2020–21 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2020–21 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team represented University of Arizona during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by fifth-year head coach Adia Barnes, play their home games at the McKale Center and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. The Wildcats finished the season second behind Stanford in the Pacific-12 conference with a 13–4 record. They advanced to the semifinals of the 2021 Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to no. 9 ranked UCLA and As a no. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament where they defeated Stony Brook and BYU in the first and second rounds, no. 4 ranked Texas A&M in the Sweet Sixteen, they won their region with a win over no. 12 ranked Indiana in the first-ever Elite Eight, knocked off no. 1 ranked UConn in the first-ever Final Four. Arizona reached the first-ever National Championship game, losing to no. 2 ranked Stanford (in a rematch from earlier this season) 54–53 and finishing the season with a 21–6 record.

Previous season The Wildcats finished the season 24–7, 12–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Oregon. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Offseason

Departures Arizona Wildcats DeparturesNameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownNotes Birna Valgerður Benónýsdóttir 15 Center 6 ft 2 in (187 cm) 2000 Keflavík Transferred to BinghamptonReference:

Incoming transfersNameNumberPositionHeightYearHometownPrevious SchoolRemaining EligibilityNotes -- Reference:

Recruits

2021 recruiting class

2022 recruiting class

Personnel

Roster

Madison Conner was only on the roster for the spring semester of 2020/2021 season, joining the team in March 2021, after reclassify from 2021 season class.

Schedule

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Rankings

+ Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Final AP 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 11 10 10 9 10 10 9 11 11 11 Coaches 8 6 6 7-T 8 10 13 10 9 9 8 7 9 11 11 11 2

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