Wednesday afternoon marked the unofficial beginning of the 2022-23 Kentucky women’s basketball season. A large gathering of reporters from across the state converged on Memorial Coliseum to participate in the program’s annual Media Day, where head coach Kyra Elzy and several Wildcats talked about the offseason and what to expect moving forward.
Coach Elzy got the action rolling as she enters her third year in charge of Kentucky. The Bluegrass native spoke at length about the inner workings of the program and how conditioning and hard work are prioritized above all else. Elzy is dealing with plenty of roster turnover with 10 new faces (six rookies and four transfers) plus the loss of Rhyne Howard to the WNBA, where she quickly won Rookie of the Year.