On Friday afternoon, assistant John Robic allowed himself about as long a moment of reflection as you’ll see a coach take during the season.Kentucky, with a win late on Thursday at Missouri, became the first Southeastern Conference team since Rupp’s Runts in 1965-66 to start the season with 20 wins in a row. Robic credited the players for making it happen.”It’s kinda neat that they can make their mark as a team,” Robic said. “But they probably don’t even know it. It’s a good feeling to have, and we’re just going to try to keep stringing games along right now.”The No. 1 Wildcats (20-0, 7-0 SEC) have no shortage of opportunities to do just that.The trip to Missouri started a stretch of three games in six days, the next coming at 7 p.m. on Saturday against Alabama (13-7, 3-4 SEC). The Cats didn’t return to campus until close to 2 a.m. on Friday morning, leaving them barely 40 hours to prepare for a rematch with the Crimson Tide at Rupp Arena, a turnaround similar to what UK will face during the NCAA Tournament.”We’re going to work out later today, show them some film and get ready for Alabama,” Robic said. “But, these kids are used to playing AAU basketball where they play four or five times a day. That’s a good thing about playing as many players as we’re playing, they should be somewhat OK physically.”Alabama, on the other hand, last played on Tuesday evening. The Crimson Tide lost 52-50 to Florida after trailing by 13 early in the second half, its fourth loss in five games after a 2-0 start to conference play.  Included in that stretch is a 70-48 loss to Kentucky on Jan. 17. The Cats were dominant, leading by as many as 28 in shooting an even 50 percent from the field. Robic expects Alabama, which ranks 44th nationally in adjusted defensive efficiency according to kenpom.com, to respond to that.”Well, they played us all zone the first game and played their tandem matchup zone,” Robic said. “I think they’ll mix it up a little bit this time with some man and some zone, and have us make shots.”UK hasn’t had to make or even take many outside shots of late, attempting only 22 3-pointers combined over its previous three games. The Cats have tallied three of their four lowest single-game totals for 3-point tries this season during that stretch after attempting an average of 22.1 3s in their previous seven games.Robic says the shift isn’t by design. Rather, UK is responding to the way opponents are defending.”I mean, if they’re open we want to shoot them, so from our standpoint, if they’re not forcing 3s we’ll take what they give us,” Robic said.Aaron Harrison continues to take 3s often, but his 10 tries over the last three games are a far cry from the 51 he shot over a six-game stretch from the end of nonconference play through his first two SEC games. He’s attacking the basket more often instead, attempting 15 2s over his last three games after shooting just two in his previous two games combined.Whether that trend continues remains to be seen.”In the last couple games he’s shown that,” Robic said. “Against a zone could be different. Missouri played us all man-to-man. We just gotta go with how the game is flowing and take open shots when they’re there.”