Kentucky’s win streak came to a crashing end Tuesday night in Rupp Arena when first-place Alabama embarrassed the Cats by 20 points, 85-65, in Coach Cal’s largest home loss to date and the program’s largest home loss since 1988. Billed as the battle between the SEC’s two unbeaten teams, the game proved to be a one-sided affair from the beginning as Alabama’s offense scored at a rate that would make its football team proud.
Dejected, Calipari said after the game, “Not one of our players played well. I obviously didn’t coach well… We got beat every which way.