Last season was truly a mixed bag of emotions for Kentucky womens basketball.
The team finished with a 19-12 record and a seventh place finish in the SEC regular season before going on and winning the SEC Tournament for the first time in 40 years … just to be knocked out in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at the hands of Princeton.
Following the loss, team star Rhyne Howard left for the WNBA, becoming the first Wildcat to go No. 1 overall in the womens draft, while key contributors such as Dre’una Edwards, Jazmine Massengill, Olivia Owens and Treasure Hunt all left for the transfer portal.