Unless you’re the UCLA men’s basketball program from the John Wooden era, replacing an all-time great player is always going to present a challenging transition period. Kentucky women’s basketball is about to go undergo that process for the second time in school history.
The first time came in 1983, when future Hall of Famer Valerie Still graduated from Kentucky to pursue her successful professional basketball career. Still is the school’s all-time leading scorer (male or female) with more than 2,700 points. She helped lead the Lady Kats to multiple NCAA Tournament appearances and the program’s first-ever SEC Tournament championship in 1982.