The arrival of Mark Pope has turned back the clock on the Rupp Arena crowds, which had been getting angsty by the end of the John Calipari era.

The Crimson Tide bounced back from a loss at home to Ole Miss on Tuesday by scoring 100-plus points for the fifth time this season.

An early look at where Florida basketball stands in terms of March Madness projections and its NCAA Tournament resume

Florida basketball prepares for its third game of the Southeastern Conference schedule this Saturday in Fayetteville against the Arkansas Razorbacks. Coming off a monumental upset of the Tennessee Volunteers, the Gators are looking to keep the momentum going.

It's Kentucky vs Texas A&M in a college basketball game at Rupp Arena today. Follow for live UK basketball score updates and highlights from Lexington

An update set of Bracketology projections, plus an extended look at whether the Alabama Crimson Tide can shed their 'football school' label

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.

On Saturday, the conference then saw three different Top 25 ranked-vs.-ranked matchups take place all across the SEC, headlined by a Top 10 showdown in Lexington. Each of those games also lived up to the hype as well, especially that aforementioned contest inside Rupp Arena on Saturday.

No. 6 Kentucky won at No. 14 Mississippi State ( 95-90). Dropped to No. 8 due to a loss at Georgia the prior week, UK then came home to beat No. 11 Texas A&M (81-69) but lost 102-97 to No. 4 Alabama.

Kentucky basketball, for the first time under Mark Pope, lost at Rupp Arena on Saturday. The Kentucky Wildcats weren't able to slow Alabama's offense.

Kentucky ranks 13th nationally in first-half scoring, while Alabama has posted the second-most points of any team in the opening 20 minutes. This game should be played at a frenetic pace, and clearing the 40-point mark prior to halftime won’t be a tough ask of either offense.

In what is expected to be an entertaining, high-scoring affair between two highly ranked teams, Alabama and Kentucky will be looking to drain as many three-point bombs as they can beginning at