Caroline Makauskas

On Selection Sunday, Kenny Brooks said he’d like the NCAA to return to where first- and second-round tournament games aren’t hosted by the top-16 seeds. Hosting privileges have long been controversial. Here’s a modern history of the women’s bracket. kentucky.com/sports/college…

The media coffee setup here in St. Louis for the Division I Men's Basketball 1st & 2nd Rounds at Enterprise Center. Good stuff!

You built more than a program. You built a family. 💙 Legendary head coach Rick Insell has announced he will retire at the conclusion of this season. 📰 GoBlueRaiders.co/WBB-Thank-You-… #TrueBlue

Clara Strack checking in at No. 16 on this ranking of the best players participating in women’s March Madness.

NEW: Almost 33 years after he left UK, Santa Clara coach Herb Sendek will face the Wildcats for the first time Friday. I caught up with him to talk about UK memories, recruiting Mark Pope and Rick Pitino setting him up with his wife in Lexington. kentucky.com/sports/college…

Per data obtained by Sportico, Kentucky women’s basketball spent between $6-8M in its 2023-24 budget. That was the final season under former head coach Kyra Elzy. The Wildcats are a No. 5 seed in this year’s (2025-26) NCAA Tournament.

Future Wildcat Maddyn Greenway is a 2026 Naismith Girls’ High School Third-Team All-America selection.

Slight change in programming today — due to no change in my AP top 25 ballot this week, there will be no Monday column. Instead, we’ve got a whole bunch of men’s and women’s NCAA Tournament stories and videos for you over on the Herald-Leader site. Happy Madness!

Among seasons in which both @KentuckyMBB and @KentuckyWBB made the NCAA Tournament, this is just the 5th time that the women's team had a higher seed than the men's team: - 1982 (women 2, men 6) - 2006 (women 5, men 8) - 2014 (women 3, men 8) - 2016 (women 3, men 4) - 2026 (women 5, men 7)

RT @KentuckyWBB: All set! 😼📺

‘Time to get to work.’ No. 5 seed Kentucky women open NCAA tourney in West Virginia kentucky.com/sports/college…

No. 5 Kentucky will play No. 12 James Madison in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats are headed to Morgantown, W. Va., home of No. 4 West Virginia.

As expected, Kentucky will not host in the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament. North Carolina and West Virginia, two teams thought to be on the edge with Kentucky, did make the cut as top-16 overall seeds. kentucky.com/sports/college…

Kentucky is not a top-16 overall seed, ESPN just revealed. North Carolina and West Virginia, however, both made the list.

The "hat" brothers. @HLpreps @JoshMooreHL

Kentucky basketball eliminated from SEC Tournament after another loss to Florida kentucky.com/sports/college…

NEW from @cmakauskas: The reviews are already glowing for UK QB Kenny Minchey. "Everything we thought, that showed up." kentucky.com/sports/college…

‘It just flows.’ UK football already seeing early returns on Kenny Minchey kentucky.com/sports/college…

Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Announces Five Finalists for the 2026 @LisaLeslie Center of the Year Award. 🏆 #HoophallU | #LeslieAward

Kentucky women’s basketball on the edge of NCAA Tournament hosting privileges kentucky.com/sports/college…