NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As Kentucky and Alabama were playing Friday night in the SEC Tournament, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi had the Wildcats projected as a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and the Crimson Tide as one of the first four teams out of it.
Basically, Alabama’s season was on the line Friday night at Bridgestone Arena. There could have been no greater motivation for the Tide than a timely opportunity to post a win against one of nation’s best teams – and a UK team that, by the way, had already lost to Alabama once this season.