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2009–10 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

2009–10 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
Kentucky Wildcats 2005 logo.svg
2010 NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 16
AP No. 19
2009–10 record 28–8 (11–5 SEC)
Head coach Matthew Mitchell (3rd year)
Assistant coach Kyra Elzy (2nd year)
Assistant coach Matt Insell (2nd year)
Assistant coach Shalon Pillow (1st year)
Home arena Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 2008–09
2010–11 →
2009–10 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#3 Tennessee 15 1   .938     32 3   .914
#19 Kentucky 11 5   .688     28 8   .778
Mississippi State 9 7   .563     21 13   .618
#21 LSU 9 7   .563     21 10   .677
Vanderbilt 9 7   .563     23 11   .676
#23 Georgia 9 7   .563     25 9   .735
Florida 7 9   .438     15 17   .469
South Carolina 7 9   .438     14 15   .483
Ole Miss 7 9   .438     17 15   .531
Auburn 5 11   .313     15 16   .484
Alabama 4 12   .250     12 18   .400
Arkansas 4 12   .250     12 18   .400
2010 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, coached by Matthew Mitchell, are a member of the Southeastern Conference, and play their home games on campus at Memorial Coliseum—unlike UK's famous men's program, which plays off-campus at Rupp Arena in downtown Lexington.

The Wildcats had arguably the most successful season in the program's history, setting school records for most wins, most home wins, most conference wins, most consecutive conference wins, best start to a season, and highest finish in conference play. The season culminated in a deep run in the NCAA Tournament that saw them appear in their first regional final since the inaugural NCAA Tournament in 1982, when the then-Lady Kats lost in the Midwest Regional final to Louisiana Tech. This Wildcats team lost 88–68 to Oklahoma in the final of the Kansas City Regional.

The Wildcats returned three starters from a team that had an injury-plagued 2008–09 season, finishing 16–16 and 5–9 in SEC play, ending in a second-round exit to Wisconsin in the WNIT. However, the team returned very little in the way of height—none of the returning players were taller than 6'1" (1.85 m).


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