What is University of Kentucky?
[[Image:Main Bldg (UK).jpg|right|thumb|The Main Building and the Patterson Office Tower in the background.]] The '''University of Kentucky''' sometimes shortened to '''UK''' is a public, co-educational [[university]] in [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]], [[Kentucky]]. The university has about 27,209 students. It was founded in [[1865]]. The current president of the university is Dr. Eli Capilouto. ==Sports== The athletics teams of the university are called the Wildcats. They have 19 varsity teams, almost all of which compete in the [[Southeastern Conference]]. The men's [[association football|soccer]] team plays in [[Conference USA]], and the [[shooting sports|rifle]] team competes in the Great America Rifle Conference. In the [[2014-15 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball|2014-15]] season of the men's [[basketball]] team, the team won all 31 regular season games and started 38-0. However, they were upset by Wisconsin in the final four, who they played also the year before. They would finish 38-1. ==Other websites== *[http://www.uky.edu/ University of Kentucky's Official website] *[http://ukathletics.com/ Kentucky Wildcats' Official athletics website] {{Conference USA}} {{Southeastern Conference}} {{US-geo-stub}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kentucky, University of}} [[Category:Southeastern Conference]] [[Category:Colleges and universities in Kentucky]] [[Category:Lexington, Kentucky]] [[Category:1865 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:1860s establishments in Kentucky]]