2024–25 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team explained

Year:2024–25
Prev Year:2023–24
Next Year:2025–26
Team:Arizona Wildcats
Sport:women's basketball
Conference:Big 12 Conference
Short Conf:Big 12
Record:5–0
Conf Record:0–0
Head Coach:Adia Barnes
Hc Year:9th
Asst Coach1:Salvo Coppa
Ac1 Year:9th
Asst Coach2:Bett Shelby
Ac2 Year:2nd
Asst Coach3:Anthony Turner
Ac3 Year:2nd
Arena:McKale Center

The 2024–25 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team represents the University of Arizona during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats are led by ninth-year head coach Adia Barnes. This is the Wildcats' 51st season at the on-campus McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona and 1st season as a member of the Big 12 Conference.[1]

Previous season

See main article: 2023–24 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team.

The Wildcats finished the 2022–23 season with a record of 18–16, 8–10 in Pac-12 play. The Wildcats were invited to the 2024 NCAA tournament where they defeated Auburn in the First Four before losing to Syracuse in the first round.

Offseason

Departures

Arizona Wildcats Departures
NameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownNotes
12 F 6'2" Graduate Student Completed college eligibility
13 G 6'0" Graduate Student Completed college eligibility
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Outgoing Transfers

Arizona Outgoing Transfers
Courtney Blakely 1 G 5'8" Junior Transferred to Middle Tennessee
Kailyn Gilbert 15 G 5'8" Sophomore Transferred to LSU
Salimatou Kourouma 24 G/F 5'11" Senior Transferred to Oregon
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Acquisitions

Incoming Transfers

Arizona Incoming Transfers
Sahnya Jah 11 F 6'0" Sophomore 3
Paulina Paris 23 G 5'9' Junior 2
Jorynn Ross 24 F 6'3" Sophomore 3
Ajae Yoakum 5 F 6'0" Graduate student 1
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2024 recruiting class

Preseason

Preseason rankings

Big 12 media poll (Coaches)
1 ! style= width=125Kansas State 211 (7)
2 ! style= width=125Iowa State 209 (6)
3 ! style= width=125Baylor 194 (2)
4 ! style= width=125TCU 185
5 ! style= width=125West Virginia 184 (1)
6 ! style= width=125Utah 149
7 ! style= width=125Arizona 136
8 ! style= width=125Kansas 128
9 ! style= width=125Colorado 113
10 ! style= width=125Texas Tech 84
11 ! style= width=125Oklahoma State 80
12 ! style= width=125BYU 59
13 ! style= width=125Cincinnati 56
14 ! style= width=125UCF 54
15 ! style= width=125Arizona State 51
16 ! style= width=125Houston 27
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Schedule and results

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Rankings

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.

Media coverage

Radio

TV

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: University of Arizona will join the Big 12 Conference in 2024-25 . University of Arizona . 2023-11-17 . 2024-11-07.
  2. Web site: 2024-25 Big 12 Women's Basketball Preseason Awards & Poll Revealed. October 3, 2024. November 7, 2024.
  3. Web site: 2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule. arizonawildcats.com. University of Arizona. November 8, 2024.