Good morning, folks! We’re in for a busy day in the world of Kentucky basketball. First, we’ll hear from men’s head coach Mark Pope this afternoon as he prepares for Saturday’s highly-anticipated showdown against John Calipari‘s Arkansas Razorbacks.

As John Calipari gets set to lead Arkansas against Kentucky in his return to Rupp Arena on Saturday, the SEC made sure that he'll be resting up while Mark Pope's Wildcats continue their grueling schedule.

“Alabama right now is, of course, they’ve always been so potent, demanding shooting guards’ space, their pace is elite, ” Pope said. “I don’t know if the metrics change every but they are one of the fastest-playing teams in the country.”

John Calipari's Arkansas team will be the subject of a documentary that follows the head coach in his first season in Fayetteville.

ESPN Analytics’ Matchup Predictor, which offers a prediction model based on its Men’s College Basketball Power Index ratings and other variables, gives Alabama considerably strong odds to win the game: 88.4 percent to LSU’s 11.6 percent.

Tennessee fought back within 74-73 with 28.6 seconds left on a Chaz Lanier 3-pointer but Otega Oweh, who had 14 points, buried four free throws to seal the deal. The win moved Kentucky to 15-5, 4-3 in the SEC and dropped Tennessee to 17-4, 4-4. The Hogs are a stunning 12-8, 1-6.

When the Arkansas athletic director decided to take the gamble and bring in John Calipari to take over the Razorbacks ... Arkansas has Georgia, Calipari's return to Kentucky and Alabama in the next three weeks. The Razorbacks are in trouble, and Calipari ...

Calipari returns to Kentucky for the first time Saturday when the Wildcats host Arkansas. The Razorbacks (12-8, 1-6) have this week off but No. 12 Kentucky (14-5, 3-3) has a huge game tonight at No. 8 Tennessee (17-3, 4-3).

Don't look now, but Tom Izzo has himself a squad. Missouri may have the best win of the week. Wake Forest solved a big problem.

Arkansas men's basketball has endured a rough season under John Calipari thus far, with the Razorbacks starting 11-6 overall and 0-4 in SEC play.

Kentucky dropped three spots to No. 12 in the updated Coaches Poll released Monday after losing 74-69 to Vanderbilt last weekend. The Wildcats have lost three of their last five SEC games to Georgia,