2018–19 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represents the University of Kentucky in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team plays its home games in Lexington, Kentucky at Memorial Coliseum with two home games being played at Rupp Arena. The team is led by Matthew Mitchell in his twelfth season as head coach. They were a member of the Southeastern Conference. 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.

2018–19 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
Paradise Jam Island Division Champions
NCAA tournament, second round
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 21
APNo. 17
Record25–8 (11–5 SEC)
Head coach
  • Matthew Mitchell (12th season)
Associate head coachKyra Elzy
Assistant coaches
  • Niya Butts
  • Amber Smith
Home arenaMemorial Coliseum
Rupp Arena
2018–19 SEC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Mississippi State151 .938333  .917
No. 15 South Carolina133 .813239  .719
No. 14 Texas A&M124 .750267  .788
No. 17 Kentucky115 .688258  .758
Missouri106 .6252411  .686
Auburn97 .5632210  .688
Georgia97 .5631812  .600
Tennessee79 .4381913  .594
LSU79 .4381613  .552
Arkansas610 .3752215  .595
Alabama511 .3131417  .452
Ole Miss313 .188922  .290
Florida313 .188823  .258
Vanderbilt214 .125723  .233
2019 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 season opened up with a 10-day trip to Italy, where the team won two out of three games against international competition. The non-conference regular season also featured a trip to the U.S. Virgin Islands, where the team participated in and won the Paradise Jam tournament.

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