The 2021–22 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky during the

2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season The 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began on November 9, 2021. The regular season ended on March 6, 2022, with the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament beginning on March 18, and ending with the championship gam ...

. The Wildcats, led by second-year head coach

Kyra Elzy Kyra Elzy (born August 17, 1978) is the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team. On December 14, 2020, after starting the season 6-0 and having a top-ten AP ranking, AD Mitch Barnhart removed the "interim" tag and made Elzy th ...

, will play most of their home games at Memorial Coliseum and two at Rupp Arena and compete as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). In the January 27 loss to Vanderbilt, senior guard

Rhyne Howard Rhyne Howard (born April 29, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. She graduated from Bradley Cen ...

scored her 2,000th point in her college career. Howard becomes the third Wildcat to reach that benchmark.Howard Scores 2,000th Career Point but Cats Fall at Vandy
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Previous season

The Wildcats finished the season 18–9 (9–6 SEC) to finish tied for fifth place in the conference. The Wildcats were invited to the

2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament The 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 teams to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2020–21 NCAA Divis ...

where they defeated Idaho State in the first round before losing to Iowa in the second round.

Offseason

Departures

2021 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule

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References

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