Arizona Wildcats women's basketball

Arizona Wildcats women's basketball
2024–25 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team
University	University of Arizona
First season	1972; 52 years ago (1972)
Head coach	Adia Barnes (9th season)
Conference	Big 12
Location	Tucson, Arizona
Arena	McKale Center (capacity: 14,545)
Nickname	Wildcats
Colors	Cardinal and navy[1]
Uniforms
Home Away
NCAA tournament runner-up
2021
NCAA tournament Final Four
2021
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
2021
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
1998, 2021
NCAA tournament round of 32
1997, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2021, 2022, 2023
NCAA tournament appearances
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

The Arizona Wildcats women's basketball program is the official women's basketball program at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. Basketball is one of eleven women's sports at the University of Arizona. The team is a Division I member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Big 12 athletic conference. The team's home venue is the McKale Center, which seats 14,545 fans. The official team colors are cardinal red and navy blue. The Wildcats have qualified for eight NCAA Tournaments. On August 4, 2023, Arizona announced it would join the Big 12 Conference along with Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah beginning in the 2024-25 academic year.^[2]

For most of its history, the women’s basketball program has been playing in the shadow of its men’s counterpart, leading to many losing seasons. However, in recent years, the women’s team has been improving their success in winning, mostly due to coaching regime and talent, and captured the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) championship in 2019. They made the Final Four for the first time in 2021 and defeated UConn to qualify for the National Championship game. They would lose to Stanford in the National Championship.