The Rupp Arena crowd created a picture-perfect basketball environment this past weekend, even if the home fans couldn’t will Kentucky to victory over Alabama. Saturday’s 102-97 loss to the Crimson Tide in a Top 10 matchup wasn’t what Mark Pope and his Wildcats were hoping for.

Rupp Arena was a lot of fun until the final score on Saturday. The Big Blue Nation answered the early bell for the noon game by bringing the best home court in college basketball to downtown Lexington.

Lexington’s high school and college basketball communities are coming together for a celebration of the game they love from January 25 to February 1. The eight day stretch of 19 games across the high school and college ranks is a part of the city’s 250th birthday celebrations.

Alabama basketball turned up the heat on Kentucky for a road win at Rupp Arena. The Tide turns things around after a listless loss to Ole Miss.

The renovated Memorial Coliseum at the University of Kentucky provided the perfect backdrop for the city, and its basketball dignitaries to announce their plans for Basketball Week.

No. 4 Alabama basketball faced No. 8 Kentucky on Saturday at Rupp Arena in a coaching battle between Nate Oats and Mark Pope.

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.

Complete statistics from Saturday’s Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball game against the Alabama Crimson Tide at Rupp Arena in Lexington.

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.

LEXINGTON — Fresh off what inarguably was ... USA TODAY Coaches and the Associated Press) square off today at Rupp Arena. They double as the two highest-scoring teams in the SEC: Alabama ...

One of the best games of the college basketball season took place on Saturday as Nate Oats and No. 4 Alabama went on the road to Rupp Arena to take on Mark Pope and No. 8 Kentucky in Lexington. The two teams battled back and forth in a high-scoring affair before Alabama eventually made a few more plays to come out on top 102-97.

For the first time under Mark Pope’s leadership, UK basketball lost at Rupp Arena. The Kentucky coach explains a home defeat to Alabama.