February 27, 2021
Senior Day isn’t until Sunday, but we already know of two who plan on waiting another year before they participate in the festivities. Kentucky Women’s Basketball seniors, KeKe McKinney and Tatyana Wyatt, will both RETURN for a fifth season as part of the new NCAA rule implemented for this season only that allowed a free year of…
February 15, 2021
On Monday night, Coach Elzy and her Wildcats prepared to face off against another tough Southeastern Conference opponent, the Florida Gators. Although the Gators didn’t have the best record, they were coming off an impressive win against LSU and appeared to be red-hot. Sadly for the Gators, the team was blindsided when told their star…
February 12, 2021
The Kentucky coaching staff is loaded with defensive-minded students of the game, but they had to break from their comfort zone to avoid another collapse against Tennessee. If you aren’t familiar, Wildcats head coach Kyra Elzy and assistant head coach Niya Butts are both former Lady Volunteers and two-time NCAA Champions under the late, great Pat…
February 5, 2021
If you had to find one consistent issue with this year’s Kentucky Women’s Basketball team, the answer would stick out like a sore thumb: rebounding. The ‘Cats, once again, failed to control the boards and consequently failed to control the game against Ole Miss (8-7) on Thursday night, resulting in a loss. On the night, the…
November 25, 2020
This is weird timing. With exactly one hour before the No. 11 Kentucky Wildcats was set to take the floor for its season opener, it was announced that two of the team’s best players were suspended. According to a release sent out by the University, interim head coach Kyra Elzy suspended Rhyne Howard for two…
October 21, 2020
Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part series intended to give the Big Blue Nation some deeper insight on the upcoming version of the Kentucky Women’s Basketball Team. If you missed out on part one, “Getting to know the 2020-21 Kentucky Women’s Basketball Team: First-years and sophomores”, you can quickly catch up by…
February 17, 2020
I’ll be honest, coming into Sunday’s game against the No. 6 ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs, I wasn’t all that confident in the Kentucky women’s basketball team. The embarrassing loss they suffered at the hands of No. 25 Arkansas just seven days earlier still resonated in my mind. Sure, Rhyne Howard was back in the lineup, but…
December 15, 2019
The lower level at Rupp Arena was overflowing with holiday cheer all game – right up until the final buzzer. Sophomore guard Rhyne Howard had a chance to win the game for No. 14 UK Hoops, but the last shot of the game rimmed out after the buzzer and the Wildcats fell at home to the…
While the end result wasn’t the outcome that head coach Matthew Mitchell and his No. 14 Kentucky Wildcats would have liked, there are far more positives to take away from this loss than negatives. Which is why losing to No. 7 Louisville by a score of 67-66 isn’t as bad as it might seem right…
April 4, 2019
The Kentucky women’s basketball team fell in the Round of 32 in the NCAA tournament, losing to the host and three-seeded, N.C. State Wolfpack. It capped off what will go down as one of head coach Matthew Mitchell’s most impressive years at the helm. The season as a whole was unexpected and inspiring, as the…