Entering year four as head coach of the Kentucky women’s basketball team, Kyra Elzy has a tough task ahead of her. The Wildcats have put together one of the toughest schedules you’ll find in all of Division I hoops. Coming off a 2022-23 season in which UK went 12-19 (2-14 SEC), improvement is going to be expected, especially with potential All-SEC candidates back in the fold with G Maddie Scherr and F Ajae Petty. There is definitely some heat under Elzy’s seat.
As far as the talent level goes, this year’s squad might not be all that far off from last year’s, which lost three key pieces to the transfer portal — Jada Walker (Baylor), Kennedy Cambridge (Ohio State), and Tionna Herron (Texas) — and three more to graduation in Robyn Benton, Blair Green, and Adebola Adeyeye.