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The 2009–10 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, coached by Matthew Mitchell, are a member of the Southeastern Conference, and play 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. The Wildcats had arguably the most successful season in the program's history, setting school records for most wins, most home wins, most conference wins, most consecutive conference wins, best start to a season, and highest finish in conference play. The season culminated in a deep run in the NCAA Tournament that saw them appear in their first regional final since the inaugural NCAA Tournament in 1982, when the then-Lady Kats lost in the Midwest Regional final to Louisiana Tech. This Wildcats team lost 88–68 to Oklahoma in the final of the Kansas City Regional. ==Preseason outlook== The Wildcats returned three starters from a team that had an injury-plagued 2008–09 season, finishing 16–16 and 5–9 in SEC play, ending in a second-round exit to Wisconsin in the WNIT. However, the team returned very little in the way of height—none of the returning players were taller than 6'1" (1.85 m). The team received no respect from regional or national media prior to the 2009–10 season. The Cats were picked 11th of 12 teams in the conference by the media, and none of their players was named to either the first or second team on the media's preseason All-SEC team. The league's coaches gave no more respect to the team, also picking them 11th in the conference,〔 but did name junior forward Victoria Dunlap to their preseason All-SEC second team. The Wildcats were displeased at their preseason ranking; during the SEC's preseason media day, Dunlap told the assembled journalists, 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2009–10 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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