The 2018–19 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represented the

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in the

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. The team played its home games in

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at Memorial Coliseum with two home games being played at

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. The team was led by Matthew Mitchell in his twelfth season as head coach. They were a member of the

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. They finished the season 25–8, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SEC women's tournament to Missouri. They received an at-large to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Princeton in the first round before losing to NC State in the second round. The 2018–19 season opened up with a 10-day trip to

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, where the team won two out of three games against international competition.Morris Scores 24 as Kentucky Rolls Past Marghera Select in Italy Finale
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, where the team participated in and won the

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Previous season

The 2017–18 team finished the season 15-17, 6-10 for ninth place in SEC play. They defeated Alabama in the second round of the SEC Tournament before losing to the #1 seed Mississippi State in the quarterfinals. The Wildcats failed to make a postseason appearance for the first time in eight seasons.

Offseason

Departures

Incoming Transfers

Newcomers

Roster

Schedule

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Rankings

References

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