Kentucky will not host in this year’s NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.
ESPN announced the top 16 seeds Saturday, and Kentucky was not included in that group.
The top 16 included 5 teams from the SEC: LSU, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Vanderbilt. Louisville was also included among the top 16. The top 16 reveal does not include seeds for each squad.
Here’s the full list:
- Duke
- Iowa
- Louisville
- LSU
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- North Carolina
- Ohio State
- Oklahoma
- South Carolina
- TCU
- Texas
- UCLA
- UConn
- Vanderbilt
- West Virginia
That’s a tough break for Coach Kenny Brooks and the Wildcats. Some thought they could crack the top 16 with a pair of wins
in the SEC Tournament, defeating Arkansas and Georgia, but it seems like they’re just outside that group, and Historic Memorial Coliseum will not be a host site for the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament.
The latest ESPN projection has Kentucky as a 5-seed playing in Morgantown, West Virginia. In this projection, they would open play against the 12-seed James Madison.
The unveiling of the bracket takes place Sunday night at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN, so we will learn more then about where Kentucky will be headed and what seed they receive.
