The Lady Kats!

Everyone in Lexington knows all about UK’s men basketball team (also known as Kentucky Wildcats) but very few know about the Lady Kats (UK’s women basketball team). What escapes the knowledge of most people is that the “Lady Kats” play a huge part of UK’s history and the Memorial Coliseum’s history.

In my previous blogs, I have mention on doing further research on Memorial Coliseum but, to really go further into the Memorial Coliseum, I have decide to look more  into what constitutes the history of the Memorial Coliseum. One question we could ask ourselves is, what sport events have been hosted there? Therefore, I have decided to do more research about the Lady Kats. I have found an article giving a glimpse of the role the Lady Kats plays in the Memorial Coliseum (dated back in 1996-1997).

I found a piece of information from the collection of the University of Kentucky Basketball Media Guide in the Kentucky Digital Library website. I received a glimpse of some highlight events that the Lady Kats had down in the Memorial Coliseum. It talks about how the Lady Kats “… carved a 231-85 home court record into the history of the now 8,700-seat coliseum.” 

It also talks about a highlight that these Lady Kats did in the Memorial in 1983. To give a small description of the Memorial’s atmosphere that night, the article says it was a cold winter night. Some descriptive details would be how they say “... 10,622 fired-up fans packed the Coliseum…roared hysterically...” Basically, it was an exciting game they were putting off for the fans.  And more in the end of the page; it gives extra information on other notable games played in the Coliseum in the 90s.

I see this piece of information important for our documentary film because, first of all, the Lady Kats are a topic that we will certainly look more into. Second, it gives me a small glimpse of a role played in the Memorial Coliseum’s history. Third, it can reveal to us many facts about UK’s women basketball team and how it was important to the Memorial. It is nice to know there is more history to this building than what people expect it to be. Overall, I look forward on asking today’s Lady Kats on how they feel about them playing a role in this historical building today.

Source:
http://kdl.kyvl.org/catalog/xt737p8tcb3m_28