The Kentucky Wildcats once again enter the NCAA tournament as the SEC champions. They received a three-seed in the tournament and are in the same bracket section as number one overall, as seen by Pitt. Their first-round matchup will be against Cleveland State, and the winner of this game will play the winner of Minnesota and Western Kentucky.
How can I watch the game?
Who: Cleveland State Vikings
When: 7:30 pm EST on December 5th
Where: Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, KY
TV: ESPN+
This game and the entire tournament are streaming-only events. All games will be played on ESPN+ until the Final Four and National Championship. The Final Four will be available on ESPN, and the National Championship will be on ABC if Kentucky makes it that far.
To stream this game you will need to go onto ESPN Watch or ESPN+ to find the match. You can also get it on the app for your phone, tablet, or TV with streaming capabilities. If you need the link, you can click here.
This is the only place to stream the game and all future games. The link will change each time, but you will find each round in the ESPN+ streaming locations. It will take a subscription service to watch, but since it is the only place to watch Kentucky volleyball throughout the tournament, it may be worth it to you.
Cleveland State will be a tough matchup. They are a tournament team, after all, and it would be easy for Kentucky to look past them, but they can't. One match, one set, one serve at a time.
"Skinner knows that his team must not look too far ahead, facing a Cleveland State team that won the Horizon League championship. The UK head coach hopes his team will handle its business as it has all season and that the Cats will know what it takes to move on in the tournament."Kentucky Athletics