The 2023–24 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by eighth-year head coach Adia Barnes. This was 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 was also the last season that Arizona will play in the Pac-12 Conference before moving to the Big 12 Conference.
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 departuresNameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownNotes 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 eligibilityReference:
Outgoing transfers Arizona outgoing transfers 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&MReference:
Acquisitions
Incoming transfers Arizona incoming transfers 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 Virginia 2 Reference:
2023 recruiting class
Preseason
Preseason rankings
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:
Preseason All-conference teams
Preseason All Pac-12 teamEsmery MartínezFGS
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Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Regular season
!colspan=12 style=|Pac-12 Women's Tournament
!colspan=12 style=| NCAA Women's Tournament
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Awards and honors
Postseason
Rankings
Media coverage Radio ESPN Tucson - 1490 AM & 104.09 FM (ESPN Radio) and Nationwide - Dish Network, SiriusXM, 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)
See also 2023–24 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team
References