the season over the weekend to Kentucky. Florida did a lot of things well at Kentucky, scoring 100 points, outrebounding the Wildcats while committing just 12 turnovers.
Javon Small scored 12 of his 27 points in the final two minutes to lead West Virginia to a win over No. Iowa State, ending the Cyclones' national-best 12-game winning streak. Amani Hansberry added 12 points for the Mountaineers (13-4,
Kentucky has shown an improved ability to play physical and rebound in its two most recent wins over ranked SEC teams.
Top-25 teams will be in action in 14 games on Saturday’s college basketball schedule. That includes the Auburn Tigers squaring off against the Georgia Bulldogs at Stegeman Coliseum.Info on
The game figures to be a high-scoring affair with a lot of three-point shots taken. Alabama leads the nation in scoring, averaging 89.5 points per game, while Kentucky is third in the country, scoring 88.7 points per contest. The Crimson Tide shoot 31.2 three-point shots per game, while the Cats hoist 27.7 attempts per game from behind the arc.
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Florida leaps into 2nd-place tie in 247Sports SEC college basketball pollFlorida basketball opened up its 2025 Southeastern Conference schedule with a pair of wins along with a loss. Despite having its 13-game losing streak snapped in the calendar year opened, the Gators are flying high among their collegiate hoops peers.
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