After finishing in fourth place in the regular-season standings, UK has been the league’s best team in St. Louis. After suffocating Georgia on Friday, the Cats didn’t let up Saturday as they rocked Alabama, 86-63.
That’s a 23-point triumphant over a Tide team heading to the NCAA Tournament, and the Cats now advance to an eighth SEC Championship in nine seasons under John Calipari.
The star of the day for UK was sophomore big man Wenyen Gabriel, who hit seven of his first seven three-pointers to keep the Cats comfortably ahead for most of the game.