UK Women's Basketball

NCAA women’s bracket leaked early. See where it places Kentucky.

If you were anxiously anticipating tonight’s reveal of the women’s NCAA basketball tournament bracket, now might be a good time to stop reading.

ESPNU accidentally gave away most of the draw Monday afternoon.

Screen shots grabbed from a graphic shown during an ESPNU program, displayed most of the brackets hours before the 7 p.m. NCAA Selection Show was to be broadcast by ESPN.

ESPN issued an apology for the error, then quickly announced the Selection Show would be moved to 5 p.m.

If the brackets shown in the screen grabs were the real thing – and it appears they were – then Kentucky is getting about what it probably expected.

The leaked draw says Kentucky will be a No. 6 seed and go against No. 11 seed Princeton on Saturday at Raleigh, N.C., in the first round of the Greensboro Regional. Also at the Raleigh site are No. 3 seed North Carolina State and No. 14 Maine.

The screen shots revealed that the four No. 1 seeds for the tournament are Notre Dame in the Chicago Regional, Baylor in the Greensboro Regional, Mississippi State in the Portland Regional and Louisville in the Albany Regional.

This story was originally published March 18, 2019 at 4:44 PM.

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