2017 – 18 Kentucky Wildcats women 's basketball team represents the University of Kentucky in the 2017 – 18 NCAA Division I women 's basketball season . The team plays its home games in Lexington , Kentucky at Memorial Coliseum with three games at Rupp Arena . The team is led by Matthew Mitchell in his eleventh season as head coach . They are a member of the Southeastern Conference . They finished the season 15 – 17 , 6 – 10 in SEC play to finish in ninth place . They advanced to the quarterfinals of the SEC Women 's Tournament where they lost to Mississippi State . They missed the postseason for the first time since 2004
SEC Women 's Tournament
2017 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team