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Kentucky Wildcats Women's Basketball School History

Location: Lexington, Kentucky

Coverage: 43 seasons (1981-82 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1981-82): 773-541 .588 W-L%

Conferences: SEC

Conference Champion: 3 Times (Reg. Seas.), 2 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 17 Years (22-17), 0 Final Fours, 0 Championships

NCAA Champion:

Ranked in AP Poll: 15 Times (Preseason), 16 Times (Final), 301 Weeks (Total)

Seasons where the school was classified as a major school (i.e., Division I or equivalent).
* Indicates season for which the school's overall and/or conference record has been adjusted by penalty. See our database of forfeits and vacated games.

43 Seasons

SRS back to 2001-02

43 Seasons Table
			Overall			Conference
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
1	2023-24	SEC	12	20	.375	4	12	.250	4.28	14.28	64.4	74.4						Kyra Elzy (12-20)
2	2022-23	SEC	12	19	.387	2	14	.125	12.39	13.45	67.8	68.8						Kyra Elzy (12-19)
3	2021-22	SEC	19	12	.613	8	8	.500	20.09	13.58	72.2	65.6	13	13	15	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	6	Kyra Elzy (19-12)
4	2020-21	SEC	18	9	.667	9	6	.600	21.13	14.61	73.0	66.4	11	9	18	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	4	Kyra Elzy (18-9)
5	2019-20	SEC	22	8	.733	10	6	.625	22.96	10.69	72.5	60.2	13	11	16			Matthew Mitchell (22-8)
6	2018-19	SEC	25	8	.758	11	5	.688	22.05	9.62	71.6	59.2		11	18	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	6	Matthew Mitchell (25-8)
7	2017-18	SEC	15	17	.469	6	10	.375	14.72	11.42	68.1	65.7		20				Matthew Mitchell (15-17)
8	2016-17	SEC	22	11	.667	11	5	.688	22.89	15.52	70.9	63.5	19	15	18	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	4	Matthew Mitchell (22-11)
9	2015-16	SEC	25	8	.758	10	6	.625	26.24	12.15	74.7	60.6	18	7	12	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	3	Matthew Mitchell (25-8)
10	2014-15	SEC	24	10	.706	10	6	.625	20.20	13.55	75.6	69.0	11	8	11	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	2	Matthew Mitchell (24-10)
11	2013-14	SEC	26	9	.743	10	6	.625	26.05	13.22	81.3	68.5	7	5	10	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	3	Matthew Mitchell (26-9)
12	2012-13	SEC	30	6	.833	13	3	.813	29.11	11.61	75.4	57.9	6	5	7	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	2	Matthew Mitchell (30-6)
13	2011-12	SEC	28	7	.800	13	3	.813	24.52	10.07	74.0	57.7	17	6	12	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	2	Matthew Mitchell (28-7)
14	2010-11	SEC	25	9	.735	11	5	.688	17.69	9.02	70.9	62.3	9	8	17	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	4	Matthew Mitchell (25-9)
15	2009-10	SEC	28	8	.778	11	5	.688	24.21	9.82	73.9	58.2		16	19	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	4	Matthew Mitchell (28-8)
16	2008-09	SEC	16	16	.500	5	9	.357			63.3	61.2						Matthew Mitchell (16-16)
17	2007-08	SEC	17	16	.515	8	6	.571			61.3	62.6						Matthew Mitchell (17-16)
18	2006-07	SEC	20	14	.588	6	8	.429			70.4	62.2	15	15				Mickie DeMoss (20-14)
19	2005-06	SEC	22	9	.710	9	5	.643	-5.56	-8.56	68.9	61.9		21		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	5	Mickie DeMoss (22-9)
20	2004-05	SEC	18	16	.529	4	10	.286			69.1	63.1						Mickie DeMoss (18-16)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
21	2003-04	SEC	11	17	.393	3	11	.214			66.5	68.0						Mickie DeMoss (11-17)
22	2002-03	SEC	11	16	.407	4	10	.286			65.8	70.8						Bernadette Mattox (11-16)
23	2001-02	SEC	9	20	.310	1	13	.071	7.02	12.43	64.4							Bernadette Mattox (9-20)
24	2000-01	SEC	6	21	.222	2	12	.143			60.7							Bernadette Mattox (6-21)
25	1999-00	SEC	15	14	.517	5	9	.357			66.2							Bernadette Mattox (15-14)
26	1998-99	SEC	21	11	.656	7	7	.500			73.9					Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	6	Bernadette Mattox (21-11)
27	1997-98	SEC	13	15	.464	5	9	.357			63.4							Bernadette Mattox (13-15)
28	1996-97	SEC	8	19	.296	2	10	.167			61.4							Bernadette Mattox (8-19)
29	1995-96	SEC	8	19	.296	2	9	.182			61.9							Bernadette Mattox (8-19)
30	1994-95	SEC	14	14	.500	4	7	.364			65.6							Sharon Fanning (14-14)
31	1993-94	SEC	17	11	.607	5	6	.455			77.9							Sharon Fanning (17-11)
32	1992-93	SEC	18	10	.643	5	6	.455			69.1			24				Sharon Fanning (18-10)
33	1991-92	SEC	16	14	.533	5	6	.455			73.5							Sharon Fanning (16-14)
34	1990-91	SEC	20	9	.690	4	5	.444			80.4					Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	9	Sharon Fanning (20-9)
35	1989-90	SEC	23	8	.742	3	6	.333			81.9			25				Sharon Fanning (23-8)
36	1988-89	SEC	12	16	.429	3	6	.333			73.8							Sharon Fanning (12-16)
37	1987-88	SEC	14	15	.483	0	9	.000			74.1							Sharon Fanning (14-15)
38	1986-87	SEC	17	11	.607	3	6	.333										Terry Hall (17-11)
39	1985-86	SEC	18	11	.621	4	5	.444								Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	7	Terry Hall (18-11)
40	1984-85	SEC	16	12	.571	3	5	.375						12				Terry Hall (16-12)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
41	1983-84	SEC	15	13	.536	2	6	.250						20				Terry Hall (15-13)
42	1982-83	SEC	23	5	.821	6	2	.750					8	4	11	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	3	Terry Hall (23-5)
43	1981-82	SEC	24	8	.750								13	8	13	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	2	Terry Hall (24-8)

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