We will not be live-blogging from the SEC Tournament this weekend so we again urge you to visit the excellent live-blog done by UK's Athletic Media Relations Office, spearheaded by Eric Lindsey.

Preview written by CoachCal.com Contributor, Josh Sullivan

After a two-loss regular season, Kentucky starts the 2009-10 post-season with an SEC quarterfinal match-up against Alabama, which came from behind to down South Carolina on Thursday. Alabama who is the No. 4 seed in the west. 

The first meeting between these two teams ended in an 11-point home victory for the Cats.  John Wall led the Cats with 22 points and 10 rebounds, and DeMarcusCousins added 16 points and 13 rebounds. 

Alabama ended their season on a high note beating Auburn and ending the season with a 16-14 (6-10 SEC) record.  The second half of the season has not been kind to Alabama as they lost 7 of their last 10. 

Alabama freshman Tony Mitchell who was honored with SEC All-Freshman honors.  The Crimson Tide also placed guard Mikhail Torrance on the All-SEC second team. The most interesting matchup in this game could be how ‘Bama’s big men will do against Cousins, Patrick Patterson and Daniel Orton.  JaMychal Green wil be key for Alabama, but their depth at this position may be a problem for Coach Anthony Grant’s squad, as UK was plus-7 on the boards in the first meeting. 

After their second loss of the season Kentucky ended the season on a high note beating both Georgia and Florida to seal their 44^th SEC title.  Kentucky should come out rested, and with the depth of their bench at all positions they should have a major advantage against Alabama.  Cousins and Patterson are both averaging over nine rebounds a game in the last five games of the regular season and Kentucky’s rebounding should have a big impact in how they perform in the tournament.  With three players being selected to the All-SEC team - Patterson, Freshman of the Year Cousins, and Player of the Year John Wall - Kentucky could be headed for Saturday’s semi-finals between the winner of the Tennessee-Ole Miss game.

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Stats You Need To Know, by The Dreamweaver

UK is 11-2 all time vs alabama in SEC tournament

UK has not lost to alabama in SEC tournament since 1983

UK is 174-25 all time as #2 team in AP poll

UK is 111-22 all time in SEC tournament

Crazy Player stats:

Patrick Patterson is 16th on UK all time scoring list. needs 27 points to catch melvin turpin for 15th

Patrick Patterson is 20th on UK all time rebounding list. needs 13 rebounds to catch mike phillips for 19th

John wall is 5th on UK single season assist list. needs 1 assist to catch dirk minnifield for 4th

Demarcus Cousins is 16th on UK single season block list. needs 1 block to catch jamaal magloire for 15th

All Time Crazy stats:

All Time Wins: 2017 (NCAA rank #1)

All Time Winning Percentage: .760 (NCAA rank #1)

NCAA Championships: 7 (NCAA rank #2)

NCAA Championship Game Appearances: 10 (NCAA rank #2)

NCAA Final Four Appearances: 13 (NCAA rank #4)

NCAA Final Four Wins: 17 (NCAA rank #2)

NCAA Elite-8 Appearances: 31 (NCAA rank #1)

NCAA Sweet-16 Appearances: 40 (NCAA rank #1)

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 49 (NCAA rank #1)

NCAA Tournament Wins: 98 (NCAA rank #2)

NCAA Tournament Games Played: 142 (NCAA rank #1)

NCAA Tournament Winning Percentage: .690 (NCAA rank #6)

Total Postseason Tournament Appearances (NCAA and NIT): 57 (NCAA rank #1)

NBA Draft Picks: 92 (NCAA rank #2)

All Americans: 50 (NCAA rank #1)

All American Total Selections: 80 (NCAA rank #1)

First Team Consensus All-Americans: 15 (NCAA rank #2)

First Team Consensus All-American Total Selections: 20 (NCAA rank #2)

Final AP Poll Top-10 Finishes: 38 (NCAA rank #1)

Final AP Poll #1 Finishes: 8 (NCAA rank #1)

Final UPI/Coaches Poll Top-10 Finishes: 35 (NCAA rank #1)

Final UPI/Coaches Poll #1 Finishes: 7 (NCAA rank #1)

20-Win seasons: 54 (NCAA rank #1)

25-Win Seasons: 29 (NCAA rank #2)

30-Win Seasons: 11 (NCAA rank #1)

35-Win Seasons: 3 (NCAA rank #1)

Total Winning Seasons: 90 (NCAA rank #2)

Total Non-Losing Seasons (.500 or better): 93 (NCAA rank #2) (60 straight)

Total Decades With a Final Four Appearance: 6 (NCAA rank #2)

Total Number of Coaches With a NCAA Championship: 4 (NCAA rank #1)

Conference Regular Season Championships: 46 (NCAA rank #2)

Conference Tournament Championships: 26 (NCAA rank #1)

National Attendance Titles: 22 (NCAA rank #1)

Kentucky Basketball Postgame Notes

Kentucky vs. Alabama
SEC Tournament Quarterfinals

March 12, 2010

Bridgestone Arena – Nashville, Tenn.

-- Kentucky improves to 30-2 on the season. Alabama falls to 17-15.

--UK recorded its 12^th 30-win season and the first since 2003 when the Cats went 32-4.

-- UK is 100-35 against the Crimson Tide, including a 12-2 mark against Bama in the SEC Tournament.
-- The Wildcats are 112-22 all-time in the SEC Tournament and 6-1 all-time in Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.
-- Kentucky is 37-10 in SEC Tournament quarterfinal games, including 4-1 against Alabama.

-- Kentucky has now won seven in a row against Alabama in the SEC Tournament.
-- Kentucky will take on the winner of Tennessee/Ole Miss in the semifinals on Saturday. Tipoff is set for noon CT on ABC.

Team game notes
-- The Wildcats used the starting combination of Eric Bledsoe, DeMarcus Cousins, Darius Miller, Patrick Patterson and John Wall for the 23^rd time this season. Kentucky is 21-2 with that starting five.

-- Darnell Dodson, DeAndre Liggins and Daniel Orton were the first subs off the bench for Kentucky.

-- Kentucky extended its streak of game with a three-pointer to 743 games, the third longest streak in the country.
-- UK trailed 35-30 at the half, the sixth time this season the Wildcats have trailed going into halftime. The Wildcats are 5-1 when trailing at the half.
-- UK reclaimed the lead 43-42 at the 13:51 mark of the second half after trailing since the 13:47 mark of the first half.
-- Trailing 40-36, John Wall scored seven straight points for the Wildcats to propel them to a 43-42 lead.

--UK was out-rebounded for just the eighth time this season (45-33). UK improves to 7-1 when out-rebounded by the opponent.

--UK hit 50.0 percent (25-of-50) from the field, including 63.6 percent (14-of-22) in the second half. UK improves to 15-0 when shooting over 50 percent from the field.

--This marks the first time since Nov. 19, 2009, that at least two Wildcats have scored 20-plus points in a game (Cousins 27, Wall 21, Patterson 20 vs. Sam Houston State).

Individual game notes

#3 Darnell Dodson

-- Third consecutive double-figure performance.

-- Has connected on a three-pointer in three-straight games.

#11 John Wall

-- Eighth 20-point game this season.

--Marked the 12^th time this season to lead the Cats in scoring.

-- Has dished out five or more assists in four consecutive games.

-- Has pulled down five or more rebounds in six of Kentucky’s last nine games.

--Scored 16 of his game-high 23 points in the decisive second half.

#15 DeMarcus Cousins
-- After going scoreless in the first half for only the fourth time this season and pulling down three rebounds, finished with seven points and eight rebounds, all defensive boards.

#21 Perry Stevenson
--Most points since scoring six points off the bench vs. Arkansas on Jan. 23.

-- Moved to a tie for fifth on UK’s all-time blocks list with his 155^th.

#54 Patrick Patterson
-- Moved to within seven points of 15^th in UK’s all-time scoring list (1,502).
-- Scored 10 first half points, the 11^th time this season he’s hit double-figures in the first half and the third time in the last five games.
-- Perfect from the charity stripe (8-of-8) for the 11^th time this season and has now hit 15 consecutive free throws, dating back to Feb. 27 vs. Tennessee.

-- Eight made free throws were a season high.

-- Finished with an SEC Tournament career-high 20 points.
-- Shooting 84.2 percent from the free-throw line in SEC Tournament games (16-of-19).