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 [...]
Raise your hand if you saw this one coming: a basketball team going from National Invitation Tournament regular to an NCAA Tournament top-four seed?
Matthew Mitchell, put your hand down. Obviously, you don’t count.
To tell you the truth, my hand is one of those not raised. Before the season, I would have never guessed Mitchell would [...]
DULUTH, Ga. – The Cats found themselves on the wrong side of tradition and the tale of the tape against No. 4 Tennessee in the Southeastern Conference Tournament Championship game on Sunday, falling 70-62 to the Lady Volunteers.
UK’s starting lineup, which included only one player over 6 feet tall, gave up 26 total inches to [...]
The Cats are facing rival Tennessee for the second time this year, but this time a title is on the line. Follow writer Ben Jones as he covers the action live from the SEC Tournament in Duluth, Ga. Led by SEC Coach of the Year Matthew Mitchell, Player of the Year Victoria Dunlap and Freshman [...]
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 (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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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