Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball

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Kentucky Wildcats
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University University of Kentucky
Conference SEC
East Division
Location Lexington, KY
Head coach Matthew Mitchell (9th year)
Arena Memorial Coliseum
(Capacity: 8,500[1])
Nickname Wildcats UK Hoops
Colors Blue and White
         
Uniforms
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Home jersey
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Team colours
Home
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Away jersey
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Team colours
Away
NCAA/AIAW Tournament Elite Eight
1982, 2010, 2012, 2013
NCAA/AIAW Tournament Sweet Sixteen
1981, 1982, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
NCAA/AIAW Tournament appearances
1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1999, 2006, 2010, 2011,2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Conference tournament champions
1982, 2011
Conference regular season champions
2012

The Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represent the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference, which has historically been the most dominant conference in women's basketball.[2] However, despite reaching national rankings as high as #4, the team has never reached the national championship semifinals ("Final Four"). Through the end of the 2009–10 season, the team's all-time varsity record (excluding non-varsity seasons prior to 1974) was 603–455, the team had won the SEC Women's Basketball Tournament (1982), and appeared in the NCAA Tournament seven times with a tournament record of 7-7.[3]

The first University of Kentucky women's basketball team was organized in 1902,[4][5] 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."[4][5] After 50 years, women's basketball was granted varsity status in 1974,[4] 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",[5] which continued to be used until May 1995.[6]

Led by UK all-time leading scorer Valerie Still,[7] 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.

The team is currently coached by Matthew Mitchell.[8]

Facilities

Since the restoration of the program in 1974, the Kentucky Wildcats have played their home games in the 8,500 seat Memorial Coliseum, and their record attendance in that building is 10,622, set on February 5, 1983 against Old Dominion; they also led the nation with an average attendance of 3,645 that season.[9] Recently the team has also played occasional games in the 23,500 seat Rupp Arena.

In January 2007,[10] the university opened the Joe Craft Center, a $30 million state-of-the-art basketball practice facility for both the men's and women's teams.[11]

Head coaches

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Head Coach Matthew Mitchell

2015–16 roster

2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year High school/previous college Home town
F 1 Batouly Camara 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Blair Academy New York, N.Y.
C 2 Ivana Jakubcova 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Sr Murray State College Bratislava, Slovakia
PG 3 Janee Thompson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Whitney Young Chicago, Ill.
G 4 Maci Morris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Bell County Pineville, Ky.
F 13 Evelyn Akhator 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Chipola Junior College Lagos, Nigeria
G 22 Mackenzie Cann Current redshirt 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Cincinnati Lawrenceburg, Ky.
PG 24 Taylor Murray 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Annapolis Area Christian Odenton, Md.
G 25 Makayla Epps 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Marion Co. Lebanon, Ky.
F 35 Alexis Jennings 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Sparkman Madison, Ala.
C 45 Alyssa Rice 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Reynoldsburg Reynoldsburg, Ohio
Head coach

Matthew Mitchell

Assistant coach(es)

Adeniyi Amadou
Camryn Whitaker
Tamika Williams

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: done

Year by year results

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1903 1-0 Jane Todd Walton

1904 2-0 C.P. St. John

1905 Unknown

1906 0-1 Thomson Bryant

1907 No Games Thomson Bryant

1908 3-0-1 C.W. Leaphart

1908-09 4-1 Walter C. Fox

1909-10 7-1 No Coach Listed

1910-11 No Record

1911-12 4-1 J.J. Tigert

1912-13 5-0 J.J. Tigert (State Champions)

1913-14 4-2 J.J. Tigert

1914-15 5-1 J.J. Tigert

1915-16 2-2 William Tuttle

1916-17 5-0 J.J. Tigert

1917-18 1-4 Jim Park

1918-19 2-0 Andy Gill

1919-20 0-3-1 Sarah Blanding

1920-21 1-7 Sarah Blanding

1921-22 2-4 Sarah Blanding

1922-23 7-3 A.B. "Happy" Chandler

1923-24 10-0 Bart Peak (Champions of the South)

Conference tournament winners noted with # Source[12]

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Coaches' poll AP poll
Unknown (CIAW) (1969–1970)
1968-69 Unknown 1–1 – CIAW First Round
: – –
Sue Feamster (Independent) (1971–1976)
1971-72 Sue Feamster 10–3 – -
1972-73 Sue Feamster 13–8 – -
1973-74 Sue Feamster 13–7 – -
1974-75 Sue Feamster 16–9 – Regional II
1975-76 Sue Feamster 13–12 – Kentucky Women's Intercoll. Conf. Tournament
Sue Feamster: 64–21 –
Debbie Yow (Independent, SEC) (1976–1980)
1976-77 Debbie Yow 19–7 – Kentucky Women's Intercoll. Conf. Tournament
1977-78 Debbie Yow 23–12 – AIAW Region II, NWIT Third Place
1978-79 Debbie Yow 13–16 – Kentucky Women's Intercoll. Conf. Tournament
1979-80 Debbie Yow 24–5 – AIAW First Round 14
Debbie Yow: 79–40 –
Terry Hall (Independent, SEC) (1980–1987)
1980-81 Terry Hall 25–6 – AIAW Sixteen 11
1981-82 Terry Hall 24–8 – # NCAA Quarterfinals 13
1982-83 Terry Hall 23–5 6–2 2nd (SEC East) NCAA First Round 12
1983-84 Terry Hall 15–13 2–6 T-3rd (SEC East)
1984-85 Terry Hall 16–12 3–5 4th (SEC East)
1985-86 Terry Hall 18–11 4–5 T-6th NCAA First Round
1986-87 Terry Hall 17–11 3–6 7th
Terry Hall: 138–66 18–24
Sharon Fanning (SEC) (1987–1995)
1987-88 Sharon Fanning 14–15 0–9 10th
1988-89 Sharon Fanning 12–16 3–6 T-7th
1989-90 Sharon Fanning 23–8 3–6 8th NWIT Champions
1990-91 Sharon Fanning 20–9 4–5 T-5th NCAA First Round
1991-92 Sharon Fanning 16–14 5–6 6th
1992-93 Sharon Fanning 18–10 5–6 T-6th
1993-94 Sharon Fanning 17–11 5–6 T-7th
1994-95 Sharon Fanning 14–14 4–7 9th
Sharon Fanning: 134–97 29–51
Bernadette Maddox (SEC) (1995–2003)
1995-96 Bernadette Maddox 8–19 2–9 T-11th
1996-97 Bernadette Maddox 8–19 2–10 10th
1997-98 Bernadette Maddox 13–15 5–9 8th
1998-99 Bernadette Maddox 21–11 7–7 T-5th NCAA Second Round
1999-2000 Bernadette Maddox 15–14 5–9 T-8th
2000-01 Bernadette Maddox 6–21 2–12 12th
2001-02 Bernadette Maddox 9–20 1–13 12th
2002-03 Bernadette Maddox 11–16 4–10 9th
Bernadette Maddox: 91–135 28–79
Mickie DeMoss (SEC) (2003–2007)
2003-04 Mickie DeMoss 11–17 3–11 11th
2004-05 Mickie DeMoss 18–16 4–10 T-9th WNIT Semifinals
2005-06 Mickie DeMoss 22–9 9–5 4th NCAA Second Round
2006-07 Mickie DeMoss 20–14 6–8 T-7th WNIT Sixteen
Mickie DeMoss: 71–56 22–34
Matthew Mitchell (SEC) (2007–present)
2007-08 Matthew Mitchell 17–16 8–6 T-4th WNIT Quarterfinals
2008-09 Matthew Mitchell 16–16 5–9 T-9th WNIT First Round (Play-In)
2009-10 Matthew Mitchell 28–8 11–5 2nd NCAA Quarterfinals 9 19
2010-11 Matthew Mitchell 25–9 11–5 2nd NCAA Second Round 22 17
2011-12 Matthew Mitchell 28–7 13–3 1st NCAA Quarterfinals 8 12
2012-13 Matthew Mitchell 30–6 13–3 2nd NCAA Quarterfinals 7 7
2013-14 Matthew Mitchell 26–9 10–6 4th NCAA Sweet 16 10 11
2014-15 Matthew Mitchell 24-10 10-6 T-4th NCAA Second Round 11 16
Matthew Mitchell: 194–81 81–43
Total: 726–496

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Accomplishments

2009–10

  • SEC Player of the Year (consensus): Victoria Dunlap[13]
  • SEC Freshman of the Year: A'dia Mathies[13]
  • SEC Coach of the Year: Matthew Mitchell[13]

2010–11

  • SEC Player of the Year (AP): Victoria Dunlap[14]
  • SEC Defensive Player of the Year: Victoria Dunlap[15]

2011–12

  • SEC Player of the Year (consensus): A'dia Mathies[16][17]
  • SEC Freshman of the Year (consensus): Bria Goss[16][17]
  • SEC Sixth Woman of the Year (shared; awarded only by coaches): Keyla Snowden[16]
  • SEC Coach of the Year (AP): Matthew Mitchell[17]

2012–13

  • A'dia Mathies Drafted in the First Round of the 2013 WNBA Draft[18]
  • SEC Co-Player of the Year : A'dia Mathies[19]

All-American players

Player awards

SEC Awards

Victoria Dunlap - 2010, 2011
A'dia Mathies - 2012, 2013

See also

2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

References

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