2015 – 16 Kentucky Wildcats women 's basketball team will represent University of Kentucky during the 2015 – 16 NCAA Division I women 's basketball season . The Wildcats , led by ninth year head coach Matthew Mitchell , play their home games at the Memorial Coliseum with two games at Rupp Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference . They finished the season 25 – 8 , 10 – 6 in SEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place . They advanced to the semifinals of the SEC Women 's Tournament where they lost to South Carolina . They received an at-large to the NCAA Women 's Tournament where they defeated UNC Asheville and Oklahoma in the first and second rounds before getting upset by Washington the sweet sixteen
SEC Women 's Tournament
2016 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team