| Mode: | Women's basketball |
| Year: | 2011–12 |
| Prev Year: | 2010–11 |
| Next Year: | 2012–13 |
| Team: | Kentucky Wildcats |
| Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
| Short Conf: | SEC |
| Coachrank: | 8 |
| Aprank: | 12 |
| Record: | 27–6 |
| Conf Record: | 13–3 |
| Hc Year: | Fourth |
| Asst Coach1: | Kyra Elzy |
| Ac1 Year: | fourth |
| Asst Coach2: | Matt Insell |
| Ac2 Year: | fourth |
| Asst Coach3: | Shalon Pillow |
| Ac3 Year: | third |
| Stadium: | Memorial Coliseum (Capacity: 8,500) |
| Champion: | 2012 SEC regular season champions |
| Bowl Result: | Elite Eight |
The 2011–12 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team was a member of the Southeastern Conference and played its 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 were coached by Matthew Mitchell.
From the official UK women's basketball site:
| Name | Height | Position | Class | Hometown | Previous team(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scholarship players | |||||||
| 0 | Jennifer O'Neill | 5'6" | G | So. | Bronx, New York | Saint Michael Academy | |
| 1 | A'dia Mathies | 5'9" | G | Jr. | Louisville, Kentucky | Iroquois | |
| 3 | Chrystal Riley | 5'5" | G | Sr. | Memphis, Tennessee | Hillcrest/LSU | |
| 4 | Keyla Snowden | 5'7" | G | Sr. | Lexington, Kentucky | Lexington Catholic/Akron | |
| 10 | Bernisha Pinkett | 5'7" | G | So. | Washington, District of Columbia | Howard D. Woodson | |
| 11 | DeNesha Stallworth | 6'3" | C | Jr. | Richmond, California | Pinole Valley/California | |
| 13 | Bria Goss | 5'10" | G | Fr. | Indianapolis, Indiana | Ben Davis | |
| 20 | Maegan Conwright | 5'8" | G | So. | Arlington, Texas | Timberview | |
| 23 | Samarie Walker | 6'1" | F | So. | West Carrollton, Ohio | Chaminade-Julienne/Connecticut | |
| 24 | Amber Smith | 5'6" | G | Sr. | Winter Haven, Florida | Winter Haven | |
| 31 | Samantha Drake | 6'3" | C | So. | Bardstown, Kentucky | Nelson County | |
| 32 | Kastine Evans | 5'8" | G | So. | Salem, Connecticut | Norwich Free Academy | |
| 40 | Brittany Henderson | 6'2" | F | Jr. | Pasadena, California | John Muir | |
| 50 | Azia Bishop | 6'3" | F | Fr. | Toledo, Ohio | Start | |
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