NCAA Tournament History for Kentucky

+ indicates wins over a higher seeded team.
- indicates losses to a lower seeded team.

Champ

Runner Up

Final Four

Overall Record: 134-57, 0.702

Year	Conference	Region	Seed
Results
2025	SEC	Midwest	3
beat M 14 Troy 76-57 beat M 6 Illinois 84-75 lost to M 2 Tennessee 65-78
2024	SEC	South	3
-lost to S 14 Oakland 76-80
2023	SEC	East	6
beat E 11 Providence 61-53 lost to E 3 Kansas St 69-75
2022	SEC	East	2
-lost to E 15 St. Peter's 79-85, OT
2019	SEC	Midwest	2
beat M 15 Abilene Christian 79-44 beat M 7 Wofford 62-56 beat M 3 Houston 62-58 -lost to M 5 Auburn 71-77, OT
2018	SEC	South	5
beat S 12 Davidson 78-73 beat S 13 Buffalo 95-75 -lost to S 9 Kansas St 58-61
2017	SEC	South	2
beat S 15 Northern Kentucky 79-70 beat S 10 Wichita St 65-62 beat S 3 UCLA 86-75 lost to S 1 North Carolina 73-75
2016	SEC	East	4
beat E 13 Stony Brook 85-57 -lost to E 5 Indiana 67-73
2015	SEC	Midwest	1
beat M 16 Hampton 79-56 beat M 8 Cincinnati 64-51 beat M 5 West Virginia 78-39 beat M 3 Notre Dame 68-66 lost to W 1 Wisconsin 64-71
2014	SEC	Midwest	8
beat M 9 Kansas St 56-49 +beat M 1 Wichita St 78-76 +beat M 4 Louisville 74-69 +beat M 2 Michigan 75-72 +beat W 2 Wisconsin 74-73 lost to E 7 UConn 54-60
2012	SEC	South	1
beat S 16 Western Ky 81-66 beat S 8 Iowa State 87-71 beat S 4 Indiana 102-90 beat S 3 Baylor 82-70 beat W 4 Louisville 69-61 beat M 2 Kansas 67-59
2011	SEC	East	4
beat E 13 Princeton 59-57 beat E 5 West Virginia 71-63 +beat E 1 Ohio State 62-60 +beat E 2 North Carolina 76-69 lost to W 3 UConn 55-56
2010	SEC	East	1
beat E 16 East Tenn St 100-71 beat E 9 Wake Forest 90-60 beat E 12 Cornell 62-45 -lost to E 2 West Virginia 66-73
2008	SEC	South	11
lost to S 6 Marquette 66-74
2007	SEC	West	8
beat W 9 Villanova 67-58 lost to W 1 Kansas 76-88
2006	SEC	East	8
beat E 9 UAB 69-64 lost to E 1 UConn 83-87
2005	SEC	South	2
beat S 15 Eastern Ky 72-64 beat S 7 Cincinnati 69-60 beat S 6 Utah 62-52 -lost to S 5 Michigan St 88-94, 2 OT
2004	SEC	Midwest	1
beat M 16 Florida A&M 96-76 -lost to M 9 UAB 75-76
2003	SEC	Midwest	1
beat M 16 IUPUI 95-64 beat M 9 Utah 74-54 beat M 5 Wisconsin 63-57 -lost to M 3 Marquette 69-83
2002	SEC	East	4
beat E 13 Valparaiso 83-68 beat E 12 Tulsa 87-82 lost to E 1 Maryland 68-78
2001	SEC	East	2
beat E 15 Holy Cross 72-68 beat E 7 Iowa 92-79 -lost to E 6 Southern Cal 76-80
2000	SEC	Midwest	5
beat M 12 St. Bonaventure 85-80, 2 OT lost to M 4 Syracuse 50-52
1999	SEC	Midwest	3
beat M 14 New Mexico St 82-60 beat M 6 Kansas 92-88, OT beat M 10 Miami-Ohio 58-43 lost to M 1 Michigan St 66-73
1998	SEC	South	2
beat S 15 South Carolina St 82-67 beat S 10 Saint Louis 88-61 beat S 6 UCLA 94-68 +beat S 1 Duke 86-84 beat M 3 Stanford 86-85, OT beat W 3 Utah 78-69
1997	SEC	West	1
beat W 16 Montana 92-54 beat W 8 Iowa 75-69 beat W 4 St. Joseph's 83-68 beat W 2 Utah 72-59 beat M 1 Minnesota 78-69 -lost to SE 4 Arizona 79-84, OT
1996	SEC	Midwest	1
beat M 16 San Jose St 110-72 beat M 9 Virginia Tech 84-60 beat M 4 Utah 101-70 beat M 2 Wake Forest 83-63 beat E 1 UMass 81-74 beat W 4 Syracuse 76-67
1995	SEC	Southeast	1
beat SE 16 Mt St. Mary's 113-67 beat SE 9 Tulane 82-60 beat SE 5 Arizona St 97-73 -lost to SE 2 North Carolina 61-74
1994	SEC	Southeast	3
beat SE 14 Tennessee St 83-70 -lost to SE 6 Marquette 63-75
1993	SEC	Southeast	1
beat SE 16 Rider 96-52 beat SE 8 Utah 83-62 beat SE 5 Wake Forest 103-69 beat SE 3 Florida St 106-81 lost to W 1 Michigan 78-81, OT
1992	SEC	East	2
beat E 15 Old Dominion 88-69 beat E 10 Iowa State 106-98 beat E 3 UMass 87-77 lost to E 1 Duke 103-104, OT
1988	SEC	Southeast	2
beat SE 15 Southern U 99-84 beat SE 7 Maryland 90-81 -lost to SE 6 Villanova 74-80
1987	SEC	Southeast	8
-lost to SE 9 Ohio State 77-91
1986	SEC	Southeast	1
beat SE 16 Davidson 75-55 beat SE 8 Western Ky 71-64 beat SE 5 Alabama 68-63 -lost to SE 11 LSU 57-59
1985	SEC	West	12
+beat W 5 Washington 66-58 +beat W 4 UNLV 64-61 lost to W 1 St. John's 70-86
1984	SEC	Mideast	1
beat ME 8 BYU 93-68 beat ME 5 Louisville 72-67 beat ME 2 Illinois 54-51 lost to W 1 Georgetown 40-53
1983	SEC	Mideast	3
beat ME 11 Ohio 57-40 +beat ME 2 Indiana 64-59 lost to ME 1 Louisville 68-80, OT
1982	SEC	Mideast	6
-lost to ME 11 Middle Tenn St 44-50
1981	SEC	Mideast	2
-lost to ME 7 UAB 62-69
1980	SEC	Mideast	1
beat ME 8 Florida St 97-78 -lost to ME 4 Duke 51-55
1978	SEC	Mideast
beat Florida St 85-76 beat Miami-Ohio 91-69 beat Michigan St 52-49 beat Arkansas 64-59 beat Duke 94-88
1977	SEC	East
beat Princeton 72-58 beat VMI 93-78 lost to North Carolina 72-79
1975	SEC	Mideast
beat Marquette 76-54 beat Central Mich 90-73 beat Indiana 92-90 beat Syracuse 95-79 lost to UCLA 85-92
1973	SEC	Mideast
beat Austin Peay 106-100, OT lost to Indiana 65-72
1972	SEC	Mideast
beat Marquette 85-69 lost to Florida St 54-73
1971	SEC	Mideast
lost to Western Ky 83-107 lost to Marquette 74-91
1970	SEC	Mideast
beat Notre Dame 109-99 lost to Jacksonville 100-106
1969	SEC	Mideast
lost to Marquette 74-81 beat Miami-Ohio 72-71
1968	SEC	Mideast
beat Marquette 107-89 lost to Ohio State 81-82
1966	SEC	Mideast
beat Dayton 86-79 beat Michigan 84-77 beat Duke 83-79 lost to UTEP 65-72
1964	SEC	Mideast
lost to Ohio 69-85 lost to Loyola-Chicago 91-100
1962	SEC	Mideast
beat Butler 81-60 lost to Ohio State 64-74
1961	SEC	Mideast
beat Morehead St 71-64 lost to Ohio State 74-87
1959	SEC	Mideast
lost to Louisville 61-76 beat Marquette 98-69
1958	SEC	Mideast
beat Miami-Ohio 94-70 beat Notre Dame 89-56 beat Temple 61-60 beat Seattle 84-72
1957	SEC	Mideast
beat Pittsburgh 98-92 lost to Michigan St 68-80
1956	SEC	Mideast
beat Wayne St 84-64 lost to Iowa 77-89
1955	SEC	East
lost to Marquette 71-79 beat Penn State 84-59
1952	SEC	East
beat Penn State 82-54 lost to St. John's 57-64
1951	SEC	East
beat Louisville 79-68 beat St. John's 59-43 beat Illinois 76-74 beat Kansas St 68-58
1949	SEC	East
beat Villanova 85-72 beat Illinois 76-47 beat Oklahoma St 46-36
1948	SEC	East
beat Columbia 76-53 beat Holy Cross 60-52 beat Baylor 58-42
1945	SEC	East
lost to Ohio State 37-45 beat Tufts 66-56
1942	SEC	East
beat Illinois 46-44 lost to Dartmouth 28-47