Kyra Elzy put it best during the 2022 SEC Women’s Basketball Media Day: “You don’t replace a Rhyne Howard.”
Elzy, about to enter her third season as Kentucky WBB head coach, is ushering the program into a new era, one without Rhyne Howard, who was the most talented and successful player to come through UK in 40 years. Kentucky is notably welcoming 10 new faces heading into the 2022-23 season — four transfers and six rookies.
“Well people keep asking: What do you do without Rhyne Howard? Obviously you don’t replace a Rhyne Howard,” Elzy said during SEC Media Day on Tuesday in Birmingham, AL.