Kenny Brooks has Kentucky women's basketball back in NCAA Sweet 16
Kentucky women's basketball is back in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. What to know about UK women's basketball March Madness history and Kenny Brooks.
LEXINGTON — Kentucky women's basketball was just one game away from reaching the NCAA Tournament 's Sweet 16 last season. But UK lost, in agonizing fashion, to Kansas State . Playing within the friendly confines of Memorial Coliseum , Kentucky lost in overtime — by one point.
K-State left town with an 80-79 victory in tow. Kentucky didn't let history repeat itself Monday, though. On the road against regional site host West Virginia , UK held on for a 74-73 win in the second round .
Now preparing for a Sweet 16 showdown with top-seeded Texas , here's what you need to know about Kentucky in 2025-26 — as well as the program's March Madness history: When was the last time Kentucky women's basketball made the NCAA Sweet 16? This year marks the first time in a decade UK has advanced to the Sweet 16. The last instance was in 2016.
Despite playing at Rupp Arena as a 3-seed, Kentucky lost to seventh-seeded Washington , 85-72, to end its 2015-16 season. How many times has the Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball program reached the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16? Kentucky's last Sweet 16 triumph was in 2013, when it downed Delaware , 69-62, in Bridgeport, Connecticut.