POSTSEASON PREVIEW: Inexperienced Cats holding own to get into tourney

The Cats will be dancing for the first time since 2005-06.
Although UK’s place in the women’s NCAA Tournament won’t become official until Selection Monday, the No. 19 Cats (25-7, 11-5 Southeastern Conference), runners-up in the SEC regular season and SEC Tournament, simply have to sit and wait to find out where and when they’ll play [...]

Cats down Bulldogs to advance to SEC final

The No. 19 Cats (25-6, 11-5 Southeastern Conference) erased an 11-point halftime deficit and turned that into an 11-point margin of victory, with a 76-65 win over the Mississippi State Bulldogs (19-12, 9-7 SEC) to advance to the SEC final for just the second time in school history.
In recent seasons, the Cats had been close [...]

UK defeats Auburn in SEC quarterfinal

UK (24-6, 11-5 Southeastern Conference) snapped its two-game losing streak with a 65-54 win against the Auburn Tigers (15-16, 5-11 SEC) in the Cats’ opening game of the SEC Tournament.
The 10th-seeded Tigers entered Friday’s quarterfinal following their opening round victory over Florida, and had upset UK on the final weekend of the regular season.
However, UK got back to [...]

UK to play Auburn in SEC quarterfinal

On Thursday, the Southeastern Conference Tournament got under way in Duluth, Ga., and No. 10 seed Auburn (15-15, 5-11 SEC) will be second-seeded UK’s (23-6, 11-5 SEC) quarterfinal opponent.
The Tigers advanced to Friday’s quarterfinal following a 74-61 over the Florida Gators.
The game between UK and Auburn will be the teams’ third meeting of the season. [...]

UK hoops sits in unfamiliar position

UK hoops defeated every team in the Southeastern Conference this year except the odds-on favorite to win the SEC Tournament.
The No. 19 Cats (23-6, 11-5 Southeastern Conference) are the No. 2 seed, behind No. 1-seeded Tennessee, in the SEC Tournament, running March 4-7 in Duluth, Ga., and looking to claim their first SEC Tournament title [...]

UK drops in the polls

After a two-loss week that included defeats at Tennessee and Auburn, the UK women’s basketball team (23-6, 11-5 in the Southeastern Conference) fell in the last batch of the polls based on regular season results.
In the AP poll, released on Monday, UK dropped from No. 16 to No. 19. On Tuesday, the Cats dropped in [...]

UK Hoops sweeps the SEC awards

The UK women’s basketball team completed the Southeastern Conference trifecta on Tuesday: Matthew Mitchell won SEC Coach of the Year, junior forward Victoria Dunlap won SEC Player of the Year and freshman guard A’dia Mathies won SEC Freshman of the Year.
This marks only the second time in SEC history that a team has won all [...]

Cats complete one of the most successful years in history

UK head coach Matthew Mitchell has emphasized all season that he always tries to savor each season, the only one he’ll get to enjoy with a specific group of players.
And there have been plenty of fond memories to savor so far.
The UK hoops team (23-6, 11-5 Southeastern Conference) has surpassed preseason expectations, wrapping up a [...]

Cats lose regular-season finale against Auburn

The No. 16 Cats (23-6, 11-5 Southeastern Conference) failed to bounce back from their loss at No. 4 Tennessee with a 65-53 loss against the Auburn Tigers (14-15, 5-11 SEC) in Auburn, Ala., on Sunday afternoon.
Although UK already had secured second place in the SEC standings, and Auburn sat near the bottom of the conference, [...]

Lady Vols down UK Hoops in Knoxville

The No. 16 Cats (23-5, 11-4 Southeastern Conference) were defeated by No.4 Tennessee (26-2, 14-1) 81-65 at Thompson-Boling Arena in the only meeting of the season between the two teams.
The loss ends UK’s chances of sharing the regular season SEC title with Tennessee. A piece of the SEC crown would have been a possibility with [...]