The 2025–26 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team represents the University of Arizona during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats are led by first-year head coach Becky Burke. This is the Wildcats' 52nd season at the on-campus McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona and 2nd season as a member of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 2022–23 season with a record of 19–14, 10–8 in Big 12 play. They lost in the first round of the Big 12 tournament to Colorado. The Wildcats received an at-large bid to the WBIT as a No. 2 seed in the James Madison bracket, where they were upset by Northern Arizona in the first round.

Offseason Barnes left Arizona on April 5, 2025, after nine seasons with SMU. Buffalo head coach Burke was hired by the Wildcats on April 9.

Departures Arizona Wildcats departuresNameNumberPos.HeightYearHometown Reason for departure Lauryn Swann 1 G 5'7" Freshman Queens, NY Transferred to Rutgers Jada Williams 2 G 5'8" Sophomore Kansas City, MO Transferred to Iowa State Skylar Jones 4 G 6'0" Sophomore Chicago, IL Transferred to Louisville Ajae Yoakum 5 F 6'0" Graduate student Portland, OR Transferred to Portland State Erin Tack 10 F 6'1" Junior Kelso, WA Transferred back to Arizona track and field Sahnya Jah 11 F 6'0" Sophomore Alexandria, VA Transferred to SMU Mailien Rolf 13 G 5'10" Freshman Roßdorf, Germany Transferred to SMU Brooklyn Rhodes 14 F 6'0" Sophomore St. Louis, MO Transferred Paulina Paris 23 G 5'9" Junior Congers, NY Transferred Jorynn Ross 24 F 6'3" Sophomore Milwaukee, WI Transferred to Houston Breya Cunningham 25 F 6'4" Sophomore Chula Vista, CA Transferred to Texas Isis Beh 33 F 6'3" Senior Murray, UT Transferred Katarina Kneževic 34 F 6'0" Freshman Belgrade, Serbia Transferred to SMU

Acquisitions Incoming transfers Arizona incoming transfers Mickayla Perdue 0 G 5'7" Graduate student Springfield, OH Cleveland State Kamryn Kitchen 1 G 5'9" Sophomore Charlotte, NC Virginia Sumayah Sugapong 3 G 5'7" Junior San Diego, CA UC San Diego Noelani Cornfield 4 G 5'6" Graduate student Gowanda, NY Buffalo Freddie Wallace 10 F 6'2" Senior Lincoln, NE Kansas Tanyuel Welch 11 G 5'10" Junior Indianapolis, IN Memphis Nora Francois 13 C 6'2" Graduate student Minneapolis, MN New Orleans Adde Adebanjo 14 F 6'3" Sophomore Lagos, Nigeria Yamanashi Gakuin Achol Magot 20 C 6'7" Junior Tucson, AZ Texas Tech

2025 recruiting class There was no recruiting class of 2025.

2026 recruiting class

Preseason Preseason rankings

Big 12 media poll (coaches) 1 TCU 219 (10) 2 Iowa State 202 (2) 3 Baylor 200 (2) 4 Oklahoma State 186 (2) 5 West Virginia 161 6 Kansas 156 7 Kansas State 211 (7) 8 Utah 115 9 Colorado 114 10 BYU 85 11 Arizona State 84 12 Cincinnati 82 13 Texas Tech 63 14 Arizona 47 15 Houston 41 16 UCF 22 Source:

Big 12 media poll (media) 1 TCU 219 (10) 2 Iowa State 202 (2) 3 Baylor 200 (2) 4 Oklahoma State 186 (2) 5 West Virginia 161 6 Kansas State 211 (7) 7 Kansas 156 8 Utah 115 9 Colorado 114 10 BYU 85 11 Arizona State 84 12 Cincinnati 82 13 Texas Tech 63 14 Arizona 47 15 UCF 41 16 Houston 22 Source:

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

See also 2025–26 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

References