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While fall sports are just getting started, the UK women’s basketball team now knows its conference schedule for the upcoming season. The Southeastern Conference has announced its 2018 league slate, featuring a challenging 16-game schedule for the 2017-18 Kentucky women’s basketball team. The Wildcats will play host to Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Arkansas and Mississippi State, while traveling to play at Texas A&M, Florida, Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi State, South Carolina and Ole Miss.
For the second straight season, the Wildcats will begin their league slate against Tennessee, squaring off with the Lady Vols on New Year’s Eve in Lexington. UK begins the New Year at Texas A&M on Thursday, Jan. 4 before returning to Lexington to face Georgia on Sunday, Jan. 7. After a two-game swing at Florida on Thursday, Jan. 11 and at Vanderbilt on Sunday, Jan. 14, the Wildcats have their bye date on Thursday, Jan. 18 before back-to-back home games against South Carolina on Sunday, Jan. 21 and Alabama on Thursday, Jan. 25. The month concludes on Monday, Jan. 29 at Arkansas.
February will start with two home games against Auburn on Thursday, Feb. 1 and LSU on Sunday, Feb. 4, before starting one of the more challenging parts of the schedule with four of five games on the road. UK will conclude its SEC slate Sunday, Feb. 25 against Mississippi State in Lexington.
(Courtesy UK Athletics)
Here it is, #BBN! Our complete 2017-18 schedule, which includes 16 home games. Read more, here: https://t.co/2QYzZeNakW #BelieveInBlue pic.twitter.com/RBkaqLWq1d
— Kentucky WBB (@KentuckyWBB) August 22, 2017
