And yet it is difficult to label her a failure when after all she is competing in the toughest conference in America, when two years ago her Cats crested at 21-11 and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Nor do we figure to draw many definitive conclusions this time around. Not when, at her team's Media Day yesterday, there stood just three holdovers, and seven true freshmen. But then maybe it's so hard to get a read on Mattox's performance because it is so hard to get a read on Mattox herself. A revolving door appears to sit outside her office.
Players often leave almost as quickly as they arrive.
From last year to this, three players with eligibility remaining all decided to transfer elsewhere. A fourth was dismissed. Mattox said yesterday. Rather than play her senior season at UK, the team's second-leading scorer, Laura Meadows, opted to transfer to Purdue, despite having just one year of eligibility remaining. Hal Mumme thinks his team is young.