You know that whole phrase “the early bird gets the worm.” Well, the UK women’s basketball team is taking it quite literally this season.

Friday’s UK-Boston game at 11 a.m. ET will not only kick off the 2009-10 UK Hoops season, it will kick off the entire women’s college basketball season. When the Wildcats host Boston in Memorial Coliseum Friday morning, they’ll be looking for the season’s first win of the year.

Does winning first mean season-long success? Who knows, but it would certainly be a good omen to the season.

Matthew Mitchell’s squad plays its lone exhibition game at 7 tonight vs. Bellarmine.