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2010–11 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

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2010–11 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
NCAA Tournament 4 Seed, Second Round
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 22
APNo. 17
Record25–9 (11–5 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kyra Elzy (Third season)
  • Matt Insell (Third season)
  • Shalon Pillow (Second season)
Home arenaMemorial Coliseum (Capacity: 8,500)
Seasons
2010–11 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Tennessee 16 0   1.000 34 3   .919
No. 17 Kentucky 11 5   .688 25 9   .735
Vanderbilt 10 6   .625 20 12   .625
Georgia 10 6   .625 23 11   .676
South Carolina 8 8   .500 18 15   .545
Auburn 8 8   .500 16 16   .500
LSU 8 8   .500 19 13   .594
Florida 7 9   .438 20 15   .571
Arkansas 6 10   .375 22 12   .647
Alabama 5 11   .313 18 15   .545
Mississippi State 4 12   .250 13 17   .433
Ole Miss 3 13   .188 10 19   .345
2011 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2010–11 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, coached by Matthew Mitchell, were a member of the Southeastern Conference, and played their home games on campus at Memorial Coliseum—unlike UK's famous men's program, which plays off-campus at Rupp Arena in downtown Lexington.

Pre-season outlook

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Kentucky was picked by the league's coaches to finish second in the SEC behind Tennessee. Victoria Dunlap, a 6'1 forward from Nashville, Tennessee, entered her senior season as one of the most decorated players in UK Hoops history. She was named the 2010 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year by The Associated Press and the league's coaches, and was one of the 10 State Farm All-Americans named by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association the year before, becoming UK's first All-American since Valerie Still in 1983. She was also on the Wade Trophy watch list awarded to the nation's top player. Dunlap was also picked to repeat as SEC Player of the Year by the league coaches, with eight of twelve votes. Sophomore guard A'dia Mathies made the All-SEC first team. The Lady Wildcats also had a large freshman class and Carly Marrow, a returning senior, was predicted to add experience to a young second string.[1]

2010–11 roster

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From the official UK women's basketball site:

# Name Height Position Class Hometown Previous Team(s)
Scholarship Players
0 Jennifer O'Neill 5'6" G Fr. Bronx, New York Saint Michael Academy
1 A'dia Mathies 5'9" G So. Louisville, Kentucky Iroquois HS
3 Chrystal Riley 5'5" G Jr. Memphis, Tennessee Hillcrest HS/LSU
4 Keyla Snowden 5'7" G Jr. Lexington, Kentucky Lexington Catholic/Akron
5 Carly Morrow 5'10" G Sr. Lookout Mountain, Georgia Chattanooga Girls Prep School
10 Bernisha Pinkett 5'7" G So. Washington, District of Columbia Howard D. Woodson HS
11 Sarah Beth Barnette 6'2" F Fr. Lexington, Kentucky Lexington Christian Academy
20 Maegan Conwright 5'8" G Fr. Arlington, Texas Timberview HS
24 Amber Smith 5'6" G Sr. Winter Haven, Florida Winter Haven HS
31 Samantha Drake 6'3" C Fr. Bardstown, Kentucky Nelson County HS
32 Kastine Evans 5'8" G Fr. Salem, Connecticut Norwich Free Academy
34 Victoria Dunlap 6'1" F Sr. Nashville, Tennessee Brentwood Academy
40 Brittany Henderson 6'2" F Fr. Pasadena, California John Muir High School

2010–11 schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 7*
7:00 pm
No. 10 Morehead State W 99–55 
Memorial Coliseum (–)
Lexington, Kentucky
Non-Conference Regular Season
November 12*
11:00 am
No. 10 Morehead State W 82–48  1–0
Memorial Coliseum (6,793)
Lexington, Kentucky
November 14*
2:00 pm
No. 10 at Miami (OH) W 84–71  2–0
Millett Hall (1,235)
Oxford, Ohio
November 21*
2:00 pm, FSN South
No. 10 No. 12 Notre Dame W 81–76  3–0
Memorial Coliseum (6,794)
Lexington, Kentucky
November 26*
8:30 pm
No. 9 vs. Murray State W 91–59  4–0
Reed Green Coliseum (1,178)
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
November 27*
5:30 pm
No. 9 at Southern Miss W 79–60  5–0
Reed Green Coliseum (1,211)
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
December 5*
2:00 pm, WAZOO
No. 9 at Louisville L 52–78  5–1
KFC Yum! Center (22,152)
Louisville, Kentucky
December 7*
6:00 pm, FSN South
No. 14 Tennessee Tech W 77–53  6–1
Memorial Coliseum (4,393)
Lexington, Kentucky
December 11*
6:00 pm
No. 14 at Chattanooga W 79–64  7–1
McKenzie Arena (3,139)
Chattanooga, Tennessee
December 18*
2:00 pm
No. 13 Alabama A&M W 84–58  8–1
Memorial Coliseum (6,124)
Lexington, Kentucky
December 21*
7:00 pm
No. 11 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W 107–35  9–1
Memorial Coliseum (5,784)
Lexington, Kentucky
December 29*
6:00 pm, FSN South
No. 11 Middle Tennessee W 81–72  10–1
Memorial Coliseum (6,625)
Lexington, Kentucky
December 30*
6:00 pm, FSN South
No. 11 Tennessee-Martin W 68–47  11–1
Memorial Coliseum (6,175)
Lexington, Kentucky
January 4*
7:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 10 at No. 3 Duke L 48–54  11–2
Cameron Indoor Stadium (5,314)
Durham, North Carolina
SEC Regular Season
January 6
8:00 pm
No. 10 at No. 25 Arkansas L 67–78  11–3 (0–1)
Bud Walton Arena (1,820)
Fayetteville, Arkansas
January 9
2:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 10 Georgia L 59–61  11–4 (0–2)
Memorial Coliseum (6,353)
Lexington, Kentucky
January 13
7:00 pm
No. 19 South Carolina W 66–48  12–4 (1–2)
Memorial Coliseum (5,730)
Lexington, Kentucky
January 16
1:00 pm, FSN South
No. 19 Mississippi State W 72–60  13–4 (2–2)
Memorial Coliseum (6,133)
Lexington, Kentucky
January 20
7:00 pm
No. 19 at Florida W 59–58  14–4 (3–2)
O'Connell Center (1,863)
Gainesville, Florida
January 23
4:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 19 Vanderbilt W 78–68  15–4 (4–2)
Memorial Coliseum (7,104)
Lexington, Kentucky
January 27
9:00 pm, FSN South
No. 18 at Ole Miss L 59–61  16–4 (5–2)
Tad Smith Coliseum (476)
Oxford, Mississippi
January 30
2:00 pm
No. 18 at Alabama W 82–69  17–4 (6–2)
Coleman Coliseum (1,747)
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
February 3
7:00 pm
No. 18 Auburn W 69–38  18–4 (7–2)
Memorial Coliseum (6,003)
Lexington, Kentucky
February 7
9:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 15 No. 4 Tennessee
Rivalry
L 67–73  18–4 (7–3)
Memorial Coliseum (7,126)
Lexington, Kentucky
February 10
7:00 pm
No. 15 at South Carolina L 61–66  18–5 (7–4)
Colonial Life Arena (2,764)
Columbia, South Carolina
February 13
2:30 pm, ESPN2
No. 15 LSU W 49–47  19–5 (8–4)
Memorial Coliseum (7,646)
Lexington, Kentucky
February 17
7:00 pm, FSN South
No. 19 at Georgia W 69–51  19–6 (8–5)
Stegeman Coliseum (3,060)
Athens, Georgia
February 20
2:00 pm
No. 19 at Vanderbilt W 80–71  20–6 (9–5)
Memorial Gym (5,372)
Nashville, Tennessee
February 24
6:00 pm, FSN South
No. 20 Arkansas W 55–54  21–6 (10–5)
Memorial Coliseum (6,670)
Lexington, Kentucky
February 27
2:00 pm
No. 20 at Auburn W 76–62  22–6 (11–5)
Auburn Arena (3,274)
Auburn, Alabama
SEC Tournament
March 4
3:30 pm, FSN
No. 16 vs. LSU
2011 SEC tournament Quarterfinals
W 60–58  23–6 (11–5)
Bridgestone Arena (7,461)
Nashville, Tennessee
March 5
6:30 pm, ESPNU
No. 16 vs. Vanderbilt
2011 SEC tournament Semifinals
W 69–56  24–6 (11–5)
Bridgestone Arena (10,207)
Nashville, Tennessee
March 6
5:30 pm, ESPN2
No. 16 vs. No. 4 Tennessee
2011 SEC tournament Finals / Rivalry
L 65–90  24–7 (11–5)
Bridgestone Arena (11,150)
Nashville, Tennessee
NCAA Tournament
March 19
4:40 pm, ESPN2
No. (4) vs. No. (13) Hampton
2011 NCAA tournament First Round
W 66–62 OT 25–7 (11–5)
The Pit (2,278)
Albuquerque, New Mexico
March 21
7:45 pm, ESPN2
No. (4) vs. No. (5) North Carolina
2011 NCAA tournament First Round
L 74–86  25–8 (11–5)
The Pit (1,877)
Albuquerque, New Mexico
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

References

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  1. ^ "UK Hoops Picked Second in SEC Preseason Coaches' Poll - Kentucky Wildcats Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2010.