2023–24 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team

2023–24 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball
2023–24 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	10–5 (2–1 Pac-12)
Head coach	Adia Barnes (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Salvo Coppa (8th season); Bett Shelby (1st season); Anthony Turner (1st season);
Home arena	McKale Center

2023–24 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 Stanford	4	–	0	1.000	15	–	1	.938
No. 5 Colorado	4	–	0	1.000	14	–	1	.933
No. 2 UCLA	3	–	0	1.000	14	–	0	1.000
No. 9 USC	2	–	1	.667	12	–	1	.923
Oregon State	2	–	2	.500	13	–	2	.867
California	2	–	2	.500	13	–	4	.765
Arizona	2	–	2	.500	10	–	6	.625
Washington	1	–	2	.333	11	–	3	.786
No. 19 Utah	1	–	3	.250	11	–	5	.688
Oregon	1	–	3	.250	10	–	7	.588
Washington State	0	–	3	.000	11	–	5	.688
Arizona State	0	–	4	.000	8	–	8	.500

† 2024 Pac-12 tournament winner As of January 13, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2023–24 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team will represent the University of Arizona during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats will be led by eighth-year head coach Adia Barnes. This will be the Wildcats' 50th season at the on-campus McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona and 45th season as a member of the Pac-12 Conference.

This is also the last season that Arizona will play in the Pac-12 Conference before moving to the Big 12 Conference.^[1]

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 2022–23 season with a record of 22–10, 11–7 in Pac-12 play. The Wildcats were invited to the 2023 NCAA tournament where they defeated West Virginia in the first round before losing to Maryland in the second round.

Offseason

Departures

Arizona Wildcats Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Shaina Pellington	1	G	5'8"	Graduate Student	Pickerington, OH	Completed college eligibility
Cate Reese	25	F	6'2"	Graduate Student	Cypress, TX	Completed college eligibility
Jade Loville	30	G/F	5'11"	Graduate Student	Scottsdale, AZ	Completed college eligibility
Reference:

Outgoing Transfers

Arizona Outcoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	New School
Madison Conner	4	G	5'11"	Sophomore	Chandler, AZ	Transferred to TCU
Lemyah Hylton	10	G	5'11"	Freshman	London, OH	Transferred to Miami (FL)
Paris Clark	22	G	5'8"	Freshman	Mount Vernon, NY	Transferred to Virginia
Lauren Fields	23	G	5'9"	Senior	Shawnee, OK	Transferred to West Virginia
Lauren Ware	32	F	6'5"	Junior	Bismarck, ND	Transferred to Texas A&M
Reference:

Acquisitions

Incoming Transfers

Arizona Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School	Years Remaining
Courtney Blakley	1	G	5'8"	Junior	Gary, IN	Middle Tennessee	2
Sali Kourouma	24	F	5'11'	Senior	Kati, Mali	Little Rock	1
Isis Beh	33	F	6'3"	Junior	Murray, UT	West Virignia	2
Reference:

2023 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Montaya Dew F	Las Vegas, NV	Centennial High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A	Dec 23, 2021
Montaya Dew F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 97
Breya Cunningham POST	Chula Vista, CA	La Jolla Country Day School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	N/A	Jun 26, 2022
Breya Cunningham POST	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 97
Jada Williams PG	Kansas City, MO	La Jolla Country Day School (CA)	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	N/A	Aug 1, 2022
Jada Williams PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 96
Skylar Jones W	Chicago, IL	Whitney Young	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A	Jun 5, 2023
Skylar Jones W	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 91
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2023 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023. "2023 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 17, 2023.

Preseason

Preseason rankings

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Pac-12 media poll (Coaches)
1	Utah	116 (7)
2	UCLA	109 (3)
3	Stanford	100 (2)
4	Colorado	90
5	Washington State	84
6	USC	70
7	Arizona	51
8	Oregon	49
9	Washington	46
10	Oregon State	43
11	California	22
12	Arizona State	12

Source:^[2]

Preseason All-conference teams

Award	Player	Position	Year
Preseason All Pac-12 team	Esmery Martinez	F	GS

Source:^[3]

Roster

2023–24 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Courtney Blakely	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Bishop Noll Middle Tennessee	Gary, IN
G	2	Jada Williams	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	La Jolla County Day	Kansas City, MO
F	3	Montaya Dew	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Centennial	Las Vegas, NV
G	4	Skylar Jones	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Whitney Young	Chicago, IL
F	12	Esmery Martinez	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	GS	Hamilton Heights Christian Academy West Virginia	Hato Mayor del Rey, DR
G	13	Helena Pueyo	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	Segle XXI	Palma de Mallorca, Spain
G	15	Kailyn Gilbert	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Seffner Christian Academy	Tampa, FL
F	23	Maya Nnaji	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Hopkins	St. Louis Park, MN
G/F	24	Salimatou Kourouma	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Sr	Life Preparatory Academy Little Rock	Kati, Mali
F	25	Breya Cunningham	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	La Jolla County Day	Chula Vista, CA
F	33	Isis Beh	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Jr	Murray West Virginia	Murray, UT

Head coach

Adia Barnes (Arizona)

Assistant coach(es)

Salvo Coppa (IULM)
Bett Shelby (Greensboro)
Anthony Turner (Colorado)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 25, 2023* 6:00 p.m.	West Texas A&M	W 103–58		24 – Gilbert	7 – Tied	7 – Pueyo	McKale Center (6,400) Tucson, AZ
November 1, 2023* 6:00 p.m.	Point Loma	W 52–44		17 – Kourouma	6 – Nnaji	3 – Gilbert	McKale Center (6,335) Tucson, AZ
Regular season
November 6, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at New Mexico State	W 68–57	1–0	16 – Gilbert	10 – Cunningham	4 – Williams	Pan American Center (1,297) Las Cruces, NM
November 10, 2023* 6:30 p.m.	Northern Arizona	W 87–64	2–0	18 – Cunningham	10 – Gilbert	5 – Tied	McKale Center (6,909) Tucson, AZ
November 12, 2023* 2:00 p.m.	Loyola Marymount	W 70–54	3–0	14 – Gilbert	9 – Gilbert	5 – Tied	McKale Center (6,784) Tucson, AZ
November 14, 2023* 6:30 p.m.	San Diego	W 79–66	4–0	21 – Gilbert	9 – Pueyo	6 – Pueyo	McKale Center (6,727) Tucson, AZ
November 18, 2023* 12:30 p.m., FloSports	vs. Memphis Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinals	W 90–57	5–0	19 – Martinez	11 – Martinez	5 – Pueyo	Imperial Arena (247) Nassau, Bahamas
November 19, 2023* 10:00 a.m., FloSports	vs. No. 23 Ole Miss Battle 4 Atlantis semifinals	L 47–56	5–1	12 – Nnaji	8 – Cunningham	3 – Tied	Imperial Arena (207) Nassau, Bahamas
November 20, 2023* 12:30 p.m., ESPNU	vs. South Dakota Battle 4 Atlantis 3rd place game	W 61–52	6–1	14 – Martinez	8 – Martinez	3 – Tied	Imperial Arena Nassau, Bahamas
December 2, 2023* 6:00 p.m., MW Network	at UNLV	L 53–72	6–2	21 – Gilbert	11 – Martinez	3 – Gibert	Thomas & Mack Center (3,953) Paradise, NV
December 7, 2023* 6:30 p.m.	UC San Diego	W 81–38	7–2	15 – Williams	10 – Cunningham	4 – Cunningham	McKale Center (6,702) Tucson, AZ
December 13, 2023* 7:00 p.m., P12N	No. 5 Texas	L 75–88	7–3	26 – Gilbert	5 – Tied	4 – Tied	McKale Center (7,261) Tucson, AZ
December 17, 2023 5:00 p.m., P12N	at Arizona State	W 91–52	8–3 (1–0)	19 – Gilbert	8 – Cunningham	4 – Gilbert	Desert Financial Arena (3,907) Tempe, AZ
December 20, 2023* 2:30 p.m., P12N	vs. No. 20 Gonzaga Jerry Colangelo Classic	L 69–81	8–4	21 – Gilbert	7 – Pueyo	4 – Williams	Footprint Center Phoenix, AZ
December 31, 2023* 2:00 p.m.	Seattle	W 89–52	9–4	18 – Williams	10 – Gilbert	6 – Gilbert	McKale Center (7,500) Tucson, AZ
January 5, 2024 6:00 p.m., P12N	No. 5 Colorado	L 74–75	9–5 (1–1)	19 – Gilbert	6 – Pueyo	5 – Williams	McKale Center (7,386) Tucson, AZ
January 7, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N	No. 15 Utah	W 71–70 ^OT	10–5 (2–1)	22 – Gilbert	12 – Gilbert	4 – Pueyo	McKale Center (7,385) Tucson, AZ
January 12, 2024 8:00 p.m., P12N	at Oregon State						Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
January 14, 2024 1:00 p.m., P12N	at Oregon						Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR
January 19, 2024 8:00 p.m., P12N	at Washington						Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA
January 21, 2024 1:00 p.m., P12N	at Washington State						Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
January 26, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N	California						McKale Center Tucson, AZ
January 28, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N	Stanford						McKale Center Tucson, AZ
February 4, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N	Arizona State						McKale Center Tucson, AZ
February 9, 2024 9:00 p.m., P12N	at UCLA						Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
January 12, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	at USC						Galen Center Los Angeles, CA
February 16, 2024 6:00 p.m., P12N	Washington State						McKale Center Tucson, AZ
February 18, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N	Washington						McKale Center Tucson, AZ
February 23, 2024 8:00 p.m., P12N	at Stanford						Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
February 25, 2024 1:00 p.m., P12N	at California						Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA
February 29, 2024 6:00 p.m., P12N	USC						McKale Center Tucson, AZ
March 2, 2024 6:00 p.m., P12N	UCLA						McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
March 6–10, 2024 TBA, P12N/ESPN	vs.						MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

Source:^[4]

Awards and honors

Postseason

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV																	Not released
Coaches	—	—	RV

Media coverage

Radio

ESPN Tucson - 1490 AM & 104.09 FM (ESPN Radio) and Nationwide - Dish Network, Sirius XM, Varsity Network and iHeartRadio)
KCUB 1290 AM – Football Radio Show – (Tucson, AZ)
KHYT – 107.5 FM (Tucson, AZ)
KTKT 990 AM – La Hora de Los Gatos (Spanish) – (Tucson, AZ)
KGME 910 AM – (IMG Sports Network) – (Phoenix, AZ)
KTAN 1420 AM – (Sierra Vista, AZ)
KDAP 96.5 FM (Douglas, Arizona)
KWRQ 102.3 FM – (Safford, AZ/Thatcher, AZ)
KIKO 1340 AM – (Globe, AZ)
KVWM 970 AM – (Show Low, AZ/Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ)
XENY 760 – (Nogales, Sonora) (Spanish)
KTZR (1450 AM) - (FoxSports 1450) - (Tucson, AZ)

TV

CBS Family – KOLD (CBS), CBSN
ABC/ESPN Family – KGUN (ABC), ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+,
FOX Family – KMSB (FOX), FOX/FS1, FSN
Pac-12 Network (Pac-12 Arizona)
NBC Family – KVOA, NBC Sports, NBCSN
PBS - KUAT
Univision/Telemundo/Estrella TV - KUVE/KHRR/KUDF-LP (Spanish)

References

↑ "University of Arizona will join the Big 12 Conference in 2024-25". University of Arizona. 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
↑ "Utah selected as 2023-24 Pac-12 Women's Basketball favorites in preseason polls". October 9, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
↑ "Media selects preseason 2023-24 Pac-12 Women's Basketball All-Conference Team". October 8, 2023. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
↑ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". arizonawildcats.com. University of Arizona. Retrieved November 17, 2023.

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[1] "University of Arizona will join the Big 12 Conference in 2024-25". University of Arizona. 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2023-08-04.

[2] "Utah selected as 2023-24 Pac-12 Women's Basketball favorites in preseason polls". October 9, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023.

[3] "Media selects preseason 2023-24 Pac-12 Women's Basketball All-Conference Team". October 8, 2023. Retrieved October 8, 2023.

[4] "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". arizonawildcats.com. University of Arizona. Retrieved November 17, 2023.

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Arizona Wildcats women's basketball
Venues	Bear Down Gym (1972–1973) McKale Center (1973–present)
Culture & lore	Wilbur and Wilma "Fight! Wildcats! Fight!"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Outgoing Transfers

Acquisitions

Incoming Transfers

2023 recruiting class

Preseason

Preseason rankings

Preseason All-conference teams

Roster

Schedule and results

Awards and honors

Postseason

Rankings

Media coverage

Radio

TV

See also

References