In one of the most-anticipated battles of the SEC basketball season, No. 4 Alabama handed No. 8 Kentucky its first loss in Rupp Arena this season.

Saturday afternoon brought about one of the toughest road matchups for the Alabama Crimson Tide up to this point in the season, as the program hit the road to Rupp Arena in Lexington for a Top 10 showdown with the Kentucky Wildcats.

With a nod to Chris Stewart, ‘Let’s get out of here!’ Here’s 20 of the best photos of Alabama’s win over Kentucky at Rupp Arena Saturday.

John Calipari knows all too well how passionate the Kentucky fan base is, and so he's not naive about what Saturday night could be like.

LEXINGTON — Normally jovial and verbose during postgame news conferences, Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope struck a different tone after last week's game against Alabama at Rupp Arena.

No. 6 Kentucky won at No. 14 Mississippi State (95-90). Dropped to No. 8 due to a loss at Georgia the prior week, UK then came home to beat No. 11 Texas A&M (81-69) but lost 102-97 to No. 4 Alabama.

The Crimson Tide bounced back from a midweek loss with a massive win at Rupp Arena behind a career day from Grant Nelson.

Rupp Arena isn't exactly the best place to have a rebound game. But the 4th-raked Alabama Crimson Tide used that hallowed arena to exorcise the demons from that

square off today at Rupp Arena. They double as the two highest-scoring teams in the SEC: Alabama is tied for first nationally (alongside Iowa) at 89.5 points per game, with UK next in line at 88.7 ...

For the first time under Mark Pope’s leadership, UK basketball lost at Rupp Arena. The Kentucky coach explains a home defeat to Alabama.

John Calipari and three of his Razorbacks now visit their old Kentucky home. Rupp Arena in Lexington where Calipari coached the past 15 years. Arkansas junior forward and leading scorer Adou Thiero played the last two years for Calipari at Kentucky.