WNCAAB | 11/13 18:00 | - | [281] Coastal Carolina femminile v Kentucky femminile [80] | W | 53-79 | |
WNCAAB | 11/11 23:00 | - | [314] Morehead State femminile v Kentucky femminile [170] | W | 48-73 | |
WNCAAB | 11/08 00:00 | - | [35] Radford femminile v Kentucky femminile [35] | W | 78-82 | |
WNCAAB | 03/19 20:00 | 122 | Princeton femminile v Kentucky femminile | L | 69-62 | |
WNCAAB | 03/06 19:00 | 142 | [1] Sud Carolina femminile v Kentucky femminile [145] | W | 62-64 | |
WNCAAB | 03/06 00:30 | 2 | [34] Tennessee femminile v Kentucky femminile [146] | W | 74-83 | |
WNCAAB | 03/05 00:00 | 3 | [146] Kentucky femminile v LSU femminile [9] | W | 78-63 | |
WNCAAB | 03/04 00:00 | 124 | [142] Kentucky femminile v Mississippi State femminile [163] | W | 83-67 | |
WNCAAB | 02/27 21:00 | - | [978] Auburn femminile v Kentucky femminile [151] | W | 62-90 | |
WNCAAB | 02/25 01:00 | - | [168] Kentucky femminile v Missouri femminile [97] | W | 78-63 | |
WNCAAB | 02/20 19:00 | - | [184] Kentucky femminile v Arkansas femminile [98] | W | 78-55 | |
WNCAAB | 02/18 00:00 | - | [873] Vanderbilt femminile v Kentucky femminile [204] | W | 65-69 | |
WNCAAB | 02/15 23:00 | - | [98] Mississippi State femminile v Kentucky femminile [758] | W | 74-81 | |
WNCAAB | 02/13 19:00 | - | [888] Kentucky femminile v Alabama femminile [161] | W | 67-63 | |
WNCAAB | 02/11 00:00 | - | [4] Sud Carolina femminile v Kentucky femminile [757] | L | 59-50 | |
WNCAAB | 02/06 17:00 | - | [141] Texas A&M femminile v Kentucky femminile [203] | L | 73-64 | |
WNCAAB | 01/30 19:00 | - | [176] Kentucky femminile v LSU femminile [16] | L | 69-78 | |
WNCAAB | 01/28 01:00 | - | [159] Kentucky femminile v Vanderbilt femminile [194] | L | 57-65 | |
WNCAAB | 01/26 01:00 | - | [179] Kentucky femminile v Auburn femminile [754] | W | 67-55 | |
WNCAAB | 01/23 17:00 | - | [6] Mississippi femminile v Kentucky femminile [161] | L | 63-54 | |
WNCAAB | 01/21 00:00 | - | [49] Florida femminile v Kentucky femminile [135] | L | 77-52 | |
WNCAAB | 01/16 20:00 | - | [116] Kentucky femminile v Tennessee femminile [3] | L | 58-84 | |
WNCAAB | 01/09 18:00 | - | [95] Kentucky femminile v Sud Carolina femminile [8] | L | 54-74 | |
WNCAAB | 01/07 00:00 | - | [14] Georgia femminile v Kentucky femminile [111] | W | 76-84 | |
WNCAAB | 12/19 19:00 | - | [50] USC Upstate femminile v Kentucky femminile [118] | W | 44-67 | |
WNCAAB | 12/18 00:00 | - | Morgan State femminile v Kentucky femminile | - | Postponed | |
WNCAAB | 12/12 18:00 | - | [79] Kentucky femminile v Louisville femminile [41] | L | 58-64 | |
WNCAAB | 12/10 00:00 | - | [50] DePaul femminile v Kentucky femminile [58] | L | 94-85 | |
WNCAAB | 12/05 19:00 | - | [964] Merrimack femminile v Kentucky femminile [68] | W | 56-90 | |
WNCAAB | 12/02 00:00 | - | [82] West Virginia femminile v Kentucky femminile [83] | W | 60-83 |
The Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represents the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference. The Wildcats have four Elite Eight appearances and seventeen appearances in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. They have won the SEC tournament twice and SEC regular season championship once.
The first University of Kentucky women's basketball team was organized in 1902, and competed for the first time on Feb. 21, 1903. However, in 1924, despite a perfect 10-0 season, the University Senate passed a bill to abolish women's basketball in part because, according to state politicians, "basketball had proven to be a strenuous sport for boys and therefore was too strenuous for girls."
After 50 years, women's basketball was granted varsity status in 1974, and most of the official records maintained by the university only reflect games since that time. The team, coached by Sue Feamster, was given the nickname "Lady Kats", which continued to be used until May 1995.
The team's current head coach is Kenny Brooks, who was hired from Virginia Tech after Kyra Elzy was fired in March 2024.
Led by UK all-time leading scorer Valerie Still, Patty Jo Hedges, and Lea Wise, the Lady Kats won the SEC Tournament in 1982. The following year, the same trio led the team to a #4 ranking in the country, the highest in the team's history.