The 2025–26 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by second-year head coach Kenny Brooks, play their home games at the Memorial Coliseum and compete as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Previous season The Wildcats finished the 2024–25 season 23–8, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the SEC tournament, they lost to Oklahoma in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed Spokane 4 region. They defeated Liberty in the first round before losing to Kansas State in the second round.
Offseason
Departures Kentucky Departures 2 G 5'6" Florissant, MO Transferred to Missouri 3 G 5'6" Ballarat, Australia Graduated/2025 WNBA draft; selected 3rd overall by Washington Mystics 5 G 5'5" Virgie, KY Left the team 8 G 6'1" Winnipeg, MB Transferred to George Washington 10 G 5'8" Greenville, NC Graduated 17 C 6'7" Faro, Portugal Transferred to TCU
Incoming transfers
Kentucky incoming transfers Tonie Morgan 5 G 5'9" Senior Tallahassee, FL Georgia Tech Asia Boone 12 G 5'8" Junior San Diego, CA Liberty Josie Gilvin 33 G 6'0" Senior Louisville, KY Western Kentucky
Recruiting classes
2025 recruiting class
2026 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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Rankings
*AP did not release a week 8 poll.
See also 2025–26 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
References