Kentucky Wildcats Womens Basketball Tickets

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Kentucky Wildcats Women’s Basketball History

The University of Kentucky first fielded a women’s basketball team in 1902, but the team officially became a varsity program in 1974. The Wildcats qualified for their first March Madness run in 1982 and reached the Elite Eight. That same year, the team secured their first conference tournament championship. Under head coach Matthew Mitchell, the Wildcats returned to the Elite Eight in 2010, 2012 and 2013 and secured their first regular season title in the Southeastern Conference. Coach Kyra Elzy, who joined the team in 2020, led Kentucky to their second SEC tournament championship in 2022. 

Kentucky Wildcats Team Info

Conference: Southeastern
Team Colors: Blue and white
Team Rivals: Louisville Cardinals, Duke Blue Devils, Tennessee Lady Volunteers, North Carolina Tar Heels

Kentucky Wildcats Women’s Basketball at Memorial Coliseum

The Kentucky Wildcats women’s team competes at Memorial Coliseum, which opened in 1950 as the University of Kentucky’s primary athletic center. The men’s and women’s basketball teams shared the facility until the completion of Rupp Arena in 1976, and Memorial Coliseum now houses four of the school’s women’s teams: basketball, volleyball, gymnastics and STUNT. In 2022, Memorial Coliseum underwent extensive renovations, relocating the women’s basketball team temporarily to Rupp Arena and Transylvania University's Clive M. Beck Center.