The Alabama Crimson Tide opened SEC basketball action with an 89-74 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday afternoon at Coleman Coliseum.
Aden Holloway tied a career and season high with 26 points on 6-of-8 3-point shooting, and Alabama took 15 shots from beyond the arc in a game that was no doubt in the making.
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The Crimson Tide won their fourth straight game against Kentucky dating back to last season, leading by as many as 21 points. Alabama’s Labaron Philon scored 17 points and Houston Mallette scored 14 points. The Tide’s 7-foot center Noah Williamson, an offseason poacher from Bucknell, contributed 10 points in 18 minutes off the bench for Alabama.
The Tide outrebounded Kentucky 41-37.
Where does Alabama basketball rank in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll after beating Kentucky?
Alabama is ranked No. 12 in Week 10 of the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, up three spots from last week. The Crimson Tide are ranked one spot below the Nebraska Cornhuskers and one spot ahead of Tom Izzo’s Michigan State Spartans.
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Nate Oats’ Crimson Tide is the No. 2 SEC team behind No. 10 Vanderbilt (14-0).
Complete USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll top 25 rankings: Alabama among fastest risers
The complete top 25 rankings for Week 10 in the USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll are below.
|
rank |
team |
Record |
PTS |
first place |
Previous article |
Change |
high/low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
michigan |
13-0 |
Chapter 768 |
twenty four |
1 |
– |
1/7 |
|
2 |
Arizona |
14-0 |
Chapter 749 |
7 |
2 |
– |
2/13 |
|
3 |
Iowa |
14-0 |
703 |
0 |
3 |
– |
3/18 |
|
4 |
University of Connecticut |
14-1 |
Chapter 666 |
0 |
4 |
– |
3/7 |
|
5 |
Purdue University |
13-1 |
624 |
0 |
6 |
+1 |
1/6 |
|
6 |
Duke |
13-1 |
616 |
0 |
5 |
-1 |
3/6 |
|
7 |
Houston |
13-1 |
Chapter 584 |
0 |
8 |
+1 |
2/8 |
|
8 |
gonzaga |
16-1 |
Chapter 565 |
0 |
7 |
-1 |
7/20 |
|
9 |
Brigham Young University |
13-1 |
Chapter 527 |
0 |
10 |
+1 |
7/11 |
|
10 |
Vanderbilt |
14-0 |
Chapter 488 |
0 |
11 |
+1 |
10/none |
|
11 |
nebraska |
14-0 |
Chapter 473 |
0 |
13 |
+2 |
11/NR |
|
12 |
alabama |
11-3 |
403 |
0 |
15 |
+3 |
9/16 |
|
13 |
michigan state university |
12-2 |
400 |
0 |
9 |
-4 |
8/21 |
|
14 |
Texas Tech University |
11-3 |
Chapter 345 |
0 |
16 |
+2 |
11/20 |
|
15 |
Arkansas |
11-3 |
Chapter 334 |
0 |
18 |
+3 |
14/23 |
|
16 |
illinois |
11-3 |
294 |
0 |
19 |
+3 |
8/19 |
|
No. 17 |
North Carolina |
13-2 |
250 |
0 |
12 |
-5 |
12/25 |
|
18 |
Louisville |
11-3 |
Chapter 232 |
0 |
13 |
-5 |
5/18 |
|
19 |
Iowa |
12-2 |
211 |
0 |
twenty three |
+4 |
19/NR |
|
20 |
Georgia |
13-1 |
164 |
0 |
twenty four |
+4 |
20/none |
|
twenty one |
kansas |
10-4 |
131 |
0 |
No. 17 |
-4 |
17/NR |
|
twenty two |
tennessee |
10-4 |
123 |
0 |
20 |
-2 |
13/23 |
|
twenty three |
virginia |
12-2 |
120 |
0 |
twenty one |
-2 |
21/NR |
|
twenty four |
Villanova |
12-2 |
70 |
0 |
NR |
+15 |
24/NR |
|
25 |
singapore management university |
12-2 |
42 |
0 |
NR |
– |
25/none |
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No. 22 Florida State; No. 25 St. John’s;
Others receive votes
University of Central Florida 41; Utah State 34; Clemson 29; Florida State 21; St. Mary’s 17; Seton Hall 13; St. Louis 11; Indiana 10; St. John’s 4; Missouri State 3; Miami (Ohio) 3; Kentucky 3; California 2; USC 1; Oklahoma State 1;
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Alabama basketball schedule: When does the Crimson Tide next play?
Alabama (10-3) will travel to Nashville on Wednesday for its first SEC road game of the 2025-26 season against the Vanderbilt Commodores (13-0). Alabama-Vanderbilt will tip off at 8 p.m. Central Time. The game will be televised on ESPN2.
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This article originally appeared in Roll Tide Wire: Alabama basketball tops USA TODAY sports coaches poll
