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]
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.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes | |
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12 | F | 6'2" | Graduate Student | Completed college eligibility | |||
13 | G | 6'0" | Graduate Student | Completed college eligibility | |||
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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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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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Big 12 media poll (Coaches) | ||||
1 | ! style= width=125 | Kansas State | 211 (7) | |
2 | ! style= width=125 | Iowa State | 209 (6) | |
3 | ! style= width=125 | Baylor | 194 (2) | |
4 | ! style= width=125 | TCU | 185 | |
5 | ! style= width=125 | West Virginia | 184 (1) | |
6 | ! style= width=125 | Utah | 149 | |
7 | ! style= width=125 | Arizona | 136 | |
8 | ! style= width=125 | Kansas | 128 | |
9 | ! style= width=125 | Colorado | 113 | |
10 | ! style= width=125 | Texas Tech | 84 | |
11 | ! style= width=125 | Oklahoma State | 80 | |
12 | ! style= width=125 | BYU | 59 | |
13 | ! style= width=125 | Cincinnati | 56 | |
14 | ! style= width=125 | UCF | 54 | |
15 | ! style= width=125 | Arizona State | 51 | |
16 | ! style= width=125 | Houston | 27 |
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See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.