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USA TODAY Top-seeded Stanford will face upstart No. 3 seed Arizona, led by coach Adia Barnes and senior guard Aari McDonald. Arizona knocked off powerhouse Connecticut with a decisive victory Friday night.   A final Goliath stands in their way of pulling off one of the more remarkable turnarounds in women’s basketball history (the Wildcats went 6-24 in 2017-18). Of course, Stanford is coached by the legendary Tara VanDerveer, who became the sports all-time winningest coach in December. Sop...

Two No. 1 seeds fell Friday night in the 2021 womens Final Four. Now two Pac-12 teams are headed to Sundays national championship game. Behind a smothering defense and 26 points from senior point guard Aari McDonald, third-seeded Arizona upset No. 1 seed UConn 69-59 as the Huskies lost in the national semifinals for the fourth consecutive NCAA tournament. Paige Bueckers had 18 points and wrapped up her freshman season with 108 points in the NCAA tournament. Stanford, the overall No. 1 seed, awa...

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images The No. 1 seed Connecticut Huskies face the No. 3 seed Arizona Wildcats in the Final Four on ESPN at 9:30 p.m. ET on Friday. The Huskies are making their 13th-consecutive appearance in the Final Four but have not advanced to the national championship game since 2016. The Wildcats, who are making their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2005, are in the Final Four for the first time in program history. UConn’s Paige Bueckers is the first-ever freshman ...

Trinity Baptiste had 13 of her 17 points in the first half, and No. 11 Arizona beat Washington State 60-44 in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament

The Arizona women’s basketball team dominated Washington State 60-44 in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament on Thursday, March 4. 

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Aari McDonald named Pac-12 Player of the Year (Source: Mike Christy) By KOLD News 13 Staff and Arizona Athletics | March 1, 2021 at 5:59 PM MST - Updated March 1 at 6:01 PM TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Arizona women’s basketball cleaned up on the Pac-12 postseason awards on Monday, highlighted by All-American guard Aari McDonald being named Pac-12 Player of the Year and Pac-12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year. The senior finished the season leading the Pac-12 in scoring and steal...

The Arizona womens basketball team came into the game against their hated rival ranked No. 9 in the country and with a 13-3 conference record. Arizona State came in with a conference record of 5-9, and most recently lost to a previously winless California team. None of that mattered as the Sun Devils beat the Wildcats 66-64 in overtime in Tempe. 

Arizona women’s basketball team head coach Adia Barnes and senior forward Sam Thomas held a press conference over Zoom on Wednesday, Feb. 24 ahead of their final regular season game on Sunday, Feb. 28 against the in-state rival Arizona State Sun Devils.

The Arizona Wildcats got back in the win column against the Oregon Ducks with a 57-41 win on Thursday, Jan. 14. This was Arizona’s first win against Oregon since 2015. It was also the first nationally televised game on ESPN for the Wildcats.