By Rick HowlettThe University of Kentucky women's basketball team was eliminated from the NCAA tournament Tuesday night. The Wildcats fell to Oklahoma 88-68 in a regional final in Kansas City. Kentucky finishes the season with a 28 and 8 record.Oklahoma advances to Sunday's Final Four against Stanford. Connecticut and Baylor meet in the other national semifinal.
Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.