Kentucky is cooking, having dealt Florida its first loss of the season two weeks ago before pulling off hard-nosed wins against ranked conference opponents in Mississippi State and Texas A&M. The Wildcats’ loss at Georgia on Jan. 7 was a bummer, but the response was electric — 16-of-32 shooting on treys and 95 total points in a frenzied Starkville.

Earlier this week, ESPN announced broadcast assignments and commentator pairings for its weekly slate of college basketball games. The duo of Dan Shulman (play-by-play) and Jay Bilas (analyst) will have the TV call of Alabama vs. Kentucky at Rupp Arena.

Bringing a blue collar mentality to the Bluegrass State is vital for Alabama basketball to upset Kentucky. Picks, predictions, how to watch and more.