The women's basketball team takes on Kentucky in the second round of the NCAA Tournament tonight. Here's everything you ever wanted to know about Kentucky… and more.

Year the university was established: 1865

All-time series: MSU is 2-1 against Kentucky with the Spartans winning the last meeting in East Lansing in 1997.

Coach: Mickie DeMoss
DeMoss is in her third year at Kentucky, where she has led the Wildcats to a 51-41 record during her tenure.

Nickname: Wildcats

NCAA Tournament history: This is the sixth tournament appearance for Kentucky, who has compiled a 4-5 tournament record. They defeated Chattanooga, 69-59, in the first round of this year's tournament.

Location: Lexington, Kentucky

22-8 overall, 9-5 in Southeastern Conference.

Michigan connection: Kentucky's leading scorer, guard Samantha Mahoney, was a high school All-American at West Bloomfield High School.

Famous alumni: Ashley Judd, actress; Tayshaun Prince, Detroit Pistons forward; John Scopes, defendant in the famous 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial

The bright idea: Kentucky has two Nobel prize winners in its alumni pool. Thomas Hunt Morgan won the Prize in 1933 in medicine, and William Nunn Lipscomb won it in chemistry in 1976.