The University of Kentucky women’s basketball team will open play in the 2017 NCAA Tournament on Friday.
The Wildcats, performing in the Lexington Regional, will take on Belmont of the Ohio Valley Conference at noon.
Kentucky was made the No. 4 seed in the Lexington Regional and will be the host team in Memorial Coliseum for the first two rounds. If the Wildcats win their opening matchup with No. 13 seed Belmont, the winner of a game between No. 5 seed Ohio State and No. 12 seed Western Kentucky awaits on Sunday in Lexington.
Ohio State and WKU meet at 2:30 p.